Title: Being Born Is the Hardest Thing
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Kurt/Blaine, Burt Hummel, Mrs. Anderson, David Karofsky
Spoilers: 3.14 ("On My Way")
Word Count: 2,881
Warnings: Triggers that appeared in the episode, one instance of homophobic language, one instance of misogynistic language, non-explicit sex, non-explicit violent thoughts.
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, and I don't make any money writing this stuff.
Summary: Burt's son, and his son's boyfriend, are always being told that their choices are wrong. Burt doesn't want to be another voice in that chorus. Not this week. He doesn't know if that makes him a bad parent, but he can't really bring himself to care right now.
Author's note: Thanks to
anxioussquirrel and
lavender_love00 for betaing.
Here on my LiveJournal:
(Burt looks at Blaine. The kid should be nervous, and maybe he is a little. But mostly, what Burt sees is the set of Blaine's jaw, resolute and protective. It's weird. Sometimes, when he looks at Blaine, it's like looking at himself. It shouldn't be that way, with a kid who is not his son. But there it is. Kurt is the center of both of their worlds, and it makes them both fearless, sometimes.)The story is also
here on Tumblr.