( She still can’t shake it, though: her baby deserved a church wedding. )

( Getting males to talk about feelings was like hunting, or fishing, or blocking without fouling in basketball: you could bait them, but ultimately you had to let them come to you. )

( Even though work at the garage has been going smoother than he expected, Kurt is still astonished at the effervescence of his own good mood on Wednesday. He thinks back to when his mom died and remembers that the real, constant-ache kind of sadness contains small bursts of happiness within it. )

( Though the words 'engagement brunch' never leave his mother’s mouth, the only thing missing is champagne. That, and an engaged rather than married couple. )

Title: Cemetery Song for Spring
Author: kappamaki33
Characters/Pairings Kurt, Blaine, Mrs. Blaine’s Mom, Carole, Quinn, Finn, Puck, and Tina, with appearances by the rest of New Directions; Kurt/Blaine
Rating: R
Word Count ~34,000

Summary: My humble (and really long) addition to mary_flanner’s excellent Scholars and Gentlemen ‘verse.

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