Courage 1
Disclaimer: I unfortunately don’t own Harry Potter (or I would be very rich and would have done different things with the characters) and neither do I own Glee.
Author’s note: This is the first chapter of Courage, which is also part of Mirror Worlds (the pilot, so to say).
Rating: T
Pairing: Blaine/Harry
Warning: slash
“You do know, that staring is rude, don’t you?“
Flinching guiltily, Blaine glanced up to a grinning David. Even Wes, who was generally more reserved than his other friend, seemed to be highly amused by his pining. “Doesn’t he have his own car? I’ve seen him drive to school in a BMW once or twice,” Wes asked, now also looking to the subject of their conversation, which happened to be a black-haired boy around their age.
Said teen was currently talking to the - admittedly very good-looking - man, who had apparently driven him to school this morning. “Do you think he may be Harrison’s boyfriend? They look awfully close and the man young enou- hey!” Scowling, David shifted his attention to his best friend, who had just shoved an elbow into his stomach. Wes subtly nodded towards a dejected looking Blaine, whose expression turned downright heart-broken, when his crush leaned forward to press a kiss to the man’s face - from their position it wasn’t possible to discern if it was on the cheek or the lips, it didn’t make much of a difference anyway. “I’ll see you later Sirius, love you!”
Even now Blaine’s good manners kept him from shuffling to his first class, even though the urge was almost unbearable. Wes and David shared a look and followed their friend into the school after several long seconds had gone by. They were in for a lot of moping. Hopefully it wouldn’t influence their lead-singer too much, but at least there wasn’t a Warbler’s meeting today; otherwise it would have been a catastrophe for sure.
Hours later, his last class for the day had just ended several minutes ago, Blaine was still feeling down. He hadn’t had the nerve to ask Harrison out in all the weeks he had been crushing on him, especially after having to flee his previous school for exactly this reason. Well, maybe not exactly this reason, rather because of his sexuality in general and the bullying involved. Sexual orientation had never been a topic when they had indulged in small-talk, so he hadn’t even known the younger teen’s opinion on it - until now.
What made the whole thing a lot more depressing was the fact, that Harry - the nickname Harrison generally went by - was not even straight but in a relationship with another man, therefore at least bi. Under other circumstances he may have had a realistic chance, but now it was too late. So close and yet so far.
“What do you mean you’re still in Columbus, Sirius? You promised to pick me up from school today, because the bus connection is so horrid here.” First voyeurism and now he was eavesdropping on a private - if one-sided from his point-of-view - conservation. The things Harry made him do. In his defense, it hadn’t happened intentionally, Harry had just stood there conveniently in front of the school building - both times.
“No, don’t bother, I’ll take the bus. You’re so unreliable sometimes…” Sighing the raven hung up and made to walk to the bus station, but stopped when he caught sight of Blaine, who stood only a couple of feet away from him. Oh damn, what now? What now? Okay! Time to keep calm and cue for a charming smile to hide, that he was panicking on the inside. It was a charming smile, right? He didn’t look silly, did he? Calm. Calm. He had talked to Harry enough times without almost hyperventilating, he could do it now, damn it!
“Hey.” Nice start, now he had to just say something a bit more intelligent to not appear as a complete retard. Easy job! “I couldn’t help listening to your conversation. I’d be able to drive you home, if you want. I have to buy some things in town anyway.” Actually he didn’t, but who cared about a little white lie? And he was only offering Harry a ride to be courteous, not because it was an excuse to spend time with his unavailable crush.
Lying to yourself was a bit more difficult…
The younger teen didn’t look angry, just a bit perplexed, but soon broke into a - in Blaine’s opinion dazzling - smile. God, he was so pathetic in his pining. “That would be great actually. If you’re sure, that it’s not a bother?” Blaine quickly - maybe a bit too quickly - shook his head ‘no’ and led Harry to his car. “Thank you for rescuing me from taking the bus. I would have to change the bus three times and it would take over an hour until I reached home. I miss my car already… It broke down yesterday and is in the garage right now. Sirius was supposed to drive me to and from school until it’s repaired, but…- Thank god for Remus, otherwise I would have probably turned out like him. I mean, I love him, he is my godfather after all, but he’s so childish and unreliable someti- Oh, I’m so sorry for wittering on so much.”
Blaine completely ignored the apology, his mind still clinging to the sentences before that. “Wait, godfather? But… he can’t be older than in his early twenties.” The guy had been Harry’s godfather? He just wasn’t able to get over that part. And apparently the raven thought he was crazy, if the look on his face was anything to go by. “Are you serio- no, I won’t go there now… Are you kidding me? Sirius is almost fourty. Not that you can tell by his behavior, mind you. He raised me, after my parents died, when I was a baby.”
“Oh…” Now he was feeling like an idiot. An insensitive idiot. That didn’t stop the fluttering in his stomach though. Harry was still single! Well, maybe he was. At least the man wasn’t the raven’s boyfriend. But how long would it take until someone else asked Harry out, making him unavailable for real?
Not this time. He wouldn’t run again, like he had done twice. This time he wouldn’t regret not being courageous enough. If he got shot down, he had at least tried!
It had taken more than ten minutes for him to actually pluck up enough courage to put his plan into action. Meanwhile they had almost reached Harry’s home, so he didn’t have much more time anyway. His knuckles had turned almost white from clutching the steering wheel so hard and his fingers were more than a bit clammy. God, here went nothing. “Would you like to go and have a coffee with me sometime? Or maybe watch a movie?” Wow that had come out a lot more confident than he felt at the moment.
Harry resembled a deer caught in head-lights rather strikingly and Blaine wasn’t able to hold it against him. His proposal had come seemingly out of nowhere for the other teen. “Like, on a date?”, was the tentative question, which was a lot better than Harry jumping out of the car after calling him all kinds of names and-or punching him in the face. Blaine just nodded, not feeling too confident in his vocal cords any longer. Singing about and acting out love and other emotions was so much easier than actually feeling them.
And there was that bedazzling smile again, that got him every single time. “I’d love to. I was actually working up the nerve to ask the same… for some time now.”
Maybe ‘courage’ should be his new motto; it seemed to pay off sometimes.
Chapter 2
Author’s note: This is the first chapter of Courage, which is also part of Mirror Worlds (the pilot, so to say).
Rating: T
Pairing: Blaine/Harry
Warning: slash
“You do know, that staring is rude, don’t you?“
Flinching guiltily, Blaine glanced up to a grinning David. Even Wes, who was generally more reserved than his other friend, seemed to be highly amused by his pining. “Doesn’t he have his own car? I’ve seen him drive to school in a BMW once or twice,” Wes asked, now also looking to the subject of their conversation, which happened to be a black-haired boy around their age.
Said teen was currently talking to the - admittedly very good-looking - man, who had apparently driven him to school this morning. “Do you think he may be Harrison’s boyfriend? They look awfully close and the man young enou- hey!” Scowling, David shifted his attention to his best friend, who had just shoved an elbow into his stomach. Wes subtly nodded towards a dejected looking Blaine, whose expression turned downright heart-broken, when his crush leaned forward to press a kiss to the man’s face - from their position it wasn’t possible to discern if it was on the cheek or the lips, it didn’t make much of a difference anyway. “I’ll see you later Sirius, love you!”
Even now Blaine’s good manners kept him from shuffling to his first class, even though the urge was almost unbearable. Wes and David shared a look and followed their friend into the school after several long seconds had gone by. They were in for a lot of moping. Hopefully it wouldn’t influence their lead-singer too much, but at least there wasn’t a Warbler’s meeting today; otherwise it would have been a catastrophe for sure.
Hours later, his last class for the day had just ended several minutes ago, Blaine was still feeling down. He hadn’t had the nerve to ask Harrison out in all the weeks he had been crushing on him, especially after having to flee his previous school for exactly this reason. Well, maybe not exactly this reason, rather because of his sexuality in general and the bullying involved. Sexual orientation had never been a topic when they had indulged in small-talk, so he hadn’t even known the younger teen’s opinion on it - until now.
What made the whole thing a lot more depressing was the fact, that Harry - the nickname Harrison generally went by - was not even straight but in a relationship with another man, therefore at least bi. Under other circumstances he may have had a realistic chance, but now it was too late. So close and yet so far.
“What do you mean you’re still in Columbus, Sirius? You promised to pick me up from school today, because the bus connection is so horrid here.” First voyeurism and now he was eavesdropping on a private - if one-sided from his point-of-view - conservation. The things Harry made him do. In his defense, it hadn’t happened intentionally, Harry had just stood there conveniently in front of the school building - both times.
“No, don’t bother, I’ll take the bus. You’re so unreliable sometimes…” Sighing the raven hung up and made to walk to the bus station, but stopped when he caught sight of Blaine, who stood only a couple of feet away from him. Oh damn, what now? What now? Okay! Time to keep calm and cue for a charming smile to hide, that he was panicking on the inside. It was a charming smile, right? He didn’t look silly, did he? Calm. Calm. He had talked to Harry enough times without almost hyperventilating, he could do it now, damn it!
“Hey.” Nice start, now he had to just say something a bit more intelligent to not appear as a complete retard. Easy job! “I couldn’t help listening to your conversation. I’d be able to drive you home, if you want. I have to buy some things in town anyway.” Actually he didn’t, but who cared about a little white lie? And he was only offering Harry a ride to be courteous, not because it was an excuse to spend time with his unavailable crush.
Lying to yourself was a bit more difficult…
The younger teen didn’t look angry, just a bit perplexed, but soon broke into a - in Blaine’s opinion dazzling - smile. God, he was so pathetic in his pining. “That would be great actually. If you’re sure, that it’s not a bother?” Blaine quickly - maybe a bit too quickly - shook his head ‘no’ and led Harry to his car. “Thank you for rescuing me from taking the bus. I would have to change the bus three times and it would take over an hour until I reached home. I miss my car already… It broke down yesterday and is in the garage right now. Sirius was supposed to drive me to and from school until it’s repaired, but…- Thank god for Remus, otherwise I would have probably turned out like him. I mean, I love him, he is my godfather after all, but he’s so childish and unreliable someti- Oh, I’m so sorry for wittering on so much.”
Blaine completely ignored the apology, his mind still clinging to the sentences before that. “Wait, godfather? But… he can’t be older than in his early twenties.” The guy had been Harry’s godfather? He just wasn’t able to get over that part. And apparently the raven thought he was crazy, if the look on his face was anything to go by. “Are you serio- no, I won’t go there now… Are you kidding me? Sirius is almost fourty. Not that you can tell by his behavior, mind you. He raised me, after my parents died, when I was a baby.”
“Oh…” Now he was feeling like an idiot. An insensitive idiot. That didn’t stop the fluttering in his stomach though. Harry was still single! Well, maybe he was. At least the man wasn’t the raven’s boyfriend. But how long would it take until someone else asked Harry out, making him unavailable for real?
Not this time. He wouldn’t run again, like he had done twice. This time he wouldn’t regret not being courageous enough. If he got shot down, he had at least tried!
It had taken more than ten minutes for him to actually pluck up enough courage to put his plan into action. Meanwhile they had almost reached Harry’s home, so he didn’t have much more time anyway. His knuckles had turned almost white from clutching the steering wheel so hard and his fingers were more than a bit clammy. God, here went nothing. “Would you like to go and have a coffee with me sometime? Or maybe watch a movie?” Wow that had come out a lot more confident than he felt at the moment.
Harry resembled a deer caught in head-lights rather strikingly and Blaine wasn’t able to hold it against him. His proposal had come seemingly out of nowhere for the other teen. “Like, on a date?”, was the tentative question, which was a lot better than Harry jumping out of the car after calling him all kinds of names and-or punching him in the face. Blaine just nodded, not feeling too confident in his vocal cords any longer. Singing about and acting out love and other emotions was so much easier than actually feeling them.
And there was that bedazzling smile again, that got him every single time. “I’d love to. I was actually working up the nerve to ask the same… for some time now.”
Maybe ‘courage’ should be his new motto; it seemed to pay off sometimes.
Chapter 2