I Can Be Your Hero, Baby.

[owingnobody]

Who: Nobody Owens and Kurt Hummel
What: ...coping mechanisms?
Where: On a bench outside of the theater building
When: Let's go with Tuesday morning.
Why: ...mmmmostly because it's REALLY entertaining.
Status: in-progress, incomplete

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[drhorriblesblog]

Shoes.

Bod and Kurt had said the magic word. Literally.

A firework burst of white and gold lights heralded the arrival of a blond man in a shiny cream-colored suit, a tie made of shoelaces, and small white wings, perched on the back of the bench like a bird. As always, his appearance was underscored by jazzy piano music that seemed to come from thin air.

Looks like I'm right on time
These shoes must be sublime
Your need is great
For your next date
Have I got a shoe for you!

As he sang, he bounced down onto the seat of the bench where Kurt had been sitting. A few quick steps and a spinning leap took him to the ground, arms outstretched, where he broke into a softshoe shuffle that took him around the two startled boys.

Shoes that lend you style and grace

He 'fired' his forefinger at Bod, who was abruptly wearing a very trendy pair of high-heeled boots. The Fairy Shoeperson considered for a moment, then shook his head. He gave a dismissive wave, and Bod's old shoes were back.

Shoes from another time and placeThis time what

[full_of_ennui]

"..."

Kurt stared in the wake of the fairy-person for a good minute, looking at the delightful array of shoes scattered around them with a look of mixed shock and awe.

...I must be dead. I've died and gone to heaven. While it certainly doesn't look like I expected, at least I got the part about the shoes right... he thought, wondering when he'd hit his head hard enough to kill himself without having noticed.

[owingnobody]

Bod gently disentangled himself from Kurt, then also regarded the shoes, and Kurt's wonderfully poleaxed expression. And he started to laugh. Sometimes, he hated this place, but sometimes... its ridiculousness was so endearing.

"Did you know," he remarked to Kurt, conversationally, "the first time I met Neil, it was raining pancakes?"

[full_of_ennui]

Staring at Bod, Kurt tried his best to decide whether the boy was being serious or using some kind of metaphor Kurt had never heard used.

"If not for the dancing man with magical shoes, I'd have taken that as an analogy..." Kurt replied softly, staring at Bod for a minute. "...Honestly, am I the only one phased by the disappearing winged shoe angel?"