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Title: Let Love In
Author: hybridmusic
Characters: Blaine/Kurt
Rating: PG
Word count: ~1800
Summary: Blaine basically lives alone in his big, empty house. Kurt is shocked to find Blaine all by himself on his birthday. Fill for this prompt on the glee angst meme.
Author's note: First Blaine fic! Never thought this day would come, but I'm not mad.
Blaine Anderson had lived in the old MacDonnell House, just outside Lima proper, for two years now. The place used to be a museum of some kind, but the city had seemed desperate to unload the place. His parents had thought it was quaint.
His parents weren't the ones spending countless nights staring from his attic window towards the dark streets of Lima and the star-filled sky.
Blaine hated Lima. He was used to the crazy lifestyle of Beverly Hills and after that, the lively streets of Columbus, Ohio. After that whole incident at a nameless public school, his parents had tried Dalton. That's where he stayed even when they moved almost 2 hours away.
Blaine couldn't figure out any real reason for the relocation, besides maybe restlessness and a good deal on the museum-slash-house. His parents were never home for longer than a day or two once a month. They were usually out in LA and Blaine still wasn't sure why they'd left there in the first place.
Time in Lima seemed to pass in slow motion and after the long drive home from Dalton, there was nothing to do. Blaine wasn't a big TV or internet person and he soon made his way through every book in the public library that interested him. That's where he first saw Kurt, hanging out with people who he would later found out were named Mercedes and Artie and Tina (back when they were dating).
Blaine would watch them, the seemingly outcasts, being more social than he was. Sure, he had friends at Dalton, but he didn't know a soul in Lima.
Once he saw that troubled look in Kurt's eyes last year, he decided it was time to get to know someone.
He started with Kurt.
And that's kind of how it started. Blaine stopping off at McKinley at convenient times, making friends with Kurt, mentioning that they could ride together once he got word of Kurt's transfer.
Blaine never thought he would have any friends in Lima, let alone fall in love, so when his boyfriend suggested he transfer to McKinley, he barely had to think twice.
He really wasn't surprised at his parents' email responses of, "if you're sure you want to" and "it'll save us a lot of money, that's for sure." See, that was the thing. His parents had never been a big part of Blaine's life and it had never been a big deal. Blaine sort of grew up thinking that everyone had a live-in nanny and just about every board game out there to occupy his time. The nanny had moved out years ago, but Blaine still wasn't too concerned about being left alone.
It wasn't until Sam delivered a pizza to his house last year and a sharp comment about the empty house that he realized living alone might not be so normal. If this kid who seemed to barely have anything could make judgments about what Blaine was lacking, something must be amiss.
And than there was Kurt's house. Blaine spent a lot of time hanging out there after they started dating. That house was like a different world; it was almost like Burt and Carole and even Finn, heaven help him, emitted love and acceptance. From the stories Kurt told him about Finn, Blaine realized he must have grown up a lot in the past few years. There seemed to be no trace of the stupid ideas that had once permeated his brain. Instead there was just this tall guy with a goofy smile who seemed to love everyone. You had to do something really annoying to get on Finn's bad side. Sure, Finn made a lot of stupid mistakes, but that was Finn. You kind of just had to accept it and try not to be too annoyed.
Blaine would go back to his dark house after long nights at the Humdels and look around and just sigh. He would stare up at his ceiling and suddenly feel the lack of human presence and it would drive him crazy. Some nights he barely slept. He thought maybe something was wrong with him, because that feeling of being the only person in the world had never bothered him before.
Maybe seeing how close everyone in glee club was bothered him. They all seemed hesitant to accept him; he was still just the new guy.
Maybe it was just Kurt's family and seeing love he'd never known existed.
Maybe it was Kurt himself. As overbearing as Kurt could be, it felt damn good to be loved unconditionally. He knew Kurt would always be there for him.
So for the first time, when he saw his birthday approaching on the calendar, he was actually kind of dreading it. Usually, his parents would send him a gift card and he'd buy some junk and never mention it to anyone. That was kind of a rule he had about birthdays. If they weren't talked about, it was almost as if they never happened. He was one of those people who would show up at a birthday party and feel out of place. Or he just wouldn't show up at all. He'd never really had a party on his birthday as far as he could remember. He kind of wondered why it was such a big deal to be one year older than you were the day before.
But leave it to Kurt to get excited about a month before hand. "So we'll have to make a party, of course. I wonder if we should invite the girls in Trouble Tones. They seem to hate us all right now," he chuckled.
"They'll get over it," Blaine waved him off casually. He stared into his locker, completely forgetting what he'd needed. He shut it and turned towards his boyfriend. "Anyway, I told you, I don't want a party."
"Oh come on. You only turn 17 once!" Kurt smiled, nervous and excited and Blaine hated to disappoint him.
But he shook his head and said, "I don't really like parties." As if that wasn't the most obvious lie ever. He tried to cover it up. "Anyway, my parents will be in town. We're just going to have dinner at my place, you know a family thing."
Kurt seemed to understand that much. "OK, if you're sure. Maybe afterwords we can go out for a movie or something."
"I don't think so," Blaine shrugged, hating that look on Kurt's face almost more than he hated the fact that he was lying right now. "They want to spend the night with me. You know, since they're not home much."
Kurt just nodded sadly. Blaine felt pretty terrible as turned towards his next class, but this feeling had to be better than a party in his honor. Because that would just be weird.
Kurt didn't mention a party again, but he did start hinting at what he might be buying Blaine for his birthday. Blaine disliked presents almost as much as he disliked parties. His parents always just straight out asked him what he wanted. One year, his mom even returned an electronic gift that malfunctioned and didn't bother with a replacement. It wasn't a money issue as far as his parents were concerned, it was just that everyone bought their own things. His parents both had the expensive hobbies of skiing and horseback riding and they bought all that stuff for themselves. Blaine felt uncomfortable both giving and receiving things from people. For Kurt's birthday, he'd left a designer sweater in Kurt's locker with a note, hoping it was acceptable. Kurt had worn that sweater the very next day (even though it'd been unseasonably warm), so he decided he'd done pretty well for himself.
Blaine tried to avoid the discussion, just muttering some answer. He didn't care what Kurt got him, if anything. He didn't really even want anything.
Thankfully, Blaine's birthday fell on a Sunday, because he'd been afraid of what Kurt might try in school. Judging from stories he'd heard and the comments on his facebook page that day, he could only imagine.
He mostly spent the day relaxing, taking a walk in the park, a museum... he had to admit he was doing anything he could to avoid Kurt. He just didn't want the attention.
Finally, around the time the sun went down, he went home and warmed up some leftovers from the freezer. Food wasn't a big deal to him, but he set out a plate and proper silverware anyway. He was usually deep in a book while he was eating, so a proper meal with no distractions felt weird.
He stared at the wall for a while, trying not to think about it. It was weird that with so many people out there in the world and with so many friends and acquaintances that he could be sitting here alone. On his birthday. It was stupid, really.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. He looked down at the lone place setting and suddenly felt really strange and out of place. He shook his head and went to the door.
"Hi!" Kurt practically came bounding inside, holding up a large gift bag. "I hope it's OK that I stopped by with your present. I wanted to give it to you today."
"Yeah, it's fine..." but Kurt wasn't looking at him. Kurt was staring at the empty dining room table, the empty house, obviously in shock.
"Where are your parents?" Kurt finally turned towards him.
Blaine just shrugged and muttered, "they had to cancel." He couldn't tell the truth.
"Oh Blaine," Kurt looked genuinely sorry for him. "Come to my house! We didn't eat yet and oh, of course we'll get cake!"
He had to chuckle despite himself. He looked up into Kurt's eyes. "I don't know..."
"Oh, come on. We don't bite."
He shook his head, "It's not a big deal, Kurt. Really. I'm used to being alone."
"But it's your birthday! You shouldn't be alone." One look at Kurt told him he was completely serious.
"Really. I'm just gonna read a bit and go to bed."
Kurt seemed skeptical, even putting a hand on his hip. "You should be with people who care about you."
"I just," Blaine looked at the floor, suddenly finding the carpet extremely interesting. "I'm not used to this... all this attention."
Kurt took Blaine's chin in his hand and picked it up gently so that Blaine's eyes were meeting his. "Attention is normal. Love is normal. You'll get used to it. No one deserves to live like this... alone. You deserve love."
Blaine couldn't quite meet his boyfriend's gaze, but he could feel the genuine warmth and suddenly felt better. Like maybe he wasn't so alone after all.
The night they spent at the Humdels wasn't weird at all.
Author: hybridmusic
Characters: Blaine/Kurt
Rating: PG
Word count: ~1800
Summary: Blaine basically lives alone in his big, empty house. Kurt is shocked to find Blaine all by himself on his birthday. Fill for this prompt on the glee angst meme.
Author's note: First Blaine fic! Never thought this day would come, but I'm not mad.
Blaine Anderson had lived in the old MacDonnell House, just outside Lima proper, for two years now. The place used to be a museum of some kind, but the city had seemed desperate to unload the place. His parents had thought it was quaint.
His parents weren't the ones spending countless nights staring from his attic window towards the dark streets of Lima and the star-filled sky.
Blaine hated Lima. He was used to the crazy lifestyle of Beverly Hills and after that, the lively streets of Columbus, Ohio. After that whole incident at a nameless public school, his parents had tried Dalton. That's where he stayed even when they moved almost 2 hours away.
Blaine couldn't figure out any real reason for the relocation, besides maybe restlessness and a good deal on the museum-slash-house. His parents were never home for longer than a day or two once a month. They were usually out in LA and Blaine still wasn't sure why they'd left there in the first place.
Time in Lima seemed to pass in slow motion and after the long drive home from Dalton, there was nothing to do. Blaine wasn't a big TV or internet person and he soon made his way through every book in the public library that interested him. That's where he first saw Kurt, hanging out with people who he would later found out were named Mercedes and Artie and Tina (back when they were dating).
Blaine would watch them, the seemingly outcasts, being more social than he was. Sure, he had friends at Dalton, but he didn't know a soul in Lima.
Once he saw that troubled look in Kurt's eyes last year, he decided it was time to get to know someone.
He started with Kurt.
And that's kind of how it started. Blaine stopping off at McKinley at convenient times, making friends with Kurt, mentioning that they could ride together once he got word of Kurt's transfer.
Blaine never thought he would have any friends in Lima, let alone fall in love, so when his boyfriend suggested he transfer to McKinley, he barely had to think twice.
He really wasn't surprised at his parents' email responses of, "if you're sure you want to" and "it'll save us a lot of money, that's for sure." See, that was the thing. His parents had never been a big part of Blaine's life and it had never been a big deal. Blaine sort of grew up thinking that everyone had a live-in nanny and just about every board game out there to occupy his time. The nanny had moved out years ago, but Blaine still wasn't too concerned about being left alone.
It wasn't until Sam delivered a pizza to his house last year and a sharp comment about the empty house that he realized living alone might not be so normal. If this kid who seemed to barely have anything could make judgments about what Blaine was lacking, something must be amiss.
And than there was Kurt's house. Blaine spent a lot of time hanging out there after they started dating. That house was like a different world; it was almost like Burt and Carole and even Finn, heaven help him, emitted love and acceptance. From the stories Kurt told him about Finn, Blaine realized he must have grown up a lot in the past few years. There seemed to be no trace of the stupid ideas that had once permeated his brain. Instead there was just this tall guy with a goofy smile who seemed to love everyone. You had to do something really annoying to get on Finn's bad side. Sure, Finn made a lot of stupid mistakes, but that was Finn. You kind of just had to accept it and try not to be too annoyed.
Blaine would go back to his dark house after long nights at the Humdels and look around and just sigh. He would stare up at his ceiling and suddenly feel the lack of human presence and it would drive him crazy. Some nights he barely slept. He thought maybe something was wrong with him, because that feeling of being the only person in the world had never bothered him before.
Maybe seeing how close everyone in glee club was bothered him. They all seemed hesitant to accept him; he was still just the new guy.
Maybe it was just Kurt's family and seeing love he'd never known existed.
Maybe it was Kurt himself. As overbearing as Kurt could be, it felt damn good to be loved unconditionally. He knew Kurt would always be there for him.
So for the first time, when he saw his birthday approaching on the calendar, he was actually kind of dreading it. Usually, his parents would send him a gift card and he'd buy some junk and never mention it to anyone. That was kind of a rule he had about birthdays. If they weren't talked about, it was almost as if they never happened. He was one of those people who would show up at a birthday party and feel out of place. Or he just wouldn't show up at all. He'd never really had a party on his birthday as far as he could remember. He kind of wondered why it was such a big deal to be one year older than you were the day before.
But leave it to Kurt to get excited about a month before hand. "So we'll have to make a party, of course. I wonder if we should invite the girls in Trouble Tones. They seem to hate us all right now," he chuckled.
"They'll get over it," Blaine waved him off casually. He stared into his locker, completely forgetting what he'd needed. He shut it and turned towards his boyfriend. "Anyway, I told you, I don't want a party."
"Oh come on. You only turn 17 once!" Kurt smiled, nervous and excited and Blaine hated to disappoint him.
But he shook his head and said, "I don't really like parties." As if that wasn't the most obvious lie ever. He tried to cover it up. "Anyway, my parents will be in town. We're just going to have dinner at my place, you know a family thing."
Kurt seemed to understand that much. "OK, if you're sure. Maybe afterwords we can go out for a movie or something."
"I don't think so," Blaine shrugged, hating that look on Kurt's face almost more than he hated the fact that he was lying right now. "They want to spend the night with me. You know, since they're not home much."
Kurt just nodded sadly. Blaine felt pretty terrible as turned towards his next class, but this feeling had to be better than a party in his honor. Because that would just be weird.
Kurt didn't mention a party again, but he did start hinting at what he might be buying Blaine for his birthday. Blaine disliked presents almost as much as he disliked parties. His parents always just straight out asked him what he wanted. One year, his mom even returned an electronic gift that malfunctioned and didn't bother with a replacement. It wasn't a money issue as far as his parents were concerned, it was just that everyone bought their own things. His parents both had the expensive hobbies of skiing and horseback riding and they bought all that stuff for themselves. Blaine felt uncomfortable both giving and receiving things from people. For Kurt's birthday, he'd left a designer sweater in Kurt's locker with a note, hoping it was acceptable. Kurt had worn that sweater the very next day (even though it'd been unseasonably warm), so he decided he'd done pretty well for himself.
Blaine tried to avoid the discussion, just muttering some answer. He didn't care what Kurt got him, if anything. He didn't really even want anything.
Thankfully, Blaine's birthday fell on a Sunday, because he'd been afraid of what Kurt might try in school. Judging from stories he'd heard and the comments on his facebook page that day, he could only imagine.
He mostly spent the day relaxing, taking a walk in the park, a museum... he had to admit he was doing anything he could to avoid Kurt. He just didn't want the attention.
Finally, around the time the sun went down, he went home and warmed up some leftovers from the freezer. Food wasn't a big deal to him, but he set out a plate and proper silverware anyway. He was usually deep in a book while he was eating, so a proper meal with no distractions felt weird.
He stared at the wall for a while, trying not to think about it. It was weird that with so many people out there in the world and with so many friends and acquaintances that he could be sitting here alone. On his birthday. It was stupid, really.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. He looked down at the lone place setting and suddenly felt really strange and out of place. He shook his head and went to the door.
"Hi!" Kurt practically came bounding inside, holding up a large gift bag. "I hope it's OK that I stopped by with your present. I wanted to give it to you today."
"Yeah, it's fine..." but Kurt wasn't looking at him. Kurt was staring at the empty dining room table, the empty house, obviously in shock.
"Where are your parents?" Kurt finally turned towards him.
Blaine just shrugged and muttered, "they had to cancel." He couldn't tell the truth.
"Oh Blaine," Kurt looked genuinely sorry for him. "Come to my house! We didn't eat yet and oh, of course we'll get cake!"
He had to chuckle despite himself. He looked up into Kurt's eyes. "I don't know..."
"Oh, come on. We don't bite."
He shook his head, "It's not a big deal, Kurt. Really. I'm used to being alone."
"But it's your birthday! You shouldn't be alone." One look at Kurt told him he was completely serious.
"Really. I'm just gonna read a bit and go to bed."
Kurt seemed skeptical, even putting a hand on his hip. "You should be with people who care about you."
"I just," Blaine looked at the floor, suddenly finding the carpet extremely interesting. "I'm not used to this... all this attention."
Kurt took Blaine's chin in his hand and picked it up gently so that Blaine's eyes were meeting his. "Attention is normal. Love is normal. You'll get used to it. No one deserves to live like this... alone. You deserve love."
Blaine couldn't quite meet his boyfriend's gaze, but he could feel the genuine warmth and suddenly felt better. Like maybe he wasn't so alone after all.
The night they spent at the Humdels wasn't weird at all.