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Ficlet: Warming Up

Summary: After the debacle that was their trip to Lima to see the McKinley High production of Grease, Kurt decides that he and Rachel need to go out and have some fun to try to forget about their heartbreak. Reaction to 4x06: Glease. No real spoilers, though. I just had a 3 am plot bunny that wouldn’t leave me alone.

Rating: PG

Word Count: 2,300

Beta fish: Special thanks to Poppy, Mimsy, Lindsay, and Mav. You guys are always there for me when I need to keysmash at you.

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“That is it,” Kurt says, flinging his magazine down on the sofa. “I’m so sick of all this moping around. We’re too young and fabulous to be this pathetic on a Saturday night.”

Rachel looks up from the script she had been studying — or pretending to anyway — for the last hour and raises an eyebrow at Kurt.

“What do you suggest?” she asks.

Kurt looks thoughtful for a moment before leaning forward toward Rachel and bouncing on the cushions slightly as he temples his fingers beneath his chin. His face breaks into a wide grin.

“We should get dressed up, go to Callbacks, and pick up cute boys.”

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Walk the Line, 17/17 + E

Summary: AU where Blaine, who is 4 years older than Kurt and fresh out of college, comes to teach at McKinley. Kurt asks him to coach New Directions after Schue gets fired and they both find something they never expected.

Rating: M

Word Count: ~4,300 this chapter, ~80,000 overall

Status: Complete (the epilogue is posted too)

Snippet from Chapter 17:

“I still think you should tell him first, and then I can talk to him afterwards,” Blaine says, dragging his feet as he and Kurt walk up the driveway to Kurt’s house.

“Oh no,” Kurt says, practically pulling Blaine along behind him. “We are doing this together. We got ourselves into this mess, and we’re going to face my dad like…”

Kurt stops short in the Hummels’ driveway, his eyes round as saucers and his jaw dropping in silent panic.

“Kurt?”

“Oh my god,” Kurt says, blinking rapidly. “He’s going to kill you.”

“Wow, I feel so much better now,” Blaine deadpans.

“We can’t do this,” Kurt says, walking briskly back to Blaine’s car, his breathing coming in short pants. “I thought I could do it, but I can’t.”

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Ohhhhhhhh good lord. I am not prepared for this.

I am not prepared to see Chris Push It in High Definition, if you know what I mean….

Ohhhhhhhhh, soooooo good.

Those hips are magical. I am sure of it.

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Walk the Line, 16/16 + E

Summary: AU where Blaine, who is 4 years older than Kurt and fresh out of college, comes to teach at McKinley. Kurt asks him to coach New Directions after Schue gets fired and they both find something they never expected.

Rating: M (not this chapter, though)

Word Count: ~4,200 this chapter, ~75,000 overall (and growing)

Status: WIP

Snippet from Chapter 16:

"So how is Captain Tightpants in bed?" Santana asks with a smirk.

"Santana!" Rachel scolds. "That's none of our business."

"Oh, Porcelain made it our business when he shoved his tongue down our teacher's throat in front of us all. Now spill, Hummel."

"Kurt, you don't have to say anything you don't want to," Rachel says, patting his knee.

"Aw, hell no," Artie interjects. "You are giving us all the dirt, and now. Spill, mister."

"I uh…well," Kurt says.

"How long have you been dating?" Tina asks, looking hurt.

"Um…"

"Does he have sex toys?" Puck asks, looking far more serious than Kurt would like.

"Gross, Puckerman!" Quinn says.

"What?" he asks. "I've heard gay guys are really kinky. I bet he even has flavored lube." He waggles his eyebrows at Kurt and grins.

"Oh for the love of god, Puckerman! No, there's no flavored lube!" Kurt shouts finally.

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The Things That Are

Summary: They get together in the end.

Beta fish: Thanks to Mimsy (borogroves) for flail-checking this for me and also popcltrgeek for helping me through three different endings.

Author’s Note: Third part in a series of reactions to The Break Up. Also read “The Easy Things Never Are,” which is told from Kurt’s POV and “The Simple Things Never Are,” which is told from Blaine’s POV. Read this one last.

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Kurt had forgiven Blaine. At least in the sense that he was ready to move on and wanted his friend back. That much Blaine knew.

But they never really talked about what happened. Blaine tried to apologize once upon a time, but Kurt stopped him and said it was in the past. So they didn’t talk about it. In fact, they didn’t really talk at all. At least not right away.

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The Simple Things Never Are

Summary: There are two sides to every story. This one is Blaine’s.

Beta fish: Thanks again to Mimsy (borogroves) for her pornographic use of semicolons and for challenging me on the finer points.

Author’s Note: Reaction to The Break Up and companion to “The Easy Things Never Are,” which is told from Kurt’s POV. I recommend you read that first. 

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The first few days after Blaine returned from New York were the worst. Kurt wouldn’t respond to his texts, and his heart felt like it was bleeding out of his chest. He didn’t really eat or sleep; he went through the motions of his day at school, but he barely spoke and no one really noticed.

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Walk the Line, 15/16

Summary: AU where Blaine, who is 4 years older than Kurt and fresh out of college, comes to teach at McKinley. Kurt asks him to coach New Directions after Schue gets fired and they both find something they never expected.

Rating: M (oh ho ho, yes in this chapter) and speaking of which...I had help with the smut.

Co-authors for this chapter: savvymavvy & alittledizzy

Word Count: ~8,000 this chapter, ~70,000 overall (and growing)

Status: WIP

Snippet from Chapter 15:

Kurt feels uneasy about Blaine's texts all afternoon. Fifth period feels like eons away, and when it finally comes, he can't focus on the quiz sitting on the desk in front of him. The words are a blur of symbols and shapes that might as well be Chinese for all that Kurt understands of them.

What if Blaine wants to break up? Kurt can't even begin to think what he'd do if that were the case. He may not be very experienced in dating, but "We need to talk" is never a good sign.

The other thought lingering in the back of his mind is that they've been found out. But surely if that were the case, Blaine would be gone — fired. Word would have gotten around McKinley by now. Right?

So what does he want to talk about? His heart feels like it's going to beat out of his chest as the minutes tick by at a snail's pace.

He tries to focus on his quiz, but he only manages doodles in the margins. Random swirls and hearts dot the edge of his page, while his GPA slowly drops.

When the bell finally rings, signaling the end of the period, Kurt flings his mostly blank quiz on Mr. Winters' desk and makes a mad dash for Blaine's office. When he gets there, the door is closed, so he takes a deep breath and squares his shoulders before knocking.

Kurt hears a muffled "come in" from the other side of the door, but his palms are sweating as he turns the handle, so he stumbles into the door instead of opening it and walking through. His shoulder slams painfully into the hard wood, and he's still rubbing at it when Blaine opens the door.

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The Easy Things Never Are

Summary: As it turns out, Kurt Hummel is ready to move forward. But first he has a few things to work through. A reaction to The Break Up.

Beta fish: Thanks to Mimsy (borogroves) for flail-checking this for me and talking me through the most perfect fic title I’ve ever written.

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It was two weeks until Kurt felt really cried out over it all. Until he got to the point where he could no longer shed any tears. He was finally done. Blaine was gone, and Kurt was done crying. No, he wasn’t over Blaine, but he was done crying.

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oh hey, it's Blaine's bookshelf in "Walk the Line"

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Well this is giving me feelings about finishing Walk the Line.

Klaine AU teacher/student for Dakota

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I just love the way she draws Kurt. *u*

Resisting temptation.

From the fic Walk the Line by Canarian. 

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Walk the Line, 14/16-ish

Summary: AU where Blaine, who is 4 years older than Kurt and fresh out of college, comes to teach at McKinley. Kurt asks him to coach New Directions after Schue gets fired and they both find something they never expected.

Rating: M (but not this chapter)

Word Count: ~6,000 this chapter, ~63,000 overall (and growing)

Status: WIP

Snippet from Chapter 14:

"Kurt, don't you think it's a little odd that we've never met Mark?" Rachel asks one day toward the end of glee rehearsal while they're marking some choreography.

"Um, well...he's really busy, Rachel," Kurt says. "And he lives in Westerville. You know that."

They've been over this a million times. At least it feels that way. Rachel's persistent questions about the elusive Mark had begun the first day back at school and had continued every day since. Kurt dodges when he can, but mostly gives her just enough information to keep her satisfied, but not enough detail to give up his ruse.

"Yes, I do. You've made that abundantly clear over the last month and a half," she says. "But I'm your best friend, and I'm starting to wonder if he even exists."

Kurt snaps his head to glare at her.

"Why would I make something like that up?" Kurt says. "Do you really think I'm that desperate?"

"No, Kurt…no. Nothing like that. It's just…"

"What?"

"Kurt, okay," she says, lowering her voice so only Kurt can hear her. The rest of the group is focused on Mike trying to teach Sam and Finn some choreography. "I'm going to tell you something that I probably should have told you weeks ago, but I didn't' want you to worry, and I thought I could handle it if we all could just meet Mark. But it's been weeks, Kurt…weeks. And I'm really worried Sebastian is going to say something to Figgins or the school board, and I don't want your name dragged through the mud."

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Oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh....this art is perfect. I need to start sucking up to ALL the artists to get fanart like that. Wow.

My artwork for whenidance’s awesome fic, The More You Give. :D It’s really great and very hot. A highly recommended fic y’all! ;) Also, thanks to a certain mischievous blue-skinned creature from outer space who pointed this fic out to me and encouraged me until I finished this piece. <3

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Oh sweetie...this is adorable! I love Kurt's blush.

Kurt and Blaine playing footsie in Blaine’s kitchen while doing homework/grading papers.

From the fanfiction Walk the Line by Canarian (canarianwrites.tumblr.com). Shit is amazing!

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This is positively stunning.

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I think what I love most about this is that the artist even included their bulges. So very true to life. ;)

Autumn in New York

‘cause this is real and this is good

it warms the inside just like it should

but most of all, most of all it’s built to last…..’

Built to Last - Melee (sigh…this is such a klaine song)

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This explains all the notes on my Tumblr post ... thanks for recc'ing! :D

AU where Blaine, who is 4 years older than Kurt and fresh out of college, comes to teach at McKinley. Kurt asks him to coach New Directions after Schue gets fired and they both find something they never expected.