#GleefulPoppet

[klaineccfanficlibrary]

SONDER

Author: @gleefulpoppet

Rating: NC-17

Status: Completed in August 2024

Word Count: 460,517

Summary: [AU] Kurt is one of the most respected and talked about men in the fashion industry and business world. His app Style•Revolution is the fastest-growing app in history, still rising after three years. Recently, he moved the company to Seattle to be at the heart of the newest technology epicenter in the United States. Yet, with all his success, experience keeps teaching him to be wary of people’s motives who want to be close to him, and he wonders if he’ll be alone forever. Or maybe this city has plans for him that he can’t imagine when his gaze locks with a mysterious, honey-hazel-eyed busker.

Tropes/Genre: AU, musician!Blaine, wealthy!Kurt, businesman!Kurt, secret relationship, romance, fluff, married!Klaine, daddies!Klaine

Lynne's review: Wonderful story - incredible, beautiful, magical journey of these two men and everyone in their lives. Excellent graphics help you visualize their story.

Read at: AO3

[gleefulpoppet]

Refracted Light an Indigo Dreams One-Shot Rating: Mature Word Count: 2350 Released: 09-20-2024 Featuring two stunning commissioned art pieces by @starpawedart from a few years ago that I've never shared before. Kurt has returned to Indigo Dreams, the electrifying upscale dance club where his performances captivate crowds. Blaine is thrilled to watch him take the stage to debut a new dance. With every mesmerizing movement illuminated by cosmic lighting, Kurt commands his attention, igniting the passion that pulses between them.

You can read it and see the art on AO3 [here].

[cryscendo]

For the fic ask, can I request one you wanted to write and weren't asked? Klaine, please! ♥

oooooh boy, you really opened up the floodgates with this one. I decided to go super angsty because i just really needed to get this out there. this takes place around the time of “the quarterback” and i went with the prompt “things you didn’t say at all”

i hope you enjoy and sorry in advance for the heartbreak :’(

Pairing: Kurt Hummel/Blaine Anderson

Word Count: 1599

Rating: T

Prompt: 5 - things you didn’t say at all

Warning: mentions of canon character death as a main plot point (references to The Quarterback)

if you would like to request a prompt, you can do so here.

Fic can be read under the cut

Finn’s death was hard on Kurt.

Make no mistake, it was hard on everyone. After watching Santana break down in the middle of the choir room, Blaine was truly able to see just how much this was taking a toll on his friends. Grief was shared amongst everyone who knew Finn, and it made it difficult to even pretend to be okay.

But Kurt… Kurt was suffocating with it. Every moment since his arrival back in Ohio for the funeral had been filled with this poisonous cocktail of emotions.

Kurt didn’t discuss this situation, at least not directly. He more so just tiptoed around the issue, and his words were like a children’s game of telephone where the original words get completely altered and warped, but the overall message is understood.

Blaine watched Kurt as his fiancé tried on no less than twelve different outfits for the funeral. They ranged from black to gray to navy, and he even tried his hand at adding a bit of deep plum. He looked gorgeous in all of them. None of them were good enough for Finn's funeral.

“This isn’t right either,” Kurt said, already moving to undo his tie. It was a sleek thing with very subtle, barely there gold-stitched accents. “Too flashy.” It really, truly wasn’t, but Blaine wasn’t about to argue.

“Maybe do the black suit with the plum sweater? Just forgo the tie completely.” Blaine knew that the problem wasn’t a tie. But Kurt wasn’t talking about what the actual problem was. “I’ll match to you.”

Kurt gave himself a long, hard look in the mirror before him. Blaine didn’t think that he would respond at all. That was until he eventually sighed and turned back towards Blaine. “Let’s try it, then.”

And so it goes.

The funeral ended without incident. Kurt actually agreed to Blaine’s outfit suggestion, which only further proved to Blaine that Kurt was, definitively, not doing well. Because if he was, there would’ve been a bit more scrutiny on Blaine’s choice of textile combinations, as well as how it affected the overall silhouette. He looked great of course, but it was also clear that he wore it not because he was actually in love with the outfit, but because he needed to pick something and allowing Blaine to make the decision took some of the pressure off of him.

Kurt didn’t talk much during the service. He did stand up and give a brief speech, which Blaine was grateful for — even if it felt a bit like Kurt was saying only a fraction of what he wanted to say.

They sat in Kurt’s bedroom a day or two later. Burt and Carole weren’t home, having needed to take care of a few things. They offered for Kurt and Blaine to join them, but Kurt turned the offer down on both of their behalfs. This seemed to disappoint Burt, but Blaine wasn’t interested in going against the wishes of his clearly grief-stricken fiancé.

So they stayed home. And Kurt once again did not speak much.

Eventually though, dinner came around, and Blaine had to make an effort to at least get Kurt to eat something (he has always been on the smaller side, but ever since Kurt moved to New York, Blaine got the sense that he prioritized things like work and school over eating). He brought Kurt a bowl of pasta up to his room — it was left over from the reception catering; Blaine wasn’t exactly the cook in the relationship.

While Kurt accepted the food, he made no move to actually eat it. Instead, he wordlessly spun his fork around inside the bowl, picking up noodles only to let them slip back off the utensil uselessly. He repeated this motion for several minutes until Blaine finally stopped him.

“Not hungry, honey?” Blaine asked, dragging Kurt’s attention back to reality.

Kurt’s eyes flickered up to Blaine’s face for a moment before peering back down towards the pasta, which up to that point had been virtually untouched. “Oh, yeah, I guess not.”

“You really need to eat.” Kurt hadn’t hardly eaten anything since the reception, and even then he grazed more than actually ate. That wasn’t entirely his fault, though. It was hard for Kurt and his parents to get much time to eat when people kept approaching them to express their condolences directly. It was well-meaning each and every time, but Blaine could see that it was taking a lot for Kurt to not tell people to ‘please leave me the fuck alone’. He was wound so tight that one wrong word could’ve easily made him snap.

“I know,” he confirmed. But rather than actually take a bite of his food, he set the bowl down on the mattress between them. Okay. Food wasn’t going to happen right now. That’s fine.

“Kurt, are you going to be okay?” He asked even though he sensed that he already knew the answer. Kurt was strong, powerful, resilient. But beyond that, he was still human.

“Yep,” Kurt responded directly. “Gotta keep on keeping on, y’know? Work and school aren’t going to wait for me forever. So I have no choice but to be okay.”

It was a reasonable enough answer, but Blaine knew it wasn’t what Kurt was feeling. This brave face that Kurt was putting on wasn’t him being honest with himself. Kurt has dealt with more loss than someone his age has any right to. His mother was first, and now Finn. And all the while, his own father was still in a balancing act with his own health and Blaine knew how much that worried Kurt.

Blaine knew he should’ve just left well enough alone, but that wasn’t really his style.

“It’s okay to not be okay, Kurt,” Blaine gently reminded. Kurt clearly didn’t want the reminder.

“You’re not going to lecture me into discussing my feelings. I won’t. I’m fine. And even if I’m not, that’s not going to bring Finn back, now is it?” Kurt put in great effort to make his words come out collected, but his own emotions worked to betray him. “So I’d be wasting my time weeping over something like this when it’s not going to change a single thing.”

“I know that, but please just listen, okay?” Blaine didn’t hold Kurt’s emotions against him. Asking someone to be entirely pleasant after undergoing severe loss was an unreasonable request. All he wanted was for Kurt to hear him for a moment. And with the way that Kurt fell silent, it seemed like he was willing to try.

“Nobody’s asking you to be fine,” Blaine began, moving both of their bowls to Kurt’s nightstand so that he could sit closer to his partner. “All I’m asking is that you be honest with yourself. Everyone can see how hard this has been on you; it’s not exactly a secret.” In response to Blaine’s words, Kurt looked away from him, instead choosing to examine his fingernails. It was artificial distance, not making eye contact. Blaine continued on regardless. “You don’t have to tell me what’s going on inside your head, but just know that whatever it is, you’re allowed to feel it.”

Kurt didn’t respond, but the way that he bit anxiously at his lower lip told Blaine that he was at least listening. That was good at least, that he was attentive to what Blaine was saying to him.

Blaine continued, reaching down to hold Kurt’s hand in his, his thumb swiping instinctively over Kurt’s engagement ring. Kurt watched the motion and sucked in a shaky breath. Kurt didn’t need to say what he was thinking at that moment; Blaine already knew — Finn was never going to be able to see Kurt get married, or even be married himself.

“I don’t think you’ve let yourself feel much of anything since it happened. You didn’t even cry at the funeral.” Kurt tensed, but didn’t pull away. Blaine continued. “I’m not saying you have to talk about it. I’m not saying you have to pour your heart out to the first person who is willing to listen. All I’m saying is that you need to let yourself be not okay. If you go back to New York and pretend nothing’s wrong, I’m scared it’s going to eat you alive. I don’t want that for you.”

Blaine fell silent after that, now only watching Kurt’s face as he continued to stare down at their joined hands. Seconds bled into minutes of wordlessness, and Blaine was beginning to worry that everything he had just said was going to be discarded.

That is, until Kurt’s eyes turned glassy with tears.

“Kurt?” Blaine asked and was immediately followed by silent tears streaming in heavy drops down Kurt’s face. “Shit, Kurt…”

Blaine hugged Kurt close then and Kurt didn’t even try to turn it down. Kurt’s arms were tight around Blaine as if he was afraid that if he let Blaine go, he’d disappear. The room was silent save for the soft sounds of Kurt’s broken gasps as wept quietly into Blaine’s shoulder. It tore at Blaine’s heart, hearing those sounds come from Kurt, his one true love, who somehow unjustly is regularly the victim of tragedy.

Kurt never did end up saying all the things that he had locked up inside his head, but that was okay. He didn’t need to. His actions were loud enough that Blaine understood them as if he were reading them from a book. If Kurt never discussed this again, that would be okay too.

The message was already clear enough.

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Hello thank you for the ask!!

✨ Choose three adjectives to complement your own writing.

Oh gosh this is a tough one... let's go with emotional, intense, evocative? I think one thing I'm good at in my writing is portraying feeling, so I think those are good adjectives to describe that.

💭 What is a headcanon you have about your own work?

Oh gosh I'm not sure that I've ever really thought about headcanons for my own work - and even if I did, wouldn't that just make it canon, because it's my own?

fanfic ask game

[wendypetersnevergrowsup]

Quote:

The morning sun pours through the window; its rays filter through the curtains, painting intricate patterns of light and shadow on the bedspread. The room becomes a canvas of warmth and tranquility, each corner illuminated with a soft radiance that seems to breathe life into the space.

@gleefulpoppet in "Sonder" (Chapter 10: Anything You Need)

[hkvoyage]

It was definitely worth the wait, @gleefulpoppet

Me waiting for @gleefulpoppet to post the next chapter of Just One Look.

[esilher]

For the chapter 11 of the story Moonfall Manor Masquerade from @gleefulpoppet Thank you for creating this atmosphere, and these beautiful and inspiring outfits…

[bitbybitwrites]

Well . . hellloooooooo out there folks!

Thanks again for the following folks who have tagged me for Six/Seven/Several Sentence Sunday and WIP Weds these past few weeks:

@nocoastposts, @iboatedhere, @porcelainmortal, @forabeatofadrum, @sophie1973

@blueeyedgrlwrites, @alasse9, @daisyishedwig, @tinyarmedtrex, @onthewaytosomewhere

@henrysfox, @caramelcoffeeaddict, @tailsbeth-writes, @caterpills, @littlemisskittentoes

(and if I've forgotten anyone, I apologize!!!!)

Let's see . . did a bit of writing lately I was able to crank out the following:

Smutsgiving 2024- Klaine/Glee

Smutsgiving 2024 - FirstPrince/RWRB

The latest chapter of Puppy Love (FirstPrince/RWRB Fic)

I'm working still on finishing up my Klaine fic, If I Can Make Your Heart My Home. About 2,500 words in on the next chapter.

Here's an excerpt below the cut: ( cc @datshitrandom)

******** “I swear, I was clear from the beginning, Kurt.  I told him I wasn’t interested in him.  I told him it wasn’t a date that night.  I just agreed to go with him only because he said he’d donate a lot to the charity if I did.  I didn’t think anything of it.  I thought it was . .” “Nothing?” Blaine’s shoulders sagged.  “Yeah, “ he whispered.  “I thought it was.”  He scooted up the bed, so he could lean back against the headboard. “God, I’m so stupid . . “ he muttered as he closed his eyes. A weight settled in his lap, causing him to look up and see Kurt there, straddling him.  Blaine could see the concern in those blue eyes. “You’re not stupid.” “But . .” “Blaine, listen to me.  You’re not stupid.”  Kurt leaned forward to cup Blaine’s face in between his hands.  “Sebastian is a conniving, manipulative son-of-a-bitch and at this moment I’d like to heave his sorry ass and his smarmy meerkat face into the East River.” Kurt spat. Blaine’s hands tightened around Kurt’s waist.  This must have been what Cooper had described when he witnessed Kurt confront their father -  this unfettered protectiveness of Blaine.  He only had Cooper and Nan been so passionately in his corner before. Now he had Kurt . . and that . . that feeling was overwhelming. "You’re not going to bludgeon him with a rolling pin when you go into the tea salon next, will you?” Blaine said with a weak smile, pulling Kurt closer and trying to calm him down with a little gallows humor. “Don’t tempt me,”  growled Kurt.  “If I could, I’d set Chef Sue on him.  Then he’d really know what its like to fear for his life on a daily minute by minute basis.” “So. . . you love me enough to commit murder for me. . . I’m touched,” Blaine murmured quietly. “I love you. Period.” Kurt said, making sure Blaine could see in his eyes that he was telling the truth.   “Now, would I defile my baking equipment to beat a man to death to uphold your honor?  You fucking bet I would.” Kurt said, his mouth set into a grim line. *****

I know the holidays are upon us and these next two weeks there will probably be less writing for me and more running around like crazy taking are of holiday responsibilities. But yes folks, have no fear, I'm still very slowly ( as I do) working on my WIPs :)

Uh and I might have signed up for the Klaine secret santa writing thing - because I'm a masochist. 😂

Dear Secret Santa, please be patient with me! Its coming - I did start it!

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season . . .

Tagging. . .for those who want to play . . . besides the lovely folks already tagged above . . if you want to share what they've been working on lately :

@special-bc-ur-part-of-it, @little-escapist, @wowbright, @gleefulpoppet, @hkvoyage

@myheartalivewrites, @14carrotghoul , @kirakiwiwrites, @thesleepyskipper, @kirakiwiwrites

@madas-ahatters-world, @spaceorphan18 @firstprincehornyramblings , @rockitmans, @sparklepocalypse

@cryscendo @justgleekout @sarkyblueeyes @esilher @mynonah

[paraphwrites]

dear @gleefulpoppet, this is my @klainesecretsanta2024 gift for you! i had a great time crafting a story around your wishlist, and focused on the "meet cute, fluff, daddies!klaine, and older klaine" mentions. it's very cute. so far i've posted the first of two parts (so sorry for the delay on the second part, it should be out by the 26th at the latest.)

i hope you enjoy, and have an incredible happy holiday!

read Carrying Boxes: And Other Trials of Kurt Hummel on ao3 now

[klaine-word-scramble]

Click through to the [original post] to see the most recent version. (Titles in bold have been added in the last 24 hours)

MULTI-CHAPTER STORIES: WIP •The Collector by @antisocialmastermind Now updated to: Chapter 13 •No Place to Go by Anonymous Now updated to: Chapter 2

MULTI-CHAPTER STORIES: COMPLETE •Leaps and Dives by @annepi-blog •A Door to Nowhere & A Door to Somewhere by @gleefulpoppet ONE-SHOTS •Day One Drabble by @myheadcannonismymuse •Day Two Drabble by @myheadcannonismymuse

ARTWORK [@esilher] •Earbuds •Bashful •Hornier •Darkens •Wistful •Upstage •Harmony •Radiant •Zipping •Inhaled •Lounges •Airport •Gawking •Keycard

[@myheadcanonismymuse] •Bard •Bashful •Horn •Sand •Fist •Pets •Harmony

Last updated 09/08/2024

To be included on the list, make sure you tag us or use the collection on AO3. If we missed your story or other fanworks, let us know, and we'll add you as soon as possible.

[klainetober]

Welcome to Klainetober 2024!

Follow along for spooky fandom fun.

art by @gleefulpoppet

[klaineccfanficlibrary]

Hey! I really wanna read the Better Knot Bow Tie series but it’s such a huge universe and hard to navigate, I also can’t find Act one, could you help me out?

Hi - it's still on A03! It's one of my favorite fics of theirs,and do recommend it. ~Jen

Better Knot Bow Tie Company: Act One by @gleefulpoppet

Blaine Anderson has been a Better Knot Bow Tie Company monthly subscriber for years. He's taken a hiatus from Broadway to facilitate the Journey Performing Arts School's summer program in New York. What happens when a zany bow tie sets off a chain reaction of events that may change their futures forever?

[gleefulpoppet]

I was tagged by @bitbybitwrites ♥ All the rest of the questions are under the cut!

favorite color: Turquoise/Teal/Blue/Navy somewhere in there!

last song: You Make Me Feel (Adam Lambert)

last movie: Red, White and Royal Blue (whatever day it came out!)

currently watching: I really don't watch much TV but the last show I watched was Heartstopper Season 2.

other stuff I watched this year: Heartstopper. (when I say I don't watch much TV I really was not exaggerating lol). I really want to see Barbie, but haven't yet.

shows I dropped this year/didn't finish: Erm. Once again, nada. I am either working or if I have a free moment you'll find me writing or working on art😁.

currently reading: Some poetry! Selected Poems by Neruda and The Essential Rumi (both are translated into English). I used to consume copious amounts of books, but I haven't read nearly as much since I've become obsessed with writing.

currently listening to: Adam Lambert. Always. And the Sonder playlist I've been making/working on for hours and hours to find the right songs for!

currently working on:

Sonder (A Klaine AU that I am having the best time with. It's updated several times a week.)

Chapter headers for @wowbright Mormon!Klaine verse

Unnamed Elliot/Kurt/Blaine fic that I LOVE. Not sure when I'll get it finished at this rate, though!

I have three other drafts I've started in the last two years that I'll finish at some point.

Looking forward to NaNoWriMo!

current obsession:

Writing. Writing. Writing.

Stickers (I love finding artists on Tumblr and purchasing their vinyl stickers)

Popcorn with M&Ms

Vintage Muppet Photos (I have a side blog that is getting out of control)

Tagging anyone who wants! I know a lot of you have already played along! ♥

[cryscendo]

11. Travel!au

7. Childhood friends

23. You know your book is upside-down, right? (If this is duplicated then my backups are au 14, trope 9, prompt 34)

this one was incredibly cute and fun to do! it gave me an opportunity to write flustered blaine, which i love doing!

Word Count: 736

If anyone else would like to send in a prompt, you can do so here!

Fic can be read under the cut!

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“Attention, everyone. Flight 283 to New York is now boarding.”

“Blaine, c’mon! We’re boarding! We don’t wanna be late!”

With an unmatched eagerness, Kurt directed them towards their boarding gate. Though it should certainly be said that there was absolutely no way they were going to be anything less than punctual if Kurt was the one who was in charge of making sure they got where they were supposed to be.

Blaine couldn’t blame Kurt for his excitement, however. He knew Kurt loved New York more than anything. He also knew that if it weren’t for his dad’s health taking a surprising decline, Kurt would still be living there and not back in Ohio. Blaine feels for Kurt in many ways, though he had to admit, at least only to himself, that he liked having Kurt back in Ohio with him. It felt incredibly selfish, but it was the truth.

He and Kurt have been friends since elementary school. And even back then, Blaine knew that Kurt had no interest in staying in Ohio. That was kind of where the two of them differed. Blaine was quite content where he was. Kurt was not. The few years that Kurt was away in New York was the hardest few years of Blaine’s life. He truly could feel the distance, even if they had Skyped frequently. He would never tell Kurt that, though. He never wanted to be the reason why his best friend couldn’t live to his fullest potential.

But Kurt is back now! And not only that, but they’re taking a trip to New York together. Kurt was looking forward to showing Blaine all his favorite parts of the state. Blaine was mostly just looking forward to having Kurt to himself for two weeks. 

Because as much he hates it to be true, he never did shake his stupid, fat crush on his best friend. And these days, that has only been amplified. During childhood and even into their teenage years, Kurt was always incredibly reserved about being perceived in any way that was even remotely sexual. Nowadays, however, he’s a changed man. New York changed him. He’s confident, alluring, and if Blaine were to be so bold in his word choice, sexy.

Blaine can’t stop himself from staring at him.

Once they were seated on the plane, he and Kurt adjusted their belongings to get comfortable. Kurt pulled out a sketchpad and opened it up to a design that he had been working on. Blaine wishes that Kurt could have continued working for Vogue, but obviously the high fashion market doesn’t really reach Ohio.

Blaine took a book out that he had been reading and opened it up. He was trying to focus on the page, but he was finding it hard with Kurt sitting right next to him looking immaculate. No matter how hard he tried, his attention kept being pulled away from his book and towards the line of Kurt’s jaw, or the slope of his nose. It was unbelievably distracting.

“Uh, Blaine?”

Blaine’s attention was fully on Kurt immediately. “Yeah, Kurt?”

Kurt nodded down to the book in Blaine’s hands. “You know your book is upside-down, right?” 

Huh. It sure is. Blaine flips the book the correct way around, a blush spreading across his cheeks. “You’re right, th-thanks.”

“You feeling alright?”

“Yeah!” Blaine replies, already knowing that he sounded far too energetic to be convincing. “Just a bit nervous about flying is all.”

Kurt gave him a look of genuine concern, and damn it, why does he have to be so caring? “I didn’t know you were afraid of flying.”

That’s not the only thing you don’t know about me, Blaine thought, a bit pathetically. “Yeah, a little, but I’ll be fine!” He offered Kurt a smile that he hoped came off as believable. “Once we get past take off, I’m sure it’ll be easy-going from there.”

“If you say so.” Kurt then patted his knee in a way that Blaine was sure was supposed to be purely friendly, but all he could think about was the heat of Kurt’s touch and how it somehow managed to warm his whole body. Once a silence fell back between them, Blaine forced himself to look back down at his book (which was now turned the correct way), but he couldn’t focus on the words at all.

This was going to be a long trip.

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If you discovered a star or other celestial body what would you name it? If you discovered multiple ones would you have a theme by which you picked names?

I would name it Finn Hudson 😌

Okay but no, that is SUCH a hard question and I have noooo idea. That feels like so much responsibility. And I have never once considered naming a star. It would have to be something super cool. I feel like it needs to involve a Greek letter somewhere, probably because I'm thinking of Alpha Centauri.

Also might depend on where it is - based on location I might consider giving it a name related to a constellation it's near in the sky?

I think if I discovered multiple and they were in like the same system I'd definitely have a theme. But if they were totally separate and independent, then maybe not? They might still be similar-ish because I feel like most space thing names have a similar vibe, but I wouldn't go so far as to say I'd follow a *theme* for them.

[rockitmans]

Curse you for making me choose. But imma say 👑 for your wip ask.

And don’t worry, good things are always worth waiting for.

Thank you friend. It's the Red White and Royal Blue AU! Also requested by @bitbybitwrites @gleefulpoppet @lilacdaisyrose and one more anon. I hope you all have an excellent week.

We're adding fifteen sentences to this so let's go.

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Blaine: I'm wearing yellow so you better step up but also not dull my shine

Kurt: Sorry, I can't help but pull focus 😔 

Blaine: Sorry I can't help but lose your invitation to the party 

Kurt: What’s this Anderson? Scared of a little competition? I know my fashion game is incredibly strong

Blaine: Please. You dress like an overworked dad in a nineties sitcom

Kurt: You haven't seen me dress myself yet. Prepare to be dazzled. Speechless even. 

Blaine: I suppose miracles do happen 

Kurt: Yes. I suppose you shutting up for two seconds *would* be a bloody miracle 

Blaine wonders if it's some kind of hate crime in the UK to send a Prince the middle finger emoji. 

He does it anyway.