#age gap!klaine

[datshitrandom]

Favorite Fanfics (107/?): Invisible strings by @fallevs

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any fics with an alternate meeting where Blaine is older than Kurt ?

I can recommend our Older!blaine tab or also the age difference tab, if that's what you are looking for. The old favorites are all on those lists. Here are some more recent fics from writers still active. ~Jen

My dream come true by @little-escapist

Kurt Hummel thought that being a famous model was his dream until he met Blaine Anderson and his son.

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Seven By @scatter-the-stars

How far would you go for someone you love? For Kurt, that means doing the unimaginable. But if it means saving his dad, he’s willing to take that risk. A risk that has him leaving his home to go states away to spend a week with the last person he ever expected to meet. Over the course of the next seven days, things don’t go as planned, or thought.

Can seven days change everything?

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Just Between us, do you remember it? by @cryscendo

 He sat alone at a table in a quaint, little coffee shop in the city. He chose this shop, because he knew that it was never particularly crowded. He was going to need every ounce of privacy that he could get.

He was well over halfway through his first cup of coffee when a voice requested his attention — a voice that he was all too familiar with.

“Y’know, I’m honestly surprised you were willing to meet with me.”

Kurt turned, taking in a figure that he had not seen organically in just over three years. Even then, something about looking at the older man made his heart skip in ways that he did not want to think about.

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Annotations of the heart By @gleefulpoppet

Amid a period of healing solitude, Blaine crosses paths with Kurt, an inquisitive journalist. What begins as a casual conversation over an annotated book in a café becomes a blazing fire between their hearts. As the layers of their connection deepen, they learn to navigate the complexities of love, loss, and identity, unraveling a poignant tale that transcends the unexpected boundaries of their pasts.

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Lessons in love By @kirakiwiwrites

One shot. Blaine is a vocal coach at NYADA. Kurt famously won a singing competition with his friend and has decided he wants to attend college after all. When they meet, they will realize more is happening than a vocal lesson…

[angelhummel]

as the iconic klaine fics of history poll comes to a close i wanna ask if anyone remembers “the boy with the unicorn tattoo” bc it wasn’t on there alksfjdslkf. it was like the greatest piece of literature ever crafted in my like 17-18ish year old eyes so allow me to tell you about it here today (also p sure there was a main trilogy then some sequel series, this is just about the original trilogy)

the first part that my now adult brain goes to is that kurt was 16 and blaine was 32 💀 which is obviously ummm... but also truthfully the least weird part of the stories so lets keep it pushing

blaine was an author and married to rachel

kurt was a very fashionable vagrant i remember he was friends with sugar for like a chapter

oh obviously it was an homage to “girl with the dragon tattoo” ofc

it’s like a murder mystery. there’s a serial killer on the loose we gotta figure out who he is

marley and kitty died rip. also suzy pepper

EVERYONE was a character in this story. that girl that santana smiled at in the library in her flashback in 4x04? she’s a character. she died too rip

brittany was a tattoo artist and gave kurt his unicorn

santana was a cop. boooo. they really kicked off the whole lesbian cop trend huh </3

i truthfully dont remember what most of the other characters were doing. tina and maybe mike i think worked at the cafe where blaine liked to go and write?? and where he first met kurt

burt has long been dead and kurt spent some time at a foster home run by carole so maybe some of the other kids showed up there

blaine thinks kurt is trans the first few times they’re intimate bc he’s missing a certain appendage. but ummm we find out later there was an incident in kurt’s childhood involving an ax and again lets just leave it at that

oh it also involved kurt’s foster/step brother and we’re supposed to automatically assume its finn bc canon but hmm there may be some more twists afoot idk

we also hear something about a katie hummel wonder what that’s about

there are three main killers across the different stories and they’re themed around the wizard of oz. the scarecrow, the tinman, and the cowardly lion

and they go in order so the killer of the first story is the scarecrow. the one without a brain. spoiler alert, it’s schuester alskjdslkf

i think kurt kills him?? and that’s everything i remember about the first story

i dont remember a lot of the details of the sequel stories just like The Killers

so the second story involves the tinman, the one without a heart

harmony is the only victim i remember and her death was boot nasty im not gonna get into details bc its one of my big squicks lkajsfdlks

and she was on broadway and there might’ve been another broadway related victim but rachel is also on broadway and blaine is worried she might be another target

i think they might be divorced at this point but im not sure

i feeeeel like there was also a duality of like the queen of hearts vs the tinman idk

and into the woods was also thematically relevant

honestly the reason this fic hit me so hard is it really just ticked every box for every adolescent obsession i ever experienced alskfjlsk. its staying power is unmatched for me

anyway spoilers again but the tinman is sebastian. he was also kurt’s foster brother from back in the day and the one that did the big Chop

there’s a confrontation on the roof between sebastian, kurt, and blaine. sebastian says he’s going to shoot blaine if kurt doesnt jump off the building and kill himself. so kurt does it

but sebastian was bluffing bc his gun was out of bullets </3 rip kurt

but of course he doesn’t die there’s like 50 more parts in this story dont be silly

bc like actual police backup were on there way and they managed to set something up in time so kurt didnt completely fall??

but also blaine thinks he died for a while and he doesnt find out the truth til months later

also also kurt didnt know backup would be there in time and he was fully ready to die if it meant saving blaine uwu

also i dont remember when we learn this but at some point in kurt’s past he was traded from the smythe family to the karofsky family but as katie hummel to be dave’s idk wife i guess?? and lived as a girl for a while

so the third story involves the cowardly lion killer, the one with no courage. place your bets now on who you think it is

well you’re wrong bc it’s chandler. remember him??

also there was a whole mystery about “eli c” and who that is. and i think at the crime scenes it would have like “KH + Eli C” written in blood or something. as in like the eli c person was obsessed with kurt hummel (the KH part, if you arent good with initials)

so they figure out who the killer is bc if you rearrange the letters in KH + Eli C you get “C. Kiehl”

thats still the best and funniest twist ive ever seen in a piece of media ever. i literally think about it about once a week to this day

i think there was a scene in a library or something idk

i remember the least about the third one idek who died

So yeah that’s all I remember about this wonderful crazy fucked up series of stories. I think in the sequel series they were in Italy. Pretty sure Kurt gets framed for Blaine’s murders but also Blaine isn’t really dead obvi. Kurt ends up in a mental institution or something. It’s wild man. Oh also (according to my teenage brain, I have not revisited these stories in my adulthood) the author was like a really good story teller on their own but also would just randomly plagiarize whole chunks of texts from other works?? And I was like yeah sure that’s fair

Anyway lmk if you actually read this or if this read like the world’s worst fever dream to you uwu

[annepi-blog]

Lately, I've been wandering around a bit, reading stories in younger fandoms. I've stumbled upon some real gems out there, but searching through the stories has made me even more grateful for the many Klaine fanfictions.

I have often wondered, where are my Single Parents, Arranged Marriages, Age Gap, Soulmate, and Fake Relationship stories?

I feel that, perhaps because it has been around for so long, we have such a wide variety of stories and topics for every interest.

I mean, seriously, think about it.

Do you want a 200,000-word fantasy story with its own enchanting lore? Stories with pirates, superheroes, vampires, werewolves, witches, or aliens? Perhaps some steamy D/s narratives set in an entirely new universe? Or how about meticulously researched historical settings that transport you to a different era? Are you intrigued by characters with extraordinary professions or sports skills? Or do you prefer darker, more angsty tales – think mafia, prostitution, or stories of homelessness? Maybe a character has a mental illness or disability?

Whatever you're into, you'll find not just one but a plethora of captivating Klaine stories on diverse and creative topics. And the quality and depth of these stories are often through the roof!

So, a massive shoutout and heartfelt thanks to our amazing fanfiction writers! Your dedication and talent bring so much joy to this fandom, and I'm endlessly grateful for every story you share with us.

[shame-is-a-wasted-emotion]

The Klaine Reverse Prompt Challenge 2023

Prompt 27:

AU Newspaper columnist Kurt Hummel has become a little jaded after being left at the altar by his fiance. His editor decides Kurt needs a break from covering New York city life, and sends him to the Northernmost town in America, Utqiagvik, Alaska, to cover their 4th of July celebration. Kurt isn't impressed with the small town, and the residents keep telling him to take his complaints to the Mayor. Blaine Anderson is the youngest Mayor ever elected in the town, and Kurt is vexed by his boyish good looks and overly enthusiastic demeanor. Of course, he is eventually worn down by Blaine’s debonair charm and infectious laugh. Slight age gap.

Prompt provided: @grlnxtdr30

Artist: @very-kurtious

Writer: @shame-is-a-wasted-emotion

Beta: @1908jmd

Rating:

Mature

Archive Warning:

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories:

F/MM/M

Fandoms:

GleeKlaine-FandomGlee Klaine

Relationships:

Blaine Anderson/Kurt HummelPam Anderson/Blaine Anderson's FatherRachel Berry/Finn Hudson

Characters:

Blaine AndersonBlaine Anderson's ParentsBlaine Anderson's FatherCooper AndersonPam AndersonBlaine Anderson's FamilyKurt HummelKurt Hummel's MotherBurt HummelFinn HudsonRachel BerryDavid KarofskySebastian SmytheOther Character Tags to Be AddedIsabelle WrightOriginal Characters

Words:3714/?

Chapters: 3/?

Genre: thriller, science fiction, romance

Summary:

Kurt woke up gasping for air, drenched profusely in his sweat. In an unknown bed. In an unknown world. Where time froze.

He lost his clothes. He lost his money. He lost his fiance. He lost New York.

The only thing he owned: A countdown for his life.

His only mission: Not to die and save the world.

Written for @klaine reverse prompt bang 2023 by @the-lima-bean

Kuddos and comments are most welcomed😊

Stay tuned for subsequent chapters

[kurtsascot]

fic masterlist

wips:

klaine!clueless au

complete:

treading water 90k+ words, multichap, kurt pov, explicit

tropes/important tags: angst, kurt being dumb, blaine being smitten

fic playlist

feel my heart's intention. 17k words, blaine pov, explicit

tropes/important tags: enemies to lovers, coworkers, bisexual blaine

rate my professor 7k words, kurt pov, mature

tropes/important tags: professors!klaine, mutual pining, oblivious!kurt

distraction 7k words, blaine pov, explicit

tropes/important tags: age gap, manager!kurt, musician!actor!blaine

unexpected 4k words, blaine pov, teen

tropes/important tags: pining, oblivious!blaine, meet ugly adjacent

spring break and the snowbank 4k words, blaine character study, teen

tropes/important tags: early!klaine, kurt teaching blaine to drive, canon compliant-ish

getting older 2k words, blaine pov, teen

tropes/important tags: canon compliant, blaine being insecure, glasses

[little-escapist]

Klaine Prompt Reverse Bang Fic: My Dream Come True

Author: @little-escapist

Artist: @datshitrandom

Prompt Provided by: @datshitrandom

Betas: @cerriddwenluna for plot, @quizasvivamos for grammar

Pairing(s): Kurt Hummel/Blaine Anderson

Rating: T

Word Count: 17050

Characters: Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson, Quinn Fabray, Tina Cohen-Chang, Elliott Gilbert, Luke Anderson (OC)

Summary: Kurt Hummel thought that being a famous model was his dream until he met Blaine Anderson and his son. 

Genre/Tropes: Single Dad!Blaine, Photographer!Blaine, Model!Kurt, Age Gap!Klaine

Warnings: past Blaine/female character, if that bothers you. Blaine comes with baggage as seems to be the norm in my stories.

Author’s Notes: Written for the Lima Bean’s Klaine prompt reverse band challenge for a prompt by @datshitrandom, who also made the amazing art.

Read here on AO3.

[klaine-a03-feed]

A Door to Nowhere &amp; A Door to Somewhere

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/T92wvnU by GleefulPoppet Kurt Hummel is the personification of a perfect personal assistant. After eight years of working for Isabelle Wright, he had the most prestigious business owners in New York begging to hire him after she retired. He’s kept Blaine Anderson, lawyer extraordinaire, organized and overachieving ever since. There’s just a teeny tiny (colossal) problem: the unfettered chemistry that rages between them. And Mr. Anderson? Well, he has a wife. [This story will be posted every other day in August for the Klaine Word Scramble Challenge] Words: 1283, Chapters: 1/14, Language: English Fandoms: Glee (TV 2009) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Blaine Anderson, Kurt Hummel Relationships: Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel Additional Tags: Blaine is a later bloomer, age gap, Dom/sub, dom/sub profound emotional relationship, no shaming or namecalling, Dom!Kurt, sub!Blaine, being a sub does NOT make you weak, Love, So so so much love, klainebows, always a happy ending for my boys, Angst, Blaine is oblivious, this story takes place over a short amount of time, a glimpse into their lives, i'm throwing you right into the middle to fend for your lives, you'll love it, Klaine Word Scramble (Glee), Klaine Friendly, klainecentric, kurt interacts and scenes with another sub, did I mention Blaine hasn’t realized exactly who Kurt is, communication is a major character in this story, A few scenes, Anal Sex, crop, Hurt/Comfort, Minor wounds, mention of bleeding (not gory), Aftercare, rich!blaine, lawyer!blaine, personalassistant!kurt, Klaine, once again so much love, an act of voyeurism, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

[very-kurtious]

Klaine 3-2-1 Prompt Bang Fic: What Happens in Alaska

Author: @shame-is-a-wasted-emotion

Artist: @very-kurtious

Prompt Provided by: @grlnxtdr30

Pairing(s): Kurt Hummel/Blaine Anderson, Pam Anderson/Blaine Andersons Father, Rachel Berry/Finn Hudson

Rating: N/A

Word Count:  3714

Characters:   Blaine Anderson, Blaine Anderson's Parents, Blaine Anderson's Father, Cooper Anderson, Pam Anderson, Blaine Anderson's Family, Kurt Hummel, Kurt Hummel's Mother, Burt Hummel, Finn Hudson, Rachel Berry, David Karofsky, Sebastian Smythe, Other Character Tags to Be Added, Isabelle Wright, Original Characters

Summary:  AU Newspaper columnist Kurt Hummel has become a little jaded after being left at the altar by his fiancé. His editor decides Kurt needs a break from covering New York city life, and sends him to the Northernmost town in America, Utqiagvik, Alaska, to cover their 4th of July celebration. Kurt isn't impressed with the small town, and the residents keep telling him to take his complaints to the Mayor. Blaine Anderson is the youngest Mayor ever elected in the town, and Kurt is vexed by his boyish good looks and overly enthusiastic demeanour. Of course, he is eventually worn down by Blaine’s debonair charm and infectious laugh. Slight age gap.

Genre/Tropes:  thriller, science fiction, romance

Warnings:  Creator Chose Not To Use Warnings

@the-lima-bean

[datshitrandom]

Favorite Fanfics (108/?): treading water by @kurtsascot

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Hi I've been looking for this age fap fic where Blaine is older and lives with Kurt's older brother and Kurt comes to stay with them and Kurt's brother has to leave for some reason so it's just Kurt and blaine in the apartment and there was one part where Blaine had been hooking up with someone on the couch and Kurt got up to see what the noise was and he and Blaine locked eyes while Blaine was with the other guy? That's all I remember tbh.

That's an easy one! Great fic by anxioussquirrel. Although you have it switched around, Blaine is Cooper's younger brother. ~Lynne

It's Not Babysitting by @anxiousssquirrel

AU, present time. Kurt Hummel is 28 and has been living in New York for ten years now. He has a good job, nice apartment and two best friends anyone could wish for: Sebastian, a snarky lawyer, and Cooper, a workaholic investment specialist. What he doesn't have is luck in relationships. But then Blaine, Cooper's 17-year-old brother comes to NY to spend the summer. He turns out to be gorgeous and quickly develops a huge crush on Kurt...

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ETA: My bad!! Wrong fic (although It's Not Babysitting is really good, too!). Here's your fic!!

Off Limits by munchkinpandas

For once in Blaine Anderson’s life he was pretty happy with how his life was going. He had an epic college experience with his best friend Jamie. They partied way too much, studied way too little and slept with their fair share of the best ASU had to offer. But one rejection letter later and Jamie was moving to San Diego to pursue his PHD while Blaine got accepted to the doctorate program at their Alma Mater. ASU without Jamie didn’t make sense to Blaine and he was not happy about it. To top everything off Jamie asked Blaine to look after his little brother Kurt who was starting his freshman year of college. Kurt wasn’t the little kid he pictured when Jamie asked Blaine to let him move in and it was clear things were about to change even more than Blaine had expected. In short, Blaine Anderson was screwed.

[forabeatofadrum]

Trope Grading game

Thank you @artsyunderstudy for the tag. This is fun.

Rules: How much do these tropes affect your decision to click on a fic?

-10 -> very dissuaded

0 - don’t care either way

+10 -> very enticed

nope -> if it’s a hard no and you’d never click on a fic with that tag or or you even have the tag blocked or you’d insta click out of the fic if it wasn’t tagged

Bonus points for explaining the rating and whether it’s conditional.

Age gap: -10

Define age gap. I don't think I will actively look for it, regardless of age gap, but what kind of age gap does matter. Obviously, I am not fond of, for example, one of them being 16 and the other being 26, but one being 26 and the other 36? Sure. As I always say, it's not about the amount of years, but whether people are in a similar moment in life.

Codependency: +5

Okay, yeah, remember how fiction is all about exploring themes that would be a big no no in real life? This is one of them. I am such a sucker for fics that explore codependency, especially since it can be quite toxic or it can stem from, for example, of inadequacy which... give me ANGST.

Or also, what happens when people seem to be different in how much of themselves they want to give? Like, with Klaine, I am a big "Kurt needs to learn how to let people in and Blaine needs to learn to care for himself" truther.

Obsession/Possessiveness, jealousy: +3

Kinda same thing as what I wrote above, but somehow I am less interested in it. I like to explore it if it stems from some internal conflict. As Ashton said, Simon's jealousy come from his own insecurities and I eat that shit up, but I would never think it's a cutesy thing.

Opposites (grumpy/sunshine etc): +5

Yeah, sure. I like the idea that people compliment each other, but I also like the idea of having a lot in common. So I do like it, but I am not nuts about it.

Enemies to lovers, Enemies with benefits: +5

"I don't really care for enemies to lovers" I say, as I ship Snowbaz and Firstprince and Zimbits.

I mean, it depends on what constitutes as enemies. If "enemies to lovers" is just being used as a way to have two terrible people forcibly end up together, then no thanks. It needs to make sense. It needs to show how people and the relationships evolve.

Enemies with benefits.... meh. Not really? Feels kinda weird to group these two categories together, since they're wildly different and I am just not into this one. Mostly. Sure. I mean, I do flail over Restoration Ecology by @captain-aralias. I cannot shut the fuck up about that fic and Simon thinks of Baz as his enemy so you know.

Friends with benefits: -5

No thanks. Not opposed to it, but just not for me.

Sex to feelings: still figuring it out

Can I redirect you to this long ass reply that I wrote about how my entire feelings with smut is *cha cha real smooth* super weird at the moment and also the main reason I am not into friends/enemies with benefits but how I am slowly, like, accepting (it makes sense if you read the post) that I do like smut when there's feelings?

Fake dating/relationship: -5

Honestly, I never got this trope. I don't hate it. I don't think it's a bad thing, I just never liked it that much and I didn't get the appeal and it's been done.

Friends to lovers: +10

OH YEAH. I am a big "date your best friend" believer. I think friendship can be a great foundation for romantic love and my angst loving ass also likes the whole "but will this ruin it?" stuff, although that has been a bit overdone, but also, two cakes principle.

Found Family: +10

I AM SUCH A BITCH FOR FOUND FAMILY WHY ELSE DO YOU THINK I ALWAYS TRY TO GIVE MY CHARACTERS A GROUP OF FRIENDS IN FICS.

There are so many goddamn good fanfics with this trope BUT the first one that comes to mind is like a handprint on my heart by @alphacrone, like this fic wrecked me to no end (affectionate).

Hurt/Comfort: +10

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

Love Triangle: -10

Fucking hate this. Sorry. I do. Well, not sorry, actually, because I think the media's obsession with love triangles is so fucking tiring anyway and I often find the dilemma to be widely stupid and not fun to read. This is why I am a big fan of shows like Sense8, The Legend of Korra, and Ted Lasso who ended their big love triangle stories in an unexpected way. More of that please, but then technically speaking it wouldn't be a love triangle.

Poly, open relationships: -5

Offline, in real life, I am not opposed to poly stuff, and in media I am all for more poly rep, but I am just one of those people who cannot multiship for life. So it depends on whether the ship/character in question is already poly, if that makes sense. I know I just said I like how Ted Lasso just fucking did nothing, but give me that good Roy/Jamie/Keeley shit, but for the love of God stay away from Klaine or Snowbaz with someone else.

Mistaken/hidden identity: 0

Hm, I wrote an entire fic about catfishing and how it's a messed up way to start a relationship since you don't really know the person in question. I think it can be interesting, and even comedic, but it really depends on how the fake identity came to be.

Monsterfucking: none

No thanks, but again, this has more to do with me not liking smut. Mostly. Again, I made a whole ass post about it. Idk, if you're just starting to figure out what you like, monsterfucking feels too daunting. Nope.

Pregnancy: none

No thanks. Mpreg is a big no for me and also just pregnancy in general is meh. Don't like it. Like many things on this list, I am not, like "morally opposed" to it, I just do not vibe with it at all.

Second Chance: +100000

BUT I DO FUCKING VIBE WITH THIS I AM SO FUCKING DOWN FOR THE REUNION FIC TROPE I ALWAYS SAY IT'S MY FAVOURITE. As much as I think it is a good thing for couples to work shit through as a couple, I am such a bitch for the idea of people finding themselves and growing as a person without the idea of being tied to someone AND then they fall in love with these improved versions of the other and also relearn to love the person they used to be. God yeah, I love this crap. Sign me up.

There are a lot of *chef's kiss* reunion fics in the world, but I need to give a shout out to the Woods verse by @flowerfan2, which I need to reread soon because I recently fell into the Into the Woods 2022 rabbit hole.

Slowburn: +7

I say I like it, but I am also impatient. But yeah, it is definitely something I would click on.

Soulmates: 0

Hm. Mixed bag, mostly since, like fake dating, it has become such a been there done that thing in my head. Oh, the world becomes colourful! Oh, you can write on your body and it shows up on the other's body. Oh, tattoos of your lover's first words! Oh, red string! (I keep saying I do want to write a soulmate fic where I fuck with these ideas, but idk how yet.)

So I don't actively click on it, but that being said, I love fics that throw what we know of soulmate fics out of the window or give their own spin to it. The Check, Please! fandom has some really good ones, especially with the angst potential of Jack "dying" in 2009. A really good one is i'll see you with your laughter lines, also written by @alphacrone. If you want a less angsty one, Those Tangled Olive Threads of Fate by @mcbangle is a hilarious way to fuck with the "red string" trope.

Anyway, thanks for reading. I am fucking tired now. I should sleep. And I am lazy because of it so I will tag everyone who wants to do it.

[blurglesmurfklaine]

🍓🍎🫐 :)

hi bella!!!

🍓 What’s a fic you’ve written you feel is underrated?

For Klaine... I'm actually not really sure?? I think they've done okay in the fandom, as in, people who like them like the, and people who don't just don't read and I'm okay with that? You know what no, I'm lying. I think It Only Takes A Taste is underratted lmao BUT I get why it's not as popular. You have to buy in a little more and it's a little silly but I promise it's super sweet, too!

For Javey, I want to say Yours, Jack is kinda underrated but also like... I don't think the fandom is that big anymore, and I JUST got here lmao. also think that I started writing for it at a weird time because it's not like I'm 14 and have the time to pump out 20 mediocre fics a day like i used to when I was a kid, but I think over the last decade my writing ha improved and something something that post about as you hone your skill it takes more time?? So it FEELS like I'm putting all this time into something no one is reading but I'm also trying to re-frame my relationship with writing so yah

🍎 Is there anything you straight-up won’t write?

probably just student/teacher relationships and significant age gap. I'd say hardcore kinky stuff too but eh you never know. I'm getting older and I'm sure I'll be bored once I'm in a nursing home or soemthing

🫐 What’s your favorite underrated thing in your fandom? (A ship that only you seem to write for, a character there’s almost no fics about, a trope that criminally hasn’t been written yet, etc.)

OH MY GOD OKAY THANK YOU FOR ASKING THIS!

As you may know, Chris Colfer played the character "Carson Philips" in his movie Struck By Lightning. Darren Criss played "Aaron Christopherson" in the Last Friday Night music video.

In 2012, people started shipping them together and it's seriously the greatest thing in the world. There are 16 works for them on Ao3 and I have read every. single. one.

I'm linking some of my favorites here because holy shit they are all SO SO GOOOOOOOD

Feel Again by @drosophilase (I quite literally reread this one about once a year)

I Saw the Dead by luckie_dee

If I Lose Myself by dizzy

Tragically, the current fandom consists of roughly a discarded napkin, a single cornchip, and myself. We are small but mighty. The cornchip makes a fantastic guac.

Thanks for sending this in! :D

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🍐🍍

!!!

🍍 What kind of AUs do you like? Are there any AUs you hate or just generally have beef with?

Oooh. That's An interesting question. I am almost fine with all AUs. But I am not for age gap, werewolf.

I have a long list of liking: vampires, high-school,college, husbands klaine, time travel,what ifs, etc...pretty versatile.

🍐 Is there anything in canon that you absolutely hate and love to fix in fics? A wrong choice made, a fuck-up in characterization, a misunderstanding never cleared up, a conversation never shown onscreen, etc…

For Kurt, I absolutely hated the way beiste, Emma and artie treated him in West Side story audition. If somebody is not fit for a part,it's fine. But they just kept laughing. I hate it.

Klaine, I think they should have chatted about chandler situation. I would completely change their s6 plot. I can't watch hurt locker,I'm sorry.

I wouldn't have made blaine go to nyada or kurt to nyada. I know something horrible was to happen if you put both in same school. And bam! Somehow Blaine entered 2nd yr along with Kurt. I don't know🤷‍♀️

I would have married klaine late. I would have never made Brittana married. Sorry not sorry,I said it🤷‍♀️ also I want to see karofaky with a better deserving person and not as a rebound

Thank you for asking. It was fun.

[wowbright]

Fic: All Is Well

@klaine-word-scramble: gasping (bonus words in tags)

Words: ~2200 words                            

Rating: Teen and up

Summary: The missionaries don't want to leave the Deutsches Museum. Elder Nixon gets ready to meet with the mission president.

This is part of my Mormon!Klaine universe. It takes place directly after Between Eternity and Eritrea and before The Luckiest.

My Mormon!Klaine Masterpost. (More recent posts are in bold.)

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By now, the rest of the missionaries had joined them. They stayed long enough to listen to the museum worker do a demonstration on the harpsichord, but only because Blaine’s feet were glued to the floor and the other missionaries’ numerous attempts to tug him away failed.

Kurt wasn't one of the missionaries to give it a try. If he had, Blaine would have immediately been uprooted.

They were cutting it close on time, but that didn't keep them from stopping to stare at the Foucalt’s pendulum on their way out of the museum. It hung in the center of the three-story stairwell, a heavy leaden ball on the end of a 60-meter cord, swinging slowly back and forth across the 10-foot span of a circular platform. A sign explained that the pendulum offered proof of the earth’s rotation, because a pendulum should move back and forth in a straight line, and yet, with each sweep, its angle changed slightly until, over the course of about thirty-two hours, it made a complete circle.

“Why is it thirty-two hours instead of twenty-four?” Kurt wondered aloud. “Shouldn't the earth and the pendulum spin at the same rate?”

“They do at the North and South poles. But the closer you get to the equator, the more it slows down. It doesn’t move at all at the equator,” said Elder Saint James.

“How do you know that?” Kurt asked. He seemed highly suspicious, almost accusatory—as if it were previously unheard of for Elder Saint James to know anything at all.

“I’ve been to the Deutsches Museum before. This is my favorite exhibit next to the weather satellites. We had a guide who wrote out this long equation with the letter pi that was supposed to explain why the pendulum slows down away from the poles.” Elder Saint James rubbed his hands together excitedly. “Let's wait until it knocks over the next pin.”

“Until what?” asked Elder Meeks, who likely hadn’t understood the German word for pin.

“See the little pins lined up on one side of the circle? When the pendulum changes its angle enough, it'll knock over the next pin.” Elder Saint James made up for his certainly-incomprehensible-to-a-greenie vocabulary by aping the movements of pendulum and pin with his body.

“When's that going to happen?” asked Elder Nixon. “We don't want to be late getting back to the conference. I have my meeting with President Steele in half an hour. And Elder Anderson is right after mine.”

“You don't want to be late,” answered Elder Saint James. “I don't care. I'm on my last transfer. They're not going to send me home for spending five extra minutes at the Deutsches Museum. So, you and Elder Anderson can head back on your own, or you can blame me for delaying you.”

Elder Nixon looked at Blaine.

“It only takes ten minutes to get back there, if we walk fast,” Blaine said. He felt very daring. Possibly even rebellious.

“I really do want to see this thing knock a pin down,” said Elder Nixon. That decided things.

It was odd, how exciting it was to watch a ball on the end of a string move back and forth. With each swing, it got incrementally closer to the next pin, and yet not close enough. Blaine felt the tension build, his skin buzzing with anticipation.

It might also have had something to do with Kurt standing right next to him, so close that their sleeves touched.

“Why isn't watching a clock this exciting?” asked Elder Nixon. “It's the same concept.”

“Because clocks don't knock things down, obviously,” said Elder Saint James, not taking his eyes off the pendulum.

Ping!

The metal pin fell. The missionaries let out a unified gasp.

Blaine felt a pleasant, bubbly feeling all through his body. He hadn't realized how tense he'd become waiting for that something to happen.

Also, Kurt had squeezed his forearm at the moment of impact.

Blaine looked around to avoid looking at Kurt and thinking about his lips again. “Hey. Where did Elder Halberstadt go?”

“Er ging zur Badenzimmer,” said Elder Meeks. He used the wrong gender for Badenzimmer and should really have said Toilette, but Elder Saint James spoke before Blaine could correct him.

“By himself?”

“it's right over there,” answered Elder Meeks, with good grammar this time.

“You're not supposed to let your companion do anything alone,” said Elder Saint James. “It's not like the MTC, where you know somebody is always going to have eyes on him.”

“Even the bathroom?” said Elder Meeks, his nose wrinkling.

Elder Saint James didn't say anything immediately. Gears seemed to be turning in his head. “You're right. That is kind of weird. After two years, I've kind of become desensitized to the smell of other people’s shit, but why did I have to smell it in the first place? What are you gasping about, Elder Meeks? Is it because I said ‘shit’? It's not as rude in German as it is in English. It’s more like …” He switched to English. “Crap.”

“Well,” interjected Kurt, “that's not polite either, Elder Saint James.”

“I guess,” Elder Saint James shrugged. “But it's also not a sin to say it.”

Elder Halberstadt reappeared. “Did anyone lecture Elder Meeks yet for letting me go to the bathroom alone?”

“Wait,” said Elder Saint James. “Was that the point of you doing it. To test him?”

“Of course.” Elder Halberstadt gave him a confused look.

Kurt went still, like an asp ready to pounce. “That’s a jerk move.”

Elders Saint James and Nixon nodded in agreement. Blaine felt himself nodding, too.

Elder Halberstadt’s jaw fell to gaping. “Wait. So now you’re all going to nag me for trying to properly train my greenie?”

They continued nodding.

“You Americans. I never know when you’re going to have a stick up your butts about the rules, and when you just won’t care. Elder Clarington would have loved it.”

“Elder Clarington’s from Utah,” said Elder Nixon. “We aren’t.”

“Well. It’s not fair to gang up on the only actual German in your group.”

“You’re the one causing trouble for Elder Meeks. Be nicer to him, and we won’t,” Kurt said sternly.

It might have been that Kurt was being protective. It could have been his kindness, or the authority with which he spoke. Or maybe it was because Kurt saw that, while both Elder Meeks and Elder Halberstein had broken a rule, intent made one infraction wrong, and the other inconsequential.

Whatever it was, it sent a pang of longing right through Blaine’s chest.

Blaine still didn't know if he was in love. But he was definitely a sap for his companion.

*

They must have made an interesting sight, six young men in white shirts and ties, jogging down the sidewalk in their dress shoes to make it back to the stake center on time. But if anyone stared at them, Blaine hadn't noticed. He was too busy trying not to stare himself—at the back of Kurt’s neck, at the way his shoulder blades moved under the fabric of his shirt and his pants shifted flatteringly around his thighs with each step.

Blaine understood, for the first time, why a previous companion had planned their walking routes to avoid billboards of naked women hawking body wash. Kurt wasn't even naked, and yet the degree of distraction Blaine felt was all-encompassing.

Wait. Did Blaine want to see Kurt naked?

It was with this thought that Blaine sat down in the hallway outside President Steele’s office. That needed to change, pronto. There was absolutely nothing to gain by entering a meeting with your mission president in such a state of distraction.

Blaine let his eyes pan over the hallway, searching for something to think about other than … the thing he needed not to be thinking about. Under the bench along the opposite wall, the aging carpet was a slightly different color, and the nap was crushed flat. Blaine guessed a radiator had once been there, from the gap in the carpet that looked just the right size for a radiator pipe, and the bench was supposed to cover it up.

So much of what happened in the church was cosmetic, wasn’t it? You were always supposed to put your best face forward, exude happiness, obey cheerfully—even when you were asked to betray the truth of who you were. Even when the face you put on wasn't truly yours.

“How are you holding up, Elder Nixon?”

“I wish we could take naps, given that I haven't had a chance to eat any … you know … today.”

Ah, yes. Coffee beans. In light of Kurt, Blaine had managed to forget all about that conundrum.

“You want me to ask around? Schwester Rose usually has a Spezi with her.” Spezi was a surprisingly tasty mix of orange soda and caffeinated cola. “She might let you have a sip.”

Elder Nixon shook his head. “No nip off the bottle for me. I'd rather go into my meeting sober. Give me a clearer head for... I don't know. I guess I should confess to my own transgressions. But do you think I should tell him about what I found in the trash can? I hate to be a tattletale.”

Blaine saw that as a good thing. But if it weighed so heavily on Elder Nixon's conscience, maybe he should speak up. “If you’re worried Elder Clarington’s hurting himself, then I don't think it qualifies as tattling anymore. Would it help to pray together about it before you go in?”

“Yeah, but silently. Anybody could wander by.”

They both bowed their heads and crossed their arms. In the chapel, the gathered missionaries sang the German version We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet. It wasn’t Blaine’s favorite hymn. He preferred the ones about Jesus and love. But at least the line that bothered Blaine the most had been softened in translation. In German, it went And though the world mocks us, we remain eternally faithful to you instead of The wicked who fight against Zion will surely be smitten at last.

Blaine had no place in his worldview for smiting. But he understood the pain of mockery and the comfort of faith. The world mocked Kurt for the things that made him beautiful to Blaine. And maybe the world would mock Blaine, too, if it knew how Blaine was starting to feel. But God would remain faithful.

So Blaine prayed to that God. Not the God who laid out bizarre plans that had to be followed to a ‘T,’ regardless of an individual’s circumstances. Not the God who wanted his children to praise the prophets with the same fervor that they praised  Christ. And definitely not the God who smote his enemies.

Blaine prayed to the God he knew in his heart. The one who had no enemies, because he loved everyone the same. The one who cared more about Elder Nixon’s happiness and Elder Clarington’s health than about whether they ate coffee beans.

“Thanks,” Elder Nixon said when they were done. “Whatever you were praying, it helped.”

“That could have been your prayer.”

“I don’t know. I’ve been praying about this for days, and never felt like I got an answer. And now—well, I’m still don't have any answer yet. But I have reassurance. The Holy Ghost is with me, and I know the right words will come when I’m talking to President Steele.”

The door to the office opened. A missionary with  on his nametag stepped out. Blaine recognized him as one of the greenies from Elder Meeks’ cohort. Elder Surette looked at both their nametags and gestured at Elder Nixon. “You now,” he said—which sounded rude, but was probably an effect of barely being able to speak the language.

Blaine patted Elder Nixon’s back as the greenie returned to the chapel. “Have a pig!” Which sounds weird in English, but not so much in German. It means something akin to good luck, or, as Blaine preferred to think of it, be ready to receive God’s blessings.

In the chapel, the other missionaries continued to sing. The words of Come, Come Ye Saints flowed out into the hall, erasing the bitter taste of the previous hymn from Blaine’s mouth.

Why should we mourn or think our lot is hard? ’Tis not so; all is right.

Why should we think to earn a great reward if we now shun the fight?

Gird up your loins; fresh courage take. Our God will never us forsake;

And soon we’ll have this tale to tell—All is well! All is well!

This was the God Blaine loved—the God who forsook no one, who strengthened Blaine to face his struggles, who made him braver than his worries. The God who created the earth and called it good. The God who created Kurt and called him good. The God who put something that felt an awful lot like love in Blaine’s heart, because love was good. Love was right.

All really was well, in God’s eyes.

That’s all Blaine needed to know.

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Fic Name: Yule Be Mine

Fic Author(s): Scatterthestars

Fic Summary: Crashing weddings is nothing new for Kurt. Being caught, however, is. When a handsome stranger comes to his rescue, he has no problem going along with Blaine's plan of pretending to be his boyfriend for the night. But one thing leads to another and Kurt soon finds himself agreeing to spending a week with Blaine and his family for Christmas. What can go wrong? He'll play pretend. Hang ornaments on the tree, decorate some cookies, and have fun in the snow. He won't fall for Blaine's family. And definitely won't fall for the handsome, great guy he's pretending to date. Right?

Fic Trope(s): Age Gap Klaine, Doctor Blaine, Artist Kurt, Writer Kurt, Bed Sharing

Fic Length (Word Count): 20,888

Fic Rating: Mature

Fic Warnings or Triggers: minor character death (that is only mentioned and happens before the story begins. It's mentioned a few times though, and it's a character most people in the fandom love.

Fic Status: Complete

My Review: Although I don't usually seek out age gap fics, I have to say I love this one. Neither character is underage, so that helps. In addition, it's not an issue for them. If anything, it's an issue for Blane's family at first, but then they see the chemistry and love between the two boys, and it ceases to be a problem.

I have to say that I love Blaine's parents in this fic, even though my first impression of Blaine's father wasn't promising. Of course, when he sees that Kurt isn't a gold digger, he comes around. Blaine's mother is amazing! Often times in fanfics, Blaine gets shortchanged in the parent department. (through no fault of any of the writers because it's canon, especially Blaine's dad.) I love that his parents aren't homophobic or standoffish. It's wonderful how they come to love Kurt and see him as a part of the family.

Oh, the tension. I can't remember exactly how many times Kurt and Blaine are interrupted before they finally get to kiss and express how they feel. When it did happen, I think I did a little happy dance right then and there, which was weird because my kids are like, "Mom, are you ok?" I love slow burn, and this was done to perfection.

This fic reminds me why I love bed-sharing fics so much. This definitely won't be the last time that I read this (It's set during Christmas so don't be surprised if you see this rec again during that time. But I urge you not to wait that long. It's definitely worth the read. Enjoy!

Fic Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/27735193/chapters/69053871#workskin