#misplace

[slipping-through-my-fingertips]

Day twenty: misplace

Ao3

They end up on a bench in the middle of The Met, pointing out their favorite pieces and chuckling over the amount of tourists here for the holiday.

Hands interlocked. Conversation quieted. But Kurt is content.

Kurt can’t remember the last time he felt this relaxed in the midst of a crowd. It’s like his anxieties all went into hiding.

After the museum, they grab hot cocoas and Blaine walks back to Kurt’s apartment.

“I’ve really been enjoying getting to know you,” Kurt says.

“Me too.”

“I’m kinda dreading the holidays because we’ll have to put this on pause.”

Blaine nods.

“I really like you. In the new year, I want to continue this. And I don’t want you to misplace my feelings.”

“I feel the same way,” Blaine replies.

They reach Kurt’s building.

“I’m going to kiss you now.”

Then, Kurt leans and does just that.

[klaineadvent]

art by @mynonah

[forabeatofadrum]

Ever After (20/21)

AO3 | S&C

–

MISPLACE

The entire theatre got burned to the ground. All that was left standing was Cooper and the Sergeant’s mirror. The Sergeant himself was gone.

The All Power basically vaporised him.

Blaine knows the same thing happened to the Pink Dagger, but now that he was actually part of it, it feels a bit too violent for his liking, but it’s happened and nothing can be done.

“This is actually a big discussion in the fandom,” Kurt says.

“What?”

“The ethics of the ending of the battle, and the power of the All Power. It’s a whole thing.”

Kurt is still here. The king and queen requested him to stay just a little bit longer, so that he can give a testimony. Kurt and Blaine recount how they travelled across Daltonia, finding books, mapping out the kingdom for the Sergeant and unknowingly giving him power. Kurt and Blaine also agree to still keep the existence of The Cooper Chronicles secret. It helps that the copies of the book got burned in the explosion and cannot be used as evidence. They just say that those books were books from Kurt’s world, which isn’t a lie.

Javier is still in the infirmary in a coma, since his fall was heavy, but Cooper and the rest of his posse also tell the king, queen and court about the battle. Cooper has a new mission: finding out if there are more people like the Sergeant. Kurt and Blaine obviously didn’t reveal why the Sergeant had magical powers, since that would mean explaining the existence of B.D. Dalton, but they agree that there could be more people like him out here. How many people has B.D. Dalton scrapped in her writing process?

But after four days, everything settles down. Well, almost everything. Kurt and Blaine have been sort of dancing around their kiss and Kurt’s love confession, especially since Kurt’s leave is imminent. That’s why Cooper’s All Power saved the mirror. Cooper didn’t know much, but he somehow realised that that mirror was a portal to Kurt’s home. The knights have scoured out all the other mirrors in Castle Town, destroying them in the process, to make sure no other portal would exist.

“Kurt got misplaced, and this entire ordeal started as a way for him to go home. It led us to unravelling another evil plan to disrupt Daltonia. Helping him home is the least we could do.”

And once Kurt’s gone home, the knights will destroy this mirror too.

It’s a one way trip.

--

Silva presents Kurt his clothes.

“This was a beast to repair, but I did it,” she sounds proud, “Also, who is this Marc? I find his work inspiring!”

“I don’t think Marc would mind it if you are inspired to make your own designs,” Kurt says.

“Great! It will be a gift for my wife!” she says happily, “I must go to my atelier! Adieu!”

“… I never understood why Silva spoke random words in French,” Kurt says to himself as he watches her skip down the hallway.

Then he turns to Blaine.

“Time to get dressed, then,” Blaine says quietly.

“Yeah.”

“I’ll see you in the throne room?”

Kurt nods.

That’s Blaine’s cue to leave. He doesn’t know what to do. He can’t sit in his tower and wait. He goes to Cooper’s chambers, since Cooper is probably the only one who knows that there was more between him and Kurt.

This time, Blaine knocks. He’s learnt from his mistakes. Cooper tells him to come in.

Blaine didn’t expect to see Cooper, Mel and Arasha. Arasha looks upset. Mel has tears in his eyes. Why did Blaine have to walk into this?

“Blaine, what a surprise,” Cooper says.

“Everything alright?” Arasha asks.

Blaine shakes his head and the next thing he knows, he breaks down in front of Cooper, his wife and his lady on the side.

“Kurt is leaving today,” he cries out and the tears fall down his face.

“Oh Blaine,” Arasha comes over to hug him, “Everything will be alright. Everything will be fine.”

Will it, though?

--

Blaine, the king, Cooper, Mo, Mel and Arasha are waiting in the throne room, ready to say goodbye. Kurt and the queen arrive.

“Where were you, my love?” the king asks.

“Kurt wanted to say goodbye to Javier in the infirmary,” she answers.

Kurt nods.

“I wanted to thank him. Eileen was there at his side, but I don’t know Daltonian sign, so the queen offered to interpret.”

“How kind of you,” the king says.

Blaine agrees. Kurt is so kind.

The king gives a touching speech about bravery and standing up against evil, but Blaine doesn’t hear it. He’s too unfocused. When everyone starts walking towards the theatre, his feet move automatically. It’s as if he’s in a dissociative state and doesn’t want to realise what is about to happen.

But it is going to happen.

They arrive at the remnants of the theatre. They’re heavily guarded by soldiers. Citizens of Castle Town are guided away, which is difficult, since the theatre is the centre of a busy town.

“Kurt of New York!” the king says, “It was a pleasure to have you in our kingdom and I wish you well in your endeavours in yours.”

And then, to Blaine’s shock, his parents bow down three for Kurt. He can’t remember if he’s ever seen the king and queen bow to someone. They’re the ones who get bowed to. Cooper and his posse follow suit.

Kurt looks positively overwhelmed at the sight.

“Thank you, sire. I will never forget my time here,” he says. Then Kurt says goodbye to everyone one-by-one. Blaine’s the last in line.

“Blaine.”

“Kurt.”

“I will miss you the most.”

“Must you go?” he asks, and he’s about to cry.

“If I could stay for you… But I also have loved ones in my world,” Kurt laments, “My dad… And I don’t know how long I have been gone. What if time has passed, and my dad is worried sick? We already lost my brother earlier this year…”

Dad? Brother? There is so much about Kurt’s life that Blaine doesn’t know about, and now Blaine won’t get the chance to learn about it.

“I don’t want to leave you,” Kurt says, “But I also don’t want to leave them. At least you know I will be well.”

“I understand,” Blaine gives in. He’s had to live with fear of Cooper’s life many times. It’s unbearable. He cannot put that upon Kurt’s family on Earth.

“I love you,” Kurt says softly.

“I love you too.”

And then Kurt kisses his cheek. Blaine closes his eyes and revels in it. It’s all he has now. But Kurt must’ve changed his mind, because he then kisses Blaine fully. Blaine kisses back, not caring about the fact that his family, Cooper’s posse, and Royal guards are around. This is their last moment, so he takes it.

Kurt breaks away.

“Goodbye.”

“Goodbye,” Blaine’s voice cracks.

Kurt walks towards the mirror, looks back one time to wave, and walks through the portal. His body seems to dissolve into the purple swirl. Light emits from the mirror.

And then he’s gone.

“Blaine…” his mother puts an arm around him, but Blaine’s frozen. It’s happened. Kurt’s really gone.

“Guards,” the king orders sadly and he gestures towards the mirror.

Blaine turns around and walks away. He can’t bear to watch the destruction of the portal.

--

It’s weird how life goes on, but Blaine barely registers it. Weeks pass in a blur. He gets asked for his opinion on Cooper and Arasha’s upcoming divorce, he gets updates on Cooper’s new quests, his parents try to talk to him about what happened, and his friends come over to cheer him up, but nothing matters.

He does visit Javier on the day that he gets discharged. His face may never be the same, but Javier doesn’t mind. He’s glad he can go home with Eileen to their bakery in a nearby town. Blaine didn’t even know they owned a bakery!

“I heard your friend came to visit me,” he says and signs.

“Yeah,” is all that Blaine says. Even his signing shows his sadness.

“Hang in there, my man,” Javier pats him on the back. Then he joins his wife to the outside world.

Once Blaine’s in his chambers, he cries again. He’s been crying a lot. He didn’t know heartbreak could be this painful. He tries to tell himself that he’s silly for falling for Kurt. They didn’t spend that much time together and it was always going to end this way, but then he remembers Kurt’s laugh and eyes and everything and he feels sad all over again.

He’s so kind. He saw Javier, even when Javier wasn’t awake.

Blaine misses him more than anything.

--

David keeps writing his stupid books, but Blaine’s asked him not to send him any more drafts.

“Oh. Uh. Okay,” David sounds disappointed.

Wes’s eyes dart between his friends. Trent also looks nervous.

“Will you ever talk to us?” Nick asks gently.

But Blaine shakes his head.

“No.”

“Blaine…” Jeff sighs, but Blaine shakes his head again. He’s firm about this.

He doesn’t want to talk about this, ever.

But he should at least try to move on.

--

End notes: Oh Blainers.

[kvetch19]

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[colfy-wolfy]

something holy possessed me last night and I drew the most banger piece of ship art I've ever made. rlly proud of this !

[frownyalfred]

a scenario where both Bruce and Tim are out and about as civilians and end up needing a rescue from their respective Supers so Jim Gordon has to sit there and watch as Superman (fine as long as he's just visiting) and Superboy (near-identical to the former but says fuck?) carry the two Wayne family members back down to safety while simultaneously playing the "I've never met this man in my life! Just a lucky rescue! / If you even look at my human I'm going to go feral" game all the way down.

[ionlydrinkhotwater]

Neil is willing to kill for Jean, having only been his partner at the Nest for three weeks. Can you imagine if they had grown up together?

Also I can't get over the thought of Nathaniel comforting Jean whose pining for Kevin.

And that because they both grew up so unloved and uncared for they always use terms of endearment and hug a lot (they still snark each other, of course). They are the most important person to the other.

Imagine if they got rescued by the Foxes and the headache Wymack, Betsy and Abby have trying to coax them out of their codependency. Lol good luck.

Wymack: maybe go for a walk Jean

Jean: ok I'll get Nate

Wymack: or you could go by yourself?

*Jean and Nate start screaming like they're being murdered*

[im-not-buying-it-ether]

Funny scenario that means absolutely nothing

Batman, showing DNA results:

Captain Marvel, a very much adult looking hero, seeing the match to his very much a 12 year old civilian identity:

Batman:

Captain Marvel: I can explain—

Batman: No need, I can imagine you’d want some amount of secrecy to avoid confusion when your younger self exists concurrently in the timeline

Captain Marvel: ???

Batman: I’ve worked with Booster Gold and other time travelers to know it can be somewhat awkward at best and precarious at worst with two of the same people exiting at the same time when one time travels

Captain Marvel: ?!?

Booster Gold: Welcome to the time traveling heroes club my man!

[mizaruwu]

May they annoy each other in every universe

---

Legend as hero of Twilight and Warriors as hero of Minish

Misplaced heroes AU by @theegh0st

and yeah I'm referencing the LU wolf and the smallest hero drawings XD

[savanir]

I found your missing cat

It had taken a lot of work but about a month ago Danny finally got deep enough into A.R.G.U.S to be allowed into its Black Room. and my, what a treasure trove it is.

In the following weeks Danny has spent a lot of time finding all the lost Infinite Realms artifacts he was supposed to locate and return, as was part of his kingly duties. The Observants had been constantly on his ass about this but now that the results of his efforts are actually visible they have finally shut up.

Today though something new has gotten brought in and he’s eager to take a proper look, he could feel the Tyrant king’s influence from a distance emanating from it after all.

While on his way he noticed one of his colleagues, Miss Barbara Minerva if he remembers correctly, talking to who looks to be Wonder Woman. Danny hasn’t had the chance to do so himself yet, he’d love to introduce himself properly but he’s also a little worried about all the knowledge he has on Amazons from Lady Pandora (which he very much shouldn’t have) coming out the moment he tries to have a proper conversation.

Still he hopes nothing bad comes from those two ladies being on friendly terms. Miss Barbara's vibes are all over the place, and most often nowhere good, but who knows, maybe her being around Wonder Woman more will fix that.

He gets to his little section in the compound with the big examination table all decked out and ready for whatever. Today he gets to look at one of Pariah's lost blades, the godslayer sword.

Danny is working on getting all the murderous enhancements off of it and depowering it into something nowhere near so dangerous and deadly when something perks up within the weapon. 

Sensing a kindred protection spirit it leaps up from the blade and into Danny, happily nestling around Danny's core and starts purring up a storm. 

Danny however is violently startled out of his work. It's hard not to notice the sudden claws he feels both on his hands and feet. The spotted fur that covers seemingly his whole body now, his shifted ears, eyes and nose. And the fact he's now sporting a tail of all things. 

The Cheetah may be pleased with this new development but Danny is certainly not. 

Footsteps thunder his way, followed by a shout, "what is wrong!? I heard sounds of distress and- oh!"

"Uuuhhmmm..." What does he say!? How is he supposed to explain all this to Wonder Woman!?

She marches forward and firmly grabs his clawed hands in her own, not worried in the slightest about his now razor sharp nails, "worry not, we shall break this beastly curse that has befallen you, you have my word" 

She gives him what he thinks must be a reassuring smile, "I am Diana of Themyscira and-"

Danny isn't really listening after that, she's probably just giving him more reassurances. It's nice but she's also pretty intense. And Danny is still freaking out a little. 

"- so no need to fret"

Danny blinks,"Uh thanks, I- I'm Danny Fenton" 

"It is most pleasant to meet you Danny Fenton, even if the circumstances are quite unfortunate"

"Yeah uhm, just Danny is fine"

"Very well you may call me Diana" She nods and lets go of his hands.

Diana then wishes to see the artifact that cursed him so, aka the blade (which didn’t curse him), Danny thankfully already fully depowered the damn thing safe for some minor traces of whatever Pariah saw fit to stuff in it. 

By now Steve as well as Barbara have come to take a look themselves and though they appear startled at his new catlike appearance they are mostly just worried once Diana tells them he's cursed. 

Which he's not, this isn't a curse at all. The big cat spirit still tightly curled around his core is clearly a blessing of some sort, that'll make dealing with it all so much more complicated...

But at least Danny got to meet wonder woman right? That's cool.

[you-know-i-get-itt]

jean and his experience with drowning while in an otherwise dry and dark place vs neil and his experience with fire while feet away from the ocean

[craigularory-joe]

Day 3

[deeppenguinstudent]

Neil realising that Jean wasn't a coward but someone who was just trying to survive therefore being one of the few Foxes that noticed of his bravery is something that's held so dear to my heart. Because someone noticed how hard Jean was struggling to just make it another day in the Nest.

[subatoism]

Nathaniel might be Jean’s broken promise but now that “long-lost childhood friends reconnect with unavoidably tragic results 😔” is the official public narrative they really are once again doomed to be besties. You think Cat and Laila won’t hear the news and immediately start scheming to arrange a playdate joint vacation with their group and the monsters just so Jean and Neil can hang out?? You think once they go pro their PR guys won’t milk the story for all the sympathy and engagement it’s worth?? These two could not escape each other if they wanted to (which they don’t, however many insulting comments they each make to the contrary)

[cubbihue]

I was just looking at you itty bitty FOP au (it's amazing and cool btw)

But one question was floating around my head the entire time I was looking through it

What other things does Changeling Timmy hate/dislikes besides muffins?

Timmy doesn't like celebrating his birthday. His parents never celebrated it at his house, so getting one feels... odd.

Once, his friends tried throwing him a surprise birthday party. At the time, it had been the biggest most exciting thing he'd received! A whole party just for him!!!

But afterwards, Timmy found that he actually... hated the attention he got. Being at the center of everything, having everybody watch as you open presents, covered in silly string and streamers and confetti, where all his opinions mattered above others... No, he'd rather avoid doing that again.

Timmy plans to never tell people about his birthday when he moves to his new location. He doesn't like surprises or sudden noise.

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[codename-adler]

what if we made Jean and Neil kiss. on the mouth. and it was platonic. wouldn’t that be beautiful?