#still not klaine

[mynonah]

[gleefulpoppet]

Kurt, there is a moment... Ten years [X]. Eleven years [X]. Twelve years. [—]. Thirteen years [X].

[wowbright]

Anderson’s Guide to the Birds of North America, Chapter 1: Lover Boy

Summary: Fourteen scenes from the lives of Blaine Anderson, grad student and avid birder, and Kurt Hummel, clothing designer and Vogue writer, from before their first meeting in the spring of 2020 through falling in love.

Note: Back during the COVID lockdowns I wrote a couple hundred words of Klaine lockdown meet-cute. I thought I would write more, but I guess I didn't feel like writing about the COVID lockdown during the COVID lockdown, so I never did and I never posted the tiny bit I had written. Thanks to Klaine Valentine’s Challenge 2025, I’m finally doing the thing! I'm trying to keep each chapter to around 500 words. Thanks @spaceorphan!

AO3

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Chapter 1: Lover Boy

Blaine was going to go insane.

He knew he should be grateful. He had it better than a lot of other people. He didn't have to worry about where his next paycheck was coming from, because he didn't get a paycheck, because he was an idiot who had, for some reason, decided his fascination with birds was enough to carry him through another five years of school at minimum after completing college. More to the point, he received monthly distributions from a trust fund his grandparents had set up for him in their wills, and though it didn't make him filthy rich, it gave him enough to live on without having to worry about finances.

But he never would have moved in with Cooper if he’d known they'd be locked up together for weeks (or would it be months?) on end. He loved his brother, but his brother was a lot. At least they had separate bedrooms, plus Cooper had the recording studio and was staying fairly busy with audiobook work. Unfortunately, Cooper did not keep all of his acting and voice exercises to the studio. Nor did he keep his opinions to himself, no matter how many times Blaine said, “I'm not changing what I'm making for dinner,” and “This is what I choose to wear and your opinion has no bearing on the matter,” and “I'm sorry you can't go to the gym, but no, you do not have my permission to use me as a dumbbell for bench presses.”

Blaine was spending increasing amounts of time shut in his bedroom with ear plugs and noise canceling headphones on, working on compiling and coding his field research notes and, when that became too tiresome, checking recently submitted species sightings on ebird.org for potential errors.

Today, he was listening to his Upbeat Sexy With a Twist of Romance playlist—the one he used to listen to while getting dressed for a night out on the town. Oh, what a different time that had been. Now instead of gelling his hair while crooning along to Freddie Mercury singing Ooh, love, ooh, loverboy, whatcha doin’ tonight?  while hoping to get laid or better yet find love, he was bobbing along to the song while entering numbers into a spreadsheet.

But that could be good, too. The rhythm of the music combined with the spreadsheet sent him into a near hypnotic trance that made him forget time and boredom and COVID. It was as close as Blaine got to heaven these days.

A sudden weight on his shoulder jarred him out of his trance.

His brother period of course. Just when Blaine’s mind had found some semblance of peace, Cooper had to disturb it.

He removed his headphones and one ear plug. “What is it, Coop?”

“New lockdown project: I’m going to turbocharge my manscaping routine. I need waxing tips.”

“You interrupted my work for that?”

Cooper waved at the computer screen dismissively. “You should be thanking me. That must be incredibly boring. What do all those numbers even mean?”

Blaine looked at his brother. He looked at the numbers. He looked at his brother again. “I mean this with all due respect, but I seriously want to kill you right now.” He closed his eyes. He took a breath. “I'm going for a walk.”

Blaine had already been for a walk that morning. It was the migratory season, so of course he had. He’d gone out with his binoculars as soon as the sun started twinkling over the horizon. He’d ticked off twenty-seven species, including his first American redstart of the season along with plenty of palm and yellow-rumped warblers, but apparently two hours of birding in the morning wasn't enough to keep him sane.

He jumped from his chair, pulled on a jacket, and grabbed his binoculars. “I'm going to walk until I no longer feel murderous. Love you!” The door slammed behind him.

[luckylolabug]

Added color 😁

[will-schuester-hate-blog]

prom queen is the best episode because it has content for each of my 4 essential glee couples: klaine, brittana, FABERRY, and ST HUDSON

[klaineontwt]

[esilher]

For the story Undiscovered from @heartsmadeofbooks

[williamwheeler]

we talk a lot about how before blaine, kurt had never met another gay teen (who was out, that is), and how isolated that made him feel. but what about how the only gay person that kurt knew in real life (as far as we know) was sandy ryerson, a self-proclaimed “predatory gay,” that we're introduced to for the first by seeing him touching a student inappropriately

thinking about how kurt's crush on finn is twisted into some form of harassment even though we only saw him... what? sign him a song? staring at him a bit? introduce their parents to each other, surely as some sort of evil stratagem to get closer to finn and seduce him??? how is that worse than, say, finn – in front of god and everyone –singing i want jessie's girl while circling rachel, or coming up with a scheme to make quinn feel pressured into kissing him?

well i don't think it's worse, but, according to burt, since kurt “wasn't afraid to show” his crush, it makes it more justifiable for finn to sling around slurs (for what will unfortunately not be the last time)

and then kurt's interest in sam and desire to sing a song with him is somehow distorted into him “not understanding that no means no,” even though sam said YES! he ACCEPTED! no means no but sam didn't say it!!!!! and then burt, the one person who's supposed to know kurt better than anyone, agrees with finn, that maybe kurt is being pushy and “taking advantage” of poor sam

“so a gay guy can't be friendly to a straight guy without being predatory?” yes, kurt was attracted to sam and wanted to spend some time with him. but he would never force himself on him in any way. that doesn't matter, though, because even the people who are supposed to be the closest to him, who are supposed to see him for who he is, still don't get him. kurt's treated as if he has some sort of disease or if he's a threat; he's treated as if he's sandy ryerson

similarly, when blaine reveals his crush on sam to tina he feels the need to say “i'm not some predatory gay, so nothing's gonna happen.” and this makes me wonder if blaine has also had previous experiences of crushing on straight boys in the past, and if he was also ostracized for it. even if he hasn't, he clearly knows how society perceives a gay guy crushing on a straight guy

i just hate to think of these two lonely boys being isolated and mistreated for feelings that they can't control, that they don't even plan to act on, and being treated like predators for it

[itskaitsart]

the ‘come what may’ scene from glee is actually making me go feral. the harmonies. the way it’s shot. the way blaine and kurt gravitate to one another. ryan murphy fucking cooked with this scene idgaf. this is the peak of romance. blaine’s solo at the beginning. don’t even talk to me. it’s so so so.

[justgleekout]

Happy birthday to my dearest friend @blurglesmurfklaine! Have some domestic klaine! 💕

[mynonah]

[gleefulpoppet]

NOW COMPLETE

Sonder Word Count: 460,500 [Explicit] Lots of art and photographs

[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.

You can read on AO3 [here].

[menthol--crush]

I wish yall could've been here, fourteen years ago!

Imagine for a second that you are me. I didn't have TV back then at all, I would have to go to someone's house to watch Glee. I couldn't that night for whatever reason.

We all watched the episodes as they aired and liveblogged the whole time. I would get fifteen posts on my dash, all one right after the other, about 'omg another Finchel duet 🥱' or 'NOOOO PAVAROTTI'

and then

I refresh my dash

Hoping that my early 2010s prepaid internet will hold out

And then I see it

Keysmashes!!!

Screaming!!!!!

SOBBING!!!

WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED!!!

I get a text from my tumblr wife at the time (long story) bc she knew i couldn't watch live and was going off scraps I found on tumblr

Kurt sang Blackbird in honor of Pavarotti

Blaine had a LOOK

There was a MOMENT happening

And later

IT REALLY HAPPENED

BLAINE CONFESSED

OUR PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED

THEY KISSED!!!!!

This was during the HEIGHT of Glee's popularity, MILLIONS of people were SAT watching this episode, and THEY ALL SAW IT. Two queer characters kissing. MAKING OUT!! IN YOUR HOMOPHOBIC FATHER'S LIVING ROOM!!!

This was like in Rudy when he gets to go on the field for Notre Dame. This was like when the Colts won the Superbowl. It wasn't just a cute little peck. It was a whole ass confession of romantic love, with a god damn kiss, and then they DOVE AT EACH OTHER TO KEEP KISSING

(there was a brief moment of jokingly hating the keyboard that starts the next scene, since it 'interrupted' the klaine makeout)

Nowadays, it can be hard to imagine what Glee fandom would be like without the big three couples; Finchel, Brittana, and Klaine. There was indeed a time before these couples got together. There was a time when Finchel got together no problem, but Brittana was still treated like a joke or something for teenage boys to find titillating, and Klaine wasn't even an option yet.

Happy fourteen years to one of the OG hardcore tumblr fanbases, the Klainers. Right up there with destiel, johnlock, and the other big ship names of the time!

[will-schuester-hate-blog]

I was watching dancing with the stars and I recognized a song and couldn't remember for the life of me where I knew it from. just remembered it was the song that PLAYED IN THE BACKGROUND in glee when kurt and blaine and sebastian danced together at scandals and now cannot believe I remembered that song. lmfao.

[esilher]

Collaborative December klaine challenge 2023 between @esilher and @mynonah

"ACHOO!"

"Whoa..." Blaine stares in amazement at the beautiful stranger behind him. Okay, not really a stranger... They have been going to the same coffee shop every morning for at least 5 weeks now. Well, 38 days… not that he's counting.

He's as gorgeous as ever. "Bless you!"

"Ugh, thanks."

And his voice is mesmerizing...

"Oh my God."

"What...?"

"I'm so sorry."

"For what?"

"I... I just ruined your scarf."

"Oh! Yeah, that, um... it's okay." I can't believe he’s talking to me.

"No, it's not. How could this be okay? It's disgusting. I'm so sorry, but it came so suddenly," - Kurt tries to explain, "out of nowhere and it was the closest thing to a handkerchief."

"Don't worry about it, really." Would it be too soon to tell him that he can do whatever he wants with me? Yeah, probably.

"Give it to me. I'll wash it."

"You... you want to take my scarf?"

"Not forever, silly... But yes, of course. Here, take mine. I don't want you to catch a cold. It can be dangerous... You might sneeze into someone's scarf. Who does such a thing, huh? We wouldn't want that, would we. There you go."

"Oh." Did he really just tie his scarf on me? It smells like… cinnamon. Wow. He's not only beautiful and hot, he's funny and caring... He would take such good care of our imaginary children!

"Are you sure?" - Blaine asks.

"I'm sure, that's the minimum, really."

"Then, um... maybe... we could change numbers? Just so... you know, because of the scarf. It was a gift, and..."

"Oh, of course!"

"Great." And that's how I met your dad, kids.

"But let me make it up to you."

"I'm really not ma... what do you... how?"

"I'll buy you a coffee, okay? Please? I'd feel better."

Note for later: thank grandma for the scarf one more time! Note for now: breath!

"A grande non-fat mocha and a medium drip for this guy with the lovely scarf, and maybe I can get him to split one of those cookies."

"This is your scarf."

"I know that."

"Wait! You know my coffee order?"

"Of course I do. It took you weeks to finally ask for my number, I had plenty of time to memorize it. I'm Kurt, by the way."

"My name is Blaine."

[cryscendo]

thank you so much for the tag @warblercore!! it occurred to me that i haven’t done one of these in about a month so i really need to give yall something

chapter 5 on the prohibition fic is nearly done. bc of that, im not gonna show any of it today. INSTEAD, im gonna show a section from a tumblr inbox prompt. more angel/demon au for yall <3

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“Look, I didn’t sign up for this kind of crazy! So just let me go, okay?” The man pleaded with Kurt and it was charming if nothing else. Kurt leaned over him, one knee braced against the chair in a way that could be seen as provocative in any other circumstance.

“What, am I too old for you?” Kurt asked in a mocking whine. “I swear, I’m only twenty, maybe thirty centuries old!”

“Whatever game you’re playing here, kid, I’m not interested so just let me-”

“Let him go, Kurt,” a voice spoke up behind him. Kurt grinned as he straightened up. Of course he would show up. It was impossible for him to stay away. He made a bit of a show of turning around to face the new arrival — his favorite little angel.

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tagging @kurtsascot, @nicoise, @daisyishedwig, @hevanderson, @porcelainvino, @backslashdelta, @unholy-fabray, and anybody else that’d like to do it!!