"This is weird," Kurt grumbled when they were finally in the darkroom, with regular lights on since it was all for show, for the part of the shoot to show how the photos got developed.

There was a row of pictures from previous shoots, a few printouts from the one the day before to keep some continuity, but not the black and white ones that needed proper developing. Kurt cringed from the moment that Blaine pointed the camera at him, all too aware of the lens focus.

"Relax, babe, no one else is here," Blaine grinned, "it's just you and me, having a little fun."

"Not what I count as fun, Blaine."

"Of course, it's a darkroom, we could have way more fun if it was actually dark," Blaine teased.

Kurt shot him a glare and then turned back to the fake strip of film he put under the zoom, sighing to himself and muttering words not even intelligible to his own mind.

"Relax, honey," Blaine came over closer and Kurt felt the reassuring kiss on his cheek, "You're looking fantastic, you just need to focus on doing what you normally do."

"Normally I'm alone and stare at photos of you in a manner that's rather not appropriate for publishable photos," Kurt shot back, relishing in the blush that immediately spread over Blaine's cheek.

"Tell me more about that." Blaine smirked after a moment of what looked like catching his breath, false bravado in his voice.

"Oh wouldn't you like to know," Kurt grinned over his shoulder and immediately cringed when the shutter sound followed that comment.

"I would, very much so, like to hear how much staring at my photos has been done in this room," Blaine countered without the hesitation this time.

"Well, there was the time when Eric was helping…"

The look on Blaine's face made Kurt explode in giggles after about half a second of trying to hold them in.

"Let's just… get this over with," he sighed when he calmed down and Blaine's face rearranged from the complete disbelief.

Kurt started moving things around and continuing the pretend work on photos, setting out some more on the line eventually,  looking over the selection with a frown. Then he noticed that the shutter stopped clicking and turned to find Blaine just standing and looking at him.

"What?" Kurt asked, a little defensively.

"You look so focused when you're doing that, even when it's just pretend, the way you fell into the motions… it's sort of fascinating to watch," Blaine stepped closer and handed the camera over.

For a moment, Kurt resisted the urge to immediately look through the photos to make sure they didn't need to take any more or redo the entire part. Instead, he pulled Blaine closer and kissed him, gently and with a smile tugging on his lips.

"That was what I thought whenever I saw you on stage," Kurt explained when he pulled away.

There was a moment's pause and Blaine started shuffling awkwardly.

"OK, tell me how badly I messed this up," he finally pointed to the camera.

Kurt rolled his eyes and switched the small preview screen on, but after a few photos sighed at how little he could make out.

"Let's get these on the laptop, then I can be all condescending on your skills," he joked and pulled Blaine out of the darkroom.