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Dec. 31, 2021, 1:25 a.m.
Syrup and Honey.: Epilogue.
E - Words: 1,379 - Last Updated: Dec 31, 2021 Story: Complete - Chapters: 19/19 - Created: Feb 29, 2012 - Updated: Apr 13, 2022 5,845 0 55 0 0
Author's Notes:
Hey guys!So here it is, this is the end. I'll let you read it now and I'll get all sappy at the end with an author note.
I own nothing.
Five years later.
Autumn was absolutely breathtaking in Boston. It would be fair to say it was Kurt's favorite time of the year. It was the perfect season for scarves, cuddles, walks in the park and coffee dates with his husband.
Kurt had re-opened Ellie's once they had settled down in Boston and Blaine was doing amazingly well at the Art Gallery. They had gotten married only two months after getting engaged. Kurt had been anxious to become Blaine's husband, and Blaine had been anxious to become a Hummel, so there had been no point in waiting.
They flew to Ohio quite frequently, every time their jobs made it possible. They loved to just drop by unannounced and hear the squeals of happiness of Burt and Carole when they opened their front door. They had never seen the Andersons again, they didn't know Blaine was married and they hadn't called them to tell them when they became grandparents, either. Blaine was done with them for good.
They had adopted James when he was three years old. He was five now and neither Blaine nor Kurt had ever imagined they could love someone as much as they loved their son. He had olive skin and dark hair and a smile that made it impossible for Kurt to say no when he begged for one more cookie, daddy, or just one more cupcake, and I swear I'll eat all my broccoli at dinner!
James made their Sundays even more magical than they had been when it was only the two of them. (Yes, the sex happened a little less often, with having a child, but it was still damn good, especially since Blaine had the tendency to wake Kurt up in the middle of the night when he was sure they wouldn't be interrupted). They would take James to all the places he liked, which happened to be all the places Blaine had always wanted to go as a child, but his parents never took him to. They saw every new Disney movie at the theatre, they went to the zoo at least twice a year and, James' favorite, the Museum of Natural History. Their little boy loved dinosaurs and everything that had to do with them. They had to drag him out just before closing time when they took him there. Blaine was convinced their son would grow up to be a paleontologist. Kurt cringed at the thought of dirty clothes and excavations.
But this Sunday, they decided to keep it simple. Grandpa Burt and Grandma Carole had given James a bike for his birthday and Blaine was determined to teach him how to use it. He'd had to learn on his own when he was a kid, so Kurt knew this was a big deal for him. Blaine always worked hard not to make the same mistakes Walter and Amanda had done with him.
"You're not gonna let me fall, right, papa?" James asked, looking at him with a severe frown from under his shiny red helmet.
"Never, buddy," Blaine promised, patting the seat on the bicycle. James climbed, still unsure. "I'm not going to let go until you tell me you're ready, okay? Trust me."
"I trust you, papa," James answered and flashed Kurt an excited smile.
Kurt, who was standing near them, with Robert lying at his feet and arms crossed over his chest, smiled back. "You'll do great, James."
As soon as Blaine started pushing gently at the bike and James started pedaling, Kurt went back to the bench where they had dropped their coats and other stuff and looked into Blaine's bag for his camera. His husband had taught him some basic photography skills and, though he would never be as good as Blaine was, he was quite decent. Much better than Blaine would always be at baking, at least.
He snapped a few pictures with the camera and then one with his cellphone and sent it in a text to Burt, who replied almost immediately, happy to know his grandson was enjoying his present and promising to show it to Carole as soon as he saw her.
James was inexhaustible and kept going for a very long hour, until Kurt insisted he needed a break to at least drink some water. They sat on the grass and drank water and James asked a million times if Kurt had seen him do this and that, to which Kurt nodded enthusiastically. He hadn't even blinked.
After his break, James felt confident enough to try riding on his own. Blaine helped him back on the bike and pushed him for a little distance before releasing him completely. Both Kurt and Blaine clapped encouragingly as James kept going, until he wavered and fell on his left side. His parents immediately ran to him, followed by Robert, who was awfully protective of James.
Kurt kneeled on the ground, not caring about getting dirt on his designer jeans, and picked his boy up onto his lap. "Are you okay? James, did you get hurt?"
To his surprise, a huge smile spread on his son's face. "That was fun! Let's do it again!"
Kurt sighed and rolled his eyes. Sometimes James seemed almost as if he was Blaine's biological son. That puppy enthusiasm was typical of his husband and it had to be contagious somehow.
"That's my boy," Blaine chuckled, wrapping his arms around him in a hug. "Come on, let's do it again. Try not to lean so much to the side this time."
Kurt went back to the bench with their stuff and started rummaging through his messenger bag, looking for the Spiderman Band-Aids. He kept two in hand, almost certain that, by the end of the day, he would probably have to put one on his son and his husband, too. It wouldn't be the first time.
James managed to ride the bike perfectly on his fifth try. When he realized he had done it, he dropped the bike to the ground and ran back to his daddies, a huge smile pasted on his face and his arms raised in the air, ready to hug them both. Kurt picked him up immediately, kissing his cheeks as he congratulated him for doing it so well. Blaine snapped a picture.
"Did you see me, daddy?" James asked, bouncing a bit on Kurt's hip. "I went all the way to that tree, I did it all by myself!"
"And you were amazing, J!" Blaine patted him gently on the back. "You're already better at it than your uncle Finn."
"Anyone is better than Finn," Kurt snorted, remembering a family trip they had taken on bikes a couple of years ago and that had proved, for the hundredth time, that Finn was the most awkward creature to have ever been born. He saw James had a little scrape on his knee, so he passed him to Blaine and unwrapped the Band-Aid. "There, all better."
"Can I do it again?" James looked at them with pleading eyes.
"Not today, sweetheart. It's getting late and we should go home. You have school tomorrow," Kurt answered. A little leaf falling from the nearest tree got caught in Blaine's curls. Kurt reached over and took it off, leaning in to kiss his husband on the lips. Autumn reminded him of Blaine's eyes. The color was so similar, so beautiful.
James was disappointed that they couldn't stay longer to play. Then, he seemed to have a different idea. "Can we bake some of the cookies from Grandma Ellie's book so I can take them to school tomorrow?"
Kurt stopped staring into his husband's eyes and turned to his son. He kissed his tiny nose. "Of course, baby. We'll make those chocolate ones you like so much." He grabbed Robert's leash and hooked it to the dog's collar.
"What about me? Don't I get baked goods, too?" Blaine pouted adorably at him, as he started following Kurt out of the park, as James lay down his head on his papa's shoulder.
"I guess we could make some cupcakes for you," Kurt replied, nudging him playfully.
"Those ones with coffee, syrup and honey?" Blaine asked, also teasingly. Kurt just giggled. "Those are my favorite."
Kurt sighed and then he had to kiss Blaine again. He just had to. "You know what? Those are my favorite, too."
After linking their free hands together, the three Hummel boys started to make the way back home.
End Notes:
I can't put down in words how much I enjoyed writing this story and sharing it with all of you. I never ever expected to see it getting as big as it got and I'm so grateful for this journey you allowed me to take with you. Thank you for letting me put smiles on your faces when you had a bad day, even when the story was going down quite a sad path. Thank you for being so incredibly supportive, loving and patient. Just thank you for reading this. I appreciate every review and message I've received, and every little creative thing that was born from this, from photosets with gifs to audiobooks. THANK YOU. I can't say that enough and I love you all.
Credit goes to my beta for her amazing work and endless help. Go read her lovely stories, her username is Wutif :) I love you, B :)
Also a HUGE thank you to Brandi for putting up with me while I was writing this. She had to listen to all my whining and that's not very easy to do. Also, thank you for keeping me in track.
Lots of you asked me if there was going to be a sequel or any one-shots related to Syrup and Honey and I kept saying that as soon as you read the epilogue, you'd realize why there won't be any. I think this story ends in a full circle and there's nothing else to add to it. I'm so happy with it that I don't want to ruin it adding unecessary sequels or one-shots just because. So the answer is no. This is a little goodbye.
There will be other stories, though. The next one is a CrissColfer one I wrote back in April for Brandi's birthday and it's called The Other Side of Down. I'm quite in love with that story, so I hope that if CrissColfer is your thing, you'll come find me in It-Could-Happen.net to read it. I still don't know when it'll be up (I'm going crazy with my tests and my beta is quite busy these days), but let's say it'll be soon.And if you don't like CrissColfer and want some Klaine, then please, please be a little patient. I have a story half written called Bitter Pill that will probably be up after The Other Side of Down is completed.
One last time, THANK YOU. You've brightened up my life these past few months.
Until next time,
Laura.
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Laura, Thank you for such a beautiful story that is so well written! I loved the Epilogue and thought it was perfect ending it where it ended. Thanks again! Leslie
Laura, thank /you/ for writing this amazing story, m'dear. It was absolutely wonderful. And, I thought I was going to make it through without the waterworks, but when James said Grandma Ellie, I shed a little tear. Beautiful story, and I can't wait to see more from you! You're very talented! :D
Absolutely beautiful story. Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm sad it's over, but the ending was so perfect! Can't wait to see more stories from you in the future!
Noo!! Why does it have to end?! I shall miss this story dearly
I absolutely adored every aspect of this story! I followed it from the beginning, and fell in love! Now, I know you said it's over, but if you change your mind, I would sell my soul to read a fluffy shot of their wedding... ;)
Oh no. Completed: Yes. I can't take this! You've written a beautiful and moving story and I absolutely loved every word of it. Amazing! Thank you for this beautiful story!
*Sniffle sniffle*
You.... you take my breath away. Every single time you update, I die a little bit, and then you just.... write the most perfect things and make me love you and your ridiculous talent.Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this story with all of us. I am so grateful I got to step into their world for a little bit and see Kurt and Blaine fall in love, and have troubles, get back up, GET MARRIED, HAVE A WONDERFUL BABY CHILD (whose name I have forever wanted as my future boy's), everyhthing. Everything they've done, you've led us all through, and while I am devastated there will be no more, I am so happy we got to read what we could.You are amazing and I cannot wait for more of your fics. I just followed you on Tumblr (in a flailer way... oops, LOL) and I will read everything on that master fic list of yours before you hopefully post your new story(stories) soon.P.S. I don't know if you'd remember me or this, but I used to be KeepBreathing3 and I just wanted to let you know that. So you knew that I was me and that I didn't ditch you or just review at the last second for this story (: So yeah.... I'm still me, haha. I'm really looking forward to more of your work!!!
Hiii! Thank you so much both for this beautiful, beautiful review and for the message you sent me on Tumblr. I'm so happy you liked this story and I appreciate that you've been following it for a while :)Thank you again!
Nooooo I don;t want it to be over! I LOVED this story so much. I can't wait for your next Klaine story :)
This was so amazing to read! <3
Thank you so, so much!! :')
I'm so sad it's over! That was such a wonderfully adorable story. And I love your writing. You are so good at capturing the wonderfully sweet side of Kurt, and all the klaine fluff was a PERFECT balance to all of blaine's various angst. And each chapter just flowed so well, it was hard for me to put it down. Here were several times I needed to stop reading but just couldn't put my kindle down because you had me so hooked! Keep writing, my friend!
This was absolutely phenomenal. I'm speechless and sobbing. Congrads on the ending. It was the best.
WOW!! I just can't. This was seriously the most amazing thing I have eer read in my entire life!! Thank you so much for making this spectacular story. This ended perfectly and I enjoyed every word. It's very well written and kept my interest with every chapter. THANK YOU!!
Such a wonderful end to such a beautiful story ... yay, you! :)
oh my god this story was just so amazing :') THANK YOU
thank you, thank you, thank YOOUU :) This whole story was amazing, you were amazing :) And I´m looking forward for another ones :)
Fantastic ending! Brava!!! Is your It-Could-Happen penname the same here? Because I like some CrissColfer stories, so I would like to check it out when you get around to posting it.
Hi, thank you so much for reading!Yes, my profile name is exactly the same. I hope you'll like the CrissColfer story! :)
Thank you so much for writing this, Laura. It couldn't have possibly ended better. :)
Wow. This was absolutely beautiful. I felt so many feelings and just....UGH. Nothing about this was not wonderful. I started to read it and I am so glad I didn't start reading this before it was finished because I would have died. Thank you for this.
Thanks a lot for this wonderful journey
I agree that your story is complete. It's well written + I'll enjoy reading it again. Happy endings are great!
Ohmygod.... Thank you so much for writing this :)I have been reading it for the last 2 days and just finnished it and it was wonderful! The whole thing was so sweet and perfect and very well written! Now I'm off to check out your other stuff hehe
Never got the update for the last chapter but finally decided to take matters into my own hands. Such an amazing story!! So sad to see it's over :(
So I was a teensy bit annoyed because I thought you hadn't update. Ok not so much annoyed as depressed. And then I was going through the Top 10 Favorited stories and yours was on there and I noticed it was complete and I was like what the heck! I had missed the last chapter and the epilogue somehow. Anyways. Now I am simply depressed your story is over. I loved this story, it was so well-written and heart felt. The ending was absolutely adorable. So thank you for an amazing story and keep up the amazing work.
aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I loved this SO MUCH! The last story I cried at was 'Go your own way'! OMG, THIS WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, honestly it was. Like, you are so amazing! It was an absolute joy to see you update & you're very talented so let me take the time to say THANK YOU SO MUCH!Hoping to see more stories from you :-)Sham. <3 x
This was one of the most beautiful and beautifully written stories I've read. You are an incredibly talented writer. I'm glad you've decided not to write sequels or one-shots to this. I think it would take away from the story rather than add to it. It's ended perfectly and I can't see what else you could even add to it! I always looked forward to updates from you and I look forward to reading other stories from you.
Oh God it's just such a happy ending. And the fact that it actually is done is just sad. Wonderful job, claps all around.
Wow. I started reading this at 11pm, and finished at 3.35am... This was amazing - I've left a couple of reviews on other chapters saying how incredible this is. I cried several times from sadness with Blaine's father, as well as with Henry, but also the sweet and loving (to the point of being sickly, that made me sob because it was was so perfect) relationship between Kurt and Blaine. Thank you so much for writing this and sharing it with us, I've never stayed up so long just immersed in a fic. FANTASTIC! :D xxx
Thank you for making my heart squeeze and my eyes fill with each part of this amazing story. The ending was perfect, nothing more and nothing less needed. I don't know what to say which will sum everything up, except this is one of the most amazing stories I've ever read. It's written in the most perfect way and every single part of it is perfect.
u couldn't have ended this story any better again it was a brillant read :-)
That was by far, one of the best things I ever read! I'm like... Crying...
So, this story was stunning! Beautifully written. I'm very sad it's over, but It leaves nothing to be disappointed it. Flawless from start to finish.
this was really really good
this was really really good
this was really really good
just cry for like the tenth time in this story !Just... Beautiful ♥♥
Amazing story! I love reading these completely through once they are all finished, and this one was captivating. The plot was well planned out and nicely spaced. I became engrossed in what would happen next and felt like I was reading a highly anticipated book right after it was released. I practically feel like I know this Kurt and Blaine their characters are written so well. Overall this has been one of my favorite Klaine AU stories I've read either here or on FF.net. Thank you for writing this. I absolutely loved reading it :)
This story was so awesome and amazing. I couldnt stop reading it and I was sad to read the last chapter because it was nearly finished but am so glad there was a happpy ending. Brilliant writing and a brilliant idea for a story. I thought Ellie's bakery was so cute and I could honestly feel how safe of a place it is when I was reading this :) xx
This is amazing.
AMAZING1!! I LOVED IT!! REALLY SWEET STORY.. GOOD JOB!
I really enjoyed this story -- it left me with such a warm fuzzy feeling afterwards, and was a great way to spend my Sunday afternoon. I love the way you wrote all the characters, but Burt was my favourite!! But then, he usually is :)
OH My!!! It's done.. *sigh* I loved this fic... It's beautifull and sweet... ans full of love! was worth not having slept! :)
I'm not sure if I reviewed this on FanFiction.net but even if I did, I just have to leave a review here. I just reread the whole fic and I would've done it in one go if I had started a bit earlier in the night and I wouldn't have had to stop at 6am, just having finished chapter 13. So I read the rest today, and seiously, I just love Syrup and Honey so much! Everything about your story is absolutely perfect, it has the right amount of angst, romance, fluff, smut, family, food (I didn't just write that, did I? haha I guess food is just too good to be left out here) and just general feels. It's definitely one of my favorite fics of all time, and trust me, that's a good thing considering how many awesome fics I've read ;)I guess I'll stop rambling about the perfection of this story now, just know that I adore every single word of it, no matter how many times I read it. Love, P
I loved it, I loved it, I loved it! *squaling in excitement*
But... but... why did it have to end? WHY? I loved this so much that I don't even have words for it. I haven't slept in two nights because I needed to know what would happen. Such a fantastic job. Thank you so much for such a beautiful piece of work.
Once again I fall in love wih your writing :)
THANK U FOR WRITING THIS FIC. I ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY. I LAUGH, CRIED ,SCREAM, SAID I WAS GIOING TO KILL SOME CHARACTER I LOVE IT A LOT.
I think this is really good fic. I loved the story and most important I loved the writing. I don't enjoyed all of this fic because I don't understand how a guy can't have one friend. Not one like Blaine. But the story is really well written and it was a pleasure reading it.
I really liked this story. I think it was well written and the carachters are nice. I didn't like everything, because something it doesn't sounds right for me. I can't believe a person like Blaine hasn't one friend! But I forgive this little thing because the all the story was really good. Thank you.shiraz
Cute cute story! As y'all can tell from my reviews to some of the chapters, I LOOOVE cakes and pies and cookies and cupcakes and food! (Oh God, I sound like Finn, don't I???)
This was lovely. Such a pleasure to read.
I'm crying. I always cry when I finish stories idk why just... wow. that was lovely