Blaine moaned directly into Kurt's open mouth as their cocks slid together hard and fast, and Kurt's nails dug into his back as he arched up off the bed, his body cursing the laws of physics. It was Tuesday morning and they both had the day off, and what better way is there to start a whole day together?

Blaine ground down against him, his mouth hungrily devouring Kurt's, how they'd both woken up so horny, he had no idea, but he certainly wasn't complaining. A few more good thrusts and they were both coming hot and wet between their chests, and Blaine dropped his forehead against Kurt's, the sweat drops making it slid off to the side, and they both started to laugh "Good morning" Blaine huffed out and Kurt smiled "Mmmm, Morning to you" he said saucily and caught Blaine's lips in another kiss.

Just as things started to heat up again there was a rather loud bang at the door "Oh, good god" Blaine groaned "Who the fuck could that be?" whoever it was knocked again, even louder this time "I don't know, but it doesn't sound like they're going to go away" Kurt said despondently, Blaine grumbled and stood up out of bed as looked around the ground for some type of pants.

"Blaine.." Kurt eyed him and slid over to the edge of the bed, he grabbed him by the hips and pulled him over before moving his face close to Blaine's stomach and looking up at him through his eye lashes "You can't answer the door... With cum on your chest" and with that Kurt ran is tongue from the base of Blaine's dick, all the way up his chest, as he licked up their combined cum and the second he saw standing Blaine threw him into a rough kiss, tasting both of them on his tongue.

The door again, loud and long and desperate? "I am not done fucking you." Blaine growled as he pulled back "Well, I should certainly hope not" Kurt replied with a cheeky smile.

Blaine ducked into the bathroom and wiped himself off with a wetwipe, and grabbed some sweat pants on his way out of the bedroom, his foremost thought, to answer the door and get rid of whoever it was, as quickly as possible.

Another pounding had just started as Blaine ripped the door open and before he had a time to think or breath or process, there was a flash of brown and then Blaine was wrapped in a bone crushing hug.

He stood in shock, unable to move or breath, his hands stayed out from his sides not going around the other person, his eyes wide and unblinking, what was happening? "Blaine I think maybe we shoul-" Kurt's sentence broke off short when he turned the corner and saw the, clearly much older man, wrapped around Blaine, and he was thankful he'd taken time to pull on pants AND a shirt.

"Cooper" Blaine's choked whisper came out, and when Cooper saw Kurt, he pulled back abruptly, more out of shock then anything else "C-Cooper?" Blaine stuttered again and blinked at him "Cooper? COOPER!" Blaine took a step back clearly shell shocked and Kurt took a step closer to him, "Blaine..." he said softly trying to pull him out of it and Blaine whirled around to meet his gaze.

"Cooper! This is my, bother Cooper..." he said with wide crazy eyes, his heart clearly beating out of his chest and Kurt eyes softened "Ya, I got that" he said gently and wanted nothing more than to pull Blaine into his arms and tell him everything was going to be ok.

Blaine looked back at Cooper, and then at Kurt again, his head spinning, mind racing at a hundred miles a second "I have... I have to go..." he motioned toward the bedroom, his words escaping him, he just felt so naked standing there without a shirt on. And without another word he turned and walked out of the room.

Cooper watched Kurt watch Blaine leave, interested to know who this stranger was, who seemed to know who he was. He watched as Kurt's attention turned from Blaine, when he was gone from sight, onto him, his face dropped and his eyes went dead, and stared directly into Cooper's soul. His arms crossed over his chest and his gaze set in a hard glare, this was clearly a man, who was not afraid.

"Hi, how's it going? I'm Cooper" he introduced himself and instantly realized it was an idiot move considering how many times Blaine had just blurted it out, but he extended a hand anyway and Kurt stared at it unmoving "I'll let you know. As soon as my lover returns" he said in a cold even voice, emphasizing the word 'lover', well that answers that question "ok" Cooper said calmly and dropped his hand.

Cooper realized the door was open and moved to close it, and turned back around with open, pleading eyes "Look, I'm not here to cause trouble, I don't want to-" Cooper started but Kurt's disposition didn't change "And why are you here?" Kurt cut him off harshly, Cooper opened his mouth but didn't get a chance to answer "Yes, why are you here?" Blaine's voice came from the other side of the living room and both their heads snapped over to look at him, and Kurt's heart twanged when he saw Blaine was wearing one of his T-shirts.

Blaine's eyes where cold and hollow, and his mouth was set in a hard line, his eyebrows lowered and jaw clenched, and Kurt had never seen his face look like that, really, he didn't even know it could. The tension in the room built as they all stood firm in their proverbial Mexican stand off, and Cooper cracked first "Lets- lets just calm down, and have a seat..." he offered and Blaine let out a stiff nod.

Cooper stepped forward and sat in the arm chair across from the couch and Kurt sat all the way to the far end of the sofa, so Blaine could have his own space if he wanted it. "I'm not going back" Blaine practically snarled as he stepped into the living space, "That's not why I'm here Blaine, I promise, I didn't come here to drag you back" Cooper's voice was gentle and honest, like he just wanted Blaine to believe him.

When Blaine finally sat down he chose to sit right up against Kurt, thigh to thigh with their legs touching all the way to the ground, and his arms crossed tightly over his chest as he drew into himself, "Then like I asked, why, are you here?" he asked his voice sounding angry, and defeated, "Because I love my little brother!" Cooper exasperated and slid forward in his chair.

"Blaine, dad doesn't know I'm here! He has no idea I even found you, ok?" Cooper explained, and Kurt didn't miss how Blaine flinched at the very mention of his dad, and he subconsciously pressed his leg harder against Blaine's, "And how exactly did you find me?" his voice was still hard "I know you never really believe me, when I say I've got connections, but, when you took off, I sent your picture around, and told my network to keep an eye out for you"

"And a guy was up here doing research for a role, spotted you in that little bar, he sent me a picture and said he thought it was you, so I caught the first flight I could get out here and went to the bar, an old man told me you work there and gave me your address" he finished his story and gave it time to sink in, and Blaine seemed to relax a little, but not much.

"But, I still don't understand why you're here Coop..." Blaine's voice finally softened up, as he became less defensive "Because you scared the hell out of me Blaine! I didn't know if I was ever gonna see you again, I had no idea if you were alive or dead or living on the street somewhere" Coopers voice cracked a little and Blaine's eyes fell "I'm sorry" he mumbled "Blaine, it's been nearly six months since you walked out, half a year, I'm just so glad you're ok"

A heavy silence hung in the air and Kurt decided it was time for him to speak up, "I'm Kurt" he said in a much polite voice than he'd used before, and stretched his hand out toward Cooper, who shook it with a smile "Pleasure to meet you Kurt" Cooper said cordially, and slid back into his chair.

Cooper studied a tight lipped Blaine for a moment before deciding to speak "Blaine, please say something" Cooper pleaded and Kurt looked at the man by his side, and it broke his heart, any semblance of the man he'd come to know was gone, replaced by this angry hull of a person, was this what he was always like before leaving home? Is this who he used to be?

Kurt couldn't take it anymore, he slid his hand gently over Blaine's leg and seated it against his upper thigh, just a simple show of support and Blaine visibly relaxed into his touch "I don't know what to say Coop" he answered quietly his eyes down cast and if you asked Kurt, he sounded like a puppy that'd been kicked one to many times.

And there it was again, that thick, heavy, uncomfortable silence that filled the room and threaded to choke the life out of them, the pops of the dyeing fire and the faint tick of a clock Kurt had never noticed before echoed off the walls. And all of a sudden it hit Kurt like a painful punch to the stomach, and his mind was filled with images of Sunday dinners and Christmas mornings just like this, hard and uncomfortable, and silent, spent with people you hate for reasons you can't explain and no hope of escape.

And now Kurt wanted to cry, he wanted to go back in time and pull Blaine out of that, and show him what a family could be, what a family was supposed to be. Kurt could only imagine what growing up in that kind environment would be like, and really he didn't want to.

No one spoke, no one moved, and as ticked on it only got harder to figure out how to break the silence,and finally Kurt's phone did it for him, "He had it come'n, he only had himself to-" it sang out from his pocket and he pulled it out quickly checking the ID and sending it straight to voicemail, it was a girl from work, he'd call her back later.

It went off again and he ignored it before flipping his phone to silent, then a text came through "Answer your phone!" and it started vibrating again, with an exasperated sigh he picked it up "I'm gonna have to call yo-" he stopped talking for a moment and stood up out of his seat abruptly, shocking both Blaine and Cooper and bring their attention to him.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN 'CHANGING MY DESIGNS'" he shouted into the phone, with a bitch voice the likes of which Blaine had never heard before "She can't- But it's a fucking holiday! What the fuck are y'all even doing there?!" Kurt ran his fingers through his hair and started to pace in the living room, both the other men following him with their eyes.

"YOU'VE GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!" He raised his voice again and through a hand up in the air "Ok, look I'll just, fuck, I'll come take care of it..." he closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose, as he listened for a moment before mumbling a thank you and hanging up the phone.

"THAT STUPID CUNT, ASS, BITCH, WHORE, WENT INTO WORK TODAY JUST SO SHE COULD MESS WITH MY DESIGNS!" Kurt screamed as he looked at Blaine and thrashed his phone around wildly "Now, I'm gonna have to go up there, and save them before she ruins everything!" he gritted through his teeth and stormed off toward the bedroom.

Not a foot inside he spun around and stalked back "I don't even have time to take A FUCKING SHOWER!" he shouted looking back at Blaine "Then go in smelling like sex" Blaine smirked "It's like pay back on her bigoted ass" his eyes were full of mischief and Kurt smiled, releasing some of his tension "Ya, especially since the last time she got any was before the cell phone was invented!" Kurt laughed and headed back toward the bedroom.

"Ha, A good stiff dick would probably do her some good!" Blaine called after him with a laugh "Well, she can have someone else's!" Kurt called back with disdain and Blaine laughed harder.

Through the whole exchange it was like they had forgotten Cooper was there altogether, and he watched the whole thing in awe. Blaine was like a completely different person, his arms relaxed over his chest and his words where brighter, and he smiled in a way that it lit up his whole face, Cooper had never seen him smile like that, never. And when he laughed Cooper's heart nearly fell out of his chest, it was a sound he hadn't heard since Blaine was a boy, he wasn't sure what had happened over the last six months, but it was defiantly a good thing.

When Blaine turned his attention back to Cooper his smile faded and he drew back into himself a little, and it broke Cooper's heart.

Kurt came storming back into the room in record time, fully dressed in a designer outfit, hair some what pushed into an expectable shape, he paused in the middle of the living looking at Cooper, he shifted his gaze to Blaine and the once more to Cooper before moving in front of Blaine and putting a hand on either side of his head against the couch, and leaning in close to him.

"I'll stay if you want me to," he said in a low voice "I'll.. I'll just start over from scratch tomorrow! It'll be fine." he offered and Blaine's face softened "Kurt, those designs are probably worth hundreds of dollars" Blaine argued "Thousands, actually" Kurt corrected with a shrug and Blaine snickered "Go. I'll be fine, he is my brother after all" he reassured him and Kurt nodded slowly.

"Ok... I wont be gone long, I'm just gonna go in and get them and come back" Kurt searched Blaine's face "I'll be quick" he promised and Blaine nodded with reserved eyes. Kurt went to back away and stand up, but just as he started to move away Blaine grabbed him by the nape of his neck and pulled him into a rough open mouthed kiss, as if to get the courage to hang on while he was gone, and Kurt gladly reciprocated.

Cooper once again looked on with wide eyes, this was not what he was expecting at all, not that he really knew what he'd been expecting. Kurt finally stood and headed for the door snatching his keys off the hook and heading out in a rush, and then it was just Blaine, and Cooper.

"Well.. He seems nice" Cooper offered and Blaine nodded "Ya... He is" he agreed simply and Cooper let out a sigh "Look Blaine, I really don't have a double reason for being here or anything, and no one has any idea I found you, I. Promise." Cooper said in an earnest voice and clutched his hand over his heart "I know, I believe you Coop" Blaine answered quietly "Then why won't you talk to me?" Cooper begged.

"Because I'm scared!" Blaine said with a sudden force and looked up to meet Cooper's gaze for the first time, pools of tears clinging desperately to his eyelashes "I never excepted that world to find me here! Your world, the world I used to live in, the one I ran away from! I'm happy here Coop, for the first time in my life I'm really truly happy! And seeing you here, it reminds me of the outside world and everything else outside of here and now! It reminds me that I can't stay here forever, I have to move on and go back to a world that hates me, it reminds me that he's leaving at the end of the month and I'll never see him again! It..." Blaine tucked his arms up tighter and tears rolled down his cheeks "It reminds me that I'm, me" he finished quietly at the end of his outburst and dropped his eyes again.

Coopers mouth silently opened and closed as he tried to process the on slot of information, "It's not your fault Cooper and I'm sorry... I'm not mad at you, and I'm not upset that you found me... It's, just a bit of a shock..." Blaine admitted quietly and Cooper nodded "I love you Blaine, and I've been holding my breath everyday for six months hoping some information about you would show up... I just, I had to see you with my own eyes and know that you were ok" He said fervently and when Blaine looked up he saw tears in the other man's eyes too.

"I'm so sorry Cooper" Blaine's voice broke and so did Cooper, in a split second he was pulling Blaine into his arms again and this time Blaine reciprocated, hugging him back tightly "It's ok, I love you Blaine, I always will, you're my brother" Cooper reiterated his words from all those years before and small sobs started to wrack Blaine's body as he clung to his brother for dear life.

When their tears died down Blaine pulled out of his arms and Cooper laughed lightly, "You know, you really do smell like sex" he commented and Blaine made a face "Shit, I need a shower so bad" he groaned and Cooper dropped back into his chair "Well, by all means" he motion toward where assumed the bathroom would be "Really? I mean, I don't..." he let the sentence hang and shuffled his feet a little "What? Wanna be a bad host?" Cooper laughed "I think I'm being a bad guest... It's impolite to show up unannounced at someone's door and scare them half to death" he grinned.

"Alright, thanks..." Blaine conceded and headed to the bedroom "Kitchens through there if you get thirst!" Blaine called on his way out with a wave of his hand, and when he was gone Cooper sank back into his seat, relief washing over him, Blaine. Was ok.

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When Kurt walked back through the door Blaine's hair was still dripping from his shower and he and Cooper shared the couch as they laughed over another of Cooper's anecdotes about his life as an actor. And they both looked up when they heard the door open "Got 'um!" Kurt announced triumphantly holding up a large leather bag, that probably cost more than entire outfits of Blaine's.

"That's great!" Blaine smiled at him brightly and Kurt was glad to see he was ok, "Well then, lunch?" Kurt asked dropping the bag into the now vacated arm chair, "Mmh, ya! I'll help.." Blaine said hopping up off the couch and following him into the kitchen.

Once they were around the corner and out of sight Kurt stopped and spun around so quickly Blaine nearly crashed into him "Are you ok? What happened while I was gone?" he asked in a hushed whisper and Blaine smiled at his concern "Everything is fine, we talked through it.." he answered calmly and Kurt let out a sigh of relief before grabbing his lips in a quick kiss "Alright, what would you like for lunch?"

Cooper joined them in the kitchen and they got to know each other all through the preparation of lunch, and by the time they sat down to eat they where all pretty comfortable with each other.

"So Kurt, where'd you grow up?" Cooper asked as they settled into their plates "Oh, you're gonna love this" Blaine grinned "Lima Ohio actually" Kurt answered and they watched Cooper's mouth fall open "You're kidding!" he said in disbelief looking back and forth between the two of them "Nope, I even almost went to Dalton one year" Kurt added Cooper's eyes darted over to Blaine.

"Speaking of Dalton!" he started with wide eyes "What's the name of your friend from there?" he snapped his fingers trying to remember "I had a lot of friends at Dalton Coop" Blaine rolled his eyes at him "No, no, the asian one!" Cooper narrowed it down "Wes?" Blaine asked and lowered his fork "YES! That's the one, Wes!" Cooper pointed at him across the table.

"What about him?" Kurt could feel Blaine tense up slightly even through the distance between them, and glanced over at him "Well, the night you left mom called-" Cooper started his story with big eyes and sideways grin, completely oblivious to Blaine's distress "and she was all freak'n out, so I fly home that night right? Well, the next day mom and I are sitting in the living room and all of a sudden the door swings open!"

"No knock, no nothing, it just opened so hard it flies back and hits the wall, now my initial reaction is that its you, but of course it not, and then Wes just yells 'ANDERSON' and dad comes out from his study!" by this point in the story Blaine's eyes were wide as saucers and his skin was going pale and Kurt slid his hand on top of his under the table as Cooper continued the story.

"So, Wes walks toward him when he comes out and I have never seen anyone so mad, his fists were literally in these tight balls and his face was red and this big vain stuck out on the side of his neck! And anyway he points at dad and he, just, starts, coming unglued on him! He yells at him that he was never a good dad, and about all the things he did to you, and how he was a bigot, and a chauvinist, and how he never deserved to have you as his son" Cooper paused as if trying to remember what else he said,

"Oh, and about how he was going to regret it all someday, and how none of us were ever gonna see you again and it was all his fault! Then, Wes quit yelling and I'll tell you, our father, he looked him dead in the eye, stone cold as ever and said 'are you done?' and Wes was obvious just stunned and didn't answer him and dad goes 'good' and that deep creepy voice he does when he's really displeased with you, and he just turns around to goes back to his study"

"And Wes, he looked a bit defeated and his arms kinda fell and then just in a regular voice, he's says, and I remember exactly what he said, he says 'You know? I'm glad he left... Because now you're dead to him and he's finally free of you... Good-Bye Mr. Anderson' it was like he snarled it and then he turned around and walked out, didn't even bother to close the door" Cooper shrugged at the end of his story and Blaine nodded shallowly.

"Wes always was a good friend..." he said quietly and went back to his food, but his fork only made it half way to his mouth "What did dad say? Did he think I was gonna come back? Does he still think that? Does, does he, want me to?" they were dangerous questions, and he knew he already knew the answers, but he had to ask, he just had to "Well, I mean you know how he is with his work and stuff Blaine I-" Cooper tried to deflect but Blaine wasn't having it "Please Cooper? I just, I need to know.." Blaine asked with hollow eyes and Kurt stared down at his plate, this wasn't going to be easy.

"No. He doesn't miss you" Cooper sighed defeated "He's telling everyone you went of to some stupid law school in another state" and Blaine rolled his eyes "Typical" he mumbled under his breath "I think he knows your not coming back, and I don't think he cares, just one less thing to worry about." Cooper gave him and apologetic look and Kurt felt like his lungs where collapsing in on themselves, how could anyone every feel like that about their own child?

"Mom misses you though!" Cooper said with a lighter, far more sarcastic tone "She picked a hell of a time to start caring!" Blaine shook his head and Cooper laughed lightly "Right? Next thing you know she'll be adopting a dog!" Cooper smirked and Blaine shook his head as they fell back into their meals. And Kurt wondered if his heart had ever hurt this badly.

The rest of the day was filled with stories of what was happening back home, and filling Blaine in on all the gossip, Cooper of course talked more about his career and upcoming auditions he was excited about and before they knew it they were all lunging in the living room and it was well after nightfall.

"Are you spending the night?" Blaine asked from his spot on the couch tucked under Kurt's arm when he glanced down at his watch, "Um, no actually I have a flight back tonight, big call back tomorrow" he answered and looked up at Blaine "But, before I go I have something for you" he shifted his weight and pulled something out of his pocket, "Here." he placed the slender item in Blaine's hand and he realized it was the latest version of iPhone.

"Coop, I can't-" he started but Cooper held up a hand "It's on my phone plan, it's got unlimited texting, Internet, and call time" Blaine tried to interject but Cooper wouldn't let him "Ah, Blaine, you're not gonna be here forever, I want to always know I'm able to get a hold of you, I never want to have live like that again, not knowing where you are or if your ok, I need to know your ok Blaine. And if that means paying for a phone, I'm damn well gonna do it!" Cooper's tone was stern and he showed no signs of backing down.

"Ok, Coop" he conceded "Thanks" he smiled "And please use it however you want! Like I said unlimited!" he grinned, "I promise not to give the number to anyone, and I'll keep you in my phone under, Millicent, or something..." Cooper said with a shrug and Kurt giggled "Millicent Bystandered?" he asked covering his mouth and Blaine laughed too when he caught the Flushed Away reference.

"Ok, I'm gonna use your powder room before I go" Cooper said facetiously as he stood up "Really Cooper!?" Blaine chastised and Cooper yelled back on his way out the room "Sorry, I gotta take a wiz!" he corrected sarcastically inciting laughs from the living room.

On his way back Cooper took the route through the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge. "Alright kiddos, I gotta get back in the air!" Cooper exclaimed as they stood up from the couch "Really? I'm defiantly not a kid anymore" Blaine gave him his best bitch look and Cooper ruffled his hair "Ah, You'll always be a kid to me!" he said slyly and Blaine crossed his arms "Oh? Is that so, because I have sex now! Like a lot of sex, I mean we fuck hard, and like everywh-"

"OK!" Cooper shouted loudly to shut him up, and Kurt held his hand tightly over his mouth to control his giggle fits "You're not kid anymore Blaine" Cooper conceded placing a hand on Blaine's shoulder "You're a man" he said sincerely "And a damn fine one." he smiled and Blaine smiled back, he put his water down to pull Blaine into a proper hug, and probably held on a little to tightly.

When they pulled back they both had to wipe the corners of their eyes, "Pleasure to meet you Kurt, and I mean that!" Cooper said as he extended a hand and Kurt shook it gladly "Like wise" Kurt agreed and shook his hand firmly "Uh, we'll walk you out!" Blaine offered and the three men pulled on coats and made the short trek down the stone path way to Cooper's rental car and Cooper turned around with a snap of his fingers.

"I left my water on your coffee table" he said in a regretful tone "Oh, I'll go grab it!" Blaine immediately offered and jogged toward the house, the other two watching him go, "You're a good guy Kurt, and you're good for him, I haven't seen him so happy in a long, long time. If ever." Cooper said with a small smile, neither one of them taking their eyes off Blaine "Thanks" Kurt said simply as he watched Blaine disappear through the door.

"Take care of him for me?" Cooper asked and finally let his eyes fall on Kurt's barely illumined profile "I promise" Kurt uttered quietly and his gaze met Cooper's, 'for as long as I can', his inner thoughts add it, he doesn't say it out loud.

Seconds later Blaine was back at their sides and handing over the bottle, and Cooper is waving one last good-bye and pulling away from the curb, and once again it was just Blaine and Kurt, alone in the bitter darkness, and Blaine sighed "To bad it's to dark for a run..." he said quietly as his eyes scanned the stars sadly, as if somehow all his answers were up there.

"Come on.." Kurt looped his arm through Blaine's, directing him at the house "You can take a run in the morning... But I have something to tie you over until then" Kurt offered and Blaine smiled weakly.

"I'm sorry you had to see that" Blaine apologized as he slipped out of his coat by the door "I never meant to pull you into my family drama" Blaine rolled his eyes and winced, he had developed a splitting headache "Trust me, it's ok" Kurt comforted "Come on let's get you some Advil"

Kurt headed to the kitchen with Blaine on his heels, he pulled out the little bottle of pills and handed Blaine two and some water and watched him swallow them down "Hey, what's that?" Kurt asked as he looked past Blaine at the table where a medium size envelope was sitting, he walked over and picked it up "Says it's from Cooper" he stated and handed it to Blaine when he stopped at his side.

Blaine tore open its top and pulled out a card, there was something else in it but he dropped it to the table opting to read the card first. He read in silence for a moment, and then his eyes went wide and all the color drained from his face as he dropped into the table chair beside him "What?! What is it" Kurt was instantly concerned and Blaine silently dropped the card to the table.

He picked up the envelope and reached inside, and he pulled out a thick stack of crisp 100 dollar bills, "Blaine... That's-" Kurt's eyes mimicked Blaine's and his mouth fell open as he shook his head "10,000 dollars" Blaine interjected "It's 10,000 dollars" he dropped the bills on the table and leaned forward letting his head fall in his hands.

"Come on, let's deal with this tomorrow" Kurt offered rubbing his back and Blaine nodded, he was far to tired to think.

Kurt lead them to the bedroom and pulled back the comforter on the bed, and when he turned around to face Blaine his heart broke a little "oh blaine" Kurt's words were nearly a whimper as he wrapped a sad, beaten looking Blaine in hug, and Blaine buried his face in the nape of Kurt's neck letting out a shaky breath. He wasn't going to cry. He wasn't ready for that yet.

After some time Kurt pulled back and lifted Blaine's shirt off, Blaine really didn't feel like being intimate, but he could tell Kurt's movements where non-sexual, so he went along with it. "Face down" Kurt said quietly and gestured toward the bed before giving him a soft peck on the cheek and heading for the bathroom.

Blaine crawled into bed and pulled a pillow between his arms to rest his head on as he lay on his stomach, the bed was so soft and warm and he wished it would just swallow him up. Kurt returned and crawled onto the bed beside him and carefully straddled him, gently lowing his weight just past Blaine's lower back who groaned greatfuly at the pressure, it actually felt really good.

Blaine heard a cap pop open and Kurt's hands rubbing together before they met his upper shoulders, smooth, and warm, and slick. They glided over him as the smell of lavender wafted through the air, Kurt messaged all the way from his shoulders, down to his lower back, and soon Blaine was fast asleep beneath him.

Kurt continued to work the knots out off his muscles for awhile longer, just to make sure he was in a deep sleep before slipping off of him and carefully getting out of bed. He made his way to the living room pulling the door to behind him.

He put some more wood on the fire and sank down onto the couch, the room was dark, with the only light coming from the fire and what little could reach him from the kitchen, and he let his head fall back against the couch and only then did he realize how tense he'd been all day, his body literally ached!

He reached over and grabbed his cell phone to find that he thankfully hadn't missed any important calls or texts, he was going to set it back down, but kept it in his hand. He glanced at the time, it was well after eleven o'clock, he really shouldn't, but he just had to. His fingers tapped the screen appropriately and before he knew it he was holding the phone to his ear.

He listened to it ring, and just before it went to voicemail a groggy answer came over the line "Hello? Kurt? Is everything ok?" his dad had clearly been dead asleep, a fact that didn't surprise him "ya, ya, dad I'm fine, I'm sorry, I'm just..." Kurt let the sentence hang, he wasn't sure what he was doing, he just needed to hear his dad's voice "You don't sound to good kiddo" and Kurt smiled with tears in his eyes, even half asleep and on the phone his dad knew when something was wrong.

"I just, I love you dad, I guess I just needed to tell you..." Kurt reasoned "Your sure you're ok?" his voice was a little more alert but still low, probably an effort not to wake Carole "Ya, I really am dad, just a long day, I really, really, love you dad" it was all Kurt could do to keep his voice from breaking "I love you to Kurt" his dads simple words made his heart swell "I'm sorry I woke you dad, I'll call you tomorrow ok?" Kurt promised "Hey don't worry about it" his dad yawned "Good-night dad, love you" Kurt said softly "Love you too" his dad returned.

And the call was disconnected. And Kurt whispered into the empty room "Thank you for being my dad"