“Shit…where did I put it?!” Blaine was tossing items all over his bedroom in search of his favorite bowtie, the one his dad gave him on the night of his 18th birthday. It was originally from his mother, but unfortunately she passed away the week before.

“Damn…” he ran a hand through his curls and checked his watch. It was 8:35am. There was no way he’d make it into the city by 9. He had to reschedule. Picking up his phone and taking a deep breath, Blaine hit the recall button on his phone to see if he could reach Kurt Hummel.

After 5 rings the call went to voicemail and Blaine was somewhat grateful. “H-hi um Mr. Hummel. This is Blaine Anderson. Something came up this morning and I’m running a bit late. If there’s any way we could reschedule this interview, it would mean a lot. Please give me a call back when you can. Thank you.” And with that, Blaine hangs up.

He opens the door to his fridge and takes out a Blue Moon beer and seats himself on his couch flipping through the channels on tv. “You’re such an idiot”, he thought to himself, “You can still make it. What are you doing?! Get up and head to the train!” In all honesty, Blaine was just really nervous. He was up all night thinking about the interview today and how he received a call from the Kurt Hummel. Blaine was definitely a fan of the man’s work. And ass. You had to be crazy to not know who he was.

He’d sometimes catch himself fantasizing about making love to him, holding him close. Skin on skin and sweat all over. Hot breath tickling across his skin and low moans escaping each other’s lips. Scratching and squeezing. Mouths and tongue. He was knocked out of his daydream when his phone started ringing.

“H-hello?” He answered and hoped it didn’t sound too high pitched. He cleared his throat and shifted a bit in his spot on the couch from being completely turned on.

“Hi, it’s Kurt Hummel. I got your voicemail. So sorry you couldn’t make it in today,” Kurt was trying to hold back his disappointment, but continued on in his best professional voice he could offer. “We were looking forward to having you here. What time will be good for you to reschedule?”

Blaine sat up in his seat and placed his beer on the coffee table, “Oh um,” he bit his lip and asked hesitantly, “Is it alright if I come in later today? Let’s say, around 4pm?”

Kurt couldn’t help the smile that crept up on his face. “You promise?”

All the nerves seemed to die down and Blaine could hear the smile on Kurt’s face as he laughed lightly and responded, “Um y-yes. I promise. I’ll be there.” And now he was smiling. “Thanks for giving me a second chance! It means so much.”

“You’re welcome, um, Blaine? Correct me if I’m wrong…”

“Correct you about what?” Blaine said in confusion.

“Your name.” Kurt giggled and Blaine felt his heart skip a beat.

“Oh!” he rubbed a hand across his face and let out a small laugh, “Yes. It’s Blaine. Blaine Anderson.”

“Right, well, I’m excited to meet you later today, Mr. Anderson. See you soon.”

“Likewise! I won’t let you and Isabelle down…again…” Talk about being awkward, Blaine, “um, see you soon.”

Blaine hung up and let out a sigh of relief and this time he wasn’t going to let himself be late! It was now 11:00am. He looked to the mess he made in his bedroom and decided he might as well clean it before getting ready for his interview. As he began to pick up the clothing off the floor he spotted the bowtie he was looking for laying on the headboard of his bed.

“There it is!” Grabbing the bowtie he neatly placed it on the outfit he had picked out to wear today and tossed all the clothes on the floor onto his bed to put away for later.

He couldn’t wait. He was going to get ready now. He needed to look perfect!

After Kurt hung up the phone he began bouncing up and down in his office chair full of excitement.

“What’s got you so excited?” Kurt yelped and stood up completely scared out of his mind, but he laughed when he saw who it was.

“Jared you ass, what did I tell you about sneaking up on me!” he giggled and walked around his desk to greet the man at the door.

“Sorry. I was just checking to see if you still wanted to grab lunch this afternoon.” Jared said with a charming smile.

Kurt bit his lip and pondered for a second. “Actually, can we reschedule? I’m sorry. It’s just…there’s a potential photographer who’s coming in today and Isabelle wants me to be there when he gets here.”

“Oh. Yea sure that’s fine then, but one of these days, Kurt Hummel, I will take you out on a date!”

Kurt couldn’t help but smile and let out a playful laugh. “Okay, Jared. Maybe just one date, but you know I’m more of the short dark and handsome type.”

“10 minutes alone with me and you’ll change your mind real fast.”

Kurt gasped and swatted at Jared playfully. “Keep it up and I’ll report you for sexual harassment!” They both laughed loudly and then Kurt was ushering him out of his office. “Now get back to work. I need that article on ‘Disastrous Shoes’ on my desk by 3:15!”

He closed his office door and settled back in his chair. Not only was Kurt New York’s #1 Male Model of the Year, but he was also Isabelle’s right hand man in the journalist department. He loved his job. He loved being in front of the cameras and he loved being in front of his computer typing away article after article on the current fashion of America. There was just one thing missing. Love.

He knew he didn’t need a man in his life to feel complete, but his 25th birthday is coming soon in May and he’ll be damned if he’s not in a steady healthy relationship by then. The only other relationship he’s been in was in high school, but Kurt tries to put that awful memory far behind him.

Jared was nice, funny, handsome, and definitely eligible, but he wasn’t for Kurt. He just really enjoyed the flirting if we’re going to be completely honest.

Kurt sat back in his chair and propped his feet up on his desk grabbing his coffee and letting his mind wander for the next couple hours. Blaine Anderson would be here soon and that was going to be Kurt’s main focus. Blaine. Mysterious Blaine, who he accidentally bumped into, and left an unfinished memory in his mind, “I’m sorry! I’m such a klutz!”

Kurt let his voice play over and over in his mind as he began to fantasize about the short curly haired man. He imagined what it would feel like when he held him or how soft his lips felt against his neck. Kurt closed his eyes and rested his head back against his chair as he thought about what Blaine would taste like in his mouth. How his mouth would feel against his own…around his coc-

There was a knock at the door.

Kurt sat up quickly and in the process, spilled his coffee on his jeans.

“Shit!”

Isabelle came into his office with a stack of photos and placed them on his desk as she began to speak quickly. “Were you able to get a hold of Blaine Anderson?”

Kurt grabbed some tissue off his desk and began to pat at his jeans. “Yes. He’ll be here at 4pm”

She let out a small laugh as she began to spread the pictures across his desk. “Did I scare you? I’m sorry. We need to look these photos over and decide which one to put on the cover of this week’s issue. Press and print have been up my ass this whole morning and I just can’t decide! They’re all amazing!” She grabbed a chair and began scanning over the pictures when Kurt got up from his desk.

“Okay. Give me a minute. I need to change my jeans.”

It was 3:59pm and in comes an out of breath Blaine Anderson running down the hall of Vogue.

“H-Hi!..whoa” Blaine took a moment to take a breath before he completely fell out. He shook his head and tried to give the receptionist a charming smile. “I’m here to see Isabelle Wright and Kurt Hummel.”

The receptionist tried to hold back her laughter, instead returning the smile and said, “Down the hall and to the left.”

Blaine didn’t see Kurt walk past the reception desk and into his office.

“Thank you.” Blaine said and headed off in the direction she told him to go.

Camera bag around his arm and ten million butterflies in his stomach, Blaine knocks on Kurt Hummel’s door three times and peeking his head through the door. “Uh, Mr. Hummel?” He takes a hesitant step inside the man’s office.

Kurt looked up through his glasses with his coffee in his hand towards the man standing in the doorway. He swore he’s never seen anyone as gorgeous as Blaine Anderson. He sat up in his chair and placed his coffee down with a smile on his face. “Yes?”

Blaine adjusted his bag on his shoulder and extended his right hand as he walked towards Kurt’s desk.

“Blaine Anderson. Sorry I’m late.”

Kurt extended his hand and tried to play it off that he wasn’t overly thrilled to see Blaine. “O-oh! Oh right hello!” Kurt stood up and they both shook hands. Both of them could feel how hard and fast their hearts were pounding from the skin on skin contact.

Kurt cleared his throat and pulled his hand away placing them on his hips. “Come with me and we'll head downstairs.”

They both make their way towards the elevator and Blaine can’t help but take his entire surroundings in. “This is so amazing! I’m really looking forward to showing you guys what I can do.” Kurt smiles at him and hits the C button to the cellar on the elevator and waits for the doors to close.

They reach the cellar and they both step out, almost knocking into each other and Kurt takes a step back to let Blaine through first. “It’s just this way,” Kurt said with a dazzling smile. “Now don’t get too intimidated.” He leads them into a hug room with beaming lights and racks of clothing along the wall. Blaine’s eyes went completely wide as he saw the massive room.

“Wow…” he was speechless. This was really happening. “This is definitely a lot bigger than what I’m used to.” Blaine let out a breathy chuckle and gripped his camera bag around his shoulder.

“Isabelle!” Isabelle walks over to Kurt and they exchange cheek kisses and she smiles down at Blaine. “This is Blaine Anderson, the potential photographer!”

“It’s an honor to meet you Miss Wright!” Blaine extended his hand to take hers.

Isabelle smiled down at him and shook his hand gently. “Awe, you’re adorable, and call me Isabelle. Now if you would follow me, I’d like you to see the set and what we’re working with.” She pulls him over to the set and begins pointing to the props and the models off the side. “This is our Louis Ad and I’ve imagined a sort of ‘Kiss in the Rain’ type theme to get ready for the spring collection. I want to see how you’re able to capture that.”

Blaine listens closely and already envisions what he’s going to do with this photoshoot. “Perfect. I’ll have you know, water is my specialty when it comes to capturing each droplet!” Blaine opened up the pocket of his bag to take out his camera. He set his bag down and placed his camera out his neck taking a few snaps of the models off the side before turning his attention back to Isabelle. “Alright. Let’s make some magic, shall we?!”

Kurt walked up to Isabelle and whispered something in her ear and turned to walk off. She nodded her response and smile at Blaine.

“Is he not staying?” Blaine asked confused, but with a smile.

Isabelle shook her head. “He has his own photoshoot in the other room. You can look after, if you’d like.”

“I’d love that. Okay, let’s get started.” Blaine made his way and began directing the models into positions and cued for the rain to fall. Snap after snap, Blaine began to get lost in everything that was happening. This is what he loved to do.

“Perfect. Just like that.” Blaine was beaming with joy as he took over 100 shots. Glancing at his camera every now and then during scene changes, he only imagined what it’d be like if this was his full time job.

“Okay just a few more shots. You with the pink coat try and not make it look like you’re trying so much.” Blaine smiled at the girl who returned the smile and repositioned herself. “Excellent.” Blaine snapped a couple more times then ran a hand through his curls bringing his camera to rest on his chest.

It’s been about 2 and half hours of shooting, Blaine was tired. “I think that’s about it!”

Isabelle walked over to him with a smile on her lips. “Fantastic! From what I saw, I think the pictures will turn out amazing!””

“Thank you! It’s easy when you have such amazingly gorgeous models to work with.” Blaine winks at the models to the side and you could hear them practically swooning and drooling over the man. “I can have them ready for you by the morning.”

“Excellent. Thank you so much for coming in. And we’ll be in contact with you if we plan on going further.” She gave Blaine’s hand a squeeze and hurried off to her office.

Blaine began to pack up his items when Kurt walked back into the room with tight skinny jeans and a very tight shirt with his hair up, blown out and puffed causing Blaine to take a double take. He was staring at Kurt for a moment and gulping audibly and lips slightly parted at how perfect he looked to him. Especially in those tight jeans.

Kurt didn’t notice him staring. He went to grab a water bottle, opened it up to take a sip and dropped his cap by accident making him bend down and showing off his ass perfectly in Blaine’s direction.

Blaine caught himself staring once he realized he was looking right at his perfectly shaped ass and he shook his head blushing slightly as he hoisted his camera bag over his shoulder and followed Kurt when he saw him leave into the next room. “Hey Kur- I mean um, Mr. Hummel?”

Kurt turned around, his eyes piercing blue and spoke as he took a sip of his water. “Yes?”

One look into Kurt’s gorgeous blue eyes and Blaine forgot why he called after the man in the first place. “Wow…you have gorgeous eyes…” Did he really just say that?! Blaine shook his head, cheeks scarlet red. “I-I mean s-sorry I missed your shoot, I was looking forward to seeing it...oh um,” he began chewing hard on his bottom lip as he tried to form the right words. “I mean, n-nice meeting you today.” Blaine extended his hand to shake Kurt’s again, his heart beating a mile a minute. “Thanks for this opportunity and I hope I’ll be able to work here someday.” He tried his best to give Kurt a charming smile to hide his nerves.

Kurt giggled at how nervous Blaine was, but he was also giggling to hide his own. “It was nice meeting you too, Blaine.” Kurt took his hand in his and shook it firmly.

“So I’ll see you tomorrow? I have to bring the finished pictures to Isabelle in the morning.” Blaine let his hand linger with Kurt’s for just a couple more seconds before pulling away.

“Yes you will. I have another shoot tomorrow if you want to watch.” Kurt’s smile was growing wider.

“I’ll see if I can stop by.”

“See you tomorrow, Mr. Anderson.” He turned around to walk away, swaying his hips teasingly as he left the room.

Blaine mentally slapped himself for staring as Kurt walked away. He licked his lips and headed towards to exit to catch his train.

Isabelle stopped Kurt in the hall on his way out of the studio and eyed him suspiciously.

“You like him, don’t you?” she said with a knowing smile on her lips.

“W-what?” Kurt zipped up his leather jacket and quirked an eyebrow at his boss. “What on earth are you talking about, Belle?”

“Oh, don’t give me that. Blaine Anderson. You like him. I saw the looks you were giving him before you went to your shoot.”

Kurt could feel his cheeks warm up, but he quickly shook it off. “I hardly know the guy. Do I think he’s attractive? Yes, but who knows if he’s even gay?”

“I think we both know the answer to that.” Isabelle laced her arm around Kurt’s and walked with him towards the exit. “Your gaydar is off the charts and don’t even try denying it!”

Kurt let out a breathy chuckle and rolled his eyes. “You know me too well. I think I need to get away from you.” Kurt opened the door and waved at his boss. “I’ll see you in the morning, Belle. Try to get some rest. I don’t want to catch you drooling on your desk again like this morning.” Kurt turned on his heels to leave.

“It was only four times!” Isabelle shouted ash she smiled and walked back towards the studio.

Kurt heard his stomach growl so loudly he thought someone was creeping up behind him. “Oh my god. I need food. Mmm I think Bistro Mistro is still open.” Kurt glanced at his cell phone and thankfully he had 30 minutes before his favorite deli was about to close.

As he was making his way over to the little corner store, someone ran into Kurt, knocking his cell phone out of his hands and crashing to the ground.

“O-Oh! I’m so sorry,” It was Blaine. He hadn’t been paying attention to where he was going, fiddling with papers in his hands that were now on the ground scattered. “My…my bad.” He swallowed thickly when he noticed he had bumped into Kurt and he could practically feel his face on fire from embarrassment.

Kurt bent down to help pick up some of Blaine’s paper to hand him. “Oh, hi!” he said with a willing smile. “Don’t worry about it.” He grabbed his phone and slipped it in his pocket not even realizing the large crack down the middle.

Blaine quickly stuffed his papers back in his camera bag and stood up to look Kurt over. Just to be sure he didn’t hurt him…aannd maybe to look at him in those tight jeans again.

“Oh god. I didn’t- Is your phone broken?!”

“I-I don’t think so?” Kurt pulled out his phone and his face completely fell. “Oh god…”

“Shit. I can pay for the damages! Oh my god I feel awful.” He began fumbling with the strap on his bag and chewing his lip nervously hoping he didn’t ruin his chances with this gorgeous man.

“Hey, don’t worry about it, alright? It was gonna die anyways.” Kurt said shrugging his shoulders like it was nothing.

“Are you sure? I mean if you change your mind, I honestly don’t mind. It’s my fault it’s broken.”

“Honestly, Blaine. It’s fine.” Kurt gave him a reassuring smile and patted his shoulder letting his fingers linger a bit.

Blaine glanced at his hand on his shoulder and looked back up at Kurt with a small smile even though his heart was racing from just the slightest contact. “Okay. I’ll see you tomorrow.” He awkwardly waved and turned around to quickly run down the stairs to catch his train, but not without getting a quick glance of Kurt’s tight jeans again.

Kurt watched as he left and nodded to himself. “Yup. I think he’s definitely gay.”

“Good morning!”

Blaine spent the whole night editing and re-editing the pictures he took from his trial photoshoot to give to Isabelle the next morning. He was pretty ecstatic with how they came out. Some of his best work if he says so himself.

“Good morning, sir. How can I help you?” said the receptionist with an overly happy tone and charming smile.

Blaine slips her a manila envelope containing the pictures and flashes her a charming smile. “These are for Isabelle Wright from Blaine Anderson. If you can, have her or Kurt Hummel call me later so we can discuss what they think about the photos and if any changes need to be made.

The receptionist nodded and took the envelope from his hand and placed it in a huge stack to her left. “Will do, Mr. Anderson.”

“And please apologize on my behalf for not handing them to her personally. I actually have to be somewhere in 15 minutes.”

“Sure thing, M. Anderson.”

Blaine gave her another charming smile and headed for the door. It was Saturday, which meant “Father/Son bonding time”. Ever since his mom died, they never missed a day.

Knock knock knock

Kurt glanced up from his desk and a small smile appeared on his face. “Why Jared, to what do I owe this honor of having you in my office this morning?”

Jared gave him a cheeky smile and walked over to his desk with the manila folder of Blaine’s pictures to place on his desk.

“That lazy secretary caught me on my way to the bathroom and told me to give this to you. She’s lucky I was gonna make my way over here anyways to see if you wanted to join me in the bathroom.”

Kurt rolled his eyes as he grabbed the envelope off his desk. Jared stood there, hands in his pocket, just waiting. Kurt could feel his eyes on him.

“Is there anything else you need?”

“Waiting for you to take me up on that offer. What do you say, Hummel?” Jared leaned down on the desk, both hands planted firmly as he looked Kurt over.

“Honestly, Jared. No dinner first?” Kurt said sarcastically as he swatted his hands off his desk. “Shoo. I have work to do.”

Jared stood up and licked his lips making his way out the room and says in a sing song voice, “One day, Kurt. One day.”

Kurt rolled his eyes again playfully and eagerly opened the pictures letting out a small gasp. “Oh my god. These are perfect. Isabelle is gonna flip!”

He got up and made his way quickly to his boss’ office and he heard Jared whistle as he passed his office. “Sexual harassment!” Kurt yelled and entered Isabelle’s room closing the door behind him.

“Look at these.” He placed the pictures on her desk spreading them so she can see each and every one.

She let out a shocking gasp and she picked up a picture and traced her fingers over it lightly. “Oh my /god/. These are incredible!” She placed the picture down and picked up another one. “Are these from Blaine Anderson?!” She looked up at Kurt with a hopeful gaze.

Kurt nodded. “Yes!”

“Wow. This is even better than the pictures Gordon showed me when he told me I should consider hiring him! I thought I loved his work then, but now? Now I definitely need him on our team.”

Kurt jumped up and down at that news and Isabelle quirked an eyebrow at him smiling suspiciously.

“I told you, you liked him.” She sat up in her chair and stacked the photos neatly to place back in the envelope. “I want you to call him and tell him we want him to work for us. Permanently.”

“I’m already on it!” Kurt left to head back to his office to make the call.

Kurt ended up getting caught up in a photoshoot so he wasn’t able to call Blaine until late that night. When there was no answer, he figured he had fallen asleep so he decided to leave a voicemail.

“H-hi, it's Kurt, we got the photos and they look literally amazing... I know it's late, sorry for calling you. You must be asleep. Um...I'll try reaching you tomorrow. Bye.”

He runs a hand along his face and checks the clock on his desk. It’s 2am. He needs to go home.

Blaine woke up refreshed and ready to start his day. It was going to be a good day. Something just told him it would be. He picked up his phone and saw the missed call and voicemail so he listened to it as he went to brush his teeth. A smile instantly grew on his face when he heard it was from Kurt.

He wasn’t sure if Kurt had gotten his phone fixed or not so he sent him a quick email after showering and eating breakfast.

Mr. Kurt Hummel,

                Thanks so much! I'm glad you guys like them! It's an art that brings me joy. I'll definitely be up to another round if you will have me :) we'll be in touch.

B. Anderson

Photography

Blaine got up and grabbed his coffee he was drinking and settled on the couch. A few minutes later his laptop dinged with a new email. It was from Kurt.

Blaine,

                Very nice having you as well. I talked with Isabelle and she is very interested in you. We’ll be in touch.

Sincerely,

Kurt Elizabeth Hummel

I didn't expected to hear from you this fast! I'm available whenever she's ready this week! You enjoy, your Saturday..

Kurt giggled at his computer screen as he typed back:

I'm on my computer for once! And I will, and it's Sunday!

Blaine laughed softly at his foolish mistake as he replied:

It /is/ Sunday. Where has the week gone?! I must be out of it all the excitement..

I hope I'm not being too forward, but I would love to get to know you some more...I like to /know/ who I'm working with, business wise and somewhat personally.

Blaine chewed his lip before hitting send and anxiously awaited the response.

Sure, would you like to meet for dinner?

Dinner is perfect. When are you available?

Tonight at any time.

7pm? And if you could, send me Isabelle's cell number? I've seem to have misplaced it. Speaking of phones. Were you able to fix your phone?

Isabelle’s Cell: 347-819-9243 and yes, I'm about to head over to the apple store and get the 5.

Thanks so much! I'm gonna see if she'll be able to join us tonight too, if that's not a problem. You'll have the same number? I'll text you the details...

Sounds great.

Blaine closed his laptop and couldn’t help the smile that was plastered on his face. He got up and called Isabelle to see if she’d like to join them for dinner, when he got a reply from her saying that she’d already made dinner plans with a co-worker, Blaine’s excitement only grew more.

A few hours later, Blaine texts Kurt the info for the dinner meeting.

Hey, Kurt! Blaine here. I'm assuming you got your phone fixed so that you get this. Isabelle said she had plans tonight so it looks like it's just me and you! If you're okay with that, meet me at Bello on 57th and 9th Ave at 7...hope to see you- Blaine

I would walk, but it's raining and it's like twenty degrees. Be there soon! :)- Kurt