Kurt was woken up early Tuesday morning by a hand running through the hair on the back of his neck and tugging on it lightly. He hummed in pleasure and nuzzled closer into Blaine's side. He heard Blaine chuckle softly above him and Kurt cracked open one eye to look up at him.

"Can't sleep," Blaine explained with a shrug at Kurt's silent question. Kurt pressed a soft kiss to Blaine's chest as Blaine's hand continued to run through his hair, "I've never been able to do this before," Blaine laughed quietly as he tugged the hair at the back of Kurt's neck.

"That's because I've never let it grow out this much since I've been with you," Kurt grinned sleepily up at Blaine, Blaine nodded but stayed silent, "What's up?" Kurt asked, his arm wrapping tighter around Blaine's waist.

"Just thinking about today," Blaine replied as he exhaled.

"Nervous?" Kurt asked.

"No," Blaine shock his head, Kurt gave him a knowing look and Blaine exhaled again, "Ok maybe a little bit,"

"You'll be fine," Kurt smiled, leaning up to press a soft kiss against Blaine's jaw, "Tell me about how today works and that should help relax you," Kurt said as he rolled onto Blaine's stomach, his entire body pressed to Blaine's from above; resting his chin on his interlocked hands on Blaine's chest. Blaine smiled down at him and brought one of his hands up to brush Kurt's bangs out of his eyes.

"Ok," Blaine began as he took a breath, "So when we get there, we sign in and you have to go off to what's called the 'holding room', it's just a big room with chairs and food and stuff and you just wait until you're called. I will already be out on the floor, waiting for you. Then once you're called you'll be given a number and you have to find the station with the corresponding number, but you'll see me and know where to go. Then they'll announce the start and I have forty five minutes to cut then they'll call stop; that's when I have to step away, then someone will come and cross check and mark down my score for the cut and then we get fifteen minutes to finish and style. It's all about speed, precision, technique and talent," Blaine winked down at Kurt, "The judges will be walking around the entire time as well, you just have to promise me one thing," Blaine grinned.

"What?" Kurt asked.

"You can't get all kissy after this haircut," Blaine laughed as Kurt lightly smacked Blaine's chest.

"Ok, but I can't make any promises once we get home," Kurt winked back at Blaine.

"That's perfectly fine by me," Blaine smiled.

"So what happens once we're done?"

"Well, you'll be able to then go up and sit with Cooper because you'll no longer be classed as a 'working model'" Blaine said with air quotes, "And this afternoon I have the 'No Cut or Colour' competition, which means that we each get given a model and have to create a style using no cutting tools or colour. It's actually one of my favourite sections," Blaine finishes.

"So when do they announce the winners?"

"The final night there is the big awards ceremony, everyone gets to dress up a bit and we all finally can unwind and have a good time, there's always good music and dancing from what I remember. And it's stylists and partners only, so that means-,"

"No Cooper," Kurt finished Blaine's sentence with a grin.

"No Cooper," Blaine repeated, his grin mirroring Kurt's as he leaned down to press their lips together, "Ok, I'm going to get up and shower and shave, would you like to join me?" Blaine asked as he began wriggling out from under Kurt.

"I would love to," Kurt grinned, getting up and following Blaine into the bathroom.

"Morning Kurt," Cooper greeted as he walked into the kitchen, finding Kurt sitting at the table with a mug of coffee.

"Morning Cooper," Kurt replied, looking up and giving the older man a smile.

"Where's Blaine?" Cooper asked after having poured himself a coffee and taking the seat opposite Kurt.

"He's just finishing getting dressed," Kurt answered turning back to the paper he was reading.

"Morning Coop," Blaine said as he entered the kitchen.

"Hey Blainey, you ready for today?" Cooper asked, the excitement obvious in his tone.

"I am, knowing that I'll have a couple of people there cheering me on," Blaine grinned as he pressed a kiss to the top of Kurt's head and sat down in the seat next to him. He whispered a quiet thanks when Kurt slid a full mug of coffee towards him.

"You ready for me now?" Kurt asked, looking up at Blaine from the paper. Blaine laughed as Cooper's eyes bulged, "Oh for god's sake Cooper," Kurt sighed as he looked at what Blaine was laughing at, "Not everything I say alludes to sex," Kurt smiled as he rolled his eyes and picked up the bottle of mousse from the where he had placed it at his feet.

"He's just fixing my hair for me Coop," Blaine chuckled, Cooper just shook his head at the two men and took the paper from where Kurt had left it open, and began reading it for himself.

Kurt shook the bottle and sprayed a small amount of mousse onto the palm of his hand, rubbing his hands together before working the product through Blaine's hair; making sure to scrunch and not rub to help define his curls. Once he was satisfied with the application, he moved to stand in front of Blaine, who had tucked his knees up under his chin, watching Kurt through his eyelashes, and began moving each curl to sit in its rightful place.

"There," Kurt announced fifteen minutes later, "Done,"

"Come on Blainey, stand up, show off," Cooper instructed his little brother. Blaine rolled his eyes, trying to hide his grin and stood to show Cooper his outfit that Kurt had picked out for today. It consisted of a blue/grey short sleeved button up shirt, which was tucked into a pair of faded black jeans that fit his hips and thighs snugly, and a stylish yet comfortable pair of black lace up dress shoes. They had decided to go with jeans that covered the tops of his shoes, that way none of the cut hairs would fall on his feet and end up in his shoes, "You look good B," Cooper said, "Nice work Kurt," Cooper nodded his approval at Kurt's outfit choice.

"Thank you," Kurt replied as he gave Blaine a once over, making sure everything was in place. Kurt himself was wearing a simple grey button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows and a pair of dark wash blue jeans. He needed to wear something simple so his outfit wouldn't overshadow the haircut Blaine was to give him.

"Ok, I'm going to go and change now and then we'll head off," Cooper said as he stood from the table and made his way back down to his own bedroom.

"Thank you," Blaine whispered into Kurt's ear the minute Cooper had left the room.

"You're welcome," Kurt whispered back, "But why are we whispering?" he asked with a slight giggle.

"I don't know?" Blaine replied with a shrug and a smile, "I guess it just seemed more intimate in my head," he grinned as he pressed a kiss to Kurt's cheek. Kurt grinned back at him and turned his head to capture Blaine's lips with his own, "I like this," Blaine mumbled against Kurt's mouth.

"Mmm," Kurt hummed, "I'm trying to get all of my kisses out before the competition so that I won't be tempted in front of everyone," Blaine laughed into the next kiss, he lips turning upwards in a smile against Kurt's.

"So long as you save some for tonight,"

"I promise," Kurt replied, placing a final kiss to Blaine's mouth, pulling away when he heard Cooper's bedroom door open again.

"Ok, I think I've given you two lovebirds enough time; let's get this show on the road," Cooper said as he made his way back into the kitchen, picking up his car keys and waiting for Blaine to collect his kits before all three of them made their way out into the garage and piled in to Cooper's car.

The drive to the hotel didn't take as long as it did the previous evening, considering the fact that it was still early in the morning. The hotel car park however was alive and buzzing, everyone was arriving, and inside was even crazier. There were people rushing everywhere, people were trying to set up cameras and check models and stylists in, it was a scene of organised chaos, and Kurt knew what that was like, he had worked on off-Broadway for two years.

"Ok, Kurt you'll need to head that way and get yourself signed in. They'll then take you to where you need to go and give you all of your instructions," Kurt nodded as Blaine turned to Cooper, "Cooper, what did we discuss?"

"That I'm to go straight to my seat, no hanging around models or stylists and no pretending that I'm a model or a stylist just so I can hang around the models and stylists," Cooper replied in bored voice, rolling his eyes.

"Ok, Cooper you're going that way. I'll see you later,"

"Good luck Blainey," Cooper said as he pulled Blaine in for a tight hug. Blaine smiled and patted his brother on the back before sending him on his way.

"You ok?" Blaine turned to ask Kurt, once Cooper had one through the correct door.

"I'm fine," Kurt smiled, placing a hand on Blaine's shoulder and giving it a comforting squeeze, "I'm just getting a haircut," Kurt shrugged, his smile growing, "You ok?" he asked, ducking his head slightly to meet Blaine's eyes.

"Yeah," Blaine nodded, "I'm good. It'll be nice to have someone I know sitting in my chair while I compete," Kurt leaned forward and pressed a quick kiss against Blaine's cheek.

"You'll be fine, you were born to do this," Kurt said honestly, "Now I'm going to go and check in and I'll see you soon," Blaine nodded and reached out to give Kurt's hand a squeeze before he disappeared into the crowd. Blaine sighed silently to himself before taking a deep breath and moving towards where he needed to be, nodding a hello to Kyan on the way.

Once he was checked in, Blaine moved into the room set up for the stylists, there were table and chairs set up all over the room and Blaine moved to one on the far side, setting his kits down on the table top and opening the first one. Ever since his first competition this had kind of become a ritual of Blaine's. He would arrive and the find a quiet spot to himself and go through his kit, checking to make sure that everything was there and everything was in perfect working condition.

He pulled out his scissors and snapped them between his finger and thumb a few times, warming up his hand. He rubbed his thumb over the blue inset of the finger and thumb rest before placing them back in their case. He had made a habit of touching every piece of equipment that he was to use before a competition, just to get the feeling of the instrument back in his hands. He was just placing everything back in his kit when he felt someone step up behind him.

"Well, if it isn't Blaine Anderson, back from the dead," Blaine shut his eyes and took a deep breath before opening them and turning to face the voice.

"What do you want Henry?" Blaine asked with a bored tone.

"And he I was all this time, thinking it was you who wanted me," Henry pouted, though his eyes still held that same evil glint they always had.

"That was four years ago Henry, my interests have dramatically changed," Blaine replied, crossing his arms in front of his chest, making sure to flex his biceps to show his dominance.

"Keep telling yourself that darling, whatever helps you sleep at night," Henry winked, moving closer to Blaine.

"Kurt helps me sleep at night," Blaine replied back, his tone strong.

"Kurt?" Henry asked, trying to hide the shock in his voice.

"My boyfriend," Blaine replied, a small grin appearing on his face at the look of fear that flashed through Henry's eyes.

"I like a challenge," the fear was gone, masked by Henry's attempt at self cockiness.

"So does he," Blaine winked before turning and picking up his kits, making his way over to the door leading out onto the floor. Their category was going to be called any minute and he didn't want to hang around Henry for a second longer than he had to.

He was right, after only waiting for another moment he and the other stylist he would be competing against were called out onto the floor, being meet with applause from the people watching in the balcony above.

Blaine moved to his designated station and began unpacking what he needed, placing everything in the order of use to make for quick pickups. He began with his combs, clips, clippers, attachments, spray bottle and finally his scissors; he draped his cape over the back of the chair and stepped back, waiting for the models to be called in. He felt a hand clasp his shoulder and squeeze it tightly for a second before it was removed, he turned and saw Kyan smiling at him, silently saying good luck, before moving back to check over the other stylists, Blaine smiled at the older man and gave him a nod of thanks. Blaine breathed a quick sigh of relief, he knew that Kyan knew that he did good hair, so he felt himself grow a little more confident. A large grin broke out over Blaine's face when it was announced that the models would be entering, and his grin grew even wider when he saw Kurt's head above the rest. Every other stylist was trying to get a look to see which model would be coming to them, but not Blaine, he only had eyes for Kurt in that moment.

"Hey," he said quietly as Kurt took a seat in Blaine's chair.

"Hey," Kurt breathed back as he leaned forward slightly so Blaine could fasten the cape behind his neck. Blaine squeezed Kurt's shoulder slightly and smiled at him in the mirror before removing his hand and waiting for instructions.

The MC got up on stage and officially welcomed everyone, then he followed that with how this section would work and the rules, before finally wishing all of the stylist's good luck. He pressed start on the timer and the makeshift salon floor burst into life. Stylists rushing to begin their haircuts.

Blaine leaned forward and picked up his tail comb, quickly combing through Kurt's hair before sectioning off the top layers, with his clips, which he wouldn't be cutting with his clippers.

"You ready?" he whispered into Kurt's ear as he leaned forwards to pick up his clippers and an attachment. Kurt nodded with a small smile, bowing his head when Blaine placed a hand on his head and guided it to where he needed it to be.

Blaine flicked his clippers into life and moved straight to the hair at the nape of Kurt's neck, taking the clippers straight up; not moving slowly like he usually does, but moving fast to be able to get everything done in time.

Kurt smiled in to his chest, knowing that no one would be able to see his face from this angle. He grinned to himself at the familiar feeling of Blaine cutting his hair again. He loved it when Blaine did this for him, it felt strangely domestic, but at the same time, very intimate, even though he was now in room of at least two hundred people. He bit his lip to stop his grin from growing any wider as he saw out of the corner of his eyes, his hair start to fall down the cape and collect either in his lap or on the floor. He let out an excited breath at the fact that he was finally returning to himself again. He closed his eyes and relaxed into the feeling of Blaine's hands moving though his hair and across his scalp.

Blaine placed his hand on top of Kurt's head again and guided his head slightly sideways, to have better access to the hair over Kurt's ears. He moved the clippers and brought them up towards Kurt's temple, his long hair falling away and joining the slowly growing pile at Blaine's feet. He moved quickly and was soon beginning the other side, before switching off his clippers and changing to a smaller attachment. He clicked them back on and began the same routine, creating graduation through the back of Kurt's hair. He was quickly done with that stage before he was snapping on the final attachment and cutting the hair on Kurt's nape even shorter. When that was done he removed the attachment completely and began cleaning up Kurt's neck line, as well as creating clean lines around his ears. Blaine carefully folded both of Kurt's ears down before moving his clippers and tidying up the hair there, then moving on to Kurt's sideburns. Now was not the time to leave anything unfinished or messy.

Blaine switched off his clippers for the final time before placing them back on the counter, he glanced up at the clock and saw that he still had thirty minutes left for his scissor work; he was pleased about this because he prided himself in neat and tidy scissor work and liked to have a bit more time to cut.

He picked up his spray bottle and wet the remaining longer hair on Kurt's head before swapping that for his comb. He removed the few clips that were still there, holding up Kurt's longer layers clipping them onto the sleeve of his shirt, before combing through everything, making sure there were no knots.

When he was satisfied he picked up his scissors and set to work, sectioning off smaller pieces of Kurt hair before grasping them between his fingers and chipping straight into them. Blaine always refused to cut men's hair straight across as he knew that this was what caused shelves in the hair, and shelves were the last thing he needed when in a competition.

Many stylists disagreed with Blaine's method's during competitions, saying that chipping into the hair took too long and you still got the same effect with cutting it straight, but Blaine chose to ignore their comments and stuck with what he knew he was best at.

He methodically moved his way forwards though Kurt's hair, taking the back shorter and leaving the front longer, in order to help give Kurt his usual style back. He spun Kurt around to face him, chipping into his bangs and taking them shorter to match the rest of his new haircut.

Blaine looked up at the clock again and saw that he still had five minutes remaining. He quickly picked up his thinning shears and spun Kurt back around to face mirror again. He run his comb up the back of Kurt's head, stopping where the clipped hair met the scissored hair and began snapping his shears at the hairs held up by his comb, taking away some of the weight to help create a more even blend. He knew that Kurt didn't like it when there was an obvious line running around his head from where Blaine had taken the clippers, so Blaine was thankful for those final five minutes.

"Ok stylists, step away please," the MC spoke into the microphone when the clock reached forty five minutes. Blaine placed his comb and scissors back onto the counter and stepped away from Kurt, finally taking a moment to collect himself while the judges moved from station to station. It was now that Blaine realised that the people in the balconies were cheering. He had been so focused on Kurt's hair that he had drowned out every other sound. He looked up and searched for Cooper, spotting him giving Blaine a thumbs up. Blaine grinned up at his brother in reply and turned to look back at Kurt, giving him a small wink in mirror.

Blaine had to hold his laugh back when Kyan stepped up and began to cross check Kurt's haircut. Kurt's eyes had gone wide ad his whole body had frozen, completely mesmerised by that fact that Kyan Douglas' hands were in his hair. Kyan didn't spend too long at Blaine's station before moving onto the next. Blaine took this opportunity to know look around at his other competitors. He was impressed by what some of them had done, but he still didn't think that any of their models compared with Kurt. He looked over and saw Henry standing behind his model only a few stations away and Blaine smiled to himself. He was right when he had told Kurt that Henry was rubbish at cutting hair. His model did not look happy with what he had done to him. It was obvious he was trying to do something along the lines of what Blaine had done with Kurt's hair, but he had used the wrong attachments and taken the hair at the back and sides of his models head too short, and leaving the top too long. It reminded Blaine of a drunk college student who had lost a bet. He could have worked with it and made it look edgy and fashionable, but due to his lack of talent, Henry had no idea on how to fix his mistakes, so all Blaine could do was feel proud of himself.

"Ok, the judges have finished, stylists you have fifteen minutes left," the MC announced as the clock signalled how long they had to go. Blaine moved back behind Kurt again and picked up his hairdryer, quickly blow drying Kurt's hair back off his face. Blaine knew that if he used his dryer to do the majority of the styling then he would have to use as much product which meant he could create more a natural look.

He set to work with his dryer and a round brush, pulling Kurt's hair back and rolling it around the brush as he dried it, this gave Kurt's hair lift and body and helped Blaine to create Kurt's signature coif. After five minutes he shut off his dryer and picked up his can of hairspray, but instead of spraying it directly onto Kurt's hair, his sprayed it onto his hand before adding a little mousse. He rubbed the mixture of products in between in hands and then began to work it gently through Kurt's hair, using his finger tips and the small amount of product to push every piece of hair into place. He then took his comb and sprayed that with hairspray, before lightly combing back the coif he had created, the comb giving it shape. Blaine finally took the hairspray in his hand, covered Kurt's eyes and sprayed a small amount over Kurt's head for good measure. He set the can back down and made a few final adjustments like straightening Kurt's sideburns and making sure that there were no flyaway's.

"And that's time," the MC cheered into the microphone, prompting the crowd to do the same. There was a round of applause from above and Blaine could here Cooper calling his name, "Stylists, please remove your capes," Blaine unfastened the cape from around Kurt's neck and shook off the hair that had collected in his lap. The judges then came around and looked at everyone's finished looks before taking photographs of each cut from various angles to use in the judging later on.

"Congratulations to all of our stylists this morning, and can we please have a round of applause for our models, gentlemen, you all look dashing," the MC smiled at everyone of the floor, "Ok, so that is the end of the Men's Cut, come back in an hour for our No Cut or Colour section," the MC finished and stepped down from the stage. Almost immediately over a dozen people descended on the stylists and models on the floor, shepherding them out so they could start the clean up, ready for the next category.

"Come on," Blaine smiled as he held out his hand for Kurt to take. Kurt smiled and accepted Blaine's offer, each man picking up on of Blaine's kit bags and making their way back out into the main room.

"Blainey, congratulations," Cooper cheered loudly as he pulled Blaine into a tight hug, he stepped back and looked at Kurt, "Hi, my name's Cooper, it's nice to meet you," he grinned as he held out his hand for Kurt to shake.

"Um Cooper, we've met before?" Kurt asked with a puzzled tone and his brow creased in confusion, he looked over to Blaine for an explanation, but Blaine looked just as confused and shrugged his shoulders at Kurt.

"I know we met the other day, but I figured that that wasn't the actual Kurt Hummel. Now that you've had your haircut and I'm assuming you look more like you normally do in everyday life, it's like I'm meeting you all over again," Cooper grinned. Both Kurt and Blaine sighed at Cooper's ridiculousness, but Kurt shook his hand anyway.

"Hi, I'm Kurt, it's nice to meet you to Cooper," Kurt replied, laughing as he shook his head.

"Wow B, you got yourself a good one here. Just when I thought he couldn't get any hotter, bam, he gets a haircut and once again is making me question my sexuality,"

"Ok Cooper, thank you, I think we've heard enough from you today," Blaine quickly spoke up, slapping his hand over Cooper's mouth before he could say anything that he might regret later, "Now can I trust you to behave during my next section?" Blaine asked, he was now feeling very reluctant to leave Kurt alone with Cooper.

"Don't worry, I can handle him," Kurt whispered into Blaine's ear, "Thank you for the haircut too, you did an amazing job and if you don't win then I'm lodging a formal complaint," Kurt laughed quietly as he pressed a kiss to Blaine's temple before pulling away, "Now you need to go and get ready for your next section and I'll keep the horny teenage under control,"

"I'm not a teenager," Cooper retorted.

"Then start acting your age," Blaine smiled as Kurt gave Cooper's shoulder a playful push and tugged him off towards the stairs which lead to the seating area, just before Kurt turned the corner though, he turned around and mouthed good luck and I love you to Blaine, Blaine grinned and mouthed I love you back, before Kurt disappeared. Blaine bit his lip as he walked back to the stylist's room and rearranged his kits. Because he wouldn't be needing any cutting instruments for this section, he moved his scissors and clippers into his bag that held his colouring equipment, and took it over to the counter to be checked and held for him while he competed. His kit now felt considerably lighter with only his combs, brushes, heated tools and products.

Blaine made his way back out on to the floor again and looked up to see Kurt and Cooper clapping for him, he grinned up at the two of them before looking back down and stopping at his designated station.

"Models to your stylists," the MC announced. Blaine looked up to find a stunning young woman standing in front of him, with long blonde hair that almost reached to her belly button.

"Hi, I'm Michelle," she smiled as she introduced herself.

"Blaine," Blaine replied with a grin as he took Michelle's hand and helped her up into his chair, fastening his cape behind her neck.

"Stylists you have one hour," the MC said as the clock ticked over again.

"Ok Michelle, did you have anything in mind?" Blaine asked as he began combing through Michelle's incredibly long hair.

"Oh um, I don't know," she shrugged, "Sorry, I'm not used to stylists asking what I want at these things," she laughed softly.

"That's ok, I just always like to check to see if there was anything specific that you wanted me to do, because otherwise I've been dreaming up this gorgeous braided style that I'd like to try," Michelle nodded at Blaine and he set to work.

He began by parting her hair down the centre and taking a small section from just below the crown of her head. Because Blaine would be working mostly with the hair on top of Michelle's head, he had lowered her chair down as far as it would to go to stop him from hurting his back. Blaine began braiding, slowly moving the braid around in a circle around Michelle's head, only adding hair to one side of the braid. He continued, pulling gently to create shape, but not so that he was hurting Michelle. Blaine's fingers kept moving quickly as he pulled more and more hair into the braid, slowly winding it around Michelle's head like a crown.

With fifteen minutes to go he tied off the end of the braid, now the braid was hanging away from her head because he had run out of space to wrap it around, instead Blaine made a space for him to pass the tail of the braid through another piece of the braid sitting on Michelle's head and began wrapping the tail around and tucking it in under what he had already styled. He quickly grabbed his hairspray and applied a small amount to Michelle's hair, pushing back any flyaway's to smoothen the braid. Blaine stepped back when the MC called time and looked at his work. He was very proud of himself for what he had managed to do in an hour, although he was certainly feeling it in his fingers after all of the braiding.

All the while Kurt was sitting above Blaine completely enthralled with how quickly Blaine's hands were moving while they were braiding his models hair. He's going to do an excellent job of braiding our daughter's hair one day Kurt's eyes bulged at the thought that just passed through his mind. He'd never thought that far ahead about his relationship with Blaine before and now here he was, sitting and thinking about Blaine braiding their children's hair.

"Hey, you ok Kurt?" Cooper asked sounding concerned at Kurt's wide eyes and stiff frame. Kurt couldn't answer, all he could do was look at Cooper. Cooper stared into Kurt's eyes for a few more second before a knowing smile crossed over his face, "Oh," he said softly, he placed a hand on Kurt's knee and gave it a reassuring squeeze, "First time thinking about that stuff?" Cooper asked quietly.

"How did you know?" Kurt whispered, his voice trembling.

"I've had that look before. Clearly nothing ever came of it, but I know that look. How many?" Kurt looked at Cooper with a confused expression, "How many kids did you see?"

"Just the one daughter," Kurt sighed, the image still flashing through his mind.

"Does it scare you?" Cooper asked. Kurt didn't even need to think about it.

"No," he shook his head, a smile beginning to grow on his lips, "No, it makes me feel all warm inside," Kurt replied quietly, smiling to himself again at the thought of having a family with Blaine. Cooper just smiled at Kurt and threw his arm around Kurt's shoulders, both men turning back to look at Blaine.

Blaine was now waiting for the judges to come around and take pictures before he thanked Michelle and sent her on her way. Blaine finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was done for the day. All he had to do was come back tomorrow for the colour section and the open section, where he really could let his creative juices flow. He packed up his tools and made his way back out to meet Kurt and Cooper after picking up his other kit bag from check in.

"Blaine," Blaine was met by Kurt throwing his arms around his shoulders and pressing a kiss to his forehead, "You were amazing," Kurt whispered, pulling away to look Blaine in the eye. Blaine saw something there that he hadn't seen before, he didn't know what it was but he liked it, it made him feel warm inside.

"Thank you," Blaine replied, returning Kurt's kiss.

"Congratulations little brother," Cooper said as he clapped Blaine on the shoulder, "That was some fancy hand work you did down there,"

"Thanks Coop," Blaine grinned at his brother.

"Come on, let's go home and celebrate the end of day one," Cooper said, leading the way out to his car.

That night Kurt made love to Blaine again, but Blaine noticed that something was different, that new look was back in Kurt's eyes and it made Blaine feel even more loved than he had before. He felt like that night Kurt poured more himself into Blaine than he had before, and Blaine felt like he did the same to Kurt. Each man connecting with the other on deeper levels than they had ever reached. Blaine made a note to ask Kurt about it in the morning, but that thought was quickly lost from his mind when he saw the look on Kurt's face as he came inside of Blaine. Blaine decided that in that moment that was the happiest he had ever been.