Kurt and Blaine had their schedules worked out absolutely perfectly. Sending Claire to pre-school three days a week, Blaine had Claire alone on his day off, Kurt had her on his day off and they spent their weekends together as a family. Maintaining their Saturday park dates, Blaine and Kurt took Claire to a different part of Central Park every week. They both loved watching her play on the slide and what made their outings even better were the fact that they weren’t the only gay parents there.
Unlike Lima, Ohio, the pair weren’t awkwardly stared at for walking down the street hand in hand. They could even share a quick kiss in public without the fear of a slushie drowning them. Admittedly slushies weren’t a choice weapon in New York, but the principle was the same. No-one cared about their sexuality; in fact New York embraced it especially in Kurt’s industry.
At first it scared Kurt in particular. He had been bullied so much as a kid for being gay; it was weird not to have that tension around him every day. Of course there was the odd person on the Subway frowning at Kurt and Blaine together with Claire but that was a rare occurrence. They were definitely over that rainbow and in the Emerald City now.
School for both boys had been getting harder and more intense but they took it in their strides and only worked harder. Working that little bit harder in class meant less work they had to catch up on at home and more time as a family. Not many people back in Ohio believed they could handle school, work and a family so Kurt and Blaine made it their mission to prove them all wrong. They could do this; they could have their family and their dreams. Nothing was going to stop them.

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Blaine woke with a start as the arm that was comfortably wrapped around Kurt’s waist as thrown away. Rubbing his eyes, he saw Kurt sitting up completely drenched. He feared something was wrong because waking up in the middle of the night soaking with sweat somehow wasn’t normal.
“Bad dream?”
“I don’t know...” he sighed and ran his hands through his hair that now stuck to his head.
“Are you feeling alright?” Blaine asked he sat up and rubbed Kurt’s sweaty back gently. Feeling his forehead, he noticed his boyfriend had a fever “How long have you had this fever?”
“A couple days?”
“Kurt...”
“I thought I could shake it, I just had that monologue due for class yesterday...” Kurt defended even though Blaine’s concerned expression didn’t change “I feel fine”
“Kurt...” Blaine sighed as he peeled off his boyfriend’s tee and dropped it to the floor in the hope it cooled him down a little. Resting his hands back around Kurt’s neck, he noticed two swollen lumps below his jaw “Does your neck hurt?”
“No but my chest does a little. So, I don’t feel so good” he chuckled weakly and pushed the blanket off his legs trying to cool off. Rubbing his hands over his legs, he scratched at the skin behind his knees gently.
“You are not going to school tomorrow, I’m taking you to the doctor” Blaine insisted.
“But you have class tomorrow...”
“I don’t care, we’ll drop Claire off at pre-school then we are going to the doctor. I need to make sure you’re ok”
“I’m sure it’s nothing”
“But until I know for sure, you’re going to go get in a cool shower. It’ll make you feel better”
“Only if you come with me...” Kurt smirked and got up off the bed and held his hand out to Blaine
“You must feel better than I think you do if you can still persuade me to have shower sex with you at 3am” Blaine chuckled as he took his boyfriend’s hand and followed him into their ensuite. Peeling off his shorts, Kurt stepped into the shower and got it running while Blaine took off his clothes and stepped in behind him. Blaine noticed his boyfriend breathing heavily and leaning against the wall for support and he was concerned. Wrapping his arms around Kurt’s waist gently, he kissed his shoulder.
“I’m just gonna hold you ok? Hold you til this fever breaks”
Kurt’s fever didn’t break but when their hands started to wrinkle, Blaine dried the sleepy man off and got him dressed. The sooner he could get him to the doctor, the better. Blaine had noticed his boyfriend losing weight and he’d just put it down to stress at school but all this was worrying him. Kurt hadn’t told him he’d been feeling sick or Blaine would have insisted on him going to the doctor so much sooner.
Blaine just wanted to make sure Kurt was ok.