Blaine walked into his apartment, shut the door behind him and hung up his coat. Doing everything slowly and methodically let the young man think about everything his morning had entailed. He made his way past the couch where his boyfriend and son were still camped out watching football, kissed them both on the top of the head before heading into the kitchen.
Austin immediately sensed that something was wrong and gave Blaine a moment before following him into the kitchen. Boiling the kettle to make a cup of tea, the curly haired young man walked straight into his boyfriend’s open arms and rested his head on his chest. Austin simply held Blaine close for as long as he needed. A few minutes later he lifted his head and smiled weakly up at his boyfriend.
“Want to talk about it?”
“Kurt and I don’t know how to not fight anymore and it’s exhausting” Blaine sighed softly “He wants to get to know Hunter”
“Before or after he knows he walked out on you guys?”
“After which is why I need the Raiders to win this game so my son is in a good mood when I tell him”
“You’re going to tell him tonight?”
“Now or never” he chuckled “The sooner I wait, the more Kurt harps at me, the longer this whole thing drags out”
“If it makes you feel any better, the Browns are getting creamed” Austin laughed and pressed a kiss to his boyfriend’s forehead “I’m proud of you for doing this. Not many people would let their ex back into their kid’s life”
Blaine hummed softly with a nod. He wasn’t sure if this was brave or just stupid, time would tell.

XXXXX

“Something’s wrong” Hunter stated as he sat down at the kitchen beside his father.
“Why do you say that?”
“We’re having pizza for dinner without me even having to beg for it. Plus Austin just took his dinner and disappeared into your bedroom. How come he gets to eat in his room and I don’t?”
“Because Austin is giving us some privacy. I need to talk to you about something” Blaine sighed softly as he played with the corner of his napkin.
“Uh-oh” the seven year old giggled
“Don’t uh-oh me, kid”
“Sorry”
“You know how Austin and I are... a partnership, a couple?” Blaine began and waited for his son to nod before continuing “Well a long time ago, when I didn’t know Austin, I was with Kurt. He’s the man...”
“The man that made you sad at the restaurant”
“He didn’t make me sad exactly, just very frustrated and angry”
“What did he do?”
“Kurt and I were together for a while before you were born. We were together when we decided to start a family, that’s when you came along. When you were born it was meant to be you, me and Kurt as a family”
“No Austin?”
“No Austin” Blaine repeated with a shake of his head. Reaching across the table, he took his son’s hand gently “When you were only a baby, about 3 months old, Kurt left. He moved out and left you and I on our own”
“He didn’t want to be in our family anymore? Did I do something bad?” Hunter asked softly worried that it was his fault Kurt left. He didn’t completely understand the situation yet.
“No, you did nothing. It wasn’t your fault. You were perfect, you still are” the elder Anderson sighed as Hunter climbed into his father’s lap “Kurt was in a big show on Broadway and he wanted to focus on just that for a while. I think he wanted a family, just not right then. It’s...”
“Did he not love us?”
Blaine was silent for a moment. Even though Kurt said that he still loved Hunter, how was the seven year old meant to believe that? Leaving didn’t mean the same thing as loving, he was smart enough to know that much. Blaine wanted to tell his son that Kurt never stopped thinking about him but Hunter wouldn’t understand it as love.
“I’m not the person to answer that one, bud” he shrugged really not knowing the answer. Kurt said a lot of things but how was he meant to believe them as well. Not once had Kurt said he missed Blaine or said he always thought of Blaine. “Kurt wants to see you. He wants to say sorry for what he did”
“Do I have to?” Seeing his Dad in so much pain talking about Kurt made Hunter less and less motivated to have anything to do with him. Blaine honestly wasn’t too surprised at his son’s reaction. It had been Blaine and Hunter together for so long that it was hard to let other people in.
“I’d like you to hear him out. I’ll get him to come to the restaurant and I can watch from the bar or something”
“You won’t leave me alone?”
“I’ll be there the whole time” Blaine assured him and hugged the young boy close. For his own comfort and now for Hunter’s, Blaine was going to keep an eye on them.

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“So you’re babysitting us” Kurt sighed as he walked into the bar and saw Hunter already settled in a booth. Receiving a text from Blaine to meet at the restaurant, Kurt expected he and Hunter to go from there.
“Hunter is comfortable here. I told you that if you wanted to see him it was on his terms” Blaine shrugged not really caring about Kurt’s discomfort as he filled two glasses with water and slid them across the bar to his ex.
“What did you tell him about us?”
“As much as he needed to know”
Kurt nodded hoping the seven year old was an understanding soul. Taking the glasses of water he mumbled a quick ‘here goes nothing’ before making his way over to Hunter’s table.
“Hi Hunter” he smiled as he sat down
“Hello” Hunter returned politely as he looked up from his book. Studying Kurt for a moment, he looked back down at his book and continued to read.
“What are you reading there buddy?”
Hunter flipped his book so Kurt could read the title ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. The school work he enjoyed the most was definitely reading. Hunter had powered through his second grade reading list leaving the C.S Lewis classic til last.
“Oh I love that one” Kurt smiled remembering back to when he first read that book when he was a couple years older than Hunter was now. He adored that book all through his childhood and read it so many times he could almost recite it “I still can’t fathom how virtually no time passes in the real world when they go back through the wardrobe”
Hunter dog eared his page and set his book down with a disappointed sigh. Crossing his arms over the book, he looked up at Kurt.
“You haven’t read the entire book yet have you?”
Hunter shook his head
“I just spoiled the ending?”
Hunter nodded
“Sorry”

XXXXX

45 minutes.
Hunter could be stubborn when he wanted to so he was more than happy to sit and stare at Kurt for 45 minutes without saying a word. He would shrug or nod at a question Kurt asked but his physical responses were few and far between.
No matter how hard Kurt tried to strike up a conversation with the young boy, nothing was working.

XXXXX

60 minutes.
Austin walked into the restaurant pushing a reluctant Mercedes along with him. Making their way over to the bar, they made sure they weren’t seen by Kurt or Hunter.
“Look who I found outside” Austin chuckled and quickly pecked Blaine on the cheek before sitting down on a stool. Coming from work, he had kind of hoped Hunter had cracked Kurt by now.
“You know the view is better in here right?” Blaine laughed knowing why Mercedes was there.
“I’m supposed to be moral support but I didn’t want it to seem like I was watching on...”
“Moral support? Why would Kurt need that? Hunter’s just a kid”
“He’s not just any kid” Mercedes insisted as she turned to Blaine “He’s your kid with your cute little curls, your gorgeous golden eyes and too much of your stubbornness. I’m not surprised Kurt was scared about today”
Before Blaine could say anything Kurt appeared at the bar looking desperate. He had spent the last hour sitting across from silence and it was killing him. He just wanted to be able to talk to Hunter about something...anything.
“Having fun?” Blaine chuckled. Hunter got a lot of his personality from Blaine but the determination and tendency to just be a pain was all Santana.
“You’re enjoying this torture?” Kurt spat angrily. He had hoped this whole day had gone a lot better than it had
“Calm down, he’s just a kid” the curly haired brunette sighed “What have you tried to talk to him about?”
“Everything but nothing works. I started with spoiling the ending to his book then it all went down from there. I tried movies, TV; I even tried football... nothing”
“Maybe start with an apology” Austin suggested with a shrug. Earning himself a stern glare from Kurt, the young doctor wasn’t intimidated by him “Isn’t that why you’re here?”
“He’s got a point...”
Kurt sighed running his hands through his hair gently. He never imagined this to be so hard. Making his way back to the table, Kurt sat down and started with ‘I’m sorry’

XXXXX

“I should be honest with you Blaine” Mercedes spoke up after the trio had watched Kurt go back to the booth. “Kurt has always asked about Hunter every time he called me and I’d tell him. Even right after he left called to make sure you were both ok. I also sent him photos of Hunter growing up”
“Since...”
“Since you moved to DC. At least a couple times a year I’d send him a new photo” she continued trying to gauge Blaine’s reaction.
“How long after he left did he call?” Blaine asked softly. He wasn’t sure if he could handle the answer but he needed to know.
“He was the reason why Sam was on your doorstep within a couple hours. Kurt called when he got to Rachel’s and asked if Sam or I would go check on you”
Blaine took a deep breath as he tried to process all of this new information. Even though he was gone, Kurt still cared for Hunter. It didn’t change the fact that he never came back and in the past couple weeks that they’d seen each other, not once had Kurt apologised to Blaine for breaking his heart.