Blaine was standing there, looking a little worse for wear, but alive. Kurt was sure he was hallucinating. Kurt stood up and hesitantly started toward his boyfriend. After the first few steps, when he finally realized this was real, Kurt broke into a run. Blaine limped forward and met him in the middle, his arms outstretched. Kurt jumped into Blaine's arms, his smile so wide it almost hurt. He was laughing and sobbing, still in shock and trying to understand how this was possible. Blaine was still recovering from the arena, so when Kurt jumped into his arms they both crashed to the ground in a tangle of limbs. Kurt held Blaine's face in his hands and kissed him wildly. He pressed his lips over and over to Blaine's cheeks, nose, forehead, and lips. He placed his hand over Blaine's heart, then carefully laid his head on Blaine's chest, deciding right then and there that the sound of his strong heartbeat was the best thing he had ever heard. Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt and held him tight.

“I'm here baby. I'm right here. I love you so much Kurt.” He kissed his boyfriend, sorry for the hell he had gone through in the last 24 hours, but determined to spend the rest of their lives making it up to him.

The audience was beside itself. They had been looking forward to this reunion since the moment the Games ended. In an effort to stop the rioting in the Capitol, the Gamemakers had made a last minute decision to rescue Blaine by audience request. They put together a final poll for the social media campaign and the response had been overwhelming. The Gamemakers arranged for Blaine to be removed from the arena at the last possible moment. Another few minutes and he would have bled to death. Kurt and Burt were kept out of the loop and it was decided that the Capitol would stage their reunion during Kurt's final interview.

Backstage Burt was cheering just as loud as the rest of the audience. He had found out that Blaine was alive only moments before it was revealed. In all of the years he'd been coming to the Capitol, he knew they always had their favorite tributes, but he never would have imagined anything like this could happen.

Kurt and Blaine held each other, lost in their reunion, until the MC cleared his throat and held a hand out to help the boys stand up. They moved to Kurt's seat on stage, keeping their arms wrapped around one another as if letting go would break the spell and wake them up from a wonderful dream. The MC took his seat and raised his hand to quiet the audience so they could begin again.

“Welcome back Blaine. Let me be tell you how excited we are to have you back from the dead.” The MC leaned forward and shook Blaine's hand enthusiastically.

“I'm glad to be back. I guess I have all of you to thank for that.” Blaine looked out to the audience with a smile. “This is more than I ever could have hoped for.” He turned lovingly to Kurt, still not quite believing this could be true.

Kurt held Blaine's hands in his and realized with a slight pang that the Capitol doctors hadn't been able to reattach Blaine's severed fingers. Looking at Blaine's exposed arms for the first time, Kurt noticed the scars left by Karofsky's knife. Kurt traced them with his fingers, marveling at how beautiful Blaine is and how no amount of scarring could ever change that.

The boys answered questions from the MC for the next hour, unable to take their eyes off of each other for more than a few seconds and never breaking contact. When the MC asked them what their plans for the future were, Blaine stood up and moved to kneel in front of his boyfriend. The audience started to cheer when Blaine took a familiar ring out of his pocket and held it out to Kurt.

“Kurt Hummel, my amazing friend, my one true love. Will you marry me?”

Speechless, all Kurt could do was nod and throw his arms around Blaine again. They were met with thundrous applause as the Capitol celebrated their happy ending. The MC waited until they calmed down before he continued.

“I don't think we've ever had so much excitement in one interview. Let me congratulate you both on your engagement. I think I speak for everyone when I say we hope you'll keep us in the loop with the wedding plans.” The audience cheered their assent.

Blaine stood first, pulling Kurt to his feet beside him. Both boys shook hands with the MC and waved to the audience before they headed off stage. The second they were backstage, Burt had engulfed them both in a tight hug. Blaine was starting to get choked up as he held onto Burt. There weren't many hugs in the Anderson household and Blaine had always been a little envious of the relationship Kurt had with his father. Burt had always gone out of his way to make Blaine feel welcome in the Hummel household and Blaine loved the man in a way he'd never loved his own father.

“I love you boys so much.” Burt had tears in his eyes when he pulled away. “Let's go home.”