Author’sNote: I had an idea for this fic and as I started writing…it didn’t go in the direction I was thinking lol Sometimes that happens! I still used the word in the same way but the general idea of the fic was going to be different before Kurt decided to change it. Also, I think this is the youngest I’ve written the boys all year. I would place this not long after they started dating actually. Definitely while they were still in high school. Enjoy!
“All I’m saying is that you have to truly appreciate the characters before you can really love the series as a whole!” Blaine says, animatedly, as he sits opposite Kurt on the couch.
Kurt is curled up in a ball, knees drawn up to his chest, as he stares lazily at his boyfriend, “Uh huh.” He says.
“Take Luke for example. He’s much more than just a bland hero with a lightsaber. He actually possesses the eight traits of an EPIC hero.” Blaine lets the sentences linger, seemingly for effect, and Kurt just lifts his eyebrows. Blaine holds up his fingers as he begins to list, “He’s on a quest, he has a special ability, he’s lives in a mythical place, he has a comeback moment…”
Kurt tries to stop the yawn that is bubbling up but…he just can’t. And hiding it behind his hand doesn’t stop Blaine from seeing it. The younger boy pauses in his list and sighs, “I know I try to get you into this a lot and it’s not really your thing…”
“And yet? You persist.” Kurt mumbles into his own shoulder before smiling tightly at Blaine, eyes squinting.
“What?” Blaine asks, appearing to truly not have heard what Kurt said.
Kurt sighs as he regards the other boy. Blaine is so eager to share his love of Star Wars with Kurt and just because it’s not something Kurt is completely interested in, doesn’t mean he should dismiss it when Blaine is so passionate about it. Blaine deserves to have him give it his best shot. Maybe that’s love.
…The thought comes unbidden into Kurt’s mind and he’s shocked at how simple, true, and comforting the thought is. He had figured when he felt real romantic love for the first time it would be epic and monumental but…this thought feels as easy as breathing.
Blaine’s still looking at him, waiting for him to repeat himself, and Kurt decides to keep his new thought to himself. At least for now. Now isn’t the time to say it but maybe it’s the time to show it.
He shakes his head and smiles, “Nothing.” He says, “Tell me more about what makes Luke an epic hero?”
Blaine’s eyes light up and he continues his list with gusto as Kurt rests his chin on his knee and smiles dreamily, suddenly feeling like he could listen to Blaine enthuse about Star Wars all night.
Title: “Until My Dying Breath” – Epilogue Author:Emiliana Darling Fandom: Glee Pairing: Kurt/Blaine Rating: NC-17 Warnings: Vampire AU with all the unpleasantness that entails. Dubious consent, violence, pain, bloodplay, flippant murder, dissociation from human emotions, blood drinking, sexualized violence, grotesque descriptions, dark setting, fear, minor past character death, intense dark emotions, brief contemplation of suicide in a previous chapter, mugging, murder, kinda-suicide, tremendously unreliable narrator, kinda open relationship but not really. Length:140,000 in total. 5,000-ish for the epilogue. Story Summary: On his way home from campus to his apartment on the Upper East Side, Blaine Anderson happens to come across a beautiful young man with bewitching blue eyes. It doesn’t take long, though, for everything Blaine thought was real to fall to pieces. For his world to dissolve into a twisted dance of fear and heat and blood.
Notes: I can’t believe it’s done. This is by far the longest piece of writing of any kind that I have ever completed, and I’m so absurdly grateful to all of you who are still reading along. Thank you so, so much for giving me such incredible feedback over all these months and supporting me into getting this story finished. It means the world to me, honestly. ❤ I hope you enjoy the ending, everyone. It’s been one heck of a ride.
When? December 1 – December 24 (That’s this week yo!)
The Words. Because I can’t resist trying new things, this year there will be TWO WORD PROMPTS EACH DAY.
There will be the traditional random word starting with A and ending with Y (this year we are dropping X and Z) as well as a holiday themed word, mostly randomly generated (I did sort them so that Hannukah friendly words will be posting during those 8 days of December).
Write whichever word you want, or both, or switch off as they appeal to you!!
(apologies for the length of this post but there’s a bunch of info so I don’t want to hide it!)
How to participate. Anyone can contribute, no need to sign up! There will be a prompt post each day for 24 days (December 1-24) and you can write a drabble (or a sentence or a novel or a limerick if you prefer!), create an art piece, make fresh gifs based on the prompt – whatever inspires you! This year the main Advent tag will be: “klaine advent 2018” (there will be another post on tagging before the Advent starts). Prompts will post sometime in the early morning hours New York City time – hopefully the time will make it easy for contributors around the world to participate.
Contribute however works best for you. You can do something every day, every 4th day, once a week, altogether at the end, whatever works for you and your schedule. Use all word prompts or pick and choose what speaks to you. Set your own challenges. It’s all Klaine and it’s all good. The only requirements are that it be Klaine centered, and that it references or uses one of the word prompts in some way.
No More Daily Round-Ups. We started this last year, and it worked pretty well. This year again we will not be doing daily round ups, but will be relying on volunteers to reblog the entries to the @todaydreambelieversfic blog. (see below). There will be a full round up post about a week or so after the Advent ends.
Reblog Reblog Reblog. The more reblogs a post gets the more people see it, so we are going to heavily on reblogging the contributions of the many artists and authors who contribute for this event. Sign up here to help!
There was a little confusion about this last year, so I want to clarify that the volunteers will be reblogging to the @todaydreambelieversfic blog, and not to their own blogs. Of course everyone (especially the authors!) would be delighted if people reblogged to their own blog – the more people who reblog something the wider the potential viewing audience. That said, we do understand that not every fic appeals to every reader, and that some people prefer to like or review elsewhere. But we want to encourage everyone to reblog as many fics as they like all throughout the month!!
But don’t fret if you like easily linkable access to the fics! All fics will be accessible from the 2018 tab on the Klaine Advent blog main page. I will be working to keep this updated.
Partnership. This year (just like the last 2 years), we’ll be partnering with @todaydreambelieversfic. Authors and other creators for Klaine Advent who would like an additional place to promote their works are welcome to join as members. Just send them a private message to @todaydreambelieversfic with your email address and they’ll add you on.
Archive of Our Own. Also this year we will be creating a collection on AO3 for those people who don’t post to tumblr (there are a few), and where those folks who do post to tumblr can collect all of their advent works in one place on that site. Whether you post them along the way or once the advent is over is entirely up to you. There will be more details on this in the kickoff post.
Want to Volunteer? We will need people to help with the daily reblogs!! This should be a much easier job than last year, so if you have some time please signup here, or send a message to the blog. It’s pretty simple and you can do it throughout your assigned day and later if you see any stragglers. We need people to do this!!
“But what if I don’t write or make art and don’t have time to volunteer?” You are the most important person!! Read the fics, look at the art, let the authors and artists know how much you appreciate their work by reblogging and commenting and liking and all those things creators like. Nothing helps a writer or artist losing steam to pick up their story again more than a nice comment from someone.
While this is a fandom whose online presence is shrinking every year, the annual Klaine Advent still gets some nice participation, and I know I always look forward to seeing new works. It’s a great place to test out some ideas, or challenge yourself, or even to bust out of writer’s block or an inspirational fog. We’d love to have you!
There are additional posts coming on how to tag (and tagging issues) as well as the AO3 Collection, so if you have any questions before then (or after!) check out our Blog FAQ or send us a message. 🙂
Please signal boost!!
(and thanks of course to @miasswier for all the fresh gifs!)
Summary: Kurt and Blaine spending a very important, pivotal moment together. (698 words)
Notes: I was originally going to be hip and say, “I don’t know what this is or where it came from xD” but that’s not at all true. I know exactly what this is, and it’s very personal. I haven’t been writing very much because of issues I’m having – with life and with health that are affecting my ability to think. I’ve been hoping things would get better, but they’re not. They’re kind of getting worse. This doesn’t mean I’m not writing anymore. It just means that writing is so much more difficult. And the way Kurt and Blaine feel in this one-shot – this is the way I’ve begun to feel. So if you guys want to do something, to the best of your abilities and to which your mind, body, and wallet can allow, I’m begging you to do it. Because you never know when that opportunity to do the thing you love might start to slip away. I love you all. And for anyone who’s first instinct is to get science-y with me, don’t. It’s a metaphor, you walnuts.
“What do you think you’re going to miss the most?” Kurt asks.
“I don’t know.” Lying side by side in the bed of Kurt’s dad’s
old pickup truck, Blaine’s eyes dart from the sky overhead to his friend’s
face, unsure where he should be looking. It’s not a difficult question, but he
still doesn’t know. No one prepares you for this. You might think about it from
time to time, let yourself get a little morbid, but you never think it’s going
to actually happen. So prepared? Nope. Not an inch. “You mean besides heat,
food, and sanity?”
“Yeah,” Kurt chuckles. “Besides all of that.”
“I don’t know if there’s anything better than all that,” he
teases halfheartedly.
There’s a two week period after Matty’s first grade class goes on a trip to a farm that the six-year-old declares himself a vegetarian or rather…
“You want to be a what?” Kurt asks as he helps Matty up the rock wall on the play structure.
“A vegetasmian.” Matty says around a grunt as he finally makes it up to the top.
Kurt chuckles, “You mean a vegetarian?” He asks.
Matty nods, “Yeah, that!” He says.
“And why do you want to be a vegetarian?” Blaine asks as he swings across the monkey bars lazily behind Lizzy.
Matty sits down on the edge of the play structure, “The animals are so cute and then Johnny says we kill animals to get meat, so I want to become a vege…” He looks at Kurt for clarification.
“Vegetarian.” Kurt supplies, patiently, and Matty nods.
“So you’re okay with not eating meat anymore?” Blaine asks.
“Totally.” Matty says with a decisive nod.
It only lasts two weeks because one night, when deciding what the family should have for dinner, Matty suggests they have chicken fingers.
“I thought you were a vegetarian.” Lizzy reminds with a quirked eyebrow.
Matty nods, “I am.”
“Then that means you can’t eat chicken fingers because they’re made from chickens. You know…meat.” Lizzy says with a duh expression.
Matty’s eyes go wide, “Chicken fingers are meat?” He exclaims, looking back and forth between his parents.
Blaine nods, “‘Fraid so, buddy.”
Matty pouts his lips before shaking his head, “I’m not a vegetarian anymore. I want chicken fingers.” He says before walking out of the room.
“But he just learned to say it.” Kurt says, sadly, gesturing after him and Blaine and Lizzy laugh.
Kurt wraps an arm around Blaine’s waits and puts his chin on his shoulder, “Willpower, baby. You got this.”
“I really, really don’t.” Blaine argues.
“You’re stronger than you think you are.” Kurt whispers.
“I wasn’t in college.” Blaine shoots back.
“That was almost ten years ago. You’ve matured.” Kurt replies.
“Matured enough to not eat a cronut or two or ten every day at the bakery that just opened up down the street?” Blaine asks, raising an eyebrow.
Kurt kisses Blaine’s cheek, “Definitely mature enough. Like I said, you got this.”
Blaine sighs and leans against Kurt, hoping he’s right.
In the end, he is right. Blaine indulges from time to time but is able to resist the temptation the majority of the time. It’s one of those weird things that makes him feel like a real adult – whatever that means.
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