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Sleep Tips for the Chronically Nocturnal
Author: @rockitmans
Rating: M
Status: Completed in December 2023
Word Count: 6,349
Summary: Kurt can't sleep and Blaine takes that as a personal challenge.
Tropes/Genre: roommates!Klaine, friends to lovers, hurt/comfort, insomnia, humor, fluff
Lynne's review: Perfect. Oblivious, hopelessly in love idiots. Loved it. And Elliot is hilarious. 
Read at: AO3
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"It’s December 1st which means that the city is already dressed in its Christmas finery. The holiday lights glimmer through the night like trapped stars."
@rockitmans in "No Take Backs"
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mynonah · 11 months
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"I'm going to kiss it better."
I made this for Kind of Magic by @rockitmans, because I couldn't get the cuteness out of my head. ❤️
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29 for the kisses x
hiiiii thanks!!
i originally intended for this to be short, but then it turned into about 800 words of domestic fluff, hope you enjoy it <3
29. ...as a promise
The first year they’re married isn’t always easy. It’s a struggle when they’re both still in college and both working. When they don’t get much time to spend together. When they’re both stressed and short-tempered. When they’re trying their hardest to make everything work. 
It’s easy to get frustrated with each other. It’s easy to get into arguments. And they do. But they talk. They’ve gotten better about that. They talk and they make up and they keep in mind that their lives won’t always be like this. 
Blaine needs his time and attention more than Kurt realizes sometimes. He knows how easily they can get caught up in their individual lives. He knows how easily he can fall into routines and forget to make time for just the two of them, for their life together. But he’s trying to get better about that. He’s trying to get better about recognizing when Blaine needs him, when Blaine has been giving too much of his time and energy and support to him, when he needs to be the one to give. Sometimes the little red box on the dresser serves as a glaring reminder that he needs to be sure to give too, that he needs to show his husband how loved he is too sometimes.
Kurt plans on spoiling his husband on their anniversary. Sometimes it’s still a little weird to think that they’ve been married for a whole year already. That they’re husbands. That they get to spend the rest of their lives together. There’s no one else he’d rather spend his life with. 
He hates to pull himself away from his husband on a morning like this, where they have no plans for the day and could wake up together and share lazy, sleepy kisses until they feel like getting out of bed, but he has to so he can wake Blaine up with breakfast in bed. So he quietly slips out of bed, pressing a light kiss to his sleeping husband’s temple before going to their kitchen to make them breakfast. 
Blaine is just barely awake when Kurt returns with a mug of coffee and a happy “Good morning.”
“Good morning,” Blaine says through a half-yawn. “Happy anniversary.”
“Happy anniversary. I’ll be right back with breakfast,” he finishes with a kiss to Blaine’s cheek.
“I’m not going to complain about breakfast in bed,” Blaine starts when he comes back with their breakfast tray, “but you didn’t have to do all this.”
“But I wanted to. It’s our anniversary, and I don’t get to make you breakfast in bed very often,” Kurt responds as he settles himself back down on their bed. 
“Can’t argue with that,” Blaine says around a bite of French toast. “Thank you for making breakfast.”
“Of course. You know that I like to do things like this for you, right?”
“I know. We just haven’t been able to do them very often recently.”
“That’s the thing though, is you’ve still been going out of your way to do stuff like this for me, and I… haven’t been the greatest about doing the same for you.”
“Kurt, I don’t need you to—” 
“I know, you don’t need me to do things like this for you everyday or anything but… I also know that I do need to work on making more time for us sometimes. So…”
“So…breakfast in bed today?”
“Breakfast in bed, and I am all yours today. No distractions of any kind, just us today.”
“I love you,” Blaine says, leaning forward to press a quick, syrup-flavored kiss to his lips. 
“Love you too. Oh! One more thing.” He stretches over to his nightstand to pull a little blue box, much like the red one sitting on the dresser, from the drawer. 
“What are you…” Blaine wonders aloud in a mix of confusion and amusement.
“Blaine, you gave me a promise ring before we had even been dating for a year. And you’ve still held every promise you made me then, no matter what we’ve been through since. This is long overdue from me.” 
A smile creeps across Blaine’s face as he gently takes the box from Kurt’s hands and opens it to look at the ring made of old sheet music inside. “What are you promising?”
“To keep sharing our lives together like this. To support you through whatever opportunities come our way. To really communicate, even when it gets hard for us. To…make you breakfast in bed at least twice a year. To be a team in life. Mostly to always remind you how loved you are.” 
Blaine pulls him into a kiss that feels like a promise itself, one they both know but can’t quite put into words. And the rest of breakfast gets pushed aside so they can keep sharing unspoken promises like that.
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cerriddwenluna · 9 months
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Happy Belated Birthday @rockitmans!
(By which I mean 4 months and 5 days late, but who's counting) and congrats on beating me at the Fic Line Guessing Game way back when! 😅
Today is the 1 year anniversary of when I posted my very first fic, Wild Rose =D 🥳
To celebrate all these wonderful things, have a super soft one shot full of things both Sully and I love! ♥️
Read The Touch Of Your Hand (Says You'll Catch Me) now, on Ao3 and S&C!
(Full details under the cut.)
Title: The Touch Of Your Hand (Says You'll Catch Me)
Author: Cerriddwen
Rating: T
Summary:
The smile on your face let's me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if wherever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
Word Count: 760 words
Chapters: 1
Status: Complete  
Part of a Series: Yes
Life Stage: Adults
Other Ships: N/A
Warnings: N/A
Genre(s): Fluff, Romance
Trope(s): Domestic fluff, Married!Klaine
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kurtsascot · 6 months
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Not me having a full on revelation that your username is kurts ascot not Kurt's a Scot. Which I was fully on board with as a concept. Anyway. Writer asks! :D (Also hi)
48. Who is your favorite character to write for? Has this changed since you’ve started writing for that fandom?
50. How would you describe your writing style?
67. If a fic was titled [Bake It Til' You Make It], what would this story be about/how would you write it?
omg not you putting the image of kurt in a kilt in my mind ! so important actually….
48.) i dont know if i have a preference between kurt or blaine;; kurts personality is so specific that its fun to tap into that headspace, but blaine is just so cute ….so pookie…..
50.) oooo im not sure !! how would you describe it? i would say its conversational, but i really like being descriptive when im setting scenes… im not the best conveying emotions in my opinion, but i try my best- i tend to convey emotions using imagery rather than walking through a persons thoughts. leave some stuff up to audience interpretation you know?
67.) first thing that comes to mind is a baker/apprentice au. blaine applies to work kurts bakery to get a date(lies about experience), but kurt is Strictly All Business and working him to the bone. takes a while for kurt to warm up to him. (and of course, kurt finds out blaines initial intentions and it blows up spectacularly and blaine has to win him back ;) )
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thnxforknowingme · 6 months
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I just saw your about me post and I have a hoodie with Damn that G.L.E.E on that I haven't worn in years and your post reminded me of it and I had a full on nostalgic flashback so thanks for that.
Anyway on to the reason I'm here lol. Writer asks!
55.Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?
67. If a fic was titled [I Don't Know The Question But The Answer is Pancakes], what would this story be about/how would you write it? (idk I'm craving pancakes)
72. What’s your favorite writing compliment you’ve gotten?
Awww glad to trigger some nostalgic flashbacks!
55. Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?
YES lol I definitely have ideas and patterns and turns of phrase that I return to. I realized one example in this post, and in the fic that I was working on earlier today I almost wrote something about Sebastian "loosening his already-loose tie" but then I was like 'wait...that sounds familiar...' and sure enough I had used that image in a previous chapter of the same fic 😅
67. If a fic was titled [I Don't Know The Question But The Answer is Pancakes], what would this story be about/how would you write it?
My first thought is that the setting would be a diner, because for whatever reason I am super drawn to American diners as story locations (I may have already written two fics entirely in that very setting...). Definitely sounds like it could be a fluffy love story where one person is sleep deprived or hungover and the other appeases them with pancakes.
72. What’s your favorite writing compliment you’ve gotten?
I am very fortunate to have received many kind and humbling compliments on my fics from wonderful readers. What comes to mind is all of @crissmastrees-and-candyklaines's comments on Miles To Go, but especially "i am stuffing this fic into the skin of a teddy bear and squeezing it tight, i am boiling it and putting it in my tea, i am absorbing it through photosynthesis AND osmosis." Or the time that @justasmallbloginabigklainefandom said something along the lines of my fic In Orbit being better than actual novel that inspired it (which I don't necessarily agree with, but I am very flattered by).
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forabeatofadrum · 5 months
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Hello hello. How about Fusion Dance. So Much Better as a College AU?
Oooooooh OKAY.
For the ones unaware, this is So Much Better's summary:
Kurt is very excited to make his Broadway debut in Deaf West’s production of Legally Blonde. He plays the Voice of Emmett and he has to work with Blaine, a Deaf actor who’s been part of the show since the very beginning. They grow closer through the process.
I actually started writing a new beginning of the fic, to re-do some world building, but that wasn't very Klaine-y at all, so I am instead taking a scene from the middle.
Disclaimer: I know nothing about press for college shows and exchanges and whatever. I'm winging it.
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AMDA is a school for performing arts, so people usually have high expectations of an AMDA show. Still, this amount of interest is new for everyone involved.
This is the first time AMDA has an exchange with Gallaudet, so also the first time they're using sign language in a musical. As a result, a lot of regional press is so interested that AMDA decided to host a small press conference or sorts.
Rachel revels in it, because it "prepares her for the real deal". Kurt's a bit nervous. He also wants to go to the Great White Way, which means doing press, but he's a complete newbie. He's paired with Blaine, since they share the role, and luckily Blaine knows what he's doing. They actually met up the day before to go over possible answers for possible questions.
“So, what is it like to play this character together?” the interviewer asks. The interpreter is stood next to them.
Kurt turns to Blaine to see if he wants to answer first. Blaine notices and raises his hands.
“It’s really fun,” he answers and Kurt can’t help but smile.
SAME, he signs, which in turn makes Blaine smile.
“It is a unique experience and a collaborative project,” Blaine continues, “I couldn't believe it when it was announced I could go on exchange to LA! Gallaudet is in Washington D.C., and it's a Deaf bubble, so to break out of it is a bit scary, but I am so happy to do it and to perform this show with Kurt. It is really cool to learn Kurt’s perspective as well. It’s clashed sometimes, but it’s great to actually be able to have a conversation about Emmett. We both really care for him.”
“Yes,” Kurt cuts in when he realises Blaine’s done, “We’ve jokingly referred to Emmett as our son.” Kurt also signs SON when he says that.
The interviewer laughs at that. Kurt and Blaine do too. Blaine’s laugh is nice to hear. It’s quiet. Then the interviewer asks questions about their degrees.
Kurt's answer is quite generic. The people who will read this are either from AMDA LA, or are interested in AMDA LA. Gallaudet, on the other hand, is unknown, so Kurt gives Blaine the room to promote his school and he steps back to watch. Blaine is so passionate about it.
But then he hears how Blaine had to defend his choice to study acting at Gallaudet. His parents didn't like the idea of it. Blaine is once again great with the press, because he makes it part of a larger issue and he asks for awareness that Deaf people can succeed everywhere.
Now, Kurt's actually a bit sad that this won't reach a lot of readers.
The interviewer thanks them afterwards.
WOW, Blaine signs, since the interpreter followed the interviewer. That was planned.
YOU OKAY? Kurt asks.
I’M FINE, Blaine answers, I NEED A BREAK.
Kurt looks around. There is still some press, but really, it isn't that big of a deal and Rachel is fine with demanding the attention.
LET’S GO, Kurt signs and he nods towards a door that leads out of the rehearsal space. Kurt doesn’t know how to sign “just for a small minute”, so he signs SECRET, SMALL, FAST and luckily Blaine gets it. The two slip out of the room unnoticed.
Once they’re in a hallway, Kurt leans against the wall and he lets out a deep breath.
His phone buzzes in his pocket. He looks over to Blaine, who has a phone in his hand.
BA:  So that was a lot, wasn’t it?
KH: If I may ask, why do your parents dislike your acting degree? What you said sounds kinda rough
After all, Kurt can’t imagine his dad not being supportive. Yes, his dad has also had doubts and concerns, but he still fought for Kurt. Kurt still gets a warm feeling when he thinks about his dad going to McKinley, demanding that Kurt should be allowed to try out for Defying Gravity. He didn’t understand it, but he knew Kurt wanted it.
By the time Kurt’s out of his thoughts, he sees that Blaine has sent a long answer.
BA: It was, but it could’ve been worse. My parents at least sign. 80% of hearing parents do not sign. They didn’t have this view in their head that Deafness is something that needs to be fixed. My family learnt ASL for me, they let me to go a Deaf school, and they did a lot for me in that regards. Thanks to them I am the confident person I am today and I had a language and a culture and a community.They did so much to help me excel, and then I choose acting? But in the end, what they did is called good parenting, and with good parenting, I shouldn’t feel like I owe it to them to give up on my dreams just because they don’t agree with me.
How are your parents?
I never really asked.
KH: We never really talked about it.
BA: True
KH: My mom died when I was young, but she always encouraged the creative side. My dad and stepmom as well.
I told you Finn’s my brother, right?
My stepmom is his mom.
Our parents couldn’t be more proud of us.
BA: Sorry to hear about your mom
But glad to hear your stepmom is lovely
KH: Well I am glad to hear it’s all okay with your family now.
BA: Yeah better late than never
The two of them share a small smile. Their moment gets interrupted when the door opens and Lauren, the Deaf actress who plays Enid, pokes her head around the corner. She looks relieved when she finds them.
THERE YOU ARE, she signs.
SORRY, Kurt and Blaine both sign immediately.
WE NEEDED A BREAK, Blaine signs.
Lauren looks at Blaine, then to Kurt, then back to Blaine. A smile forms on her face and she has an amused look on her face. Kurt tries to see if Blaine gets why Lauren is looking at them like that, but Blaine looks slightly confused as well.
Lauren signs something but it’s too advanced for Kurt to keep up, but Blaine notices and quickly texts it to him.
BA: They were looking for us, so we should probably head inside.
OKAY, Kurt signs, I UNDERSTAND.
Together they follow Lauren back inside.
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blurglesmurfklaine · 1 year
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I have a stupid story for you.
So my partner keeps chickens and I have a cat so when we moved in together had to work out the whole 'unlikely roommate situation' with the natural fear being that the cat would harass the chickens (she's primarily a house cat but does go out in the yard sometimes)
Anyway we needn't have worried. One of the chickens worked out that if she hides in the shrubs around the door and waits for cat to venture out, she can leap out in dramatic squawking fashion and scare the absolute shit out of the cat.
Cat now has a very healthy fear and respect for all the chickens and will in fact try to get me to come outside with her if she wants to go to keep her safe from the 'scary chickens'.
SULLY
I have been thinking about these mafia chickens nonstop for like ten days but haven’t been able to answer bc ✨life✨ and it’s seasons and whatnot but I have read this like three times omg it’s so silly and funny and cute and I have so many questions??? (Mostly Stupid Pointless ones like What kind of cat? What kind of chickens? Do they know I would commit war crimes for them?)
(Omg side note I just remembered this bc if this ask: we had a chicken when I was a child but she wouldn’t lay eggs so my grandma bought a rooster so she would start laying. Good news: it worked! Bad news: he was the MEANEST motherfucker on the planet. He attacked me unprovoked when I was like 7 (I KNOW it was premeditated bc he waited until I was out there alone) and I have a scar on my knee from where he fucked me up with his Bitchass beak. Flash forward to a few weeks ago, my friends and I surprise my best friend to a therapy farm where we have a great time cuddling with goats and cows and pigs and as we’re leaving there’s a chicken coop! The people say we can go in, they’re friendly, and I jokingly tell my friends “we should go in so I can face my fears bc a rooster attacked me when I was a kid” and I’m actually being so chill and brave about it and feeding some chickens when a fucking peacock comes up and starts stalking me??? Anyway he fucking shanked me with his talons and I started bleeding and I was like ??? I don’t have a fear of birds but should I???)
ANYWAY. that got away from me lmao. THANK YOU FOR SHARING!! I love your cat and chickens and I hope they are kind and sweet and not mean roosters
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@rockitmans @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @larkral @cutestkilla
Thanks for the feedback.
Re: the meow. I am not sure what to do yet. All seem alright, except for the option to play it simultaneously with the line, which seems obvious. I'll see what I'll end up picking.
Re: breathing. The combination of these replies and the feedback on the Discord made me conclude that I will only edit them out if I think they're really, really bothersome, but y'all are right that I am indeed just hyperfocused on it. Thanks to someone on the Discord I also noticed they also tend to appear when I try to change my voice for a character. Basically, I need to let go of the idea that they're incredibly bothersome and be selective.
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD!! AND BY DRAWING BOARD I MEAN AUDACITY!!
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No Take Backs
Author:  RockItMan
Rating:  M
Status:  Completed in December 2022
Word Count:  10,462  
Summary:  Prompt: A year after this father’s death, Kurt is still reeling from the loss. In an attempt to keep holiday traditions going, despite his father’s absence, Kurt meets a guy at a local Christmas Tree Lot who helps him through.
Tropes/Genre:  Kurt angst, future!fic, alternate meeting, Christmas, long one shot
Lynne’s review:  Gorgeous and heartbreaking and swoon worthy.
Read at:  AO3
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rockitmans · 1 year
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Are you sully or sullivan I see both?
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backslashdelta · 6 months
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Fic Writer 20 Questions
Thank you so much to @rockitmans for the tag!! I always love a good excuse to talk about my writing!
I'm going to go ahead and tag @esperantoauthor @spookyklaine and @thnxforknowingme if you haven't been tagged already :)
1. How many works do you have on ao3?
53 (44 on my main pseud and 9 on my podfic pseud)
2. What's your AO3 word count?
290,197
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Just Glee! A write for a variety of ships, usually involving Kurt, mostly Klaine and Kurtbastian but occasionally I dabble elsewhere.
4. Top 5 fics by kudos
It Was Only A Kiss (808 kudos)
Notes of an Old Mistake (171 kudos)
I Want The World To See You'll Be With Me (170 kudos)
You're A Little Less Alone (162 kudos)
Echoes of You (137 kudos)
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
Always! I don't always respond right away, but I always respond eventually. I appreciate getting comments and I want people to know that I've read them and appreciated them. And it can be fun to have a little chat about the story I'm creating sometimes, too :)
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
He Forgets Me, He Forgets Me Not. It's a very sad one-shot that ends with major character death and a funeral, so, yeah.
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
I don't think I ever write happy endings? Just kidding, I probably have more happy endings than sad. Happiest is maybe Keep It Simple? Ends with a proposal and I think it's really understated and sweet and yeah.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
Surprisingly not really... which is good because I'm Delicate and don't handle criticism of my creative endeavours well.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Bestie a better question is if I write anything other than smut. I have written... so much smut. Out of curiosity I checked the top tags on my explicit rated fics, and this is the list (17 fics total for reference):
Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot (10)
Anal Sex (7)
Smut (6)
Blow Jobs (6)
Anal Fingering (5)
Angst (4)
Established Relationship (4)
Gay Sex (4)
Hurt/Comfort (3)
Teasing (3)
I think that's a pretty good reflection. There's also often something that's just like, a little bit more risque, but usually nothing too out there. Not that I'm opposed to writing something very out there. I did post non-con tentacle porn once, so.
10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've ever written?
I don't but it's really only because I've never written for a fandom other than Glee. I have a few ideas swirling in my head for Glee AUs based in another universe, but I'm not sure if that would count even if I did get around to writing them.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know of!
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Not to my knowledge. I've considered trying to translate my own fics into French for the practice, but then I remembered I'm not even remotely good enough at French to do that.
13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?
A couple times yes! Did You Hear That? and Kurtbastian 2020 Advent Calendar
14. Favourite all time ship?
Kurtbastian <3 there's just something about them you know? Maybe you don't. But that's okay, because I do, and that's what matters.
15. WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?
The Hazards of Love series... I had a whole thing planned out when I first started it, and I breezed through the first two parts, but then I got distracted with other things and it just feels way too hard to come back to now and I feel like I've changed a lot as a writer, too... and it's kind of niche and not something most people would want to read anyway, so I don't even have that as a motivator.
16. What are your writing strengths?
I think I'm good at dramatic scenarios/describing the feelings of a character who is Going Through It. I love a good internal monologue that involves freaking out about something or discovering something about themselves or denying something about themselves or whatever else. I also really love writing big blow-out arguments, and I think I'm pretty good at those, too.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Actually writing anything lol. But also I kind of struggle with writing group settings or anything where stuff is actually happening? I get so caught up in writing dialogue and internal thoughts that I don't really know what to do when there are actually Things Occurring.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in a fic?
I wouldn't do it beyond a word or two because I just don't know any other languages well enough to do that. I'm not opposed to it in theory if someone knows multiple languages or has help from someone who does, but ideally they'd also provide a translation so I don't need to take it to Google translate myself (and potentially lose some of the meaning)
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Glee and I'm still here babeyyyyyy
20. Favourite fic you've written?
Gotta be my baby, It Was Only A Kiss. She is my most successful fic by an absolutely absurd margin, but honestly I think she deserves it. I poured a lot of effort into that story and it wasn't always fun but it paid off really well. It's definitely the work that I'm most proud of, and I think has some of my best writing.
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angelhummel · 1 year
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Favourite Blaine outfit(s)?
Definitely emphasis on the plural bc i cant pick just oneee. This is all off the top of the dome lol just first things that come to mind
omg i was gonna name a few and i went to look for a gif and found this that i made that basically has all of them alskfjsdlk
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the first one i was gonna say was his puppet master fit bc i think it's so pretty and colorful uwu like perfect triangulation secondary colors slay
also his biota party fit is a great one. burgundy is such a good fucking color on him and it pairs well with some sleepy hungover curls and kurt's bed
some that aren't featured above... his first day at mckinley fit. wearing their school colors to blend in. what a dork. we even get a close up shot of all the aspects of his outfit so you know its good
and this one possibly doesnt count bc it was a fantasy sequence but who cares bc his edgy rockstar diva fit was an astronomical slay
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who's doing it like him. no one
ask my glee favorites!
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Ooh for the words in your WIP game: Hand
oooo thanks friend!!!
also appears more than once, but here's the first sentence it's in:
After a few minutes, Blaine asks him to hand him his sweatpants, so Kurt obliges, even though part of him wants to tell Blaine to forget about the damn pants and just get out here so they can figure out what the fuck happened last night.
wip words game
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cerriddwenluna · 1 year
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Alright LET'S DO THIS. Your line is:
It is a lot better than your last suggestion though.
First reaction, HA! I know this one.
Second reaction, oh. There might be another possibility...
I think they're talking about baby names, so it's either from my drabble Acorn at Last, or from chapter 12 of When It's Right, It's Right.
I know how much you loved it, so I'm gonna go for When It's Right, It's Right... :)
Fic line guessing game - stump me and you win a drabble!
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