Glee/Highlander - PG13, Blaine/Kurt
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tigriswolf Title: the same blind face upturned to the light and singing the one song
Fandom: Glee/Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Denise Levertov; lyrics from Katy Perry
Warnings: character death; implied non-con; mentions of torture
Pairings: implied Methos/Blaine, Kronos/Blaine; Blaine/Kurt
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 1520
Point of view: third
Prompts: (they’re long and contain spoilers for the story)
A) So, I was listening to Teenage Dream again, and these lyrics jumped out at me:
Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance until we die
You and I
We'll be young forever
...
Let's run away
And don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
So, now I want something like this:
Blaine is an immortal. I don't care how old, though I'd like him to know Methos somehow (maybe Methos was his teacher, or they met at some point, and Methos is playing his father for his life as Blaine Anderson). Kurt is a pre-immortal, and that's why Blaine sticks so close to him at the beginning. Then, he realizes that he really likes Kurt, and he wants Kurt.
Now, Blaine has a dilemma. He's however old, but he'll look like a teenager forever. He can control Kurt's death, make it easy and quick, and then Kurt will be beautiful forever, too.
But if he does that, Kurt might not ever trust him again. And he loves Kurt. Just wants him to be happy. (Blaine can call Methos for advice. Maybe Methos mentions the fact that Duncan MacLeod had this choice and how badly that went.)
Anyway. All I really want is immortal!Blaine trying to decide if he should choose Kurt's death for him. And I don't want Kurt to know he's pre-immortal.
B) This probably dates me horribly, but in my mind a fandom is not a fandom until there's Highlander fusion/xover ;)
So, the reason Blaine seems so old fashioned and gentlemanly is he's an Immortal, and grew up in a time where such things were commonplace (he doesn't have to be ancient...maybe Victorian-era? Or he COULD be really old and been an aristocrat in a royal court). He tends to stay out of the Game and so the challenges he's had have underestimated him, thinking he's a newbie or just weak because of his stature. Occasionally, he joins society a little bit by going through high school (hence, him choosing a boarding school like Dalton, so he doesn't have to explain why he's living in his big mansion by himself), but he knows he can never have lasting relationships with these mortals.
Until he meets Kurt. And God he tries to ignore his feelings for Kurt, tries to discourage Kurt's feelings for him (ie the Gap attack, the Rachel debacle) but in the end he just can't. Because Kurt's a pre-Immortal. Blaine can actually have him forever, once Kurt has his first death. And Blaine's a good guy, but it's been centuries since he had someone he loved this much...so he takes a risk and tells Kurt what he is, what Kurt will be, and then throws everything on the line and asks Kurt to...speed along his first death so they can be together just as they are now.
Kurt is, understandably, overwhelmed and frightened. And absolutely not ready to give up his friends and family, even for Blaine. Maybe if it happens naturally, or maybe in a few years once Kurt has had some kind of life, he'll consider causing his own first death, but not now.
And Blaine smiles sadly at him, kisses him on the forehead...and takes the choice out of his hands. Because what if Kurt dies an old man? What if he gets into a crippling accident but doesn't die? What if he finds someone else? Blaine can't risk that.
Up to author if Kurt eventually forgives Blaine, or if Blaine ends up losing Kurt anyway. It would be awesome if you could work in Duncan, Connor, Joe, or Adam/Methos, but not necessary. Really I just wanna see the fallout from Blaine's actions and Kurt realizing he's going to have to disappear from everyone's life in just a few short years.
The old man told him to love humans for how fleeting they were. Lightning bugs, he called them. Fireflies. You’ll blink, child, and they’ll be gone, dust to run your fingers through, a memory to warm you on cold days. Love them, but don’t try to keep them. They’ll always break your heart.
He has been Borias and Bruce and Byron, and now he is Blaine. He’s been a blacksmith’s apprentice and a prince and a slave. He was a soldier in four different wars on three continents, a student of philosophy and science, and an assassin for the better part of a century.
0o0
The old man found him in winter, starving and feral. He’d just escaped his master, and he was about to break apart. I am not gentle, the old man said. But I am only cruel when I need to be.
The old man was in merciful mood, so he took the nameless creature with him, and tempered him, strengthened him, taught him what and who he was.
Call me Adam, when you feel like using a name, he said. I am no one’s master, no one’s god. The old man looked into his eyes, hand warm on his neck, calming him, and he added, I’ll call you Bairam, when you’re ready for a name.
And so Bairam he was, for the longest time. Until he felt like a man again. Until he stood tall and learned the sword and the old man declared him ready.
The old man kept him away from their kind. His first challenge happened three summers after he left the old man; it was easy. So were all the ones that followed, and he grew in power, and he learned. Two thousand years passed and he learned much.
He discovered the Watchers, infiltrated them, and destroyed all record of his existence. He came across the old man every couple centuries and they caught up, and laughed about the Watchers chronicles.
Never be afraid to adapt, the old man instructed. Never be afraid to change. Bend if you must, to keep from breaking. Study society; you will look young forever, child. Use it.
0o0
The old man smiled, letting just a touch of his true age peek through. How old do you think I am, Bairam? he asked. It was Spain, not long after cars were invented, and his name was Benito. He was a simple student studying art.
He was two thousand years old.
Adam, he said to the old man going by Mateo, you are older than the desert that birthed me.
Clever boy, the old man laughed.
0o0
His name is Blaine. He attends Dalton Academy and is the lead soloist of the Warblers. He is Kurt Hummel’s boyfriend. His father is always away on business and his mother left long ago. He has friends who think him a good guy.
He killed a man three weeks ago by cutting off his head.
0o0
Once, his name was Brandir and he killed over five hundred men, women, and children for a price.
Once, his name was Brandt and he was the beloved son of a deposed king, put to the sword when the throne fell.
Once, his name was Brian and he begged on the street.
Once, his name was Bays and he was the firstborn and he died in battle.
Once, he had no name and he cowered before the whip and he will never know how long he suffered.
Once, he was Bairam, the old man’s pupil. A part of him will always be Bairam.
0o0
He has had lovers. He spent three decades with one of his own, traveling around Asia just because they could. He taught an immortal and later mourned when the girl lost her head. He avenged her, of course. And when her killer’s teacher came after him, the old man stepped in.
The old man. Part of him will always be in awe of the old man, will always love him.
I am not gentle, he said. But I am only cruel when I need to be. He was patient. He had steady hands and a soft voice, and let Bairam stay as long as he needed, sheltering him and teaching him. He taught Bairam so many things.
0o0
A man challenged him once. They fought and he had Balin on his knees, blade at his neck, and he laughed.
I know that style, he said. You’re one of my brother’s.
He pulled Balin to his feet, pulled him close, and took Balin to his camp. He kept Balin for three days, discovering everything Adam had ever taught him, and then.
Then he let Balin go.
0o0
His name is Blaine. He has a 4.0, he sings, he is dapper, he was bullied, he preaches courage to boys with bullies hounding them.
He is in love with Kurt Hummel. He is Kurt Hummel’s boyfriend, and oblivious, and he oversteps because he wants Kurt to learn things he never had the chance to learn before it was forced on him. Two thousand years ago.
He is so old. Blaine is young, and sometimes, he thinks he might have imagined Bays and all the lives since him.
(He wishes he had imagined the nameless creature he was.)
0o0
Kurt Hummel is pre-immortal. The first time they meet, Blaine takes his hand and leads him down the hall. He hasn’t felt this instantaneous connection with anyone before, even the old man.
He looks at Kurt as he sings, as he entreats, Let's go all the way tonight. No regrets, just love. We can dance until we die - you and I, we'll be young forever. He looks at Kurt as he beseeches, Let's run away and don't ever look back. Don't ever look back.
He can see the desire in Kurt’s eyes, on Kurt’s face. Kurt is so young, so fragile. Blaine is his friend, his mentor. Blaine acts like a fool, because Kurt could have a life before dying.
0o0
(When he hears that the bully who forced a kiss on Kurt actually threatened his life, his hands clench into fists and he hears the swing of a sword biting into flesh, and Kurt is looking at him with those fierce eyes, and Kurt is safe, Kurt is safe, so he does not take up his sword and go hunting.
That’s the moment he realizes he’s lost.)
0o0
What do I do? he asks the old man.
The old man tells him about Duncan MacLeod and his pre-immortal bride, killed on her wedding night. She never forgave him, the old man says. Do what you must with this boy. He pauses; Blaine can hear the sea through the phone, possibly the only thing older than the old man. If Alexa had been immortal, he murmurs, I would have killed her in a heartbeat.
Okay, Blaine says.
0o0
Kurt sings ‘Blackbird’ and it is the most beautiful thing Blaine has ever heard or seen. He knows then what he must do.
0o0
Blaine Anderson is a good guy. He tutors kids in everything but foreign language, because he’s never really excelled there. He can stumble through Spanish well enough to introduce himself or ask for a glass of water, but that’s it. He likes football and singing and he plans to be a lawyer continuing the fight for equal rights.
Blaine Anderson is in love with Kurt Hummel and supports him in everything.
Blaine Anderson is the best actor anyone in Lima and Westerville has ever seen. If he succeeds, nobody will ever know.
0o0
A month into the summer between junior and senior year, Blaine takes Kurt on a scenic drive. They belt out Wicked and Pink and Katy Perry, and Kurt says, I love you, Blaine Warbler.
Blaine says, I love you so much, Kurt, and then he loses control of the car.
0o0
Kurt will tell his friends and family that it was a miracle. The car was totaled, but he and Blaine walked away without a single bruise or broken bone between them.
Kurt had a strange headache for a day, but there was no sign of a concussion.
0o0
Will you help me? Blaine asks the old man. He’s immortal now, but how do I tell him?
Bairam, the old man scolds. You didn’t plan it out?
No, he says. I just knew I had to wake him up. But I have no idea… Ana had already learned what she was before I took her on, but Kurt…
The old man laughs. You killed your boy and now you hesitate?
Blaine winces. I know. But I couldn’t… I wanted his first death to be easy. He didn’t even notice.
Yes, the old man says dryly. And that’s the problem, isn’t it.
0o0
Blaine decides to wait until New York. He’ll let Kurt finish high-school with no worries bigger than McKinley’s homophobia and college admissions.
But when they’re in New York and Blaine has his soulmate all to himself…
He smiles at Kurt and sings, We can dance until we die - you and I, we'll be young forever.
part 2
Fandom: Glee/Highlander
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Denise Levertov; lyrics from Katy Perry
Warnings: character death; implied non-con; mentions of torture
Pairings: implied Methos/Blaine, Kronos/Blaine; Blaine/Kurt
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 1520
Point of view: third
Prompts: (they’re long and contain spoilers for the story)
A) So, I was listening to Teenage Dream again, and these lyrics jumped out at me:
Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance until we die
You and I
We'll be young forever
...
Let's run away
And don't ever look back
Don't ever look back
So, now I want something like this:
Blaine is an immortal. I don't care how old, though I'd like him to know Methos somehow (maybe Methos was his teacher, or they met at some point, and Methos is playing his father for his life as Blaine Anderson). Kurt is a pre-immortal, and that's why Blaine sticks so close to him at the beginning. Then, he realizes that he really likes Kurt, and he wants Kurt.
Now, Blaine has a dilemma. He's however old, but he'll look like a teenager forever. He can control Kurt's death, make it easy and quick, and then Kurt will be beautiful forever, too.
But if he does that, Kurt might not ever trust him again. And he loves Kurt. Just wants him to be happy. (Blaine can call Methos for advice. Maybe Methos mentions the fact that Duncan MacLeod had this choice and how badly that went.)
Anyway. All I really want is immortal!Blaine trying to decide if he should choose Kurt's death for him. And I don't want Kurt to know he's pre-immortal.
B) This probably dates me horribly, but in my mind a fandom is not a fandom until there's Highlander fusion/xover ;)
So, the reason Blaine seems so old fashioned and gentlemanly is he's an Immortal, and grew up in a time where such things were commonplace (he doesn't have to be ancient...maybe Victorian-era? Or he COULD be really old and been an aristocrat in a royal court). He tends to stay out of the Game and so the challenges he's had have underestimated him, thinking he's a newbie or just weak because of his stature. Occasionally, he joins society a little bit by going through high school (hence, him choosing a boarding school like Dalton, so he doesn't have to explain why he's living in his big mansion by himself), but he knows he can never have lasting relationships with these mortals.
Until he meets Kurt. And God he tries to ignore his feelings for Kurt, tries to discourage Kurt's feelings for him (ie the Gap attack, the Rachel debacle) but in the end he just can't. Because Kurt's a pre-Immortal. Blaine can actually have him forever, once Kurt has his first death. And Blaine's a good guy, but it's been centuries since he had someone he loved this much...so he takes a risk and tells Kurt what he is, what Kurt will be, and then throws everything on the line and asks Kurt to...speed along his first death so they can be together just as they are now.
Kurt is, understandably, overwhelmed and frightened. And absolutely not ready to give up his friends and family, even for Blaine. Maybe if it happens naturally, or maybe in a few years once Kurt has had some kind of life, he'll consider causing his own first death, but not now.
And Blaine smiles sadly at him, kisses him on the forehead...and takes the choice out of his hands. Because what if Kurt dies an old man? What if he gets into a crippling accident but doesn't die? What if he finds someone else? Blaine can't risk that.
Up to author if Kurt eventually forgives Blaine, or if Blaine ends up losing Kurt anyway. It would be awesome if you could work in Duncan, Connor, Joe, or Adam/Methos, but not necessary. Really I just wanna see the fallout from Blaine's actions and Kurt realizing he's going to have to disappear from everyone's life in just a few short years.
The old man told him to love humans for how fleeting they were. Lightning bugs, he called them. Fireflies. You’ll blink, child, and they’ll be gone, dust to run your fingers through, a memory to warm you on cold days. Love them, but don’t try to keep them. They’ll always break your heart.
He has been Borias and Bruce and Byron, and now he is Blaine. He’s been a blacksmith’s apprentice and a prince and a slave. He was a soldier in four different wars on three continents, a student of philosophy and science, and an assassin for the better part of a century.
0o0
The old man found him in winter, starving and feral. He’d just escaped his master, and he was about to break apart. I am not gentle, the old man said. But I am only cruel when I need to be.
The old man was in merciful mood, so he took the nameless creature with him, and tempered him, strengthened him, taught him what and who he was.
Call me Adam, when you feel like using a name, he said. I am no one’s master, no one’s god. The old man looked into his eyes, hand warm on his neck, calming him, and he added, I’ll call you Bairam, when you’re ready for a name.
And so Bairam he was, for the longest time. Until he felt like a man again. Until he stood tall and learned the sword and the old man declared him ready.
The old man kept him away from their kind. His first challenge happened three summers after he left the old man; it was easy. So were all the ones that followed, and he grew in power, and he learned. Two thousand years passed and he learned much.
He discovered the Watchers, infiltrated them, and destroyed all record of his existence. He came across the old man every couple centuries and they caught up, and laughed about the Watchers chronicles.
Never be afraid to adapt, the old man instructed. Never be afraid to change. Bend if you must, to keep from breaking. Study society; you will look young forever, child. Use it.
0o0
The old man smiled, letting just a touch of his true age peek through. How old do you think I am, Bairam? he asked. It was Spain, not long after cars were invented, and his name was Benito. He was a simple student studying art.
He was two thousand years old.
Adam, he said to the old man going by Mateo, you are older than the desert that birthed me.
Clever boy, the old man laughed.
0o0
His name is Blaine. He attends Dalton Academy and is the lead soloist of the Warblers. He is Kurt Hummel’s boyfriend. His father is always away on business and his mother left long ago. He has friends who think him a good guy.
He killed a man three weeks ago by cutting off his head.
0o0
Once, his name was Brandir and he killed over five hundred men, women, and children for a price.
Once, his name was Brandt and he was the beloved son of a deposed king, put to the sword when the throne fell.
Once, his name was Brian and he begged on the street.
Once, his name was Bays and he was the firstborn and he died in battle.
Once, he had no name and he cowered before the whip and he will never know how long he suffered.
Once, he was Bairam, the old man’s pupil. A part of him will always be Bairam.
0o0
He has had lovers. He spent three decades with one of his own, traveling around Asia just because they could. He taught an immortal and later mourned when the girl lost her head. He avenged her, of course. And when her killer’s teacher came after him, the old man stepped in.
The old man. Part of him will always be in awe of the old man, will always love him.
I am not gentle, he said. But I am only cruel when I need to be. He was patient. He had steady hands and a soft voice, and let Bairam stay as long as he needed, sheltering him and teaching him. He taught Bairam so many things.
0o0
A man challenged him once. They fought and he had Balin on his knees, blade at his neck, and he laughed.
I know that style, he said. You’re one of my brother’s.
He pulled Balin to his feet, pulled him close, and took Balin to his camp. He kept Balin for three days, discovering everything Adam had ever taught him, and then.
Then he let Balin go.
0o0
His name is Blaine. He has a 4.0, he sings, he is dapper, he was bullied, he preaches courage to boys with bullies hounding them.
He is in love with Kurt Hummel. He is Kurt Hummel’s boyfriend, and oblivious, and he oversteps because he wants Kurt to learn things he never had the chance to learn before it was forced on him. Two thousand years ago.
He is so old. Blaine is young, and sometimes, he thinks he might have imagined Bays and all the lives since him.
(He wishes he had imagined the nameless creature he was.)
0o0
Kurt Hummel is pre-immortal. The first time they meet, Blaine takes his hand and leads him down the hall. He hasn’t felt this instantaneous connection with anyone before, even the old man.
He looks at Kurt as he sings, as he entreats, Let's go all the way tonight. No regrets, just love. We can dance until we die - you and I, we'll be young forever. He looks at Kurt as he beseeches, Let's run away and don't ever look back. Don't ever look back.
He can see the desire in Kurt’s eyes, on Kurt’s face. Kurt is so young, so fragile. Blaine is his friend, his mentor. Blaine acts like a fool, because Kurt could have a life before dying.
0o0
(When he hears that the bully who forced a kiss on Kurt actually threatened his life, his hands clench into fists and he hears the swing of a sword biting into flesh, and Kurt is looking at him with those fierce eyes, and Kurt is safe, Kurt is safe, so he does not take up his sword and go hunting.
That’s the moment he realizes he’s lost.)
0o0
What do I do? he asks the old man.
The old man tells him about Duncan MacLeod and his pre-immortal bride, killed on her wedding night. She never forgave him, the old man says. Do what you must with this boy. He pauses; Blaine can hear the sea through the phone, possibly the only thing older than the old man. If Alexa had been immortal, he murmurs, I would have killed her in a heartbeat.
Okay, Blaine says.
0o0
Kurt sings ‘Blackbird’ and it is the most beautiful thing Blaine has ever heard or seen. He knows then what he must do.
0o0
Blaine Anderson is a good guy. He tutors kids in everything but foreign language, because he’s never really excelled there. He can stumble through Spanish well enough to introduce himself or ask for a glass of water, but that’s it. He likes football and singing and he plans to be a lawyer continuing the fight for equal rights.
Blaine Anderson is in love with Kurt Hummel and supports him in everything.
Blaine Anderson is the best actor anyone in Lima and Westerville has ever seen. If he succeeds, nobody will ever know.
0o0
A month into the summer between junior and senior year, Blaine takes Kurt on a scenic drive. They belt out Wicked and Pink and Katy Perry, and Kurt says, I love you, Blaine Warbler.
Blaine says, I love you so much, Kurt, and then he loses control of the car.
0o0
Kurt will tell his friends and family that it was a miracle. The car was totaled, but he and Blaine walked away without a single bruise or broken bone between them.
Kurt had a strange headache for a day, but there was no sign of a concussion.
0o0
Will you help me? Blaine asks the old man. He’s immortal now, but how do I tell him?
Bairam, the old man scolds. You didn’t plan it out?
No, he says. I just knew I had to wake him up. But I have no idea… Ana had already learned what she was before I took her on, but Kurt…
The old man laughs. You killed your boy and now you hesitate?
Blaine winces. I know. But I couldn’t… I wanted his first death to be easy. He didn’t even notice.
Yes, the old man says dryly. And that’s the problem, isn’t it.
0o0
Blaine decides to wait until New York. He’ll let Kurt finish high-school with no worries bigger than McKinley’s homophobia and college admissions.
But when they’re in New York and Blaine has his soulmate all to himself…
He smiles at Kurt and sings, We can dance until we die - you and I, we'll be young forever.
part 2
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Date: 2011-09-10 01:13 pm (UTC)Damn, now I want to read what happens next *sits on hands* XD :P
*watches birds pecking on apples outside* <3
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Date: 2011-09-10 02:27 pm (UTC)Will there be more to this cuz I'm kinda hooked now. :-)
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Date: 2011-09-10 03:38 pm (UTC)Thank you for giving Blaine some deep. He will seem less...fluffy now, when I want the show.
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Date: 2011-09-10 07:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-10 07:01 pm (UTC)As of right now, this is a standalone.
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Date: 2011-09-10 07:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-11 12:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-11 02:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-11 03:53 am (UTC)I read it because I think it was a lethal combination of "written by you", Highlander and Blaine/Kurt. And my unending curiousity of how you were all going to make it mesh.
Suffice it to say - it made for intriguing reading. :-)
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Date: 2011-09-11 01:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-11 01:07 pm (UTC)(Of course, in that instance, the oneshot was actually already 14000 words on its own. Hmm.)
Thanks for reading!
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Date: 2011-09-11 01:08 pm (UTC)And, yeah, Highlander is so much fun for crossovers.
Thanks for reading!
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Date: 2011-09-11 01:10 pm (UTC)Here we are.
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Date: 2011-09-11 04:05 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-11 08:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-08 05:55 am (UTC)And then tonight I find this! AND it`s with Methos, who was my very favorite in Highlander too!
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Date: 2011-10-09 01:12 am (UTC)I have two other HL crossovers, if you wanted to check 'em out, but Blaine isn't in either one, sorry.
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Date: 2012-05-15 06:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-05-15 07:51 pm (UTC)Well, he can't let Kurt grow past him, right?
I tried to walk the fine line of it being love and possessiveness, keeping Blaine sympathetic and yet somewhat creepy.