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tigriswolfTitle: I was thinking of a son
Fandom: Glee/Thor movieverse(Norse mythology)
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: AU for senior year; Karofsky never transferred; language
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine, mentions of unrequited Karofsky/Kurt
Rating: PGish
Wordcount: 1370
Point of view: third
Notes: this ‘verse is not written chronologically. be aware of that, please.
More notes: I started writing this… oh, ages ago. I finally finished it because of something else I really want to write, and couldn’t with this in the way. So.
Kurt and Blaine’s first day back after the kidnapping is good. Finn and Puck shadow them the whole time, trading off with Dave as needed. Finn had trouble trusting Dave at first, but Kurt set him straight and now all Finn sees is someone trying to make up for past mistakes. Like Finn in a shower curtain dress, and Puck taking on the whole football team when it was already too late.
At school, no one knows what actually happened. Finn told the glee club that Kurt and Blaine came down with the same thing and had to stay home for a week. But they were kidnapped and brought home by SHIELD, and Finn can’t tell anyone. It really sucks. He still has no idea why they were taken, or why SHIELD decided to get involved. He’s just glad Kurt is back unhurt. Well, and Blaine, too, of course.
Most of the bullying has stopped this year, especially since word about Kurt’s knives got out. He’s never responded violently, but now the jocks are hesitant to push because there’s always a first time.
Finn convinces Puck to help him shadow Kurt and Blaine, just to be safe. It’s been a week since anyone saw McKinley’s only out gays. Finn wants the day to be perfect.
It is.
.
Tuesday and Wednesday are good. Nobody cares about Kurt or Blaine, and Kurt breaks all their hearts singing some Broadway song, and Blaine duets with Artie, and Kurt’s working on something spectacular for his first month as Class President.
But Thursday… Thursday goes horribly wrong.
Azimio’s been stewing since the start of the year, when Dave quit the football team to focus on academics and continued protecting Kurt instead of pushing him around. He’s gone along with Coach Bieste’s orders to join the play, and he’s been docile enough around the glee club, but something finally sets him off.
Later, Puck will tell Finn about the way Dave watches Kurt, and the shy little smile he gives Kurt whenever they talk, and how Azimio saw a conversation between them, and just… exploded.
Finn shows up at the tail-end, when Azimio is on the floor crying, and Dave’s unconscious, head in Kurt’s lap. Blaine gets there just after Finn and hurries to Kurt’s side, dropping next to him. Teachers come running, trying to make the kids get back to class, but everyone’s caught up by Kurt, by the look on his face, and Azimio shaking, and Kurt’s holding Dave, the kid who drove him out of school once.
Something’s not right here.
But Blaine pulls out this voice from somewhere, so much bigger than he is, and when he tells everyone to go, they do. Except Puck and Finn and the teachers.
And Blaine says, kneeling by Kurt, “It’s okay now, Kurt, please, Kurt –”
Kurt blinks. The dangerous, feral expression fades. His eyes dart around, from Finn to the teachers to Azimio, still on the floor, staring at Kurt with –
Finn can’t believe it. He looks at Puck, but Puck’s just as lost, and Azimio is cowering.
Kurt’s lips curve in the coldest, most terrifying smile Finn has ever seen. Worse than Quinn. Worse than Coach Sylvester.
But then Kurt looks at Dave, still unconscious, still spread across Kurt’s lap. “Wake up, Dave,” he whispers.
Finn shuffles forward, dragging Puck with him, as Mr. Schue and the school nurse run up. Everyone is focused on Azimio now, everyone but Finn and Blaine and Puck, and whatever the fuck SHIELD did with Kurt, Finn thinks it has something to do with Azimio – whimpering, crying, unable to look away from Kurt.
Kurt. Kurt and his knives, Kurt and his icy disregard, Kurt who looks so much like his mother (who he said taught him the knives, but she’s been dead for ten years). Kurt, Finn’s brother.
“When did Hummel get so fuckin’ scary?” Puck mutters. Finn shrugs, waiting for someone to tell him what to do.
.
Dave has a concussion. Azimio has a breakdown. Rumors run rampant at school, saying that Azimio attacked Kurt, and Dave took out Azimio, and no one witnessed what really happened. But Puck tells Finn about Dave’s soft smile, and a few conversations Dave and Kurt’ve had, and so much of last year makes sense now.
The authorities don’t do anything. There isn’t even an investigation, as far as Finn can tell. Dave’ll be okay. Azimio’s at the hospital. Azimio’s parents don’t raise a fuss – or if they do, no one at school knows about it.
Finn has no idea what’s going on, or why. Yeah, Kurt and Dave have been friendly (and, apparently, Dave has some kind of crush on Kurt?), but why would Kurt do – whatever he did – for the guy who chased him out of school?
He can’t ask Burt; Burt’s livid, about one rant away from storming the school. Mom’s as the in the dark as he is, it seems. Kurt’s in his room, door shut, with Blaine.
“Burt,” Mom finally says sharply. “Tell me, please. Tell us.” She looks toward Finn for a moment. “We’re part of this family.”
Burt slumps down, rubbing a hand across his face. “I don’t really know,” he says. “I thought – I hoped.” He tears his cap off, throwing it onto the couch.
“Just tell us,” Mom says. “I love that boy just as much as if I were his mother.”
Burt looks at Mom, at Finn, and he laughs sadly. “Life would be so much easier if that was the case.” He sighs, sinking down into his chair. “Kathryn wasn’t real,” he murmurs, holding out his hand to Mom. She settles next to him, under his arm. “She was… a vacation, I guess.”
“Not quite a vacation, Burt,” a low, smooth voice says from behind Finn. He spins in place to see a beautiful woman – familiar. His eyes widen as he recognizes her from pictures on the wall.
She is Kurt’s mother, and she’s dead, but she’s standing there, smirking, and she says, “He’s a gifted child, our son. Your eyes and your heart, but ice in his veins.” Her smirk smoothes out into that cold smile of Kurt’s, and she continues, “My ice in his veins.”
Mom says, “What?” but Finn has a terrible feeling in his stomach.
“Kathryn,” Burt whispers, as he and Mom stand up.
“You were the most fun I’d had since Svadilfari,” Kurt’s dead mother says, walking across the room to settle on the couch. “The years I spent with you were wonderful, my love. I did love you, whether or not you can believe it, now.” She looks at Mom, her smile thawing. “You, I like,” she says, and something in Finn unclenches.
“Who are you?” Mom asks, glancing from Burt to Finn and then back at Kurt’s dead mom. “Kathryn Hummel is dead – isn’t she?”
“Yes,” Kurt’s dead mom says. “She died ten years ago, when I had to leave.”
“You faked your death?” Finn blurts out, ducking his head when all three of them look over.
“Yes,” Kurt’s dead mother says again. She looks over her shoulder, and Finn follows her gaze: Kurt is standing in the doorway, Blaine peering around him. Kurt’s mother looks back at Finn, at Mom, and she says, “The name you would know is Loki.”
Loki.
Finn’s mouth drops open and he says, “Fuck.”
.
Well. Loki.
Of course Finn knows who that is.
And SHIELD’s involvement makes sense now. Holy fuck, with a side of fucking shit. He wants to call Puck, so damned bad.
But Loki is looking at Kurt, and they’re having a conversation with their eyes, and Mom is squeezing Burt’s hand so tight Finn can see both their fingers turning white. Kurt nods, Loki smiles, and then she’s gone.
Finn can’t think of a thing to say, and he’s gaping at his brother, his brother the supervillain’s son.
“Kurt,” Burt says.
“Not yet, Dad,” Kurt replies, and Finn has no idea what that means, but Burt sags with a sigh, muttering, “Thank fuck.”
“Burt,” Mom begins, her voice as sharp as she can make it. “Explain everything.”
Kurt turns and goes back up the stairs. Blaine follows without looking back.
Fandom: Glee/Thor movieverse(Norse mythology)
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Anne Sexton
Warnings: AU for senior year; Karofsky never transferred; language
Pairings: Kurt/Blaine, mentions of unrequited Karofsky/Kurt
Rating: PGish
Wordcount: 1370
Point of view: third
Notes: this ‘verse is not written chronologically. be aware of that, please.
More notes: I started writing this… oh, ages ago. I finally finished it because of something else I really want to write, and couldn’t with this in the way. So.
Kurt and Blaine’s first day back after the kidnapping is good. Finn and Puck shadow them the whole time, trading off with Dave as needed. Finn had trouble trusting Dave at first, but Kurt set him straight and now all Finn sees is someone trying to make up for past mistakes. Like Finn in a shower curtain dress, and Puck taking on the whole football team when it was already too late.
At school, no one knows what actually happened. Finn told the glee club that Kurt and Blaine came down with the same thing and had to stay home for a week. But they were kidnapped and brought home by SHIELD, and Finn can’t tell anyone. It really sucks. He still has no idea why they were taken, or why SHIELD decided to get involved. He’s just glad Kurt is back unhurt. Well, and Blaine, too, of course.
Most of the bullying has stopped this year, especially since word about Kurt’s knives got out. He’s never responded violently, but now the jocks are hesitant to push because there’s always a first time.
Finn convinces Puck to help him shadow Kurt and Blaine, just to be safe. It’s been a week since anyone saw McKinley’s only out gays. Finn wants the day to be perfect.
It is.
.
Tuesday and Wednesday are good. Nobody cares about Kurt or Blaine, and Kurt breaks all their hearts singing some Broadway song, and Blaine duets with Artie, and Kurt’s working on something spectacular for his first month as Class President.
But Thursday… Thursday goes horribly wrong.
Azimio’s been stewing since the start of the year, when Dave quit the football team to focus on academics and continued protecting Kurt instead of pushing him around. He’s gone along with Coach Bieste’s orders to join the play, and he’s been docile enough around the glee club, but something finally sets him off.
Later, Puck will tell Finn about the way Dave watches Kurt, and the shy little smile he gives Kurt whenever they talk, and how Azimio saw a conversation between them, and just… exploded.
Finn shows up at the tail-end, when Azimio is on the floor crying, and Dave’s unconscious, head in Kurt’s lap. Blaine gets there just after Finn and hurries to Kurt’s side, dropping next to him. Teachers come running, trying to make the kids get back to class, but everyone’s caught up by Kurt, by the look on his face, and Azimio shaking, and Kurt’s holding Dave, the kid who drove him out of school once.
Something’s not right here.
But Blaine pulls out this voice from somewhere, so much bigger than he is, and when he tells everyone to go, they do. Except Puck and Finn and the teachers.
And Blaine says, kneeling by Kurt, “It’s okay now, Kurt, please, Kurt –”
Kurt blinks. The dangerous, feral expression fades. His eyes dart around, from Finn to the teachers to Azimio, still on the floor, staring at Kurt with –
Finn can’t believe it. He looks at Puck, but Puck’s just as lost, and Azimio is cowering.
Kurt’s lips curve in the coldest, most terrifying smile Finn has ever seen. Worse than Quinn. Worse than Coach Sylvester.
But then Kurt looks at Dave, still unconscious, still spread across Kurt’s lap. “Wake up, Dave,” he whispers.
Finn shuffles forward, dragging Puck with him, as Mr. Schue and the school nurse run up. Everyone is focused on Azimio now, everyone but Finn and Blaine and Puck, and whatever the fuck SHIELD did with Kurt, Finn thinks it has something to do with Azimio – whimpering, crying, unable to look away from Kurt.
Kurt. Kurt and his knives, Kurt and his icy disregard, Kurt who looks so much like his mother (who he said taught him the knives, but she’s been dead for ten years). Kurt, Finn’s brother.
“When did Hummel get so fuckin’ scary?” Puck mutters. Finn shrugs, waiting for someone to tell him what to do.
.
Dave has a concussion. Azimio has a breakdown. Rumors run rampant at school, saying that Azimio attacked Kurt, and Dave took out Azimio, and no one witnessed what really happened. But Puck tells Finn about Dave’s soft smile, and a few conversations Dave and Kurt’ve had, and so much of last year makes sense now.
The authorities don’t do anything. There isn’t even an investigation, as far as Finn can tell. Dave’ll be okay. Azimio’s at the hospital. Azimio’s parents don’t raise a fuss – or if they do, no one at school knows about it.
Finn has no idea what’s going on, or why. Yeah, Kurt and Dave have been friendly (and, apparently, Dave has some kind of crush on Kurt?), but why would Kurt do – whatever he did – for the guy who chased him out of school?
He can’t ask Burt; Burt’s livid, about one rant away from storming the school. Mom’s as the in the dark as he is, it seems. Kurt’s in his room, door shut, with Blaine.
“Burt,” Mom finally says sharply. “Tell me, please. Tell us.” She looks toward Finn for a moment. “We’re part of this family.”
Burt slumps down, rubbing a hand across his face. “I don’t really know,” he says. “I thought – I hoped.” He tears his cap off, throwing it onto the couch.
“Just tell us,” Mom says. “I love that boy just as much as if I were his mother.”
Burt looks at Mom, at Finn, and he laughs sadly. “Life would be so much easier if that was the case.” He sighs, sinking down into his chair. “Kathryn wasn’t real,” he murmurs, holding out his hand to Mom. She settles next to him, under his arm. “She was… a vacation, I guess.”
“Not quite a vacation, Burt,” a low, smooth voice says from behind Finn. He spins in place to see a beautiful woman – familiar. His eyes widen as he recognizes her from pictures on the wall.
She is Kurt’s mother, and she’s dead, but she’s standing there, smirking, and she says, “He’s a gifted child, our son. Your eyes and your heart, but ice in his veins.” Her smirk smoothes out into that cold smile of Kurt’s, and she continues, “My ice in his veins.”
Mom says, “What?” but Finn has a terrible feeling in his stomach.
“Kathryn,” Burt whispers, as he and Mom stand up.
“You were the most fun I’d had since Svadilfari,” Kurt’s dead mother says, walking across the room to settle on the couch. “The years I spent with you were wonderful, my love. I did love you, whether or not you can believe it, now.” She looks at Mom, her smile thawing. “You, I like,” she says, and something in Finn unclenches.
“Who are you?” Mom asks, glancing from Burt to Finn and then back at Kurt’s dead mom. “Kathryn Hummel is dead – isn’t she?”
“Yes,” Kurt’s dead mom says. “She died ten years ago, when I had to leave.”
“You faked your death?” Finn blurts out, ducking his head when all three of them look over.
“Yes,” Kurt’s dead mother says again. She looks over her shoulder, and Finn follows her gaze: Kurt is standing in the doorway, Blaine peering around him. Kurt’s mother looks back at Finn, at Mom, and she says, “The name you would know is Loki.”
Loki.
Finn’s mouth drops open and he says, “Fuck.”
.
Well. Loki.
Of course Finn knows who that is.
And SHIELD’s involvement makes sense now. Holy fuck, with a side of fucking shit. He wants to call Puck, so damned bad.
But Loki is looking at Kurt, and they’re having a conversation with their eyes, and Mom is squeezing Burt’s hand so tight Finn can see both their fingers turning white. Kurt nods, Loki smiles, and then she’s gone.
Finn can’t think of a thing to say, and he’s gaping at his brother, his brother the supervillain’s son.
“Kurt,” Burt says.
“Not yet, Dad,” Kurt replies, and Finn has no idea what that means, but Burt sags with a sigh, muttering, “Thank fuck.”
“Burt,” Mom begins, her voice as sharp as she can make it. “Explain everything.”
Kurt turns and goes back up the stairs. Blaine follows without looking back.
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Date: 2012-03-30 03:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-30 09:22 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2012-03-30 03:58 am (UTC)I love that you are dual posting on AO3 and lj, as it means that which ever one I am on has a gift from you. Between your Methos +Loki and Kurt + Loki, I have all these feelings!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 2012-03-30 09:23 pm (UTC)Thank you so much!
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Date: 2012-03-30 08:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-30 09:24 pm (UTC)Thank you for reading!
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Date: 2012-03-30 11:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-01 01:22 am (UTC)Oh, wow, thank you so much!
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Date: 2012-03-31 02:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-01 01:22 am (UTC)*twirls*
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Date: 2012-04-01 02:39 am (UTC):D
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Date: 2012-04-01 03:30 pm (UTC)Thank you!
Also, your icon is gorgeous. What is it?
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Date: 2012-04-01 04:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-04-08 09:25 pm (UTC)And a surprise appearance by Loki! Woo hoo!
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Date: 2012-04-09 01:16 am (UTC)Thank you so much!
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Date: 2012-05-08 11:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-05-08 03:21 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2012-05-09 06:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-05-09 06:50 pm (UTC)Ah, yeah, sorry about that. On LJ, the whole thing is a bit scattered. The kidnapping is never really on screen, per se, but the immediate aftermath is here. On ff.net and Ao3, the fic is much more chronological.
Thank you for reading!
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Date: 2012-08-26 04:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-08-27 03:10 am (UTC)Thank you very much!