tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954Kurt Hummel's so bright I gotta wear shadeswowbrightwowbright2013-10-18T15:37:20Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:58118Fic: Fidelity, Alternate Scene - Passing2013-10-18T15:37:20Z2013-10-18T15:37:20Zpublic0<p><em><strong>Summary:</strong> Kurt and Dave text their worries to each other during Blaine's eye surgery. Canon-parallel AU where Kurt and Blaine have become friends with Dave. Set in episode 3.11"Michael." ~1,700 words, PG.</em><br /><em><strong>Notes:</strong> This is from an earlier draft of <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/51056.html">Chapter 8/"Starting to See"</a> in <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/64331292315/fic-fidelity-masterpost-in-progress">Fidelity</a>. Presenting the conversation verbatim seemed to slow down the pacing. But with the word-for-word you get a little more insight into Dave's home life and some other stuff.</em></p> <p><em>* * *</em></p> <p><strong>Passing</strong></p> <p>By Monday morning, the scratch in Blaine's eye still hasn't closed. His mother cancels her appointments for the day, calls the specialist in Cincinnati, and loads Blaine in the car for the long drive. Surgery seems inevitable. He’ll stay with his relatives and, if all goes well, he’ll be back by Valentine's Day.</p> <p>He sends all this information to Dave and Kurt via group MMS, peppered with plenty of opiate-induced misspellings and smiley faces</p> <p>Kurt sends his first text to Dave during third period.</p> <p><strong><em>Kurt:</em></strong><em> I'm freaking out. (9:27 a.m.)</em></p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/58118.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=58118" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:57947Fic: Fidelity, Deleted Scenes - Scarves and Topping2013-10-17T22:56:43Z2013-10-17T22:56:43Zpublic0<p><em><strong>Summary:</strong> Dave reads through the sex ed brochures Burt got from Planned Parenthood a year ago, and Blaine tries to explain the stuff they don't cover. Bromance, awkwardness and feels. ~2,000 words.</em><br /><em><strong>Notes:</strong> This is a short chapter I wrote for <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/64331292315/fic-fidelity-masterpost-in-progress">Fidelity</a> but ended up cutting because I didn't feel it moved the plot forward. After getting some questions from readers about the ways in which Dave expresses his sexuality, however, I'm wondering if it might have helped to leave it in. It happens sometime after Chapter 11/"The Long and Winding Road" and sometime before Chapter 15/"Learning to Play Rachmaninoff." It won't make much sense unless you've read through Chapter 11.<br /><strong>Rating:</strong> PG-13/R for discussion of sexual fantasies</em></p> <p>* * *</p> <p><strong>Scarves and Topping</strong></p> <p>Blaine and Dave get in the habit of racing through their homework so that Dave can either play the piano or they both can go upstairs to Blaine's room to sit around and do absolutely nothing useful, like play computer games or flip through magazines like they’re doing this afternoon<em>.</em></p> <p>Okay, <em>Blaine</em> is flipping through magazines from his perch on the bed. <em>Dave </em>is in the red chair reading those embarrassing sex ed brochures that Kurt's dad gave him, and that Kurt, in turn, handed to Dave a few days ago without looking him in the eye. "If you care about me, you will put those in your backpack immediately and direct any questions you have about them to Blaine," Kurt said before breaking a cheesecake out of the refrigerator and acting like nothing had happened at all.</p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/57947.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=57947" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:57195Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 31/31 - Defying Gravity2013-09-29T19:08:29Z2013-09-29T19:09:40Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.</em><br /><strong><em>Chapter summary:</em></strong><em> ~2,750 words. <br /><em><strong>Chapter notes:</strong> This is the last chapter. Thanks to judearaya, nachochang, gingerandfair, and anxiousquirrel for the hours and hours of betaing and cheerleading. I could not have done it without you. And to likearumchocolatesouffle, who gave me the kernel that grew into this story. And to those of you who left encouraging comments on the way.<br />The journey is not completely over. There are deleted scenes to follow, and one-shots I am entertaining, and I welcome prompts in this ‘verse.</em><br /> <strong>Rating: </strong>PG-13</em></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1933577">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/62376935781/fic-fidelity-chapter-31-31-defying-gravity">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 31: Defying Gravity<br /></strong><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/57195.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=57195" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:57047Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 30/31 - Learning to Fly2013-09-26T01:15:36Z2013-09-26T01:19:14Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.</em><br /><strong><em>Chapter summary:</em></strong><em> The Hudmels have a barbeque and everyone’s invited. ~9,150 words. <br /><em><strong>Chapter notes:</strong> This is the penultimate chapter. Gonna do my best to get the last one up before the season starts again, barring hell and high water.<br /></em> <strong>Rating: </strong>NC-17</em></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1930877">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/62284054135/fic-fidelity-chapter-30-31-learning-to-fly">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 30: Learning to Fly</strong></p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/57047.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=57047" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:56622Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 29 - Lost, Found2013-09-23T19:58:42Z2013-09-23T20:22:15Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.</em><br /><em><strong><em>Chapter summary:</em></strong><em> Dave learns how to take a compliment. ~12,230 words. <br /><em><strong>Chapter notes:</strong> There are two piano pieces mentioned in this chapter. They are <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4MvF4_kqxQ&feature=fvst">Milonga del Angel</a> and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/29/steven-osborne-diary-ravel">Ravel</a>'s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94SrLeiKJ-0">Gaspard de la Nuit</a>. <a href="http://www.theicecreaminformant.com/2013/05/review-ben-jerrys-chubby-hubby-newly.html">Chubby Hubby</a> is a kind of ice cream. You don't have to understand <a href="http://betterexplained.com/articles/intuitive-understanding-of-eulers-formula/">Euler's equation</a> to read this chapter, but if you're curious it was previously mentioned in <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1569970">Chapter 3</a>, and is explained <a href="http://betterexplained.com/articles/intuitive-understanding-of-eulers-formula/">here</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler's_identity">here</a>.<br /></em><strong>Rating: </strong>NC-17</em></em></p><p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1924914">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/tagged/fic:%20fidelity">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 29: Things Lost, Things Found</strong></p> <p>A week after graduation, Carole joins Burt in D.C., and Finn goes for one last hurrah with Puck on the shore of Lake Michigan.</p> <p>Kurt shows Dave his room for the first time: the drawer where he keeps the Webelos scarf, the ampersand sculpture that means so much to Kurt for reasons he still can't explain, the spot on his drapes where he hangs the cerulean warbler brooch when he's not wearing it.He's about to show Dave one of his mother's old perfume bottles on the vanity when he realizes Dave is no longer next to him. He's at the bookshelf, his eyes fixed on the glittering plastic skull behind it – or rather, the crown from last year's prom that Yorick is wearing.</p><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/56622.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=56622" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:56346Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 28 - Commencement2013-09-23T13:06:02Z2013-09-23T13:06:02Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.</em><br /><strong><em>Chapter summary:</em></strong><em> Kurt graduates. Also, he gets into NYADA. ~3,171 words. <br /><strong>Rating: </strong>NC-17</em></p> <br /> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1922984">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/62031653618/fic-fidelity-chapter-28-30-commencement">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 28: Commencement</strong></p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/56346.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=56346" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:56148Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 27/30 - Simple Gifts2013-09-22T02:25:57Z2013-09-22T02:25:57Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.</em><br /><strong><em>Chapter summary:</em></strong><em> Kurt turns 19. ~3,650 words. <br /><strong>Rating: </strong>PG-13</em></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1919284">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/61910417473/fic-fidelity-chapter-27-30-simple-gifts">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 27: Simple Gifts</strong></p> <p>Kurt doesn't want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but if he could plan the perfect way to spend his birthday, this wouldn't be it.</p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/56148.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=56148" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:55860Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 26/30 - Lovebirds2013-09-21T01:39:46Z2013-09-21T01:40:30Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.</em><br /><strong><em>Chapter summary:</em></strong><em> One of the greatest gifts of friendship is discovering something new together. ~7,200 words.<br /></em><em><strong><em>Chapter notes: </em></strong>Here are <a href="http://birds.audubon.org/birds/cerulean-warbler">pictures of cerulean warblers</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=cerulean+warbler&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=S3QzUs77HZLcqQGW7IGICg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1233&bih=959&dpr=1">more pictures of cerulean warblers</a>. Kurt’s birding outfit looks kind of like <a href="http://melissabarclay.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/michael-safari11.jpg">this</a>, except the boots are actual boots in Kurt’s get-up.<br /></em><em><strong>Rating: </strong>NC-17</em></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1916237">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/61807410163/fic-fidelity-chapter-26-30-lovebirds">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 26: Lovebirds</strong></p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/55860.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=55860" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:55655Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 25 - Wild Ginger2013-09-19T23:33:22Z2013-09-19T23:33:22Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.</em><br /><strong><em>Chapter summary:</em></strong><em> That old truism about finding beauty in unexpected places is, in fact, true. ~5,500 words<br /><strong>Rating for this chapter: </strong>PG-13<br /></em><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity"><br />Livejournal</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1882632">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/61710146474/fic-fidelity-chapter-25-30-wild-ginger">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 25: Wild Ginger</strong></p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/55655.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=55655" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:55500Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 24 - Floating2013-09-18T13:52:44Z2013-09-18T14:53:38Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.</em><br /><strong><em>Chapter summary:</em></strong><em> Sometimes you just need to go out on a ledge. ~7,000 words<br /><strong>Rating for this chapter: </strong>NC-17</em></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1908677">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/61586375264/fic-fidelity-chapter-24-30-floating">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 24: Floating</strong></p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/55500.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=55500" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:55090Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 23 - Waiting2013-09-16T13:03:57Z2013-09-16T13:03:57Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.</em><br /><strong><em>Chapter summary:</em></strong><em> Blaine is really enjoying this whole thing. ~4,360 words<br /><strong>Rating for this chapter: </strong>NC-17</em></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1903068">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/61402934896/fic-fidelity-chapter-23-30-waiting">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 23: Waiting</strong></p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/55090.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=55090" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:54922Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 22/~30 - Imaginary Numbers2013-09-15T15:26:45Z2013-09-15T15:27:13Zpublic1<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.</em><br /><strong><em>Chapter summary:</em></strong><em> Math, metaphors and hand-holding. ~900 words<br /><strong><em>Chapter notes:</em></strong><em> If you want a refresher course: <a href="http://www.mathsisfun.com/square-root.html">square roots</a>;<a href="http://www.purplemath.com/modules/negative.htm"> negative numbers</a>; <a href="http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/imaginary-numbers.html">imaginary numbers</a><br /><strong>Rating for this chapter: </strong>PG</em></em></p><em> <p> </p><p style="display: inline !important;"><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1899992">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/61309707967/fic-fidelity-chapter-22-30-imaginary-numbers">tumblr</a></p><p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 22: Imaginary Numbers</strong></p> <p>Maybe this whole situation is like learning about imaginary numbers.</p> <p>The first time Dave heard of them, he thought they were his teacher's idea of an April Fool's joke.</p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/54922.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></em><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=54922" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:54599Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 21/~30 - Dream2013-09-13T15:35:12Z2013-09-13T15:35:12Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.</em><br /><strong><em>Chapter summary:</em></strong><em> Blaine sometimes does things without thinking them through first. ~8,100 words.<br /><strong>Notes:</strong> Title from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExUosomc8Uc">Dream</a> by John Cage. Poulenc's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC_VFwZQ-oM">Sonata For Four Hands</a> also appears in this chapter. Also, have a <a href="http://www.discovergalenaohio.com/_/rsrc/1313000989198/special-events/prothonotary/Prothonotary%20Warbler.JPG">prothonotary warbler</a> and a <a href="http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/fingerspelling/abc-gifs/f.gif">sign language "f."</a><br /><strong>Rating for this chapter: </strong>PG-13</em></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1893589">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/61116396051/fic-fidelity-21-30-dream">tumblr</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 21: Dream</strong></p> <p>Dave's been more distant the last few times Blaine’s talked to him. It's not really what he says or doesn't say; he'll still talk at length with Blaine about baseball, about players' stats, about why he likes (of all things) the Chicago Cubs. He'll complain about how much extra studying he needs to cram in before the AP American Government exam or laugh about something one of the math girls said at lunch.</p> <p>But it's also different. There's this hesitation before he speaks – a quarter beat or a half beat – like he's mulling over whether he's about to say the wrong thing.</p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/54599.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=54599" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:54283Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 20/~30 - Tantalus2013-09-11T14:07:45Z2013-09-11T14:08:24Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> </em><em><em>Blaine is drunk at Scandals and asks Dave Karofsky to tutor him in math. An unlikely friendship forms among Dave, Blaine and Kurt. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.</em></em><strong><em><br /></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><strong><em>Chapter summary:</em></strong><em> </em></em></strong><em><em>They go to Scandals. Things happen, and don’t. ~6,400 words</em></em><strong><em><em><br /><strong>Rating for this chapter: </strong></em></em></strong><em><em>NC-17</em></em><strong><em><em><br /> </em></em></strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/51489725762/fic-fidelity-prologue">Prologue</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/51587172761/fic-fidelity-chapter-1">Chapter 1</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/51652277803/fic-fidelity-chapter-2-30">Chapter 2</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/51840269890/fic-fidelity-chapter-3-of-30">Chapter 3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/52175263949/fidelity-chapter-4-of-30">Chapter 4</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/52379759092/fic-fidelity-interlude">Interlude</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/52470485862/fic-fidelity-chapter-5-of-30">Chapter 5</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/52660771226/fic-fidelity-chapter-6-of-30">Chapter 6</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/53122726607/fic-fidelity-chapter-7-of-30"> Chapter 7</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/53690055276/fic-fidelity-chapter-8-of-30"> Chapter 8</a></strong> <strong>| <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/54306518511/fic-fidelity-chapter-9"> Chapter 9</a></strong> | <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/54966676832/fic-fidelity-chapter-10"> Chapter 10</a> </strong>| <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/55374565509/fic-fidelity-chapter-11-the-long-and-winding-road"> Chapter 11</a></strong> | <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/55471549736/fic-fidelity-second-interlude">Second Interlude</a> </strong><span>| </span><strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/55834334970/fic-fidelity-chapter-12-gamechange"> Chapter 12</a></strong>| <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/56077726423/fic-fidelity-chapter-13-starting-anew"> Chapter 13</a></strong> | <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/56563449821/fic-fidelity-chapter-14-naked-hearts"> Chapter 14</a></strong> | <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/56742748432/fic-fidelity-chapter-15-learning-to-play"> Chapter 15</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/57160620356/fic-fidelity-chapter-16-amends">Chapter 16</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/59242381942/fic-fidelity-chapter-17-love-is-a-friendship-set-to">Chapter 17</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/59723814579/fic-fidelity-chapter-18-waiting-for-you">Chapter 18</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/60759815716/fic-fidelity-chapter-19-hello-columbus">Chapter 19</a></strong></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="”http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1888175"">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/60931997713/fic-fidelity-chapter-20-30-tantalus">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 20: Tantalus</strong></p> <p>Kurt kicks ass at his NYADA audition the next week and Blaine and Dave take him to Scandals to celebrate. Everything is good and sweet and laughter and the dull heartache that has been an undercurrent to Dave’s life as long as he can remember seems to have vanished. Dave is no longer the guy in the Greek myth who was condemned to stand hungry under a grape arbor for eternity, the fruit always out of reach.</p><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/54283.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=54283" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:54120Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 19 - Hello, Columbus2013-09-09T16:23:08Z2013-09-09T16:25:17Zpublic2<p><strong><em>Summary: </em></strong><em>Kurt and Blaine go to Dave’s house. ~5,400 words<br /><strong>Warnings:</strong> homophobia<br /> <strong>Rating for this chapter: </strong>R<br /> <strong>Pairings this chapter:</strong> Kurt/Blaine, Dave/Kurt crush, Chandler/flirting</em></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1882632"">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/60759815716/fic-fidelity-chapter-19-hello-columbus">tumblr</a><br /><strong><br />Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 19: Hello, Columbus</strong></p> <p>Blaine spends an afternoon with Kurt looking up long-distance relationship survival tips on the web and jotting down the ideas they like: Text twice a day. Have a scheduled phone call or Skype session each evening. Send each other care packages. Sing <a href="http://www.singsnap.com/">karaoke online</a>. Support each other’s friendships. Send love letters and Instagrams. Share their lives with each other.</p> <p>“We should definitely have a long-distance date night <em>at least</em> once a week,” Kurt says, glancing up from the browser on his iPhone.</p> <p>Blaine smiles, typing the suggestion into his laptop. “You mean phone sex?”</p> <p>“Um, actually I meant watching a movie together.”</p> <p>Blaine blushes. “Oh, yeah, of course.”</p> <p>Kurt nudges Blaine’s foot. “I was hoping we’d have phone sex more often than that.”</p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/54120.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=54120" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:53806Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 18 - Waiting For You2013-08-29T22:05:32Z2013-08-29T23:15:48Zpublic2<p><strong><em>Summary: </em></strong><em>Not even the best-laid cheese tray can prevent a misunderstanding. ~6,500 words<br /> <strong>Chapter notes: </strong>This chapter continues to parallel 3.17 “Dance With Somebody.” All the songs mentioned in this and the next chapter are on this </em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxZD0VQvfqU&list=PL-cIAjOpypsGI7iaO9zj_QfXz3E78aKEz"><em>YouTube playlist</em></a><em> in order of their appearance.<br /> <strong>Warnings:</strong> sensory descriptions of eating, sp0ilers for “The Way We Were” movie, sp0ilers for Yentl if you watch the playlist<br /> <strong>Rating for this chapter: </strong>NC-17<br /> <strong>Pairings this chapter:</strong> Kurt/Blaine, Dave/Kurt crush, Chandler/flirting</em></p> <p><strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/51489725762/fic-fidelity-prologue">Prologue</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/51587172761/fic-fidelity-chapter-1">Chapter 1</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/51652277803/fic-fidelity-chapter-2-30">Chapter 2</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/51840269890/fic-fidelity-chapter-3-of-30">Chapter 3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/52175263949/fidelity-chapter-4-of-30">Chapter 4</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/52379759092/fic-fidelity-interlude">Interlude</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/52470485862/fic-fidelity-chapter-5-of-30">Chapter 5</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/52660771226/fic-fidelity-chapter-6-of-30">Chapter 6</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/53122726607/fic-fidelity-chapter-7-of-30"> Chapter 7</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/53690055276/fic-fidelity-chapter-8-of-30"> Chapter 8</a></strong> <strong>| <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/54306518511/fic-fidelity-chapter-9"> Chapter 9</a></strong> | <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/54966676832/fic-fidelity-chapter-10"> Chapter 10</a> </strong>| <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/55374565509/fic-fidelity-chapter-11-the-long-and-winding-road"> Chapter 11</a></strong> | <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/55471549736/fic-fidelity-second-interlude">Second Interlude</a> </strong><span>| </span><strong><a href="denied:"http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/55834334970/fic-fidelity-chapter-12-gamechange"> Chapter 12</a></strong>| <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/56077726423/fic-fidelity-chapter-13-starting-anew"> Chapter 13</a></strong> | <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/56563449821/fic-fidelity-chapter-14-naked-hearts"> Chapter 14</a></strong> | <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/56742748432/fic-fidelity-chapter-15-learning-to-play"> Chapter 15</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/57160620356/fic-fidelity-chapter-16-amends">Chapter 16</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/59242381942/fic-fidelity-chapter-17-love-is-a-friendship-set-to">Chapter 17</a></strong></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal |</a> <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1849392">AO3</a> | <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/fic:-fidelity/everything">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 18: Waiting For You</strong></p> <p>On Friday morning, Kurt’s dad texts that he’s going to be stuck in Washington yet again tonight, so Kurt invites Blaine over for a private dinner and movie.</p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/53806.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=53806" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:53695Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 17 - Love Is a Friendship Set to Music2013-08-25T00:24:17Z2013-08-25T00:24:17Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Summary: </em></strong><em>Kurt makes a new friend (kind of), Blaine is acting weird, and Dave just wants everyone to be happy.</em><br /> <strong><em>Chapter notes: </em></strong><em>This chapter and the next parallel 3.17 “Dance With Somebody,” but you don’t have to have seen the episode to follow what’s going on here. (Needless to say, this is an AU and events pan out differently.) Title of this chapter is a Joseph Campbell quote from a bumper sticker displayed at Between the Sheets in 3.17. All the songs mentioned in this and the next chapter are on this </em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxZD0VQvfqU&list=PL-cIAjOpypsGI7iaO9zj_QfXz3E78aKEz"><em>YouTube playlist</em></a><em> in order of their appearance.</em><br /> <strong><em>Housekeeping: </em></strong><em>I’ve been having some health issues lately. I hope not to have as big a posting gap in the future and still want to finish posting before the end of hiatus if for no other reason than my own sanity. However, I can’t guarantee my good health; stuff happens.</em><br /> <strong><em>Warnings:</em></strong><em> sensory descriptions of eating, sp0ilers for Yentl if you watch the playlist</em><br /> <strong><em>Rating for this chapter: </em></strong><em>NC-17</em><br /> <strong><em>Pairings this chapter:</em></strong><em> Kurt/Blaine, Dave/Kurt crush, Chandler/flirting</em></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal |</a> <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1760855">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/59242381942/fic-fidelity-chapter-17-love-is-a-friendship-set-to">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 17: Love Is a Friendship Set to Music</strong></p> <p>As soon as Mr. Schue declares Whitney week, Kurt knows exactly what song he wants to sing – until a different Whitney song pops into his head and <em>that</em> becomes the perfect one. By the time rehearsal is over, Kurt has a shortlist of more than a dozen Whitney Houston songs, all of which are absolutely sublime.</p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/53695.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=53695" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:53489Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 16 - Amends2013-08-02T15:29:50Z2013-08-24T23:52:18Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.<br /> </em><strong><em>Chapter summary: </em></strong><em>Dave and Burt have a talk. ~2,800 words<br /><strong>Notes: </strong>This will likely be the only chapter I’ll be posting this week as I have spontaneously decided to take a mini-vacay with my partner. I should be back to the semi-regular schedule next week.<br /><strong><em><strong>Rating: </strong></em></strong><em>PG this chapter</em></em></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal |</a> <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1760855">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/57160620356/fic-fidelity-chapter-16-amends">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 16: Amends</strong></p> <p>On an overcast Saturday afternoon in early April, Dave drives his father's car to Hummel Tires & Lube and asks for an oil change.</p> <p>The guy who waves him into the garage is not Burt Hummel. Neither is the guy who's working on a tiny Volkswagon on the next lift over. But when Dave steps out of the car and hands his keys over, he spots Mr. Hummel standing in the doorway of the front office, studying a stack of papers in one hand and scratching under the bill of his cap with the other.</p> <p>It's the first time Dave has seen him in person since making his insufficient apology in Principal Figgins' office a year ago. But he couldn't have forgotten what he looked like, even if it hadn't been for all the campaign ads and interviews and photos that, for a while, popped up on Dave's homepage a dozen times a day along with the oft-repeated phrase <em>The arts were my son's refuge.</em></p> <p>Burt Hummel never specified who Kurt needed refuge from. Dave didn’t need him to. He already knew.</p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/53489.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=53489" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:53091Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 15 - Learning to Play Rachmaninoff2013-07-30T23:31:01Z2013-07-30T23:31:33Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.<br /> </em><strong><em>Chapter summary: </em></strong><em>Kurt discovers something about himself that Blaine’s known for a while; Dave practices (that’s not a euphemism); and the migration of warblers through Ohio begins. ~4,650 words.<br /><strong>Notes:</strong>Thanks to unseasonably warm weather, the warbler migration in 2012 started earlier than usual.<br /><strong>Pairings:</strong> Kurt/Blaine, Dave/Kurt crush<br /></em><strong><em><strong>Rating:</strong></em></strong><em>PG-13 this chapter</em></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal |</a> <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1752352">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/56742748432/fic-fidelity-chapter-15-learning-to-play">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 15: Learning to Play Rachmaninoff</strong></p> <p>It's much too early in the year, but the world is starting to bloom, anyway. Crocuses dot the lawns, and the cherry trees have formed tight buds, tantalizing passersby with the promise of what's to come.</p> <p>Kurt has cracked the window open. He and Blaine are making out on his bed – really just making out, because it's been so long since they've done that and they miss the slow burn of it, and also because Sam got home early from synchronized swimming practice and keeps darting back and forth between Finn's room and every other place in the house, and it brings his footsteps near the threshold of Kurt's door at least once every four-and-a-half minutes, if the songs that are playing softly out of Kurt's docked iPhone can serve as an accurate keeper of time.</p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/53091.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=53091" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:52802Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 14 - Naked Hearts2013-07-27T01:20:11Z2013-07-27T01:27:35Zpublic1<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.<br /> </em><strong><em>Chapter summary: </em></strong><em>Kurt and Blaine have lovely, filthy sex. Some other stuff happens, too. ~4,000 words.<br /><strong>Notes:</strong> Some of you know I’ve had a migraine for three days. (Thanks for the well-wishes!) I went to the doctor today and they injected this medicine into my hip and - tada! - migraine gone. But I’m in a bit of a stupor. So anything you don’t like about this chapter? Blame the meds.<br /><strong>Pairings:</strong> Kurt/Blaine, that Dave/Kurt crush comes up again<br /><strong>Warnings:</strong>a bit of sexual realism<br /></em><strong><em><strong>Rating:</strong></em></strong><em>NC-17</em></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal |</a> <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1739386">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/56563449821/fic-fidelity-chapter-14-naked-hearts">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 14: Naked Hearts</strong></p> <p>Ever since Kurt got to feel Blaine's bare cock in his ass, Blaine has wanted to feel Kurt's, too.</p> <p>But he keeps getting distracted.</p><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/52802.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=52802" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:52706Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 13 - Starting Anew2013-07-21T20:23:09Z2013-07-21T20:44:13Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.<br /> </em><strong><em>Chapter summary: </em></strong><em>Dave discovers that coming out never goes quite as you expect it, and that maybe the good in the world outweighs the bad. ~2,192 words.<strong><em><br />Warnings:</em></strong><em> homophobia, homophobic language (but they don’t dominate the chapter)<br /><strong>Pairings:</strong> Kurt/Blaine<br /></em><strong><em><strong>Rating:</strong></em></strong><em> PG-13 for this chapter<br /></em></em><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity"><br />Livejournal |</a> <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1723031">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/56077726423/fic-fidelity-chapter-13-starting-anew">tumblr</a></p> <p><small><strong>Note:</strong> Chapters on AO3 are numbered differently due to factors beyond my control.</small></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 13: Starting Anew</strong></p> <p>Dave's Monday is surprisingly uneventful – anticlimactic, really, after years of fearing the worst.</p> <p>Maybe his new school is better than McKinley. Or maybe Burt Hummel was right. Maybe the only reason McKinley was so bad was because Dave made it that way.</p> <p>There are stares, but he's gotten stares before. Most of the classmates who spoke to him before are still speaking to him as if nothing's changed – and maybe some of them don't know, but a lot of them must.</p> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/52706.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=52706" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:52358Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 12 - Gamechange2013-07-19T02:46:06Z2013-07-24T17:11:31Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.<br /> </em><strong><em>Section summary: </em></strong><em>Dave is the star of an off-season football game. His life will never be the same. ~6,500 words.<br /><strong>Notes: </strong>We are past the point 3.14 "On My Way" happened in the canon timeline; it didn't happen in this fic and it will never come up. Yay! Here’s what I did take from canon (reminders from the Second Interlude that are still relevant here: Dave was a member of the hockey team in season 1 (it’s mentioned in 1.08, “Mash-Up”). Scott Cooper was the hockey team member who led the slushying of the football team in 2.11, “The Sue Sylvester Shuffle.” Rick “The Stick” Nelson is the member of the hockey team who ran for class president against Kurt, Brittany and Rachel in Season 3. Finn appears in this chapter; sorry if that inadvertently makes anyone sad.</em><strong><em><br />Warnings:</em></strong><em> Bullying, homophobia, homophobic language, passing reference to possible, long-past suicidal thoughts (um, but this is not an angsty chapter, so <em>how did that stuff end up in here?</em>)<br /></em><strong><em><strong>Rating:</strong></em></strong><em> NC-17 again. Woot!</em></p> <p><strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/51489725762/fic-fidelity-prologue">Prologue</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/51587172761/fic-fidelity-chapter-1">Chapter 1</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/51652277803/fic-fidelity-chapter-2-30">Chapter 2</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/51840269890/fic-fidelity-chapter-3-of-30">Chapter 3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/52175263949/fidelity-chapter-4-of-30">Chapter 4</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/52379759092/fic-fidelity-interlude">Interlude</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/52470485862/fic-fidelity-chapter-5-of-30">Chapter 5</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/52660771226/fic-fidelity-chapter-6-of-30">Chapter 6</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/53122726607/fic-fidelity-chapter-7-of-30"> Chapter 7</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/53690055276/fic-fidelity-chapter-8-of-30"> Chapter 8</a></strong> <strong>| <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/54306518511/fic-fidelity-chapter-9"> Chapter 9</a></strong> | <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/54966676832/fic-fidelity-chapter-10"> Chapter 10</a> </strong>| <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/55374565509/fic-fidelity-chapter-11-the-long-and-winding-road"> Chapter 11</a></strong> | <strong><a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/55471549736/fic-fidelity-second-interlude">Second Interlude</a></strong></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal |</a> <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1686425">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/55834334970/fic-fidelity-chapter-12-gamechange">tumblr</a></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p><strong>Chapter 12: Gamechange</strong></p> <p>A high school all-star football game is, perhaps, one of the most ill-conceived ideas Kurt has ever heard of. As if most of the jocks didn't already think highly enough of themselves. As if the schools didn't already make it clear that athletics were more important than academics (because Kurt has yet to hear of an all-star valedictorian poetry-and-math slam), or that brute force is more important than character.</p> <p> </p><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/52358.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><p> </p><p> </p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=52358" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:52193Fic: Fidelity - Second Interlude2013-07-16T12:59:08Z2013-07-16T12:59:08Zpublic2<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.<br /> </em><strong><em>Section summary: </em></strong><em>The story of why Dave stopped playing hockey. It’s not a happy one. ~1,235 words.<br /><strong>Notes: </strong> It feels weird to post fic today, but I said I would, so I am. Now's a good time to repeat that I ignore 3.14 "On My Way" in this fic. Here’s what I did take from canon: Dave was a member of the hockey team in season 1 (it’s mentioned in 1.08, “Mash-Up”). Scott Cooper was the hockey team member who led the slushying of the football team in 2.11, “The Sue Sylvester Shuffle.” Rick “The Stick” Nelson is the member of the hockey team who ran for class president against Kurt, Brittany and Rachel in Season 3. Also, this chapter is sad (although hopeful). If you’re in the mood for that, okay; if not, wait to read it until I post the next chapter so you can read both at the same time. The next chapter is a lot happier.</em><strong><em><br />Warnings:</em></strong><em> Bullying, harassment, homophobia and homophobic language/actions, violence, physical pain, people being awful<br /></em><strong><em><strong>Rating:</strong></em></strong><em> This chapter PG-13.</em></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal |</a> <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1686425">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/tagged/fic:%20fidelity">tumblr</a></p> <p><span><strong>---</strong></span></p> <p><span><strong>Second Interlude</strong></span></p> <p>The spring of Dave's sophomore year at McKinley, on the day that his finger splints were removed, he sat down at the piano and tried to play. But every stroke against the keys made him flinch.</p> <p>The pain brought him back to the moment when Scott Cooper broke his fingers and then tugged him up off the ice with a "Stop moaning, you goddamn Liberace."</p> <p><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/52193.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=52193" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:51950Fic: Fiedelity, Chapter 11 (The Long and Winding Road)2013-07-13T22:42:39Z2013-07-17T18:18:42Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms among Dave, Blaine and Kurt. Dave learns to love himself, Blaine learns to trust love, and Kurt learns that love is both simpler and a lot more complicated than he expected. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.<br /> </em><strong><em>Chapter summary: </em></strong><em>The boys try hanging out together in a new place. Also, Blaine apparently wants to be every gay teen's peer sex educator. ~4,000 words.<br /><strong>Notes: </strong> Now's a good time to repeat that I ignore 3.14 "On My Way" in this fic.</em><strong><em><br />Pairings in this section:</em></strong><em> Kurt/Blaine, Dave still has his crush on Kurt.<br /></em><strong><em><strong>Rating:</strong></em></strong><em> This chapter PG-13 (How'd that happen?)<br /></em></p> <a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal |</a> <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1686425">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/tagged/fic: fidelity">tumblr</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Chapter 11: The Long and Winding Road</strong></span><br /><p><br />The shop is closed on Monday for President's Day, so Kurt decides to join Blaine and Dave for one of their Monday-afternoon study sessions.</p> <p>Except that school is also closed on Monday, which somehow translates into Dave having an all-day football thing that makes no sense to Kurt, so the study session is cancelled. Was cancelled ages ago, in fact, but no one bothered to mention it to Kurt until Sunday.</p> <p>("Didn't football season end already?" Kurt said irritably when Blaine broke the news to him. He was ashamed for snapping at Blaine, but Blaine took it in stride, which was good, because if Blaine had asked him what he was irritable about, he wouldn't have had an answer.)</p> <p>So they don't see Dave on Monday, but Kurt and Blaine sit at the kitchen bar and study anyway because they've been putting it off all weekend, and it's nice, the way their legs brush against each other as they work. Kurt tries not to think that it would be even nicer if Dave were there, sitting on the other side of Blaine, how it would be a little easier to concentrate because Kurt would know for sure that everything was normal between them, and not weird and awkward because of what happened Saturday night.</p> <p> </p><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/51950.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=51950" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-22:1180954:51505Fic: Fidelity, Chapter 10 of ~302013-07-10T01:44:31Z2013-07-10T01:45:17Zpublic0<p><strong><em>Fic summary:</em></strong><em> An unlikely friendship forms among Dave, Blaine and Kurt. AU from 3.05 with canon elements.<br /> </em><strong><em>Chapter summary: </em></strong><em>Blaine gets back from Cincinnati, and he and Kurt make up for lost time (i.e. lots of sex ensues). Dave surprises himself. Sugar has her Valentine’s Day party at Breadstix, but other major events from 3.13 “Heart” involving these characters do not happen. 10,345 words.<br /><strong>Notes: </strong> Now's a good time to repeat that I ignore 3.14 "On My Way" in this fic.<br /></em><strong><em>Warnings: </em></strong><em>slut-shaming/shame</em><strong><em><br />Pairings in this section:</em></strong><em> Kurt/Blaine, Dave/OC, and Dave still has his crush on Kurt.<br /></em><strong><em><strong>Rating:</strong></em></strong><em> NC-17</em></p> <p><a href="http://wowbright.livejournal.com/tag/fic%3A%20fidelity">Livejournal |</a> <a href="http://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/tag/fic:+fidelity">Dreamwidth</a> | <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/823619/chapters/1686425">AO3</a> | <a href="http://wowbright.tumblr.com/post/54966676832/fic-fidelity-chapter-10">tumblr</a><br />---</p> <p><strong><big>Chapter 10</big></strong></p> <p>Kurt wakes up to find a bottle of ibuprofen and a glass of water next to his bed, and three messages on his phone.</p> <p><strong><em>Blaine:</em></strong><em> Call me when you’re up to it.</em></p> <p><strong><em>Dave:</em></strong><em> I hope you’re feeling as good today as you did last night.</em><br /> <strong><em>Dave:</em></strong><em> P.S. Blaine loved this picture so I thought I’d send it to you.</em></p> <p>The photo is from Scandals. Kurt doesn’t often like to look at pictures of himself, but Blaine’s right: this one is good. His face is glowing with soft colored light of the movie screen, and somehow he has a smile on his face even as he sips his Long Island iced tea through a straw. He’s just noticed the camera and is looking at it sidelong in a way that looks like both invitation and challenge. He’s vivacious. He’s radiant.</p> <p>Looking at the photo, Kurt feels a tenderness toward himself that he doesn’t often experience, like he’s getting a glimpse of himself through Blaine’s eyes. Although, of course, it’s Dave who took the picture.</p> <p>Kurt doesn’t dwell on what that might mean.</p> <p>He calls Blaine.</p> <p> </p><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wowbright.dreamwidth.org/51505.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><p> </p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wowbright&ditemid=51505" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments