❝ How about grabbing a couple drinks at The Campbell ? It is a school night after all. ❞ Might as well keep it low-key. After the exhausting tumble he’d had just moments ago in a high rise office ; he’d had ( almost ) enough excitement for the day. ❝ I feel like I haven’t seen you in ages , B. What have you been up to ?❞
“Just a couple of drinks? Yeah–I think we can do that. I’m cutting you off at three. Or I’m not responsible for you hearing your alarm in the morning.” Blaine kept his focus on the marble tiles passing by underneath his steps as a brow shot up at the question. He could feel his pulse pick up, a rush of adrenaline as he blurted out the first thing he could think of. “Spending a lot of time with Rachel. She’s been helping me with my music. Nothing overly exciting.” Brushing the attention off him, he redirected it back to the taller boy beside him. Or attempted to..
“How about you? Keeping busy?”
cooper.
❝ do you think it’s a little much? ❞ there was genuine curiosity in his voice as he stood admiring the new frame hanging on the wall of the penthouse – hands on hips and eyes narrowing as if he was some form of art critic.
“Honestly? I wasn’t sure what you were going to hang up when you told me you found a piece of art that’d tie the place together but..,” Blaine pressed his lips together and curled his fingers around his chin, elbow resting against the arm wrapped around himself just below his chest. “I think I actually like it.” Color him pleasantly surprised!
❝ Sorry I’m late , B. Got a little side tracked . ❞ Even when he’s not trying , he somehow manages to be smug about his conquest ; he’s not trying to push it , doesn’t want to leave Blaine an opening to ask what ––– or WHO –– he’d been doing. He may tell Blaine almost everything , but he thinks Park Avenue’s Golden Boy might take offense to the whole ordeal. And Sebastian could do without the judgement. // @pianokeysandbowties
Blaine checked the time on his phone for the fifth time and gave the place a once over. Still no sign of Sebastian. If it were anyone else? He’d think they were showing up at all and would’ve left. But this was Sebastian and Sebastian wouldn’t just not show up. The sound of his voice grabbed Blaine’s attention. Hazel eyes glanced up and he smiled regardless of way his stare glinted curiously. He blinked it away, deciding to smile and shrug instead. “Hey! There you are. I was starting to wonder if you forgot,” dark brows shot up, “So! Where next?”
Blaine is your typical ‘be a better person tomorrow than you were today’ sort of guy. His family truly wouldn’t accept anything less. Working hard for where they are today began generations ago with an immigrant great-great grandfather who came from nothing, Americanized their name to start over in the United States and starting over meant there was only one option on the table. Succeeding. His mother’s side is of the same sort of ilk that his father’s family is built upon. Hardworking, dedicated. Closet perfectionists that are harder on themselves than their peers and even family could be. Everything that Blaine is, is a combination of Ranie and Pamela Anderson’s efforts and personalities. Except.. He wasn’t part of the plan. Nor was his sexuality.
Cooper was the first one to notice in spite of Blaine’s love of boxing, fencing and polo..he was softer than most boys his age and loved dance, music and theater as much as he did the other stereotypical ‘boyish’ things Ranie preferred for his sons. His older brother had his suspicions confirmed when he caught Blaine having to GI Joe’s get married one afternoon and asked him why. Blaine explained that one day he wanted to marry a boy and have a wedding just like this. Cooper took the dolls and forbade Blaine ever touch them. Blaine, looking up to his older brother, did as he was told. From then on, Cooper attempted to shield Blaine’s sexuality from their father who was always distant with the son he hadn’t planned on. Until age 14 when Blaine outright told the entire family he liked boys and not girls. From then on, Ranie did his best to convert his son by various projects, sports, anything he could think of. Only to fail miserably.
The distance grew after Cooper left. Eventually, Blaine spent his middle school years mostly alone in an empty house. His father splits time between three hospitals and his mother travels often between pharmaceutical companies. Sebastian Smythe was his closest and dearest friend from childbirth on. Their families interweaved through their father’s relationship in college. Sebastian is precious to Blaine. In spite of his lifestyle that Blaine isn’t sure he is overly thrilled about. In the aftermath of an attack at his middle school Blaine has kept a secret? He spends most, if not all of his time living in the penthouse apartment of his older brother or with Sebastian. A ray of sunshine that lights up the room, he’s avoided attention from Gossip Girl for the most part. Except being listed as one of the Four Gays Of The Apocalypse. Who knows how long that will last? Seeing as how that ray of sunshine comes with a few shadows he’d rather not let anyone see.
connections. -Sebastian Smythe: Childhood friend who is the person Blaine considers himself closest to. Sebastian knows about Blaine’s attack and was there to help him through it. Since then, Seb has been protective of Blaine. Sometimes a little too protective, but Blaine would rather have that than the opposite. He’s, also, the one constant in Blaine’s life other than Cooper. Blaine may not approve of some of the ways Sebastian spends his time. But, he’s dealing with it seeing as how he may be spending some of his time in ways Sebastian may not be too fond of either. -Kurt Hummel: Kurt and Blaine began as friends tied together for the love of theater and performing arts. They soon developed into a friends with benefits sort of relationship that is kept on the downlow. Both of them would prefer to keep it to themselves and have agreed on the terms that there are no feelings besides friendship attached. Though, Blaine’s struggling to uphold that end of the deal (for reasons unknown)–a few guys he’s slept with after nights with Kurt have been his way of pushing them aside. -Rachel Berry: Former beard. Now, very close friend. Rachel and Blaine met in the summer before freshman year. Their love of Broadway and all things musicals pulled them together much like him and Kurt. Rachel and Blaine came up with the idea for her to be his beard when he confessed to her he didn’t want his sexuality being the only thing people associated him with when they began their high school years. Though he left out the main reason why. After coming out in his sophomore year when he thought it was safer to do so, Rachel remained a friend close enough she’s nearly a sister to him. -More TBA:
❝ i’m stealing you for best friend duties. dinner and a trashy movie or two ? oh , and if you’re wondering i’m not cooking – i was thinking maybe chinese ?❞
“ Are you reading my thoughts again? You don’t have to ask me twice. I could use some Rachel time. The trashier the movie the better, in my opinion. I’m thinking blankets on the floor, pillows all over the place and a little something of everything we want off the menu? “
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