slidingmoments | "Brothers gonna work it out."

Who:

dapperdevious (post order)
What: Bro back-up, stat!
Where: Puck and Blaine's bachelor pad, Miami
When: After THIS
Rating: Probably high

Some days, it was still a little strange that Blaine was Sebastian and Jeremy's stepbrother. He and Sebastian went to Dalton Academy together whilst Jeremy saw out his high school days in a public school, but it was in their junior year that their State's Attorney father met Blaine's newly divorced mother and fell for her. It wasn't long before they got married, and all the boys became stepbrothers. It took a lot of getting used to and was more weird for Sebastian and Blaine than anything else, but they ended up rocking it and became close even if the twins went to study in France together after school.

Now they were back on American soil, and right at the best time, apparently. They had just touched down at Miami Airport when Puck's text came through that Blaine's new (and first) relationship had just crashed and burned. The twins knew Puck from school and those times he came with Blaine to family things, so they were all good mates. It only made sense they would rally at this time to try to figure out how the fuck they could protect Blaine right... but maybe they couldn't.

Jeremy came back into the kitchen and sat down at the table with Sebastian and Puck. "He's asleep. I don't know how long he'll stay like that, but I losing that much snot must have exhausted him," he said sympathetically. "Dude, that the hell happened?" he asked Puck in concern.

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"So, Kurt's a virgin too, but one with body issues?" All Sebastian could do was give another disbelieving laugh accompanied with a snort. "No good can come of this. It just can't. I don't care how super-schmoopy Blaine is and how much he wants to run off into the sunset hand-in-hand with his Prince Charming. Kurt's got so many damn issues, that there is no way Blaine isn't going to just get more hurt with this. He's in there now probably bawling his fucking eyes out over this because he got booted so goddamn hard in the nuts by this apparent Prince Charming and we're just going to agree we're okay to sit here and let this happen repeatedly while Kurt battles the demons?"

He just shook his head and held his hands up in surrender. "I fold. But don't whine to me when it hurts like a bitch to stand back and watch Blaine's heart getting stopped all over by a proverbial pristine Doc Martin boot when all of Kurt's issues have to be put above and beyond any of Blaine's so he doesn't do something stupid like starve himself to death. And may I remind everyone that Blaine does have a lot of issues himself, that I know for a fact he hasn't told Kurt?"

Jeremy fell quiet for a little then, a troubled frown passing over his features. "I'm not saying any of this is an ideal situation, okay? I know it's not. Sometimes, shit does really just happen, and sometimes, people hurt because of the shit. This is one of those times. Kurt and Blaine are both going to get hurt, but maybe they both just need to hurt more together before they can fix more together? Blaine is in love with Kurt. He might not have admitted it out loud, or admitted it to Kurt, but he is. He wouldn't be feeling like this right now if he didn't. And that right there is something we can't just palm off under the guise of not wanting Blaine to hurt anymore. Once you lay your heart on the line for someone when you love them, it's you saying you're willing to hurt for them. End of story."

"Blaine's past and Kurt's present aren't the same thing. And for all we know, Kurt's present is because of his past. Puck just said as much. They haven't had time to confide, or haven't been ready. Both just as important as each other. Do you honestly think Blaine is just going to sit there and let Kurt starve himself? Blaine wouldn't sit there and let a bloody bug starve itself. When Blaine gets up in the morning, not being able to help Kurt is going to eat him up a hell of a lot more than not having a relationship with him," he predicted.

In all honesty, Puck's head was starting to pound from the stress of thinking this whole situation over, and he hated it when two sides of the same situation seemed equally right in his mind. He hated the idea of Blaine hurting through this all, and maybe what Kurt had done had been the merciful thing, but in the long run, he knew Blaine. And he wasn't going to be happy just letting it go and moving on. He would need to help Kurt, just like he'd needed to help Puck years ago, though in different ways, and with different emotions behind it.

"The thing is," Puck said finally. "What Blaine wants and needs to do is what he's gonna do in the long run, and whether or not we think it's what's best for him, in the end, it's his choice. He has to decide what he's going to do. So unfortunately, if he decides to try to work things out with Kurt, and that hurts him? We all have to be here for him, because he's our boy..."

Sebastian finally decided to surrender on the conversation. "We could sit here all night debating the good, the bad and the ugly of this entire things, but we're going to just end up going around in circles. Bottom line is, Blaine in there bawling his fucking eyes out, devastated as all holy fuck, and Kurt is... somewhere else not there with Blaine. That was Kurt's choice, and he dealt with it in an extremely fucking shitty way. If he was just honest with Blaine, the dude wouldn't be this hurt right now. So yeah, I'm bitter about that. Blaine's our brother and he laid his heart on the line for this dude, only to get it smooshed into a million pieces."

"But it's late, and I'm as jetlagged as all fuck, so I'm hitting the sack. All we can do is see how he is in the morning and try to help him figure shit out if he wants us to." He pushed back from the table and got up, giving them both a wave. "Night. Get some sleep, Germ. I know you. You can't stay up all night worrying," he said before exiting, pausing only to ruffle his twin's hair affectionately as he did.

Jeremy gave a small, soft wry snort, but gave his brother a bit of a fond nudge as he left the table in response. He watched Sebastian leave the room and then sighed, rubbing both hands over his face. He was exhausted too. He was never the sort to sleep very well on a plane and the jetlag was beginning to set in for him too. He just wasn't sure how well he would sleep knowing Blaine was in there miserable, but Blaine had cried himself to sleep, so maybe that was a sign to try and get some shut-eye too.

He gave a tiny, tired groan. "What a mess," he murmured with a sigh and rested his hands back down on the tabletop. "I might just go check on Blaine again to make sure he's okay, and then grab a shower. I can't say I'm all that optimistic on sleep happening after all this, but maybe we all need to try and get some rest?"

The fact of it was, Kurt really had dealt with things in the wrong way, and had really hurt Blaine, but could he be totally blamed for it if he was ill? Puck really wasn't entirely sure, but like the twins, he was exhausted, too. Only, from the stress of the day, not from jet lag. He nodded at both brothers, slowly pushing himself up from the table and giving Jez a brief bro-hug. "Sucks this is the way it's going, man, but it's good to see you and Seb just the same," he said.

Quietly, he gave a nod of agreement. "Goodnight, dude. See you tomorrow," he murmured before shuffling off to his own room.

"Brothers gonna work it out."

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