i see you.

_{“oh yeah, definitely.” another laugh fell past her lips and she reached up, pushing her hair behind her ear. she didn’t mean to get sad, she should have been happy. she was in new york. she was supposed to be happy. but she looked up at him with a sad smile and real tears in her eyes. she laughed and wiped her eye with her knuckle, shaking her head head. “i just – i miss this place. new york – new york is terrifying but a dream all at the same time,” she moved her hand to rest over his, giving it a reassuring squeeze, “but i’m fine. i promise.”}

Blaine felt his heart drop when he saw Rachel’s laughter fade.  It shattered when he saw tears in her eyes that she was fighting like hell to hold back.  Watching her close–he inched forward and tenderly took her hand between both of his.  The pads of his thumbs traced tiny circles against her skin as he tucked his chin down and dropped his voice to an encouraging whisper. Suddenly–his missing them so much it hurt just–felt selfish when someone else was going through the same.  “This place misses you too, Rachel.”  He laughed in a barely there huff.  “I miss you every day but just wait!  Pretty soon, you’ll be taking that town by storm and all of us will be there to cheer you on.  I know it’s hard now but this is your dream and you can so do this. Look,” he shrugged and smiled wider, “You already are and I can’t even begin to tell you how proud of you I am.”