“still in town, man?” it’s alwayssomewhat nice to come across someone he actually thinks he recognizes, a break from walking around and wondering how many faces he’s forgotten.“hope everything’s alright.”
he looks down for a moment, hoping he actually has remembered him, and isn’t making an utter fool of himself. he decides to give it a shot anyway.“i have the day off, so i could show you around if you want.”
“Yeah. Still in town,” Blaine hummed over the rim of his glass quirking a brow as he took a sip. “Looks like the part they need has to come from the nearest dealership. The closest one that has it in stock? Phoenix. Aside from the one they thought they needed two days ago when it arrived and it was the wrong one, I mean.”
He’d already let Cooper know he was going to be late. Like days late. Now? Seems as though it’s going to be a few more.
Aside from knowing no one? The quiet and boredom from lack of company or anything to do was going to start driving him crazy. No wonder why so many townies ended up right where he was. At the tavern. “Yeah? Seriously?” His heart leaps at the offer and he’s already stepping away from his half empty drink and motioning towards the door. “Lead the way. You have no idea how stir crazy I’m getting. Good day off so far?”
“you new here?” hopefully, she’s right, otherwise… this is awkward as hell.“this place isn’t too bad… well, for a high school. you could probably do way worse.”
“Is it that obvious?” Blaine’s smile tints a faint crimson as he nudges his satchel further up his shoulder. Two days in and he’s managing not to get too lost. Celebrate the small miracles, right? “You like it here then? It still feels like a mixed bag to me. Don’t tell anyone I said that though,” he grins trying not to sound too negative but..he’s homesick. Very homesick.
Barely one sip from his coffee and Blaine was forced to watch helplessly as his cup went flying through the air and collided against the sidewalk. No amount of fumbling to catch up to in with the stupid hope that he could Neo it out of the air like some Matrix superhero was going to save him from the inevitable. The lid went flying up, coffee defied any logic of gravity and was now soaking the bottom legs of his navy blue dress pants and the bare ankles sticking out above the lips of his very grossly soaked brown leather loafers.
And the guy who knocked it out of his hand via slamming against his elbow was looking at HIM like HE was the devil!
“Sorry..,” Blaine’s apology was as low and fake as the conviction he tried to pack behind the word yet failed to. He didn’t take his gaze off the spilled contents of his cup to deliver it either.. His day barely started and this is how it was going to go. He was half-tempted to go back home and try to start over. Or at least change his pants and shoes?? Until he heard a voice that sounded familiar coming up beside him. Easy come, easy go.
Michael..?
A ray of sunshine broke through his flustered, scrunched together expression. The sight of the man he’d met just days ago brightened his eyes, smoothed out his forehead and his smile was back with a vengeance. “Oh..hey..hi. I..,” he motioned to the mess on the ground and pouted right before a laugh turned it cheerful. “I hope your day is going better than mine..?”
I would say that since Season 2 is my default verse, at that point in time, it would be the fact that he feels responsible for the boy who he asked to the dance being hurt. Him and this other kid were the only out people in that school and Blaine was the one to ask him to Sadie Hawkins. While the ignorance of the boys who jumped them and ‘beat the crap outta them’ is to blame, Blaine and his nature would not see it that way. He took the responsibility of being the one to initiate such a bold move for the two of them. I can imagine that after the bullying he talks about, that boy underwent the same bullying and might’ve had hesitations, but for Blaine it was a way to stand up, have faith that they could do this and maybe change people’s minds, and have the courage to enjoy themselves in spite of the awful things they were going through. They went and ended up in the hospital for Blaine’s hopefulness and he feels awful that the boy will be stuck with the same doubt and nightmares that he has because of it.
There’s no other mention of that boy in the entire series (though sometimes I like to headcanon that his name was Eli and a couple years later might’ve talked again..ahem) and with the way Blaine hangs onto people he cares about? It must have created a deep enough rift between them that they never see one another again after Blaine transfers. Though I have about a dozen reasons and theories why that happened in my head if anyone’s interested to chat about it!
ONE ( NAME/ALIAS ): J. TWO ( BIRTHDAY ): April 4th. THREE ( ZODIAC SIGN ): Aries Sun/Gemini Moon FOUR ( HEIGHT ): 5′5″ FIVE ( TIME ): Um? Halloween Time? Er. 2am? I like late nights when it’s peaceful. SIX ( SLEEP ): 3-5 hours mostly. SEVEN ( FAVORITE BOOKS ):The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker, Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite, Land of Stories by Chris Colfer, Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets by J.K. Rowling, Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare and Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. That’s not even touching the layers of books I love but those are my top picks! EIGHT ( FAVORITE ARTISTS ): The Cure, Dave Matthews Band, Tori Amos, HIM, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, B.B. King, Louis Armstrong, Blue October, Darren Criss, My Chemical Romance, Lady Gaga and about a million more because music is kind of my life. NINE ( LAST MOVIE WATCHED ): In theaters? Deadpool. At home? The Visit. TEN ( COLLEGE ): All done with that! Thinking of going back for another course for Special Education but that’s through the School District so! ELEVEN ( DREAM JOB ): Writer/Director. TWELVE ( THE MEANING BEHIND YOUR URL ): I wanted to pick something that just makes me think about Blaine Anderson and I automatically tie to him. I wanted it to be light and happy. Piano keys and bowties would definitely be two things that automatically come to mind in all those categories.
pianokeysandbowties back up 