Because This Ain't A Fairytale
Kurt and Blaine graduate from high school. They attempt a long-distance relationship and discover that staying together as a couple is much more than a pretty duet performance. A tale of how two individuals struggle with the realities of separation, and find themselves falling into a cycle of deception, unintentional hurt, heartbreak and disillusionment.
I do not own Glee. This is my first fanfic, and I hope you like it.:)
Prologue
A boy sits at his desk, shoulders slumped forward and his slim frame hunched over the laptop. Darkness swallows him whole, leaving only his face faintly illuminated by the glow from the screen. The light does strange things to his features. He looks wild and almost haunting with his hair unkempt and unruly, his chin rough with stubble. His eyes, those beautiful windows framed by long lashes, are now sunken and outlined by dark circles, but no, they are not dull and empty if one were to look closely. Swirls of desperation, fatigue and sadness dance in the depths as his eyes remain unmoving.
He waits, like every other night.
Minutes tick by. Nothing else moves. Nothing else changes.
The laptop beeps once, and goes into sleep mode. The light on his face vanishes.
A boy lies on his bed, staring at the ceiling fan spinning rhythmically above him. One, two, three, four … He counts softly under his breath, willing himself to drift into sleep. He knows it doesn't work that way, of course. His brain would not allow that, for it would be too busy reconstructing images – vivid, crystal-clear images of that night; images that tighten his entire being in raw rage and yet shatter him with an inexplicably painful sorrow.
He wants to forget, to pretend that none of this has ever happened. He wants to run into those sturdy, strong arms and whisper against those soft, soothing lips that everything would be fine.
But he knows it doesn't work that way, of course.