June 24th, 2011, by aspriringtoeloquence
[On June 24th 2011, after several beautiful and impassioned speeches in the New York senate, same sex couples were given the right to marry in the state of New York.]
Kurt sat on the couch, his eyes wide and filled with unshed tears. The TV was on mute, the laptop on the coffee table still open.
"Oh my god," he said hoarsely. "They did it."
Blaine took his hand and pulled him close, burying his tearstained cheek in his boyfriend's hair. "They did it."He pressed his lips to Kurt's forehead, his nose, his cheeks, intensity building. "I love you," he whispered.
Kurt smiled. "I love you too." He closed his eyes briefly. "And now, maybe one day, everyone can know it."
Blaine touched a finger to Kurt's lips. "Everyone already knows." He touched their lips gently, but let the fire build for a few more seconds. "But now thousands of people - us, and so many others, can have something - a legal something - equal to what any other loving couple has."
A tear rolled down Kurt's cheek. "I can't believe it."
Blaine held him close, and as they sat there they thought of the people all over the country, all over the world, recognizing this moment. Couples who had been waiting twenty, thirty, fifty years to be able to say that their marriage, their love, was, in the eyes of the law, equal to a man and a woman's. "We won," Blaine whispered. "We all won."
Kurt touched his lips to Blaine's cheek. "This is so much better than a trophy."