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"We're here today with Stephen Miller, award winning executive producer of the ever popular television extravaganza, 'The Kurt Show'. Welcome to the show Mr Miller." The blonde presenter smiled brightly at him through shiny red lips that Stephen couldn't help but be distracted by. They reminded him of the small amount of psychology that he studied in college and his mind offered up a memory of a study into make-up and how women use red lipstick to remind men of their vaginas to entice them. Being openly gay, he considered this to be a waste of time on her part.

It was this easy recollection of facts or maybe it was his obsessive nature that made him so good at his job; his innate attention to detail was something that he used frequently to make sure everything ran smoothly on the show. He knew about all the props, character's storylines, and news stories that they'd exposed Kurt to so they didn't slip up and feed him bad information from anywhere. They stored it in files around the offices too, but he still had it, permanently, all in his mind.

"Mr Miller?" The blonde presenter repeated when he didn't respond. Stephen blinked back into focus and nodded his acknowledgement. He hadn't bothered to learn her name. He had so many people whose names he had to remember now that another one was just too much. Plus he was so desperate to get back to the office that it was a formality that he could do without.

"So why don't we start from the beginning Stephen, if you don't mind me calling you that." The presenter laughed and leaned forwards to pat his knee flirtatiously. Stephen managed to hold himself back from flinching, being entirely not used to physical contact like that.

Of course I fucking mind, he thought to himself while smiling gently at the presenter and shaking his head, his actions hiding his true feelings with practised ease. He knew that every so often he was required to make such an appearance to the public to talk about his creation, but it made him uncomfortable and nervous nonetheless. He was so much happier to be behind that control desk, watching over Kurt his Kurt that all of the media attention that came with it just gave him anxiety.

"Tell me, how did you originally come up with such a unique idea as filming one person's entire life?" She asked. Stephen shifted in his seat slightly, preparing to tell what was, now, a very long story.

"Well, I majored in media studies in college which was where it started. We had to do a study on the Big Brother television shows and the sort of people that entered them. I found it to be interesting how, even though the contestants were filmed constantly, there was always a barrier between them and the audience. They always knew they were being filmed and so it stopped the audience from being able to really get an insight into who they were as people. The idea of seeing how one person reacts in various different circumstances when they are truly unaware of anyone watching them intrigued me and wouldn't let me go until I started researching the possibility of actually producing something like it."

"And that was when you found Kurt?"

"That's right," Stephen nodded, recounting the story for what he assumed was probably the hundredth time in the past 17 years. "Both of Kurt's parents died a few weeks after he was born. He happened to be at the adoption home that we visited and at the right age for him to have not gained enough outside stimulation to affect his character too much. That was what the deciding factor on picking him was. We then found Burt and Elizabeth Hummel, both actors, who were happy to play his parents and commit to a life in front of the cameras."

"Of course, at that time, you had no way of knowing how art would tragically imitate life for him when, at just 10 years old, he sadly lost Elizabeth Hummel to cancer."

"That's right," Stephen nodded, his eyes showing just a small hint of the sadness he felt at the loss of his colleague 7 years ago. "When Elizabeth passed, it was very tragic for many people on the show. Of course it was unexpected so there was no way of simply writing her out. Equally, we felt that Burt should be able to grieve for his wife properly while still being able to work as there was no way of writing him out for a while either." The presenter nodded, frowning gently. Stephen could tell that her concern was fake; just a face that she had practiced and put on because it was appropriate but, either way, he appreciated the staid tone that it was, rightfully, giving that section of his interview.

"Now, I do have to ask about the controversial decision that you made when Kurt was around 12 when it became apparent that he was, in fact, gay." Stephen rolled his eyes and nodded, taking a deep, steadying breath. He knew this was coming; it was always coming. He didn't really see it as all too controversial but, based on how the rest of the world had acted, it seemed it was. "Of course we know that homophobia has rapidly decreased in this country since it became legal in all states for gays and lesbians to get married. However, you made the decision to bring Kurt up in a world where it was not only illegal, but where homophobia is actually very prominent. What drove you to that decision, may I ask?" Stephen took another deep breath before talking.

"Well, although you are correct that homophobia has rapidly decreased, it's not gone altogether. Equally, I was adamant on making a stand to stop it from coming back the way it was. Everyone loves Kurt, so it meant that I was in a unique position where I could show how homophobia is wrong by showing people how someone they love is affected by it."

"However, you also made the equally controversial decision to then have Kurt become the victim of bullying due to the homophobia present in his world, is that correct?"

"Yes, that's right." Stephen nodded. "Bullying is another issue that is very close to my heart, having been bullied myself in school. Again, it gave me a chance to highlight not only how horrific it is, but how it can affect someone's life."

"Don't you think it's a bit cruel?" The blonde presenter said with a hint of viciousness in her tone. She leaned towards Stephen and narrowed her eyes. Stephen widened his eyes for a second at the sudden change in her demeanour.

"I'm sorry, what?" Stephen said. He shifted in his seat and frowned in confusion; the hot lights making him sweat uncomfortably and he was suddenly so grateful that this was a pre-recorded interview they could cut this out at a later date, at least.

"Isn't it just a way for you to get more ratings by creating drama in an innocent boy's life unnecessarily?" Stephen shifted again. What was going on? This wasn't what had been agreed before the interview. The blonde presenter was still leaning towards him, resting her arm on her crossed legs and waiting patiently for his answer. Stephen glanced over to where his PA, Ruth, was standing.

"Uhm… I-I don't think…" Stephen stuttered, opening and closing his mouth in panic as he tried to form a sentence.

"You don't think what, Mr Miller? That it was a good idea to take away a child's chance for a normal life for, what is, essentially, a tortuous existence?" Stephen gulped thickly as the presenter continued to glare at him. He looked back over to Ruth who was already starting to walk over.

"I d-don't think that was on the approved question list…" He said, nervously.

"No, it wasn't," Ruth said as she stormed towards them. "This interview is over." The blonde presenter automatically sat back in her seat, any sign of fierceness in her face instantly disappearing.

"Sorry, sorry, I had to ask…" She said, holding up her hands defensively. "It won't happen again." Stephen watched, interested, as the blonde presenter smiled up at Ruth, clearly trying to appease her so that she could continue with the interview. "Shall we take some phone calls, maybe?" She nodded towards Stephen, trying to encourage him to stay.

"No." Ruth said sharply. "We're done here…" She frowned, ignoring the blonde presenter's protestations.

"Ruth, it's fine." Stephen held his hand up to stop his PA from dragging him out of his chair. "At least let me take some phone calls." That was his favourite part of any of the media appearances he was forced to do. He always enjoyed talking to fans of the show; he relished the fact that they all loved Kurt just as much as he did or rather almost as much as Stephen did because, he was certain, no-one would truly love Kurt as much as him.

"Are you sure, Stephen?" Ruth asked, bending towards him so she could whisper in his ear. "I'm not sure if I trust them anymore…"

"It's fine," Stephen repeated, forcing a smile at her. "If they even come close to fucking up again, we'll be out of here." Ruth nodded seriously and backed away to allow the interview to continue. Stephen watched as the blonde presenter's face automatically morphed into "camera-ready" and she smiled widely.

"Now, we've got a few fans on the line with some questions, ready for you to answer, Stephen. So if we could go straight to line one… hello, you're on the air with Carly Lewis and Stephen Miller! What's your name and where are you from?" Carly Lewis, Stephen noted to himself, already knowing that he'd forget the name a few minutes later.

"H-hi Carly," a nervous female voice came across the loud speaker in the studio. It was a little too loud for Stephen and he winced as he felt an uncomfortable thrum in his ears; the words running through his body unpleasantly, like thunder. "My name's Jen and I'm from California."

"And what's your question for Stephen, darling?" Carly asked in a manner that was drastically different from how she'd been approaching Stephen just a few minutes earlier.

"Hi Stephen," Jen breathed out. "I was just wondering how you feel about watching Kurt grow up, considering you've been watching over him for most of your life?"

"Ooh, good question, Jen." Carly smiled and turned towards Stephen. "So Stephen, any abandonment issues?" Stephen laughed gently.

"Not exactly," he glanced at Carly, trying to keep his tone light-hearted. "Obviously dealing with Kurt growing up and his life changing is difficult for everyone. However, we'll still be continuing with the show and following his life through whatever he decides to do next."

Stephen continued on through the next few questions with ease what are the show's plans for Kurt once he leaves school? Hopefully he'll be going to college, or he'll be taking over from Burt's business. Is everything really live or is anything pre-recorded? No, it is all 100% live. Where can I buy the jacket that Kurt wore to school a few weeks ago? All of Kurt's clothes are available to buy on the "Kurt's Fashion" website. He'd only had to lie once too, which was a relief of course everything was on a 30 second delay, there'd be no way of getting to air if it was completely live but he didn't want the viewers to know that. The fact that they thought anything could happen at any time was what kept half of them watching.

They were getting to the fifteenth question and Stephen was becoming drowsy. He blinked his eyes a few times to keep himself from nodding off under the heat of the studio lights. He got incredibly grumpy whenever he was tired and, he figured, that was probably the reason why he acted the way he did to the next question.

"Okay," Carly smiled widely, somehow still looking fully alert. Stephen considered for a second if she had help with how awake she was looking, especially as he'd been trying his best to stifle a yawn for the past three questions. "So who have we got on the line next?"

"Hi Carly," a bright male voice boomed out across the studio. Stephen was thankful that his ears had started to adjust to the sound level but this voice was so loud and enthusiastic that it still made him jump slightly. "My name is Blaine Anderson and I'm from Westerville in Ohio."

"Ooh not too far from Kurt himself then, Blaine?" Carly joked lightly. "What's your question for Stephen?"

"Well, firstly I just want to say that I'm a huge fan, Mr Miller." Blaine said. "I absolutely love the show, I watch it as much as I can every day."

"Thank you," Stephen smiled gently, trying to hold back another yawn.

"I was just wondering, Kurt's seemed kind of lonely recently… were there any plans to introduce a potential boyfriend for him soon?" Stephen's heart leapt into his throat.

"What?" He said, frowning as the concept of Kurt having a boyfriend made his breathing quicken somewhat.

"A… a boyfriend for Kurt?" Blaine said, now sounding marginally more nervous. "It just seems sad that there's no-one there to look out for him…" No,no! Stephen felt increasingly angry as the boy clarified his question further. What does he mean there's no-one there to look out for Kurt, I look out for Kurt! Stephen thought to himself.

"No!" Stephen said, unable to keep his thoughts to himself anymore. "No. Kurt doesn't need a fucking boyfriend, he's happy as he is."

"Really?" Blaine said, clearly concerned. "He doesn't seem it?"

"Well, how would you know?" Stephen snapped. "I know him best and I know he's happy!" Stephen got up and started removing his microphone. "I'm fucking over this." He said to no-one in particular as Ruth started walking over.

"What's up?" Ruth asked, frowning with concern as she reached him. Stephen was playing with the wire from his microphone. It had wrapped itself around a button and was stuck.

"I'm fucking tired and they're putting through fucking stupid questions." He explained, tugging angrily at his microphone as Carly watched them, stunned. "I'm done."

"Ok, ok." Ruth said, trying to calm him. "It's fine, we can go." She reached out and unhooked the microphone wire just before he was about to tug it off, not caring about whether he broke the equipment or not. She placed the microphone in Carly's hands and chased after him as he rushed off into the wings of the stage and backstage to his dressing room. "Stephen!" She called just as he turned the corner into his dressing room.

"What?" He growled at her, grabbing his keys from the dressing table.

"Are you ok? What was that about?" She asked concerned. Stephen considered explaining it to her. He considered telling her the insane, selfish possessiveness he felt about Kurt; how that possessiveness had reared it's head when that kid asked the question about Kurt getting a boyfriend. But she wouldn't understand. No-one really understood. He'd tried to explain it a few times before to friends, family and once or twice to lovers but no-one really got it. They all thought he was just infatuated and would often tell him that he just needed a break. How could he then explain it to someone who, although she worked for him, was almost a stranger? How could he explain how his fascination with Kurt and Kurt's life had grown throughout the years maybe even starting to manifest itself as love now that Kurt was growing into a young and very attractive man? Stephen shook his head.

"I'm just tired." He said, burying any other explanations deep into the pit of his stomach.

"Ok." Ruth nodded. "Are you going home?" Stephen swallowed and glanced down at his keys.

"Yes," he lied. "I'm just going to stop by the office first. I… I left something there…" Ruth nodded again and bid him goodbye, promising to clear the room up for him and pick up anything he might have left behind. As Stephen left the studio, he had absolutely no intention of going home. He was going to the office, that wasn't a lie, but he was already planning on staying there for the night, unable to face the cold, emptiness that was his apartment.

Stephen headed straight to his car, barely even noticing how late it was, and turned on the engine. His mind wandered as he drove through the darkened streets of Ohio. He thought back to the interview and his reaction to that question. He considered how someone he knew might react to seeing him act like that. He thought about the relationships that had broken down because, no matter what, he would never focus his attention fully on anything other than Kurt. It wasn't that he was unable to focus on anything else, he just didn't want to. None of his boyfriends seemed to understand that and they soon left him as soon as they realised it. That was fine. The way he saw it, it was him and Kurt against the world and that was just how he liked it.

Thankfully, his body seemed to automatically know the way to the studio and took over as his thoughts swam around his mind. He hurriedly pulled into his usual parking space and rushed into the studio barely pausing to say hello to the night security guard as he rushed up to the control room. He didn't want to wait any longer, he had to see him.

Stephen quickly rushed into control room and pressed the buttons to turn on the giant screen in front of the desk where he spent most of his day. The screen was still focussed on Kurt's living room where, Stephen assumed, his employees had been watching him earlier. Stephen felt around in the dark and managed to find the button to switch the screen so that he could see Kurt's bedroom. He sighed happily when he saw Kurt sleeping peacefully in his bed. Stephen pressed the button to zoom and allowed Kurt's sleeping face to fill up the entire, wall-sized screen.

Stephen smiled as he stepped around the desk and started to walk towards the screen. Kurt was stunning. He congratulated his past self for making such a good choice all those years ago. He didn't see how he could have possibly felt so much for anyone else and he knew his life would be so bare without Kurt in it. Stephen reached out his hand and lightly stroked along the screen where Kurt's nose was. He was so beautiful so delicate and strong at the same time. Stephen stepped closer to the screen and placed a small kiss to where Kurt's lips were. He pressed his forehead against the screen and sighed contently.

He thought that the idea of Kurt getting a boyfriend was ridiculous. Stephen was all Kurt needed, even if Kurt didn't know it, and there was no way that Stephen was going to allow anyone else the chance of getting close to Kurt; they would only hurt him and there was no way Stephen was going to let that happen. As he rested his head against the screen, listening to the sounds of Kurt's light snoring, Stephen knew that he was going to keep doing anything he could to keep Kurt safe and he would never, ever let anyone get in the way of that; not friends or family members and especially not any boyfriends.