Guide Me Home

Prologue

"Hey, baby. I forgot to call earlier and say I'm staying late at the studio tonight. I've got a deadline to meet and need to get this done. You don't need to wait up for me."

Blaine pressed the phone closer to his ear, trying to make out his husband's voice over the wails of their daughter, Lilia.

"What was that, Kurt? I've got our personal siren going off here. Can you speak up?" He tried to soothe her one handed while trying to hear.

"I said I'm working late tonight. You don't need to wait up. If you can get Lilia to stop throwing a fit and get her to sleep, you can just crash. I know how tiring she can be. You need to sleep too."

"Are you sure, Kurt?" Blaine scooped up his daughter in one arm and carried her in to her bedroom. "How late do you think you'll be staying?"

"I'm really not sure. It probably shouldn't be past one o'clock though, and I promise I'll take Lily for bit tomorrow. You really need to sleep, Blaine," said Kurt.

Blaine smiled to himself. "Don't worry about me, baby. We're just fine here. I know how important this job is to you."

Thanks, Blaine. I promise I'll be home as soon as I can! I love you!

"I love you too, Kurt."

Blaine heard the soft click of the other line disconnecting. He set his phone down and turned to his very upset 4-year-old.

"Come on now, Miss Lilia. It's bedtime and that's final. Papa is already going to have my head because of you being up so late."

She looked up at him as fat tears started to leak from her big blue eyes. Kurt's eyes. "I wanna stay with you, Daddy!" she sobbed.

"Don't look at me like that, baby girl. You know Daddy hates it when you cry." He scooped her up and hugged her close to him. "I promise I'm not going anywhere and Papa always comes in to give you a kiss when he gets home. It's time to sleep now, though."

She shook her head, making her silky dark curls bounce, but allowed him to place her in her crib. Her eyes slid shut a few moments later and her deep even breathing told Blaine that she was already sound asleep.

Blaine stood by for a few minutes longer, staring down at his little girl. Soon she would be too big for her crib. She was growing up far too fast. He leaned down and kissed her forehead.

"Goodnight, my angel."

Blaine yawned as he padded in to his and Kurt's bedroom and plopped down on to the bed. He glanced at the clock. 11:55 PM. Just a little over an hour until his Kurt would be home. Blaine always waited up for him, even when Kurt told him not to. He loved seeing his husbands eyes light up as he walked it to the room to see Blaine looking at him. It was their time to be together, with light kisses and soft touches. Time they could hold each other and bask in the happiness of their lives together.

Blaine smiled as he closed his eyes, picturing the love of his life. He married the man of his dreams. He had a beautiful daughter and a job he loved. How had he gotten so lucky?

He felt himself sinking in to the softness of his mattress, recalling the happy memories of the past and dreaming of the joy of the future…..

Blaine jerked awake. He sat up and stared around the dark room. When had he fallen asleep? He reached over to Kurt's side of the bed, wanting to feel that his husband was there with him, but he touched nothing but satin sheets. He glanced down at the alarm clock and felt a shock go through him. 3:26 AM.

"Kurt?" He whispered.

No response.

A moment later, the phone began to ring.

To be continued…

I hope you enjoyed this little prologue. This story will be muti-chaptered and will (hopefully) have regular updates.

I know it's short and sorry about the suspense. I'm planning to have the first full chapter up very soon, most likely tonight or tomorrow.

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