Part 12 - Our Jane
Summary:
Kur and Avery share a moment.


"I'm sorry this is happening and you're caught in the middle of it," Kurt said as he gently squeezed Avery's shoulder, "but I have to admit, I'm glad you're here. I don't know if I could've gone through this alone."

Avery shook her head. She wasn't sure she was doing much to help. It was Kurt and the team who were working endless hours trying to find the cute before it was too late.

"I'm… I'm not doing anything," she said as she shook her head, "I feel so… useless. I wish there was -"

"You'e doing plenty," Kurt reassured her, "trust me. You are. I can't imagine having to go through this without you. The team are great and everything, but everyone is so focused on the case… and I don't blame them, but…"

"They don't have to go back home to it as well," Avery whispered and Kurt nodded.

"It feels like you're the only other person who understands what it's like," Kurt said, "who knows her like I do, in ways the team don't."

They sat in silence for a moment, something they had been doing a lot of in recent weeks as they both got lost in their own thoughts.

"I remember when you told me about Jane when we first met," Avery said breaking the silence, "in Berlin. The way you were describing her…"

She trailed off for a moment, her gazing catching his and they both smiled briefly. "I told myself that he had to be lying," Avery continued, "or at least he's so in love with this woman, his description of her had to be the most biased thing ever. I mean, n one would talk badly about their wife, especially not to her daughter."

Kurt nodded. He remembered how stubborn Avery had been, refusing to accept anything other than the narrative that this woman abandoned her and was horrible for doing so.

"But then I met her and I got to know her and I understood… I understand that what you said about her then had all been the truth," Avery admitted, "I know I've only known her for a few months but I would not trade them for anything."

Kurt smiled again and gave Avery's shoulder another squeeze as she wiped away her tears.

"You spent eighteen months searching the world for her before, and you told me that if she knew about me she would walk to the ends of the earth to find me," Avery said confidently, "and I think we owe her not to give up on her now."

"We won't," Kurt replied stubbornly, "she's still in there somewhere and we will get her back."

Avery nodded, giving up on stopping her tears, and she felt Kurt pull her slightly towards him. She allowed him to do so and closed the gap, hugging him fiercely and accepted his embrace in return.

"We're getting our Jane back," he whispered, "I promise."


Don't worry, we will get back to seeing Kurt and Remi together soon enough and see how Kurt's plan to "deal with Remi" is going. But before that, there's one more visit from someone unexpected before we get back to those two.