A/N: This is a headcanon for faithambr! When Porter met Martin and brought him home for the first time.
Who Said Love is Blind? Headcanon: When Porter Found Martin
Porter Bjorgman didn't go looking for love when he left for college. He was looking for an education. Something that would help him have the same kind of life that he'd always known. Little did he know that he would meet his soulmate.
Porter always struggled with his identity. While in high school he tried dating but he wasn't like his friends and never found any of the girls to be what he was looking for. He had feeling deep down that he was gay and that he wasn't going to be accepted.
Anna sat her boy down and told him, "Kris and I will love you no matter who you are. And if you want to ask Kevin Reilly to the prom, go right ahead."
Well his prom invite didn't go so well so he and Anna went to the symphony instead and she let him play the timpani drums after the performance. Porter was an excellent musician and while he liked music he didn't want to pursue it as much as his baby sister. Persephone was the music kid. At seven she was already better at the piano than he would ever be and he was okay with that.
Of all the languages Porter could take while in college he chose American Sign Language. Anna thought it had more to do with growing up in a house that was so different that he had to do something that would be different as well.
"If you wanted to do something different why not learn an ancient dead language like Egyptian hieroglyphics?" Kris had teased.
"Because you can't use Egyptian hieroglyphics in everyday conversation," Porter countered.
While in school he met and dated many different kinds of guys. There was Marcus the jock, Finn the artist, Michael the academic, Oliver the frat boy and Franz Alexander the German exchange student. But none that he ever wanted to bring home to meet his family. Marcus once made a crack about a person with a service dog in the store. Needless to say their relationship didn't move much farther after that.
Martin was two years older than Porter but in the same stage of school. Martin had taken a year to travel and decide what he wanted and then came to school. They met in the ASL classes when their professor wasn't there and Martin took over the class. One could say that what Martin and Porter felt was love at first sight but they took things slow. Both didn't want to rush into a relationship. They wanted to take the time to figure each other out.
"So your brother is also your dad? How does that work?" Martin asked during their tenth date.
"Our parents died when I was five. Kris was so much older than I was. I was a miracle baby. When I was eight we met Momma and from there it was like it was supposed to be."
"Okay family," Anna said, watching from the window. "Porter's bringing his boyfriend with him. So I want us all to be on our best behavior."
"Momma," Persephone said from the piano. "When are we not on our best behavior."
"I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to Sven the Second and Octoberfest."
The snoozing dalmatians popped their heads up at the sounds of their names. Realizing they weren't going outside or getting treats they laid back down and started snoring. Porter's car pulled up and he and Martin sat in the driveway for a moment.
"Momma's a hugger," Porter signed to Martin. "Kris and Peri will be a bit stand-offish until they get used to you. Don't be surprised if my sister is glued to her piano. She's practicing her audition pieces for Juilliard."
"Porter," Martin said, pulling his face towards him. "They're your family. If they're anything like you. I know I'm going to love them. Just like I love you."
"I love you too, Martin."