Hello! I just want to thank anyone who has ever left a review for motivating me to keep on writing. I swear I could live off those things. Anyway this is an Anderson bros (+Shane) via request!
Also I am still working on the Chustin, but I'm not gonna lie, it ain't coming easy, mainly because I've never come out before and I'm trying to make it semi-realistic, so yeah. I'm trying to vary from the usual cliches.
Also: I've just noticed how much stuff I've written about skiing. Idk, but the singing on the ski lift thing is based off of me and my friend. Actually these are all based off of people I know...wow...just got awkward. Anyway, please enjoy!
Blaine loved both of his brothers equally, but in different ways. Cooper was his supporter and protector, someone he could go to with his problems and was always there to pick him up when he fell. Shane was the one Blaine protected. The one who Blaine found himself wiping tears from his eyes on more than one occasion, whether it be from bullies, or falling off his bike. Blaine was incredibly close with both, and as the middle child acted as a sort of mediator.
Unfortunately Cooper and Shane didn't often see eye to eye. It wasn't that they hated each other or anything, it was just that they found it hard to get along. The problem was that they started off on a bad foot. When he was 4, Shane knocked Cooper's vintage record player off the shelf, breaking it. It went down hill from there. It didn't help that Shane was a very antsy, hyper-active, disorganized kind of guy, while Cooper was an exceedingly calm, collected perfectionist (a tribute which helped out a lot at work), making it difficult for them to often find common ground. Luckily Blaine could adjust his mood for both, making hanging out much easier.
There were however, a few things all three Anderson brothers could agree were totally awesome. They were paint-balling, skiing, and Harry Potter.
(A/N: This is set right after Blaine comes out to his parents. He's a sophomore, and Shane's a freshman. Cooper came home from law school to say good bye before they're both sent to boarding schools and decided to take them paint-balling while there.)
"Cooper?" asked Shane, turning towards his oldest brother. They were crouched behind a once black wooden structure, that was now splattered with paint, catching their breath. It was the middle of a paintball match, and they were waiting for Blaine to catch up to them. Blaine was by far the worst of the three brothers at shooting and often fell behind, games, no matter how hard the other two tried to help him out.
"yeah." responded the eldest Anderson brother, checking around the side of their hiding spot, to see if anyone had spotted them.
"You-you've always got my back right?" asked Shane, suddenly becoming serious. Surprisingly, Cooper laughed. "Dude! It's you whose got my back most of the time. Those dancing skills make you one hell of a paintballer." he responded, still checking around for enemies, and not really catching onto Shane's mood.
"NoImeanlikeinreallifeandstuff." responded Shane, his words starting to run together the way they so often did when he got excited or nervous, and perhaps he was a little of both. He was about to tell Cooper something only four other people in the entire world knew about him and it was scary, as well as slightly exhilirating. Cooper glanced over at Shane, finally realizing they were having a real conversation, and narrowed his eyes a little. Was Shane trying to get on his good side about something? Did he spill juice on his case files again? Cooper was always a little suspicious of Shane, whom he didn't understand as well as Blaine.
"Yeah. Man I've always got your back. You're my little bro." he answered casually, not meeting Shane's eyes, instead opting to check his gun and make sure it wasn't jammed.
"Cooper, I'm, well, I, uh, playforBlaine'steam." he finally got out, eyes trained at his own gun as well. It took a couple moments for the words to sink in, partly due to the fact that Cooper had to decipher them, and partly because it was just so unexpected. Like it literally hit Cooper out of the blue, blowing his mind. I mean Cooper already had the gay little brother. Having two just didn't really ever occur to him as a possibility. Damn. Cooper looked at Shane, completely shell shocked.
"For real?" he asked finally. Shane nodded, feeling a little numb, and biting his lip.
"Awesome." he said shrugging, then grabbed his little bother's arm, and tapped a signal that meant move. Together, they dominated the match.
Afterwards Cooper took Blaine and Shane out for ice-cream. The three of them sat around a small round table in Ben and Jerry's eating, when finally Cooper asked, "So? I feel like I'm missing something here?"
Blaine and Shane exchanged a glance that spoke volumes. After a moment Blaine looked at his older brother and said, "Yeah. Well you know how I was always telling you about the fab five?" Cooper nodded, already scared by where this was going. "Well, Shane was one of us. It was him who was with Micah the day dad came home, not me. I was covering for him." Blaine looked a little downcast, remembering the day of his outing. Cooper looked thoughtful. "Ah." he said at last, "Well I'm glad you decided to tell me little man." he directed at Shane, "I'm sorry you're both getting shipped out to boarding schools."
Shane nodded sadly at the mention of his impending move to Colorado, but Blaine shook his head. "I honestly don't mind. I don't think I could ever have really gone back after Jude..." he trailed off. All three brothers looked down at their ice-cream sadly. Shane, trying to lighten the mood finally said, "Coop, I can't believe you didn't realize though?"
Cooper chuckled a little. "Well now that you told me it seems like I should have, but I guess it just never occurred to me..."
Blaine laughed at that. "Maybe he's not quite as obvious as I've always been, but come on, his favorite movie is Billy Elliot."
All three brothers chuckled a little, enjoying the rest of their ice-cream in comfort.
(This is Blaine and Cooper visiting Shane in Colorado and going skiing)
"Mamma Mia! Here I go again!" burst out Blaine, the lyric echoing over the mountain.
"My my, how could I resist you?" Shane added on, equally loud. Cooper banged his head against the side of the ski lift. Why did he even bother getting in one with both of his obnoxious little brothers. His face turned bright red as the two girls in the lift before them turned around, scrutinizing the three boys, trying to figure out the singing. Shane and Blaine remained un-phased at the looks and continued to sing the rest of the song, as loudly as possible.
Cooper thought he was going to die, because well, those girls were really pretty and his brothers, no matter how good at singing they were, were incredibly embarrassing to hang out with sometimes. "Please shut up. " he moaned half heartedly, as they moved on to sing a duet of "I Kissed a Girl", which was actually pretty funny to listen to, as Cooper knew for a fact only Shane had ever kissed a girl, and he certainly hadn't liked it.
When they got to the top, Blaine was of course handed both girls numbers. Why they had paper and a pen on a ski lift Cooper had no clue, but Blaine smiled a little apologetically nonetheless and handed them back. "Not for your team." he said. They groaned and skied away. Cooper rolled his eyes, maybe a little jealous and still really embarrassed, and skied down the next slope as quickly as he could, eager to get his own lift this time. No such luck apparently though, as he was the worst skier of the three. Shane and Blaine both made it to the bottom before he did.
(I think you guys will like this one :)
The premier for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II was a very exciting event for the three Anderson brothers. They were all huge fans and had always gone to the midnight premiers together. The hot summer air smelled sweet as the boys sat with their backs pressed against a cool brick wall, waiting to be let in to the theater. They were all dressed in robes naturally, and were currently dorking out, by quoting and analyzing parts of the books, then discussing how they thought that particular scene would be played out in the movie. To there left farther down the line a song struck up, "Gotta get back to Hogwarts, Gotta get back to school. Gotta get myself to Hogwarts, where everybody knows I'm cool."
Cooper may have squealed, and both of his younger siblings looked at him mystified.
"What's up with you?" asked Blaine, a little worried. Cooper wasn't one to loose his cool in public.
"Dudes. That's the opening song from A Very Potter Musical!" he hissed, a huge grin spreading across his face. Blaine rolled his eyes a little, "I don't know why everyone's so obsessed with that thing." he muttered under his breath angrily. He was of the opinion that Harry Potter was absolute perfection and he didn't want any fan made stuff to detract from it.
"No, Blaine, It's actually really awesome. Like, it's hilarious and the songs are really pretty great." Shane was grinning now too, also an AVPM fan. Blaine rolled his eyes.
"You know, the guy who plays Harry looks a lot like you..." pondered Cooper after a moment, suddenly realizing why he always felt like he knew the actor. "Weird." he murmured.
It was an hour later and they were in the exact same spot, but none of them minded. This was the last big Harry Potter event, and nothing could dampen their moods.
O.k. Who's your character crush?" asked Cooper after a moment of comfortable silence. Gushing about Harry Potter wasn't something he got to do very much with his friends, so given the opportunity, Cooper turned into a ridiculous fangirl. Blaine thought about it, biting his lip. "Well in terms of attractiveness, I have a huge crush on Tom Felton." voiced Blaine, unashamedly. "Have you guys ever heard him sing? It's amazing." Both other brothers nodded, not surprised. Blaine's crush on Tom Felton was not a well kept secret.
"In terms of the characters I love Seamus." said Shane. "When he was all little and always getting into accidents." he giggled a little, blushing. "Of course I really like Dean as well. There's something kind of sexy about an artist." his face flushed a deeper red, realizing he'd just called Dean sexy on front of his brother. Shane didn't often talk about crushes when Cooper was around. Cooper nodded again, approvingly. "I'm going to have to go with Proffer McGonagall." he said at last. Both of his little brothers gaped at him. "What? I mean Maggie Smith when she was younger was a pistol, and you have to admit McGonagall is a total badass."
Tada! I hope you guys liked it :) if you did or have any ideas, suggestions, etc. you know where the review button is!
Or if you have any special ideas for Chustin you know what to do. (I'm trying to work with some of the helpful suggestions given by BFS currently, but more feedback is always a good thing.)