Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or any of these characters… if I did, Karofsky wouldn't exist anymore, Jesse wouldn't have been such an asshole (albeit one I believe legitimately fell for Rachel), and there would be a LOT more Blaine.
A/n: Alright, so this is a little on the short side. But it is currently 5 AM after the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 premiere, so cut me a bit of slack because this is what I was doing when I couldn't sleep.
Blaine couldn't help but smile at the picture he'd made into his cell phone wallpaper. Kurt had taken it at the visitation. It was simple; Blaine was sitting on the floor with Seth in his lap, playing with the little boy's fire truck. The truck was Seth's favorite. But for some reason, Blaine automatically smiled every time he saw that picture on his phone's screen.
"What has you so happy? You look like a kid that's just been told he can have ice cream and candy for dinner." Blaine glanced up at Wes, who was starting to sit down at the table across from him.
"The only good thing my mother ever gave me," Blaine replied, turning the phone so that Wes could see the picture. "I didn't realize how much I missed him until I saw him the other night. He's so sweet… she's never going to get a chance to make him bitter. He'll always love her because he won't ever have to know better. And I wish I could be like that."
"That's your half-brother, right? I thought he was in a wheelchair…"
"He is. But he wanted me to pick him up… how could I resist that face?" Blaine asked with a smile. He ignored the way Wes rolled his eyes as Blaine put away the phone.
"Is he still staring at that picture of Seth with a goofy smile on his face?" Kurt asked. Blaine raised an eyebrow at his boyfriend's comment. "Just ignore it, Wes. He's been staring at it ever since I took it. He'll get over it soon and be back to normal."
"Shut up…" Blaine replied, sticking a tongue out at his boyfriend.
"That's real mature, Blaine. How about we eat lunch before we have to run to our afternoon classes? I don't want to listen to my stomach growling until after Warblers rehearsal this afternoon," Kurt replied.
"We're actually not having rehearsal… senior projects are due on Friday, and the council decided to drop a few days since we don't have to worry about Nationals," David replied.
"And you waited until now to tell us this?" Kurt asked.
"Didn't make the decision until this morning. It was mostly because Thad is behind on his project and won't get it finished if we have rehearsals," Wes replied. The boys all started eating their lunches, until Wes reached out and poked Blaine. "Isn't that your stepdad again?"
Blaine turned around, raising an eyebrow as he saw Logan standing in the doorway of the cafeteria. "Wasn't he banned from campus after that last incident?" David asked.
"Yeah, he was. And I have no intention of getting anywhere near him… he can get caught for all I care."
"What about Seth?" Kurt asked.
"Maybe it would be better for Seth to be away from Logan. Maybe he doesn't really need his parents. He has plenty of other people who love him, and they are a lot better for him than his parents ever were." Blaine purposely ignored Logan as much as possible, not wanting to give the man any reason to head their direction. "Logan couldn't accept me as I was, and I know that he wasn't happy when Seth was born. What if Seth ends up being even more like me than he already is? He may not have anywhere else to go if Logan decides to kick him out… he's fragile."
"You're calling him fragile? Don't you get upset every time someone says the same thing about you?"
"It's a different situation. Seth's got it a lot worse than I ever did… I was lucky," Blaine replied.
"I still think it's a little hypocritical… I mean, how much time have you really spent with Seth? How much do you know about his condition?" Wes asked. "I mean yeah, so you two have the same diagnosis… but it's still different for everyone. He might be doing better than you think." Blaine sighed, shaking his head.
"Blaine…" He didn't want to turn around. The last thing Blaine wanted to do was deal with his stepfather. A very large part of Blaine wished that ignoring the man would make him just go away, but he knew that wasn't going to happen.
"What do you want, Logan?"
"We need to talk. And I know you don't want to listen to what I have to say… but I hope you'll give me a chance."
"You aren't supposed to be here, Logan. They could have you arrested…"
"This was the only way I would be able to talk to you. I know you ignore my phone calls, and your father doesn't want us to have anything to do with each other…"
"For good reason," Blaine replied.
"I don't want to fight with you, Blaine. If you would let me finish, you might even be able to forgive me for some of the things I've done to you."
"Sorry."
"Seth is little… too little to remember much about his mother, if he's going to remember anything."
"It's probably for the best." Blaine ignored the look Logan gave him.
"He needs you. I don't know what he's going through – I still have my mother, and I've never had to deal with health issues like yours. You are the only person I know who will ever understand even a little bit of what Seth's life is going to be like. You wouldn't even have to see me, Blaine… we can arrange it so that you can visit when he's at your grandmother's house, when I'm not around…"
"You never wanted me to be around him before. You kept me away from him…" Blaine began.
"I was wrong. And that wasn't entirely my doing." Blaine crossed his arms, wondering why no one had said anything about the fact that Logan clearly wasn't supposed to be in the cafeteria. "Look, Blaine… I'm willing to ignore the things about you that bother me. For Seth's sake. Because he is by far the most important thing right now."
"Don't talk to me about what's important, Logan… I figured out who and what was important a long time ago."
