Five Years later
Kurt was trembling as he thought of what he was about to do. Standing on stage behind a curtain had always been a dream of his, and as the big reveal was about to happen, he found that all of this was more than he had ever dreamed of, because it was fashion week, and he was here, not just as an audience member, but as a designer.
It hadn't happened overnight. As it turns out, designing a fashion office from the ground up was a lot harder than he had anticipated, but at the same time, it wasn't as difficult as going to a job he didn't enjoy on a daily basis. He found that even on the hardest days, he had the pleasure of working with some of the best people in the business, including Elliott, who was head of the art department, Nick, head of music writing and production, Jeff, head of talent and representation, and Santana, who took over the advertising department when Kurt was promoted to head designer of the athletic line. They found that together, they could tackle whatever issues arose. Tina had joined them six months after everything fell apart at Anderson Advertising, and Kurt had learned that she was indeed very talented with a needle and thread, as she had said. She took over some of Kurt's duties and became his assistant designer.
And Blaine. It was never his passion to run a fashion company. In a hilarious turn of events, his father retired after most of his employees quit, and the company struggled to recover. Wes took over the company, and he tried hard to recruit Blaine for the music department, but Blaine was content with what he was doing. Then, the inevitable happened.
Perfectly Imperfect was released as a single on Itunes after thousands of people saw the ad and wanted to download the song. This time, when Blaine was offered a recording contract, he did not walk away. Oddly enough, he was signed to a label that worked with Anderson Advertising, headed up by the one-and-only, Mercedes Jones. She had been promoted after Rachel Berry caused a massive storm out and ended up moving to Ohio with her retired fathers, embarrassed to show her face in New York again for a while. Rachel eventually returned, begging for a job at Body Formations, and she did grunt work for about six months but she quit to return to the theater. She spent a little time in an off-Broadway revival of Evita, which gained a little notoriety, but eventually closed.
Kurt hated that Blaine had left the company so soon after he helped set it up, but he wanted Blaine to follow his dreams. He was scared at one point that once Blaine became famous, those dreams would no longer include him. However, they had been going strong for six years now, married for three of those years, after Blaine proposed before he went on tour.
Last year, things changed for them again when Blaine decided that he wanted to make songwriting his full-time job, which he could do at home while he cared for their first child, Elizabeth. She was currently out in the audience being held by Burt, who had made a full recovery and moved to upstate New York, after deciding not to run for congress again. It turned out that he was an even better grandfather than he was a father. Actually, Kurt was going to deliver the news tonight to Burt and Carole that Anderson-Hummel number two was going to be born next spring, thanks to a surrogate named Quinn.
As Kurt thought about all of the amazing things that had happened in his life over the past five years, he found that he could hardly sit still. Which was good, because it was almost time for him to go out there. He was about to live his dream. He was going to present a line of clothing that incorporated shapewear into the actual garment so that it didn't have to exist as separate pieces or hide under other garments. The pieces were as vibrant and beautiful as the people who helped him design them, including Blaine and Elizabeth, who were the most beautiful of all.
He heard the song that started it all come to a close as Blaine finished performing. He had been invited as a special musical guest to perform 'Perfectly Imperfect' for the company he had written it for, although Kurt and the rest of the world knew that that song belonged to Kurt. As Blaine sang, Kurt peered through the curtain with pride as his very talented husband played their song for him. That was the best way he could describe his life now. Perfectly imperfect. And he didn't want it any other way.
