Drabble #3: New York
Kurt always loved New York. It was amazing to him; all the theater, and fashion, and art. It was the place he wanted to be able to make it to when he grew older, instead of being stuck in Lima, Ohio, where culture was the equivalent of ordering salsa off the menu because it's found in Mexico.
New York was the place for people of individuality who wanted to be somewhere in the world. Kurt had that individuality. Before he met Blaine, Kurt didn't think he could be happy, truly happy, until he made it to New York. Lima was just the place for people who wanted to waste away their life. He didn't think anyone in Lima was particularly interesting. They all had the same set of ideals and the same ways of thinking.
This was, until Blaine came into his life. Suddenly, Lima, Ohio looked a lot more interesting. The boring old movie theaters that played the same movies half the year were fun again as they had been when he was little. Blaine distracted him-of course-from whatever old movie was playing on the screen. Joking around until someone actually turned to them to tell them to shut up. And shut up they did, for the next few minutes until Blaine remembered something from last week that he absolutely had to tell Kurt.
Even the Lima, Ohio park; littered with trash and barren of grass was new, because Blaine always had a game they would play that seemed stupid or childish until they spent hours enthralled with it, while resting against the scratchy bark of the maple trees until their backs were so sore they had to stand up to stretch. It was really funny in a way; Kurt had never been an outdoors kind of person before.
So maybe with Blaine Lima could be OK, not perfect really, but better. That was what Kurt thought until he saw that New York had passed gay marriage. They celebrated; a lot. They stayed up until it was morning, and yes, Kurt might have snuck downstairs to where Blaine was sleeping to curl up next to him on the tiny couch, but it was strictly only for body heat purposes.
Peace & Love, BeautifullyLovely.