A/N: At Ethel's funeral, we had Marvin promise he'd be at Kurt's first show. We were going to include that, and then decided it worked better to focus on Kurt and Sebastian at the premiere.
Kurt walked into the foyer with a group of co-stars. His hair was damp, his face pink and freshly scrubbed, but he had donned his black and white striped pants and a purple jacket, just in case. Personally, he felt like nothing took away the magic of a good show like seeing its stars walk out of the theatre in sweatpants.
He exchanged air-kisses with the others, and they went their separate ways. Kurt saw Sebastian from across the foyer and smiled. Before he could go to him, an old friend stepped between them. He was accompanied by a little greying lady, who was holding a huge bouquet of pink tulips. They both looked their Sunday best.
"Hey kiddo," the elderly gentleman said.
"Marvin!" Kurt let out in surprise. He gasped and put a hand over his heart. "Annette!"
He'd left a message on Marvin's machine when he got the part, but he hadn't thought they'd actually come.
"Hello Kurt," Ethel's sister said. "Congratulations. You were wonderful!" She offered him the flowers.
"Hope you like pink, Nettie picked them," Marvin added, rolling his eyes a little. "I told her guys don't like pink but does she ever listen?"
"Everyone likes pink, Marv. And they were Ethel's favourites, she'd wanted to be here too."
Kurt nodded and beamed at them. He took the bouquet, feeling too moved to say anything.
"You did a great job, Kurt," Marvin said. "It was a real treat."
"Thank you," Kurt said softly. "I don't know what to say...it means a lot to me that you came."
"Wouldn't have missed it," Marvin replied. "How are you, Kurt? Are you happy?"
Kurt swallowed and glanced over their heads at Sebastian, who was awaiting his turn patiently. "I am," he said honestly. "I have a new job and I broke up with Blaine…"
"Ha! Good. I never liked that little pisher. I can say that now, right?" Marvin said.
"Marv," Annette chided, shaking her head. "Are you seeing someone else?"
"Yes," Kurt said, smiling softly.
"That lovely young man who brought a rose for Ethel?" Annette asked kindly.
Kurt nodded.
"Ah, I thought so," Marvin said. "He sat in front of us. He was quite loud, you know." He had a teasing glint in his eyes.
"And he's very tall," Annette added. "Marv and I had to switch seats otherwise I wouldn't have seen a thing!" She winked at Kurt. "But you know what they say about tall men..."
Kurt blushed, not sure what to say. He focused back on them. "How are you holding up, Marvin?" he asked carefully.
Marvin shrugged. "I do ok. There's this gal at bingo who's making eyes at me but I gotta say, Kurt - she's no Ethel, you know? So I'm only low-key interested, as you kids say. Of course Nettie would love to have me out of her hair-"
"Oh, shut up, Marv. You know I like having you come around," Annette protested.
"Yeah, she likes cooking, I like eating. It works," Marvin said.
Kurt chuckled.
"Anyway, we know there's more people here who want to talk to you," Marvin said, nodding his head towards where Sebastian stood and giving Kurt a sly smile, "so we're gonna get ourselves a cab home. Oh! But before I forget-" Marvin leaned a little closer and patted Kurt on the shoulder.
"Our whole bingo group is coming on the Sunday Matinee, so you might wanna tell the bistro to stock up on some soft Pretzels or something."
"Marv bullied them all into it," Annette added, grinning.
"I did not! All I said was that it was Ethel's last wish. You should have seen those faces, eh he he he." He winked at Kurt. "If life deals you tragedies, you might as well use them to your advantage. Remember that, my boy."
Kurt felt caught somewhere between a laugh and a sob, but he nodded. "Thank you."
He shook Marvin's hand and accepted a hug from Annette, and walked them to the door of the theatre, where Sebastian stood.
Sebastian held his arms out to Kurt as he approached and enveloped him into a hug, picking him up and swinging him round a little. Kurt knew Marvin and Annette were probably watching them but he had nothing to hide. He kissed Sebastian's lips.
"That was amazing baby," Sebastian said, holding Kurt tight. "You were incredible!"