Crash into me:

Disclaimer: I do not own Glee ... or a dragon.

Chapter 5:

By some strange twist of luck the sky was clear as Kurt looked outside the cave, taking a quick pause from gathering his things into the pack. Outside the entrance to the cave Niveus was pacing back and forth, her wings unfurling and sending small flurries of snow everywhere.

Back inside the cave Blaine was curled up in the blanket, his eyes following Kurt's movements. He had offered to help but Kurt quickly assured him it wasn't necessary. That was only partly true, Blaine had woken up that morning with coughs racking his body, and eyes duller than Kurt had ever seen them. Kurt didn't want to risk anything, it was better if Blaine saved his strength.

Once everything was put away, Kurt checked the cave once more startling slightly when Blaine's hand came out to weakly grab his waist.

"Kurt … I-" A cough cut him off and he nearly doubled over with the intensity of it, his face curling in pain.

Sinking to his knees Kurt held out his canteen and helped Blaine take a few small sips, his own heart beating quickly with fear. "Oh Blaine."

A small smile was all the curly haired boy could manage, a few seconds later he was able to find his voice again. "Kurt, I really care about you, and I need you to promise me something."

"Anything."

"I need you to promise me that you will make it home … with or without me. Promise that you won't let me keep you from returning to Audentia, I'm not worth throwing away your position as King."

Regretting what he just said Kurt tried to control his emotions, not wanting Blaine to feel even worse than he probably already did. One part of him wanted to scream in anger at everything that happened to Blaine, everything that made him doubt he could make it or was worth it to Kurt. The other part wanted to cry. That part seemed to win as a tear ran down his cheek.

Shaking his head and taking a breath Kurt managed to form words, "Blaine you are worth it. You are going to make it, we are going to make it, okay?"

Blaine could only manage a small nod but that was enough for Kurt and a small smile broke out across his face.

"Good, and no I can't promise that, because I will never lie to you Blaine. I'm not throwing away my position and we will make it back. Well … we will if we leave soon."

They both laughed at that and with a lot of effort on both their parts Blaine was able to stand and limp his way to Niveus who ducked her neck so he could climb on. It was a process, but eventually Blaine was settled on her back. With one last look around to make sure nothing was left, Kurt climbed on behind Blaine.

"Ready to finish this?" He asked, wrapping his arms around Blaine's waist.

Leaning back into Kurt's chest Blaine replied, "I'm ready."

Feeling bold Kurt leaned forward and kissed Blaine's cheek, thankful that his blush was masked by the flush on his cheeks from the cold. Blaine squeezed his hand and that was enough for Kurt to know he returned the feelings.

Determined to complete his task and make it home Kurt reached out with one hand and patted Niveus' neck, "Alright girl, let's do this."

"Promise me you will be safe." There was so much desperation in Blaine's voice as he looked down at Kurt who was standing on the ground by Niveus' shoulder. They had just landed and a few feet away was the entrance to the mountain cave where the stones were.

It seemed like a lot of promises had been made but Kurt knew he would do whatever it took to make this one come true, "I promise."

Their eyes, unspoken words passing between them. Reaching up Kurt cupped Blaine's face pulling it down so he could press their lips together. They both exhaled shakily as some of the hesitance was lost and their lips moved with more pressure.

Pulling back Kurt committed the image of Blaine into his mind. Curls hanging out from his hood, lips red, and hazel eyes still dull but with a new spark of life. "I'll be back."

"You better be."

Giving in Kurt moved forward again and kissed Blaine one last time before he sank back to his feet and turned, running into the cave, not allowing himself to look back for fear that he wouldn't leave.

Blaine watched him go before tightening the blanket around him, still smiling. "Wow." He didn't say it very loud but apparently Niveus heard him because she turned her head and looked at him over his shoulder.

"What?"

She snorted, a puff of warm air sending a small cloud between them and Blaine swore he saw her eyes roll. Leaning down, mindful of his injured leg, Blaine wrapped his arms around her neck. Careful of the boy on her back Niveus turned in a half circle until they were both facing the cave before lowering her body and settling down into the snow to wait. Focusing his eyes on the cave and taking a steady breath after steady breath, Blaine waited for Kurt, trying to keep from slipping into the black that he could feel clawing at the edges of his consciousness.

Kurt's mind still couldn't wrap around the fact that he had kissed Blaine. Actually kissed him! It was impulsive, and probably not the smartest thing to do but as soon as Blaine's lips moved against his own Kurt had no regrets whatsoever.

It took all his self-will to focus on the task at hand. He needed to find a stone. Once he found a stone and they made it back home, then he could focus on his relationship –he hoped it was the start of a relationship- with Blaine. Now though he need to focus.

His footsteps echoed off the stone walls around him and he skidded to a stop reaching out blindly to catch his balance. Thankfully he managed to catch himself in time. The rocky ground dropped off, a straight fall down at least fifty feet. At the bottom Kurt could see the small pile of stones as the limited light in the cave caught the jewels.

At first Kurt was about to turn around and give up, it seemed impossible, there was no way he would survive jumping that far and even if he made it down there was no way to get back up. Looking around desperately he saw a route down that just might work. A few misplaced boulders were sticking out of the side of the wall, if he jumped down between them he could make it down and then climb back up.

Not taking a second to think about it Kurt ran to the drop off and lowered his body down, holding his breath as he let go until a second later his boots hit the stone and he fell to his knees. It took him at least twenty minutes to make it down, all he could think of was Blaine –beautiful, sweet, kissable Blaine- waiting outside, coughing and in pain, waiting for Kurt to get back. Once his feet hit the cold ground at the bottom he ran forward grabbing the first stone he could and tucked it into the pocket on his shirt. He did up the bottom as he ran back to the rock wall and began to climb back up.

With one last surge of energy Kurt pulled his body over the lip of the stone, he wanted nothing more than to lie there for a minutes and catch his breath but he needed to keep moving. Blaine. He needed to make it out of the cave and then they could head home, he could rest once he was on the back of Niveus with Blaine, flying towards Audentia.

Scrambling to his feet Kurt ran as fast as he could out of the cave, breathing a sigh of relief when he saw that Niveus was still there, a blanket covered form on her back that could only be Blaine.

"Blaine!" Kurt shouted, running forward and pulling back the blanket. "Blaine! I'm back, we can leave."

But Blaine didn't move.

"Blaine?!" Kurt was on the edge of hysterics as he tilted Blaine's face towards him, the hazel eyes still hidden by his eyelids that were closed. "Oh my god. Blaine? Blaine please say something!"

No reply.

Wracking his brain for an idea, Kurt tore off his mittens and pulled Blaine's hood back. His fingers ghosted the warm skin of Blaine's neck until he found a pulse. He breathed a small sigh of relief was he felt Blaine's pulse beneath his fingers. It was steady, weak but steady. Blaine was alive.

Ramming the mittens back on his hands Kurt jumped back onto Niveus and pulled Blaine's unconscious body to his chest. Not waiting for Kurt's instructions Niveus took one look back to make sure Kurt was sitting before she took off into the sky, headed straight for Audentia.

Kurt wasn't sure how much time has passed, it could have been a few minutes, hours even days. The exhaustion crashed down on him but he refused to fall asleep, he couldn't. Blaine hadn't woken up, but his pulse remained the same, thankfully not weakening but Kurt was still terrified.

He repeatedly whispered into the other boy's ear hoping that maybe something he said would rouse Blaine from unconsciousness, "Please Blaine, stay with me … I love you". It was true, he had never been surer of anything, he just hated that he didn't say it before.

More time passed but Kurt didn't notice, holding Blaine close he replayed their kiss, their conversations in the cave, the times when they would catch each other staring and look away, falling asleep shoulder to shoulder. He was pulled from his thoughts as Niveus started to fly lower and they passed through the cloud cover. The light was weak, Kurt assumed it was early morning, but it was enough for him to see his mountainside kingdom up ahead.

"We are almost there Blaine, please stay with me." The words were said in a hush as Kurt tightened his grip on the boy.

Audentia grew closer until finally -finally- Niveus was circling down towards the town square. Too occupied with holding Blaine, Kurt didn't notice the cheers that sounded from the town people below, or see his parents and sister running to the edge of the crowd that was gathering to welcome him back.

As soon as Niveus' talons hit the frozen ground Kurt was sliding off the back of Niveus. He saw his parents rushing to him and he whispered one last 'I love you' in Blaine's ear before his mother was by his side and gently pried Blaine from his arms. The townspeople had collapsed in on them trying to catch a glimpse of what was going on.

"Please help him! Please!" Kurt begged to his mother, his voice was scratchy and barely audible over the sounds around them. He stumbled, tripping over his unsteady legs and nearly falling to the ground before his father's arms caught his limp body and he let the blackness take over.

AN: One more chapter and then a short epilogue left! Thanks again, you are all wonderful! :)