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A/N: Sorry for the long wait but real life really kicked me in the arse so I never had time to write the epilogue but IT'S FINALLY HERE!
Epilogue: Perfect
Sebastian suddenly jerks out of his dream. Taking a moment to orient himself, he sees himself lounging in a chair, legs spread out with the photo album splayed across his chest. Sebastian rubs the last remnants of sleep from his eyes before nestling back comfortably in the chair. Taking a deep breath, he goes back to what he was doing before sleep sneakily overtook him.
Looking through the album.
Sebastian always liked going through it chronologically, reliving through the beginning and heading onwards to the present/future.
Sebastian can't help the small chuckle he lets out at seeing the first page. It was a photo of the calender Kurt gave him. He never thought he could ever be fond of being called a meerkat. Seeing the heart around the "1" always made his heart flutter as well. It signified the beginning of his life with Kurt.
Sebastian skimmed through several more pages. Dates, school dances, home activities, places they visited. They were all in there. Being too engrossed in the memories, he missed the sound of the front door opening and closing. Soon enough, arms were wrapping themselves around Sebastian's shoulders. He tilted his head back, eyes meeting that of Kurt's.
"Hi," Kurt greets with a smile.
"Hi. I missed you," Sebastian states breathily, feeling himself getting lost in those captivating eyes of blue, green, and grey.
Rolling his eyes playfully and placing a light kiss to Sebastian's forehead, Kurt moves himself to occupy the empty chair next to Sebastian's. "I was only gone for thirty minutes. An hour at most. The fridge doesn't restock itself, you know?" Placing his hand over Sebastian's, fingers soon intertwine. "I see that you're looking at the album again."
"Like I said, I missed you," Sebastian defended himself. It was true though. Any chance he got, he would always drift towards the bookshelf and pull it out to flip through the pictures. "Come here."
Kurt raises a curious eyebrow at him but understands when he sees Sebastian shift more towards one side of his chair. Kurt gets up and wiggles himself into the tight space made for him. An arm soon wraps around his waist as the album is placed between the both of them.
When Kurt looks down to see which part Sebastian was up to, Kurt frowns slightly. It depicted Sebastian triumphantly holding up a frosted cupcake, flour coating his hands, hair, and apron. Thee cupcake was made as a small gift a day before his birthday. It was the last picture taken before his accident the next day, which meant the next picture wouldn't be till a little more than a year later.
Kurt glances toward Sebastian then back to the album as he flips through the rest of the photos. Of the night Sebastian proposed. Their respective graduation ceremonies and celebrations. Promotion celebrations. Several on Kurt organizing for the wedding. Kurt swears he did not become the male equivalent of a bridezilla but Sebastian knew better. That poor wedding planner. Kurt definitely ripped her a new one... Selected few of photos from their wedding. They had a whole album specifically dedicated to that wonderful day. Photos of them on their honeymoon in Paris and Hawaii.
"I can't believe we've been married for five years. Time sure does fly by," Kurt states, turning towards Sebastian with a smile. His smile falters when he see sadness flit across his husband's eyes as he stares at the album, if only for a second. "What's wrong?"
Sebastian sighs deeply, rubbing his free hand across his face while the one still wrapped around Kurt's waist tightens. Abandoning the photo album for now, Sebastian turns his focus towards Kurt. He gives a tight smile before sighing again. "I never told you this before but I guess now is better than never."
Intrigued, Kurt shifts closer, eyes still trained on his husband signaling him to go on.
"After your accident, I thought I lost you forever. You forgetting me...it was unbearable," Sebastian reveals as tears start to pool in his eyes but blinks rapidly to keep them at bay. "When you remembered Blaine, I thought I lost. I remember how in love you were with him so I didn't stand a chance. Who would choose me when the epitome of dapper, prince charming was an option?"
"Bas...," Kurt whispers, wanting to comfort Sebastian but he was cut off from doing so.
"The year that I was apart from you in Cali, I was going insane. I thought that living across the country would give me some form of relief but who was I kidding? You were my life Kurt and without you, it was meaningless. How could I continue living?"
"Did you...," Kurt interrupted but not having the strength to finish the question, fearing something horrible.
"No. Of course not," Sebastian firmly states causing relief to flow through Kurt's body. "I could never do that because somewhere in my brain and heart still held hope for some reason. I couldn't help checking up on you through Facebook..."
"Creeper," Kurt sing-songed with a teasing smirk, nuzzling his forehead into Sebastian's warm neck.
"Shut up. As I was saying," Sebastian huffs with chuckle, "I just needed to know how you were doing. Even if I wasn't happy, I wanted to make sure you were even though Blaine was the cause of it. Seeing you the next day I came back was like a slap in the face. Here you were, handsome as ever, maybe even more, and still the love of my life. I was utterly ecstatic to hear the falling out between you two that I couldn't help but ask you to come over for dinner. And you know the rest."
Kurt slowly nods but he still didn't get his answer. "So why did you look unhappy before? Aren't you happy?"
"Of course I am. It's just...," Sebastian takes a deep breath as he closes his eyes. Soon enough, he opens them again. "It's just when you said time just passes by, it reminded me of that year that we were apart. A year that was wasted. I don't want to waste any more of them. I'm just scared you're going to waste more with me."
"Sweetie...," Kurt says with a frown, placing a hand gently on Sebastian's cheek to place a firm kiss on his lips. "This life that we have, its everything that I've wanted. I know my accident has been hard on you but its in the past now. I'm here, with you, forever and always. Nothing will be wasted as long as I'm with you. I love you so much."
"I love you too. So. Very. Much," Sebastian punctuated with a kiss to each of Kurt's cheeks and then one firmly on his lips.
When they eventually break apart for air, Kurt rubs his thumb back and forth across Sebastian's cheek with a smile. "Well I hope so. Cause I'm not leaving anytime soon. I hope your life is very meaningful now since you have me, friends, and our..."
Before Kurt could finish, the front door swung open, bouncing back loudly from the impact of the wall. "Papa! Daddy!" a tiny voice called out as they heard light footsteps running towards the two. "Daddy! Papa! There you are!"
"Oomph," Kurt grunts as extra weight is unceremoniously placed on his lap as their three year old daughter jumps and scurries onto it. "How's my little princess?"
"Very energetic," a breathless voice behind them answers.
Sebastian sheepishly turns his toward the source of the voice, "Thanks for babysitting Lizzie for a while, Rachel. I just wanted some alone time with Kurt."
Rachel dismissively waves her hand with a tired smile and points towards the door with her thumb, signaling her departure. Only until he hears the door click shut, Sebastian turns back to his daughter. "Elizabeth Olivia Hummel-Smythe, did you give your Aunty Rachel a hard time?"
Elizabeth presses her cheek into Kurt's chest and pouts, "It's not my fault she's slow, daddy. Uncle Brody is faster."
Sebastian gives her a stern look before chuckling, pushing the hairs that fell in front of her face back into place. "How's my baby's day been?"
Elizabeth replaces her pout with a smile, stretching her tiny arm to place it in Sebastian's hand, "Good! I missed you and Papa though. You?"
"Perfect," Sebastian immediately answers. He turns towards Kurt whose attention has turned back onto the album, showing Elizabeth the first sonogram photo of herself, soon flipping to the picture Sebastian took of the million of bags filled with baby clothes Kurt bought. Soon after that, it was a photo taken of Kurt and Sebastian gingerly holding their newly born daughter with wide smiles on their faces. Many more pictures of the three of them followed, all filled with love and happiness. "Just perfect."
Holy crap! I finally finished this fic! I know it's a short epilogue but its the best I could physically do. I hoped you guys enjoyed the conclusion to Lost Time and enjoyed the fic as a whole. Thanks to all those who favorited and followed it/me. I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.
Once again, thank you. :]