"That's not my name."

"Okay, would you like to tell us your real name then?" Cooper replied carefully.

"I..I'm not sure, but I think it's Blaine." The boy said quietly, staring into the floor as if it was the most interesting thing in the world.

"B- Blaine?" Kurt stuttered, looking to Blaine with wide eyes filled with tears.

"Everything you said, it makes sense. I don't remember anything about George when I was really little. What you said about your friend going missing. Me being told he was just a figment of my imagination. He lied to me, Kurt. He told me he loved me, he told me I was Jake." Blaine tried to explain, he then felt the arm around his shoulders tighten before he was fully in the arms of the police officer.

"I knew it, B. I knew it. Those fucking eyebrows and those stupid bright eyes of yours, I could never fucking forget them. It couldn't have been you, I thought you were..you were supposed to be-"

"'Oop?" Blaine interrupted quietly, placing his hands on the man's back to hug him in return.

"Yeah, B. It's Coop. You never could say it right, squirt." Cooper chuckled through his tears. "You have no idea how much I missed your voice. Damn it, Blaine. You're here, I can't believe you're here!" He laughed as he picked the younger boy up and hugged him even closer to his chest. He set Blaine back on the ground and let go of him, only to grab his face in his hands. "You grew up to be quite the heart breaker, baby brother." Cooper then placed a light kiss on Blaine's forehead. "It's great to see you, B. I've missed you. You know who else missed you?"

"Mom and Dad? Are they okay? Where are they?" Blaine questioned with a slightly scared voice, being reunited with his brother was one thing, but meeting his parents again for the first time after so many years..he wasn't sure he was ready for it yet. They hadn't been his parents for so long, so many things had happened. He was no longer their baby boy, he was corrupted by the man who he had believed was his father.

"Dad's in a bit of trouble right now, but Mom's just a phone call away. They never stopped looking for you, they knew you were out there somewhere. Here, I'll go call her and have her come over."

"I can't see them!" Blaine cried out, pulling Cooper back with a bruising grip on his wrist

. "Okay, okay. I won't call, I won't. Not if you don't want me to."

"Please Coop, you can't. I'm not theirs anymore. I'm not their Blaine." He whispered as tears began falling from his eyes. Cooper pulled the boy in for another hug, smoothing down the boy's curls and brushing his hand across his back trying to sooth him.

"It's going to be okay, B. We're going to be a family again, the monster who did this won't get away with it. I promise." Cooper whispered pulling away from Blaine and guiding the boy back toward the chair next to Kurt. "You stay with Kurt for now, okay? I need to let another officer come talk to you guys while I handle some things, procedure and all that shit. I'll be right back, Blaine." He said with one last tussle to the boy's hair before leaving the room.

Cooper closed the door of the interview room and slid down slowly to rest his face on his knees, his brother was back, but he wasn't Blaine anymore. He was a broken teen who had been abused for so long it became normal. Some bastard stole his little brother and had done unspeakable amounts of things to him. He could stop the tears from falling, the strong knott in his stomach made him rush toward the small garbage can near him, he emptied his guts until there was nothing left, but he still gagged at the thought of what the man may have done to Blaine. As Cooper wiped his mouth, he began to stand. He could see Blaine curled up into Kurt's neck as Kurt was speaking into his ear, Cooper didn't know what he was saying and the moment became to personal to watch as the boys kissed lightly. The only person Blaine seemed to trust fully is Kurt, he didn't want to intrude upon their moment together even without their knowledge. He walked back to his desk and sagged into his desk chair as he stared at the photos on his desk. Blaine was the baby in their family, he was the one they all strived to protect. When they had failed to do just that, Cooper had a hard time getting over it. He never did, the pain had just lessened over time. When he had his own little girl, he wanted to run. He was just so scared of hurting this precious baby, failing to protect it as he did his own brother..the fear nearly crippled him. But as soon as she opened her eyes and stared at him with the same exact eyes that Blaine had, he knew he could never let her go. Cooper got up in a hurry and passed of the other officers, telling him to go sit with Kurt and Blaine and try to get as much information as possible without making his brother uncomfortable. He then continued rushing toward the door.

"Hey man! Where are you going?"

"I have to go see my little girl." When Cooper arrived back at his apartment, he began climbing the stairs two at a time. He reached the door and opened it silently. Toeing his shoes off and sneaking across the hardwood floor toward the nursery, looking in he found not only his wife, but his mother too. Sophia was holding the newborn in her arms, rubbing her nose against the small child's.

"Well hello there, three of the most beautiful women in one room. What a pleasant surprise for a hard working man like me." He spoke as he wiggled his eyebrows at his daughter. "Com'ere kid, Daddy wants to say hi." Cooper continued as he took the child from his mother's hands, kissing her gently on the cheek with a soft, "Hi, Ma". And as he moved away he looked at the small child in his arms. "And hello my little heart breaker. I'm going to have to watch out when you're older if you keep smiling like that, Miss Maeva. You'll have everyone lined up and down the block just to see it, I'd like to believe that you just smile at me because I'm your favourite because come on, it's me. Who doesn't love me, huh? Huh?" He spoke in a light voice that slowly fell into a babying voice as he placed large messy kisses on her cheeks. Maeva began giggling, swinging her small fist around in happiness and grabbing at Cooper's hair. He let her cling to the front of his hair that had been dangling on his forehead and turned to his wife with a small smile across his face, he still couldn't believe he had settled down and now had an apartment with his new baby girl and the most perfect woman he'd ever known.

"Hi honey, I'm home." Cooper said in a husky voice, it had always been their little inside joke.

"I'm so glad, I've awaited for my fair and just prince to make it back home to me." Annie replied with a low voice, trying to mock Cooper's tone. This only made a huge grin spread across his face.

"I've missed you." He whispered before he kissed her chastely on the lips and resting his forehead against hers.

"You okay, baby?" She worried.

"Yeah, just a case. Hit pretty close to home, so I just need to see you guys. Just to make sure."

"Make sure of what, Coop?"

"That you're safe, I can't lose you two. I love you." Cooper replied, moving closer to Annie so that Maeva was snuggled tightly against both of them. Annie's face turned up to look at Cooper with a worried expression. She knew that something must have really spooked him, the only time he'd previously came home like this is when he had to work the string of murders of women who looked suspiciously a lot like Annie, he'd come home everyday early and just hold her after texting and calling every hour or so.

"We're safe, babe. We're not going anywhere, she's not going anywhere." Annie whispered into the man's ear. She pulled away to see a couple tears fall from his eyes and quickly absorb into his shirt.

Sophia sat awkwardly in the corner of the nursery, the rest of the family were sharing quite a personal moment and had forgotten that she was here. She gathered her purse and carded her fingers through Cooper's hair and patted Annie's shoulder as a goodbye and walked out of the room. Sophia sometimes wondered how Cooper was a detective in law enforcement, he was always a sensitive child, but she knew it was stemmed from the loss of Blaine. Cooper had been so torn up, at one point even worse than Mark and she had been. Cooper had a lot of issues after Blaine was taken, he had a lot of counseling for the things that happened, but thankfully he seemed more stable now with Annie and Maeva. Sophia only hoped that whatever had upset him went away quickly, she hated seeing her remaining son's confident and fun personality flicker back to the depressed boy he had been all those years ago.

Kurt sat with Blaine as he told the other officer everything he had Cooper and more, even more personal details. Blaine felt numb, his entire body tingling with white noise. The words spilling from his mouth covered every single bad memory of George. He wouldn't speak of the good ones, those were personal, those were his happy memories. As much as he hated George now that he realized what he'd done all those years, he still loved him in a way. He wasn't all bad, for the most part Blaine felt like he was a good man. Dancing around the kitchen laughing like fools, the knowing smiles cast across rooms, when George would pepper his face in kisses proclaiming his love over and over. It was real for him, but those things don't matter to these people, they wanted even more things to hold against the man.

"That's it, I think. Other than getting mad and yelling over some stupid things, but I highly doubt you can lay charges on someone for being angry over dinner not being made right." Blaine said bluntly, turning his head to look at Kurt.

"I wanna go home, I'm a bit tired." Kurt looked surprised by the fact that he still wanted to go home.

"Blaine, what about-"

"Just take me home, Kurt. It won't be mine for much longer. Just give me the night, okay?" Blaine interrupted quietly.

"Okay, can we leave?" Kurt answered, then directed toward the officer. "Yeah, but Blaine, if anything happens before morning - make sure you call us."

"Yeah, I've got it." Blaine whispered as he got up and headed out of the police station, Kurt following quickly behind.

"I can't believe they can't arrest him tonight, you gave your statement. And they have to wait for stupid trivial things. The justice system needs some serious work if you ask me."

"I didn't ask you." Blaine whispered, staring at his feet as he sped up slightly.

"What?" Kurt asked, he was confused about why Blaine would say such a thing.

"I didn't ask you, Kurt. You came into my life guns blazing and now I'm having charges pressed against the only father I ever knew, okay? I didn't think this through, as much as it hurts to know he lied and has done some bad things..he's my dad. I love him and he loves me. He's a good man, Kurt. And now..now I have tonight, just tonight, to say goodbye after my entire life being spent with him. It sucks and I'd really just like it if you let me have tonight without feeling like a complete mental case for wanting it. I just need this to be as easy as possible. I'm not going to have family for awhile, I'll be alone. I'm going to look at my own mother and father and they'll be strangers. I need my dad, even if it's just for the night." Blaine ranted, repeatedly running his hands through his hair and flinging his arms out to try and make a point. Kurt's expression faded from confusion to sadness.

"Blaine, I'm sorry. I - I can't forget nor forgive that monster for doing those things to you. You may love him, but I don't have to." Blaine began walking backward from the teen.

"I know, Kurt. Just..not tonight. I need to be with him tonight. I'll call..text you or something later. Goodnight, Kurt." Blaine said gruffly, spinning around and jogging down the street and around the corner. Kurt only hoped that nothing bad would happen during the time Blaine was away from him, he couldn't bare if anything happened again.