Love in the Air
AN: Hello! So a note about this chapter, there are a few time jumps. Also a heads up, next chapter is the last one and then an epilogue! I can't believe it's almost over :')
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Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, Modern Family, American Airlines, or anything else that looks familiar. All mistakes are mine.
Chapter 25:
October 30th 2019:
There was a soft knock on the door and Kurt shouted a quick 'come in' before he stood up and tried to take calming breaths as he studied his expression in the mirror.
Kurt had been so absorbed that he didn't notice Blaine enter the dressing room until a familiar pair of strong, muscular arms wound around his waist. Kurt jumped, startled at first before he relaxed back into Blaine's hold, resting his head on Blaine's shoulder.
Neither of them spoke, Kurt continued to try and keep his breathing steady as he ran over the stage notes that Phil had given him after their final rehearsal the night before. Blaine held him close, occasionally pressing kisses to the exposed skin on Kurt's neck, mindful of the stage makeup that was plastered on Kurt's face.
"Ten minutes until curtain call! Actors! Be in position in five minutes! I repeat, five minutes!" Aaron, the stage manager's voice rang out through the small room over the speakers.
Kurt tensed in Blaine's arms, his heart rate picking up and it felt like his voice was stuck in his throat. In ten minutes the musical would begin. Movie stars, local celebrities and acclaimed play reviewers would all be in the audience along with his family and friends. What was even more nerve wracking, was that almost everyone else in the play was a seasoned actor. The man playing the father of Kurt's character had already won two Tony's and an Oscar. The most impressive credit on Kurt's performing resume was winning Show Choir Nationals and graduating from NYADA.
"Hey," Blaine said soothingly, bringing Kurt out of his thoughts. He spun Kurt around in his arms so they were facing each other and his face softened seeing Kurt's wide eyes which also held a spark of excitement and determination. "You can do this okay? You've been rehearsing for almost four months. Sometimes I feel like I'm dating Levi instead of Kurt."
Kurt cracked a smile and swatted Blaine's shoulder.
"But in all seriousness Kurt, the only people who should be freaking out right now are the people in the audience, because you are going to kill this thing."
Blaine leaned in and gently pressed his lips to Kurt's, pulling back before either of them could deepen the kiss. "I love you," Kurt whispered after taking a shaky breath.
"I love you too." Blaine replied.
A quick knock sounded from the door before Jeff's head peeked in, "Had to make sure you were both decent." He explained walking further into the room, Nick right behind him.
Kurt seemed to relax a little more at the sight of his Tyler. Nick was the only other actor in the play who didn't have an extensive acting record and multiple awards to his name but even Nick had more acting and performing experience than Kurt did.
Nick, like Kurt was dressed in costume. Kurt was wearing a pair of tight black skinny jeans and black converse along with a form fitting blue and green flannel shirt that had the first two buttons undone showing his chest. Nick was dressed in dark blue jeans, black dress shoes, and a light blue button up shirt with an unbuttoned black blazer on top. While not their usual choices of clothing, the outfits were perfect for both characters.
Jeff and Blaine were wearing black suits; Blaine had a bowtie while Jeff had opted for a skinny black tie. After the musical was over there was a press junket which included a red carpet. Nick and Kurt's suits were hanging in their dressing rooms for after the show.
"Actors please move to your opening positions!" Aaron's voice rang over the speakers again, breaking the silence in the room.
"Well, I guess it's show time." Nick said, giving a nervous smile which made Jeff roll his eyes.
Blaine gave Kurt's hand a squeeze whispering "good luck" and "I love you" as Jeff did the same with Nick and then they were gone.
A split second later, a stage hand was at Kurt's door frantically rambling into her headset as she ushered Kurt and Nick down the hall and towards the back stage area.
The lights in the theater were just starting to go down when Jeff and Blaine made it to the row of seats that were reserved for the family and friends of Nick and Kurt. Blaine made his way down the row to his seat between Santana and Carole. Jeff's seat was next to Eric and Nick's mom.
Burt, Carole, Finn and Rachel had flown out along with Justin and Melody to see the show. Nick's parents had driven down from the vineyard and Nick's sister and her family had flown in from Seattle.
As the lights turned off and a hush fell over the crowd, Carole reached over and grabbed Blaine's hand in her own giving him a smile before they both turned their attention to the stage.
The curtains slowly opened revealing an empty and black stage. A second later a spotlight illuminated center stage where Kurt was standing.
"Love….there are many images, events, people, places and connotations that such a simple, four letter word carries." Kurt took a step forward, clearly in character; he was no longer Kurt, but Levi. "Love … something that binds two hearts together. There are many forms of love. The romantic love, which sits deep in your stomach, fluttering to the surface when you see that special someone. The love you have for family, your brothers, sister, cousins, aunts and uncles. Those who share your blood, or those you wish did."
The audience gave a small laugh at that line before falling silent again.
"Then there is love for your friends, for your coworkers, your pets, that old high school sweatshirt you still have despite the numerous holes now present. But then there is a love that is the first one we experience. The love of a mother, father, mothers or fathers."
Kurt paused on stage and a second later Nick appeared at his side, a second light falling on his shoulders. "This is love that we want to give to a child," he glanced at Kurt and they grasped hands, "but because of this love," he held up their joined hands, "we can't or at least people are trying to keep it from us."
Kurt took over from there, "This is our story. The story of our love, and the love that we want to share with a child. There are many difficulties, tears, and joys along the way."
"But we keep trying, moving forward until we can finally hold that child in our arms, our son or daughter." Nick said.
"We are one of the few, one of the few that fight, one of the few that love, and one of the few that never give up hope." The lights dimmed as Kurt's voice echoed in the theater and then the play began.
As soon as the crowd finished the standing ovation there was a huge rush out of the theater. Blaine and Jeff had to get backstage along with Burt, Carole, and Nick's parents and Eric for the red carpet. Rachel was also going with them since she was now a famous Broadway performer and expected to make an appearance. Santana and Finn were going to meet them inside the party and Nick's sister and her husband were taking the kids back to Nick and Jeff's apartment where they were staying.
It took them all fifteen minutes to finally make their way through the crowd and to the backstage door. They showed their passes and were allowed back. Blaine led the way to Kurt's dressing room with Burt and Carole trailing behind him.
Blaine had barely finished knocking on the door before it swung open and Kurt flew into his arms, already dressed in his suit. There wasn't much time for congratulations so they shared a quick kiss before Kurt was hugging his dad and Carole. Three minutes later Nick walked down the hall, hand intertwined with Jeff's, and his parents and Eric following. Eric gave them all a quick speech about what to expect as they made their way to the front of the theater where the red carpet was.
Kurt took pictures with Blaine, his parent, and Nick, before they left the carpet and went inside with Jeff and Nick's parents while he finished answering questions from the press.
The whole evening was a blur of congratulations and people wanting his picture, only finally calming down once he got inside the party. It was much less crowded, only the actors and their close family and friends along with sponsors and benefactors of the play and notable celebrities who had taken an interest in the play.
It took Kurt a few moments to find Blaine where he was standing with Jeff and Nick, who had finished the press line a couple minutes before Kurt did. Blaine's lit up when he caught sight of Kurt. He quickened his pace, muttering apologizes to the few people he bumped into on his mission to get to Blaine as quickly as possible.
"God Kurt, you were amazing. I don't even have the words, it was just incredible." Blaine stumbled over his words and Kurt hugged him close, silencing him with a kiss though the words caused a blush to rise on his cheeks.
"Thanks, it's a relief to be done with the first show but now I can't wait to be back on stage, it's addicting."
Blaine nodded in agreement, a goofy grin covered his face as he wrapped his arm around Kurt's waist where it more of less stayed for the rest of the night. Jeff began rambling about how great the play was and how well Kurt and Nick were in it. Kurt thanked him, giving him a half hug before he excused himself and Blaine.
"There are some people I want you to meet" was the only explanation he gave. Blaine agreed, just happy to be by Kurt's side and grabbed them both flutes of Champagne from a passing tray.
Kurt introduced him to different actors from the show, a few Blaine had meet briefly before when he picked up Kurt from rehearsal. They took their time talking to everyone and making their way around the room.
"Oh, come on I want to introduce you to someone." Kurt turned and pulled Blaine in a completely different way in the direction of an older looking man who smiled when he saw Kurt walking towards him.
"Blaine, I'd like for you to meet Mr. Brown, he owns a private jet service out of LA and he was a benefactor for the show. Mr. Brown, this is my fiancé Blaine Anderson."
Blaine accepted the other man's handshake, "It's nice to meet you."
"You as well, and may I say Kurt that was an incredible performance you gave today. I wouldn't be surprised if this show goes to Broadway and becomes one of the most talked about pieces in theater." Mr. Brown's compliment caused Kurt to blush again and he said a quick thanks before the older man began speaking again, "So Blaine, Kurt here told me that you and Nick's husband Jeff are pilots."
"Um, yes Sir we are. We've been flying since fifteen and are currently commercial pilots for American Airlines." Blaine glanced quickly at Kurt who gave him a small smile though Blaine was sure there was more to this introduction than just talking about planes and common interests.
"Well son, I've been thinking of expanding out to New York and I am looking for two pilots to fly the day flights out and back from NYC, any chance you and Jeff would be interested, contingent on this play going to Broadway?"
Blaine eyes were wide and it took him a second to find his voice once he recovered from the shock of Mr. Brown's offer. Flying private jets had always been his dream because it paid better and there was so much more freedom. The trips were generally short and the companies were much easier to work for then large commercial airlines.
"Wow, thank you for even considering us. Of course I'd need to talk to Jeff first but I would definitely be interested, I've always wanted to fly private jet's it's been my dream since I started flying."
Kurt listened happily as Blaine and Mr. Brown continued to talk about the business and what exactly the job would entail. Eventually the conversation came to an end and Blaine and Kurt bid him goodbye before they left, only after Mr. Brown promised to call Blaine once a decision was made about the show.
The rest of the evening passed quickly and Kurt couldn't believe how many compliments he received both for his acting and the musical in general, that night was certainly a dream come true.
January 2nd 2012:
The next two months passed quickly. Four weeks after opening night it was announced that 'One of the Few' would be going to Broadway in February once it's run in Los Angles was over and the holidays had passed. Everyone from the original cast had signed on to move with the show to its new home in New York City.
They day after it was announced, Mr. Brown called Blaine formally extending his official offer for the job to him and Jeff. The next day Blaine and Jeff accepted and signed the papers.
After looking over the dates for the show in New York and when Blaine started work, Kurt and Blaine decided that they would get married on July 14th 2020 in Central Park. For now, they were busy making wedding plans and trying to find a new apartment to buy in New York. They decided to keep Blaine's apartment in LA since Kurt would be flying back often for auditions and press.
Christmas was spent at the Duval vineyard, all of Kurt's family flew out to California since Santana was so close to her due date that there was no way she was going to be flying back to Lima.
Kurt was at home with Blaine, both of them relaxing after the New Year's party as Nick and Jeff's the day before. A phone rang, Kurt gave Blaine a look and they grabbed their car keys and rushed to the hospital.
Five hours and numerous curse words later Benjamin Kurt Sterling entered the world. Santana was asleep and Eric was out in the hallway the first time Kurt held his new little nephew in his arms. Blaine stood over his shoulder, Ben's tiny hand clasped around his finger.
Kurt rocked the baby gently and looked over his shoulder meeting Blaine's gaze. Neither said a word, already knowing what the other was thinking, that someday they would be here again, holding their own son or daughter in their arms. For now it was enough to hold their nephew and watch him squirm in Kurt's arms, his little mouth opening to yawn.
Next chapter is the last one before the epilogue. I'm already getting sad, I'm going to miss this story. I can't believe that I've been writing it for almost four month, I get teary eyed just thinking about it. :')
My goal is to have both chapters posted by the 17th, that way it will be done by the four month mark. :)
Thoughts?