AN: So this was written back in June so it's a bit different than the good-bye scene we really get but hope you all like it anyway. Inspired by lyrics from "Little By Little" by Oasis
Giving him a final hug I realized that this was it - my little boy was leaving me for the final time. Only thing, he wasn't a little boy anymore. He was a young man who had already seen more than his fair share of the ugliness of people and I knew he'd have to deal with even more in New York City. It wasn't fair but it was the way things were. Anywhere he went he would be faced with people who would refuse to look past what they didn't like or understand about him to see just how amazing a person Kurt was.
Letting him go, I couldn't help but think about everything we had been through. As he hugged Carole I saw him as a newborn, wrapped in a blue blanket in Kathleen's arms. Our first tea party together, as I realized he wasn't going to be the son I had thought I was going to have but that I loved him all the same. His tear stained face as we buried Kathleen. The pride I felt in him when I had finally let him stay alone after school and I had come home to find him cooking dinner and taking on responsibilities that a thirteen year old shouldn't have had to. The fear in his eyes as he finally confirmed what I had known for years. Remembered the anger I felt when I learned of Karofsky's threat and my fierce desire to protect him.
Eighteen years had gone by fast, but as Kurt finally headed for the train that would take him away to New York City, my worries melted away. All those trials he had gone through with my help had prepared him to be out on his own. Like when I had finally taken the training wheels off of his bike, I knew Kurt was going to be fine. Oh, there would still be heart aches and hard times, but that was a part of life and Kurt was ready to face them along with the good times.