AN: I'm never nice to Blaine's father and this drabble is nothing different. Inspired by lyrics from "Her Diamonds" by Rob Thomas.
"It's your family or him, Blaine. I've been patient long enough, hoping you would come to your senses, but it's time you made your choice."
She stood in total shock, looking from her husband to her youngest child. Her baby. The one whom she had known was different from the time he was little but loved him just the same. She could never understand why her husband couldn't do that too, but she had saw the moment he made the realization that his boy wasn't like the other boys. Could see that he would never accept it but she had decided then to stay. To honor the vow she had made and protect her son as much as she could.
It was clear now that she couldn't do both. She may have honored her vow, but she had failed in protecting her baby boy - not just from the world but from his own father as well.
The room blurred as tears welled up in her eyes. Her eyes met Blaine's as he looked to her for support. She knew what choice he would make. Her baby boy loved Kurt with an intensity that she had once thought she felt for Eric Anderson. Before she knew who he really was. Before she knew that in his eyes image and status came before love.
She had failed once and somehow a second failure didn't seem so hard. Slipping the diamond encrusted wedding band and the engagement ring she had always thought was gaudy from her hand, she let them fall to the floor.
"He only has to chose between you and the love of his life," she told her husband, her voice revealing a strength she had forgotten she had. "I'm on Blaine's side. I love him and will stand by him no matter what choice he makes."
Eric Anderson looked from his son to his wife you was actually standing up to him. This was unthinkable. This wasn't how things were meant to be. He was the man of the house. He would be obeyed. He wouldn't accept this defiance.
"I wash my hands of both of you," he said, turning and stalking toward his den, the slam of the door stating the finality of the situation.