Prompt: Dexter Morgan - "All you can do is play along at life, and hope that sometimes you get it right." - 'Dexter'

AN: And I thought this would be a good way to end this little arc. Hope you enjoy!

I haven't been much for hugs for years. Ever since Puck and some other guys teased me in third grade when they saw my mom hug me when dropping me off for school to be exact. They're teasing had made me feel embarrassed by the gesture and I had begged my mother to stop hugging me in front of people during dinner that night. She had obliged but even at that young age, I had seen the hurt in her eyes. Still, not getting teased by my friends was of more importance at that time.

Today though, I found I didn't care. Let everyone watching say what they wanted to, because although it wasn't part of Mike's choreography, standing face-to-face with Kurt, I had a desire to give him a hug. To embrace my new found stepbrother and show him that I accepted him.

For once, I went along with my instinct instead of giving into peer pressure. Reaching out, I pulled Kurt into a hug. He wasn't just some kid I knew from Glee Club anymore. He was family. Years from now, when I haven't talked to a lot of my friends from high school in years, Kurt was still going to be there. We were going to see each other graduate from college. Be there through career struggles and changes. When I finally did get married, Kurt was going to be there for me, probably having helped planned the event. Any kids that I might have in the future were going to call him uncle.

Those were the things that were important, not what some football teammate thought of me because I was friends with someone they saw as unpopular. That was something that was fleeting whereas the bonds that were formed today were going to be lasting.

Kurt was an amazing person, and I was going to be proud to call him my brother. I planned on protecting him from whatever was in my power to protect him from. As he patted my back, I knew I was still going to have to prove myself on that account but I knew that my actions today had done a lot to start that process.

In this moment, I knew that for once I had gotten something right in this game we call life, and I couldn't be happier.