Title: I'm Feeling Lucky

Chapter: Nine

Characters: Blaine Anderson, Tony DiNozzo (NCIS)

Premise: Sue Sylvester always bragged about the people she could blackmail.

Note: So, I lied about the story being over. And hey, crossovers are plausible, right?

"You did what you could to make amends," Tony said, clapping Blaine on the shoulder. "Let it go, kid."

"I just feel so stupid," Blaine mumbled, looking down at his clasped hands.

"You made a decision. It might have been the right one – or the wrong one," Tony replied in a wry tone of voice. "From what you told me, this guy that you're nuts over almost completely had cut off contact with you by the time you hooked up with What's-His-Face, which doesn't really put him in the running for Boyfriend of the Year."

Blaine raised his head. A cold, hard knot that had taken residence in his stomach since he and Kurt had broken up had loosened. "Sounds like you speak from experience."

"Wish I could tell you the details, kid, but then I'd have to kill you." Blaine laughed, but noticed that Tony's expression had remained serious. "So take it from me. You owned up to what you did, you offered apologies, and that's all that you can do at this point."

"What's going to happen to Coach Sylvester?" Tony allowed the subject shift, sensing that Blaine still needed time to work through his feelings about his personal life.

"That, I can't really tell you. Normally the Feebs would be the ones working with you on your own particular case, but she had made the mistake of practicing the same tricks in other domains." The good coach was well on her way to obtaining a matching jumpsuit in bright orange for the foreseeable future. Despite how well she thought she had covered all of her tracks for her various schemes – and the sheer diversity was something Tony might have admired, had the legalities actually existed – she was no match for the combined forces of Scuito and McGee. Tony had volunteered to lead the last of the civilian interviews, which had in turn led to his current conversation with Blaine.

"I can't thank you enough for helping me resolve this whole situation."

Tony tossed his coffee cup in the trash and stood up. "What she pulled was never your fault to begin with. You don't have to blame yourself for someone else's decisions." He scribbled his number on the back of an NCIS business card and handed it over. "Give me a call if you have anything else come up in the future. Take care of yourself."

"You do the same." Blaine's pocket began emitting a buzzing sound. Tony nodded a farewell as he lifted his phone to his ear.

"Yes – Hi." Tony hesitated outside of the door, having noticed the flat tone Blaine's voice had taken on. "I am surprised that you called." A pause. "You really want me to answer that?" A beat. A laugh. "You know what, it doesn't matter. It's been taken care of. You don't want to talk to me, and I get it. I don't really want to talk to you."

The phone was clicked shut. Blaine breathed in deeply. Tony saw his shoulders level and his head rise. His eyes were perfectly clear. Spying Tony in the hallway, he gave him another nod, and walked past.

Some things could be resolved in a neat, tidy package.

Some things couldn't.

Either way, he was glad he had been able to help the kid out.

/end/

Bonus:
Glease - An Alternative Interaction

"Relationships are built on trust! I can't trust you."

Blaine met Kurt's eyes and replied in the coldest tone Kurt had ever heard. "I'm afraid you just stole my line."

"Excuse me?"

"I was wrong to hook up with someone. I will admit that." Blaine's words were measured. His eyes, dark and anguished. "You left me first. You stopped talking to me except when it was convenient. Every single promise you made to me was ignored or broken. We WERE already broken up — I just gave you the excuse needed to make it official."

Piece spoken, Blaine turned around, and walked away.

Kurt watched him leave, tears slowly falling.

"I can't believe he just said that to you," Rachel hissed, very affronted.

Kurt swallowed hard. "I can," he whispered. "It was the honest to God truth."

/end/