Ever since Blaine and Kurt had started dating, they've loved being in this relatively isolated bubble. Of course, Santana and Rachel knew, but surprisingly neither of them had said a thing to anyone. Kurt loved waking up next to Blaine. His head was akways nestled into Kurt's armpit with his arm draped over his stomach. He loved walking into the kitchen after work and finding Blaine cooking him a nice meal. Because, truthfully, Kurt Hummel's diet would consist of only takeout if Blaine hadn't moved in. But it still felt like something was missing in their relationship.
Kurt had been out of the closet for a while. Sure, it had been hell during high school, but Kurt was out and he was proud. Blaine, on the other hand, wasn't even really out of the closet. He never had to deal with the taunting and teasing, but Kurt knew that the whispers and the gossip of the hospital would be much worse on Blaine than it would on him. Unfortunately, that's just another way that a hospital is just like high school. But, that was what Kurt wanted. He wanted to be able to kiss Blaine and hold his hand in public like any other couple could. So, he decided to bring it up.
They were getting ready for work and Kurt gently slipped his arms around Blaine's waist. "Well, hello to you." Blaine laughed. "Was there something you needed?"
"I actually wanted to talk to you." Kurt said with a smile on his face.
"Sure, love, anything." Blaine replied. Kurt took a breath and then took Blaine's hands into his own.
"I want us to "come out of the closet" in a sense." Kurt said which earned him a strange look from Blaine. "I want us to be able to be us at the hospital. I don't want to hide anymore. I want to be able to do this." Kurt said before pressing a kiss to Blaine's lips and then continued to kiss Blaine's neck.
"Kurt- Kurt stop!" Blaine said Kurt stopped kissing him and pulled away. "I don't know if I want that."
"You don't want to be seen dating me?" Kurt asked.
"No, no that's not it." Blaine clarified.
"Then, what?" Kurt asked. Blaine sighed.
"I already get enough stares being the chief's son." Blaine said. "I don't want to be the chief's gay son."
"But Blaine, that's who you are!" Kurt said. "He is your father and you're gay! They're facts about you."
"I don't want to be defined by just those two things." Blaine retorted. "You keep talking about being us, but that's not what everyone is going to think. I'm going to always be the chief's son. That's all I'll ever be to those people. So, if I can save myself from some looks, I want to do that. I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting to keep my personal life out of work."
"It's not that you want to keep it out of work Blaine." Kurt yelled back. "You're fine kissing me in empty supply closets. That's still in work. You just don't want to have to face everyone." Blaine rolled his eyes.
"You know what...you can go with Rachel to work because I'm leaving." Blaine said before he grabbed his keys and his bags and practically ran out of the door. Kurt sighed.
"Well that went well." Kurt mumbled.
"Trouble in lovebird land?" Rachel asked with a smirk.
"Just take me to work." Kurt growled as he stormed out of the apartment and down to Rachel car to head to work.
When Blaine got to work, he was still so angry at Kurt. Luckily, he didn't have much time to think about his anger because a gurney was rushed into the ER right past Blaine. Cooper was wheeling the gurney in with the paramedics.
"Blaine! Come and help me!" He called. Blaine threw down his bag and quickly pulled on trauma gown before going into the trauma room where Cooper and the patient were.
"What happened?" Blaine asked.
"Construction accident." Cooper replied. "A steel beam fell on his leg, while he was using a chainsaw. Not the best combination." Blaine watched as Cooper undid the bloody bandages wrapped around the man's leg. Cooper took one look and scowled.
"Shit." he mumbled.
"What?" Blaine asked.
"It's completely mangled. There isn't anything we can do, but amputate." Cooper replied. "Jenny, call down to OR 1 and tell them to prep for an amputation."
"Right away Dr. Anderson." The nurse said before rushing out of the room to call the OR.
"Wait? That's it." Blaine asked. "He just loses his leg?"
"Blaine, sometimes we just can't fix something." Cooper said. "You're welcome to scrub in and watch though."
"Fine." Blaine sighed. After they got the all clear, Blaine and Cooper went down to the OR and amputated the man's leg.
"You can do post-ops on him." Cooper told Blaine.
"Gee thanks." Blaine said.
"Hey, don't sass me little brother." Cooper said. "I may be your brother, but I'm your resident too." Blaine nodded and followed the man down to the his room and waited for him to wake. About twenty minutes after his surgery, the man woke up.
"Where am I?" the man asked.
"You're at New York Memorial Hospital." Blaine told him. "You were in an accident, Edward." Blaine added looking at his chart. The man, still very out of it reached down and felt his newly cut stump.
"W-where's my leg?" he asked.
"Unfortunately, that damage to your was so severe that we couldn't save it." Blaine told the man."
"I have one leg." Edward said, his face in absolute terror.
"Hey, I know that this is going to be a big change, but there are great prosthetics out there." Blaine offered. The man nodded his head,but didn't look up.
"Can I have a few minutes along?" Edward asked.
"Sure." Blaine replied. "I'll be right out at the nurse station if you need." Blaine left Edwards' room and went to the nurses station. He couldn't help but feel bad for this man. He was obviously just devastated. But, like they say "Time heals all wounds". Time was all that Edward needed.
However, two weeks passed and they fitted Edward with a prosthetic leg, but he refused to use it. Eventually, Cooper came to Blaine to get him to fix the problem.
'You know Edward best, you have to get him out of here." Cooper said.
"The man doesn't want to get better. What can I do?" Blaine exclaimed.
"Make him want to get better. That actually is part of your job. That is part of taking care of this patient." Cooper told him before heading in a different direction to help another patient. Blaine took a deep breath before going down to Edwards' room.
"Hey Eddie, it's time to practice walking." He said in a cheery voice.
"I don't want to." Edward mumbled as he rolled over to face the opposite wall.
"Come on Eddie, you have to at least try." Blaine prompted as he walked over to the bed with the prosthetic leg. He tried pulling back Edward's covers, but he snatched them out of Blaine's hands.
"Just leave me alone!" Edward yelled. "I don't want to go out and walk! I don't want people to stare at me like I'm some kind of freak! Just get out! Get out!" he yelled. Blaine dropped the leg onto the chair and then left the room, but something stopped him. He became a doctor because he wanted to help people, through any way possible. He wasn't going to let Edward give up. He walked back in and thrust the leg into Edward's' hands.
"Didn't I tell you to get out?" Edward growled.
"Get up." Blaine said. "Get up! Stop feeling sorry for yourself and get up, get better and go and live your live."
"I don't want people staring at me!" Edward insisted.
"Screw them!" Blaine said. "So what if they stare. Their opinions don't matter. Go and get better for yourself so you can be happy. I've gotten to know you over the past two weeks and you don't to spend the rest of your life in this hospital. So, just put the leg pm and stand up." Edward stared at Blaine for a moment before reluctantly slipped the leg on and fastened the straps. Blaine smiled and reached out a hand towards him.
"On three, 1...2...3…" Blaine said and Edward stood up slowly. They started walking slowly and went out into the hallway. Nurses who had cared for him had smiled as he walked down the hallway. The smile on Edward's face was priceless. He was happier than he had been in weeks. After taking two laps around the hospital, Edward let go Blaine's arm and started walking by himself.
"Alright Mr, You've done enough walking for today. It's time to go back to your room." Blaine said.
"I can do it." Edward said with a smile. He began walking down the hallway and into his room. Blaine smiled at Edward's new found confidence and he realized something. The advice that he had given Edward was what he really should have told himself. Blaine realized that he shouldn't care what other people thought. He loved Kurt and Kurt made him happy. He needed to be out in the open with him. He needed to finally walk out of his little room.
Blaine decided that he needed to prove that he was truly ready to Kurt. He went into the pit and saw Kurt at the nurse's station filling out paperwork.
"Blaine?" Kurt questioned as he watched Blaine rush over to him. Blaine pulled him into his arms and dipped him back and kissed him in front of everybody.
"Wow…" Kurt breathed out.
"You wanted us to be out in the open." Blaine said. "How was that?" he asked.
"It's a start." Kurt laughed and so did Blaine. Sure, everyone had seen and had stared at them, but who cares. They were both happy. It didn't matter what anyone else thought.