[Fic] Youth Beloved in Vain (klaine advent prompt #5 Echo)

Youth Beloved in Vain

Kurt/Blaine, background Kurt & Rachel friendship | T | Drama | melancholy introspection, angst, depressed mood | Set over episode 4x05 “The Role You Were Born to Play” | Title from a verse translation of Ovid’s “Echo and Narcissus” in Metamorphoses. | While living off Ambien and The Notebook, Kurt feels like a stranger in his own skin.| ~1,300 words

(this is another not happy one)

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[Fic] Those Stumbling Words (klaine advent prompt #6 Falter)

Those Stumbling Words

Kurt/Blaine, mention of Kurt & Adam | T | Set between 4x11 “Sadie Hawkins” and 4x12 “Naked” | light angst, mood swings, sadness | Title from the lyrics of “These Foolish Things” a song covered by a long list of artists including Bryan Ferry | In a phone call after the Sadie Hawkin’s dance, Kurt has something to tell Blaine. | ~1,250 words

Note: Assumes Christmas went down as per my 4x10 set fic, “Time to Dissolve”. This advent series seems to be working its way into my canon ‘verse, The Architects of Life, but should continue to stand alone.

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[Fic] Youth Beloved in Vain (klaine advent prompt #5 Echo)

Youth Beloved in Vain

Kurt/Blaine, background Kurt & Rachel friendship | T | Drama | melancholy introspection, angst, depressed mood | Set over episode 4x05 “The Role You Were Born to Play” | Title from a verse translation of Ovid’s “Echo and Narcissus” in Metamorphoses. | While living off Ambien and The Notebook, Kurt feels like a stranger in his own skin.| ~1,300 words

(this is another not happy one)

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[Fic] Those Stumbling Words (klaine advent prompt #6 Falter)

Those Stumbling Words

Kurt/Blaine, mention of Kurt & Adam | T | Set between 4x11 “Sadie Hawkins” and 4x12 “Naked” | light angst, mood swings, sadness | Title from the lyrics of “These Foolish Things” a song covered by a long list of artists including Bryan Ferry | In a phone call after the Sadie Hawkin’s dance, Kurt has something to tell Blaine. | ~1,250 words

Note: Assumes Christmas went down as per my 4x10 set fic, “Time to Dissolve”. This advent series seems to be working its way into my canon ‘verse, The Architects of Life, but should continue to stand alone.

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