In which we see the rest of the night after the infamous BIOTA party, Blaine drunk and clingy and terrifyingly, confusingly earnest. Why did this fic start with Fake Plastic Trees, omg, so many feelings. Blaine, how dare you be this awful and this lovely at the same time, and to Kurt? My heart absolutely could not take this fic, and I loved it for that.

In which Kurt catches Blaine in the middle of seeking some post-Jeremiah catharsis, and proves himself understanding. UNNNN, this was SO CUTE and SO LOVELY and is now 100% MY HEADCANON, OMG. ADORABLE.

In which we see what dealing with Blaine was like in the aftermath of Rachel's party. This fic is so canon it's not even funny. I don't care if I have to storm the writer's room or something, I'm getting this forcibly retconned into Blame It On The Alcohol. It's just /that/ perfect. Which contains the lines:

“I’m totally your lamp.”
“Excuse me?”
“The lamp. It likes the lampshade. It thinks the lampshade is awesome. It’s pretty and it makes the lamp way more interesting and the lamp wants the lampshade around all the time but it’s so used to shining without the lampshade and it doesn’t know what to do and what if it burns the lampshade, Kurt? It’s not even good enough for the lampshade anyway and then the lampshade will be gone and the lamp will…get cold. Or something. Wouldn’t it be fun to be a lightbulb, Kurt? They’re so shiny.”

In which we see how an alcohol-slicked party with New Directions + Blaine might have gone differently. I'm just going to erase everything that happened in Blame It On The Alcohol except for Don't You Want Me and the ensemble Blaine was rocking (uuunnff, his hair), and replace it all with this fic because, seriously, ACES. SO MUCH ACES.

In which the Hummel-Hudson family + Blaine get caught on the road in a blizzard, Blaine finds out some interesting things about Kurt from his family, Kurt's family find out some interesting things about Kurt watching him with Blaine, and there is adorably awkward bonding time all around. AWW FINN AWW. This was great.

In which Kurt survives the most challenging months of his life. Goes AU after Never Been Kissed, but starts before that. God, this was hard to read, but in a good way. I kind of loved that Kurt couldn't stand Finn in this, or stand to take any crap from Glee Club. I love that it showed Kurt's immense strength, but also how much of a teenager he still is, imperfect for all of his posturing at the opposite.

In which Dalton celebrates the repeal of DADT. So many hearts in my eyes, I can't even. SO MANY HEARTS.

In which Kurt brings his Dalton friends to come to sit in on a New Directions rehearsal and Blaine has his eyes opened. Hilarious and a little bittersweet. :')

In which Kurt slowly learns that the only way to survive at Dalton with one's sanity intact is to embrace a when-in-Rome philosophy. Adorable.