Of Ice Removal and Winter Trees
The morning Kurt lets go of a few things he doesn’t need anymore. Though Adam is present, this ficlet is all about Klaine. Inspired by the 30 seconds of local NY news my son let me watch today.
Warnings: I seem to have a thing for wise OCs counseling our boys through heavy-handed metaphor. I will probably always have this thing, so proceed with caution. ;)
The last thing Kurt wants to do at 7am on a Monday morning is stand in a crowd of crazed tourists waiting for Al Roker to come out and tell them it will be another cold spring day on the East Coast.
He’d agreed to meet Adam and his sister Lara for an early breakfast before class, but when breakfast turned into hanging out with the sign-toting frenzy of newlyweds, and Jersey moms, and screaming kids on break, he’d begged off and made his way to the ice rink at Rockefeller Center to wait them out. Lara is sweet, like Adam, and she’s only in town until Tuesday night, but the sad fact is they’re just not fascinating enough to stomach the crowds at The Today Show.
He looks out over the rink, watching as a crew chips away at the ice. It seems like forever since he’d taken Blaine and his Dad to see the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, their hands warmed by decadent hot chocolate from Maison du Chocolat.
He sighs, scrolling back through the photos on his phone, past silly antics with Santana and Rachel and dozens of images documenting his budding relationship with Adam—the snowman they built on top of Adam’s building, Adam stuffing his face with madeleines at Bouchon Bakery, Kurt in a blue apron, covered in flour, the two of them smiling for a stranger who agreed to take their picture on the Promenade—until he finds the picture he most wants to see.