Author:  generaljanuary

Rating:  M

Status:  Completed in December 2011

Word Count:  21,892

Summary:  In Lima, Kurt Hummel scrunches up his nose as he peels off his grease-stained coveralls after a long day at the garage. In Westerville, Blaine Anderson sits on the bed of his childhood bedroom and stares at the luggage he hasn’t fully unpacked since he’s been back home, about four months ago. Tonight, they’re going to meet for the first time in a dive gay bar. The year is 2018, this is Ohio and adult life is nothing like either of them had imagined it would be.

Tropes/Genre:  hurt/comfort, Kurt angst, angst, alternate meeting, future!fic, mechanic!Kurt, teacher!Blaine

Lynne’s review:  This is such a heartbreaking, yet touching story. I really, really enjoyed this.

Oh god i feel you. I’m moving so I had to sort through a lot of junk including piles and piles of drawings of crying thin girls and profiles of greek looking dudes. Wtf me from the past. Wtf.

generaljanuary said: Currently scrolling my dash with a similar facial expression and identical coffee mug. Are you me?

[checks page] [hawksley workman quote] [identical mug??] [alarms going off] [depth charge noises] [computer voice asks are you you]

Well shoot. Which one of us is the long-lost heir to the kingdom, and who gets the fun of being the identical villain?

If I could like this post 10 times I would. I have so much admiration for cosplayers. *_*

oh my GOD, Fannie, that's so nice of you to say /hides face <3333 I would far from call myself a professional cosplayer or anything, I just throw things together, but thank you so much :D

onelittlesparkleft replied to your post “OKAYYYYYYYYY 1, 2, 9, 11, 12”

!!!!!!!! LOOK AT WIDDLE BABY DI AT AGE 16. AND YOU DID AN IDRIS!!!!!!!!!! YOU DIDNT TELL ME THAT WHEN YOU SHOWED ME THAT PIC BEFORE THATS REALLY COOL!!! also if i didnt expect you to ramble by now I'm not that smart :P

LMAO I STILL LOOK ROUGHLY THE SAME, oh and here I go, I know this is an extremely awful decision but I'm gonna do it anyway before I have the presence of mind to second guess myself, if you want a picture of widdle bby me then this would be more accurate

yes I am aware that with my hair long I look like an unkempt hippie but in my defense I was eleven at this point

YEAH THOUGH THAT'S THE IDRIS WE PUT TOGETHER, A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF TIME BUT IT LOOKS AMAZING SO I'M PROUD, THANK YOU DEAR <3333

a wild cutie appeared (‘:

jfnsldkjfndfel /falls over self SHIVANI SERIOUSLY YOU FLATTER ME SO MUCH. how on earth do you manage to be so cute even just in writing and then on top of it you also are so cute physically yOU ARE THE MASTER OF CUTE YOU WIN, EVERYONE ELSE GO HOME

exprincesssammya replied to your photo “they didn’t let me know before this that I would have to send a...”

shouldn't some teeth be showing?

I'm...actually not sure? all they said was that my face had to be clearly visible and that it had to look professional, so I sent them that and then I did say that if anything needed changing, I could easily retake the picture, so there's that!

veraamisham replied to your photo “they didn’t let me know before this that I would have to send a...”

:D btw are you selling knives by any chance?

im sorry that must have sounded weird ; ;; ; i just saw demos and i was like wait that sounds like that cutlery place and ,,, yee

:D right back! I don't think so, unfortunately -- the way they were talking made it seem like most of the stuff I'm going to be selling is probably gonna be food! OMG NO DON'T WORRY it's totally understandable, I wasn't very clear! I'm basically like the person that gives you free samples and tries to convince you to buy stuff, I'll be working in a grocery store :)

generaljanuary replied to your photo “they didn’t let me know before this that I would have to send a...”

congrats for getting a job! also congrats on your face. :) I'm sure you'll be fine!

thank you so much and also THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU LOVELY PERSON. :D I'm super nervous but, I mean, we'll see how it goes, I guess? there's so much training involved and I might have to move from store to store so I'm getting myself all worked up but I mean I'm still new so they'll probably wait awhile before they make me do important things, right? <333 thank you so much for the encouragement, though, love!

sednamode replied to your photo “they didn’t let me know before this that I would have to send a...”

YOU GOT A JOB GOOD FOR YOU I'M PROUD AND THIS IS AN INSANELY CUTE PHOTO YOU'LL DO GREAT!! (also thank you for that message last night it really helped. once I'm a little more settled I send you a proper reply and smother you in love ^.^ )

I DID GET A JOB AND IT WAS FROM THAT PLACE WHERE I MISSED THE CALL THE FIRST TIME AROUND SO IT ENDED UP TURNING OUT NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL :D!!! hopefully the potential cuteness of my photo helps somehow. /crosses fingers, laughing

I bought a new purse so I thought I’d revive the old what’s-in-your-purse meme.

Here’s what I had in my old purse (minus all the crumpled receipts):

Such a perfect quiet little moment. whaaa!! <3

::squishes cheeks:: YOU'RE THE NICEST EVER AHHHH I'm so glad you liked it! ::hugs tight:: THANK YOU SO MUCH <3333

kiranwearsscienceblues replied to your post “kiranwearsscienceblues replied to your post “dreams” THIS IS SO...”

I HAD NO IDEA YOU READ SOME OF MY TREK FIC EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T FOLLOW OH MY GOSH I'M BLUSHING NADIAAAA

I TOTALLY DO, YOUR WRITING IS GREAT AND I LOVE READING IT