🌙 is it new years yet?

[gleefulsebastian]

i see it's up to me to cut the brass tax and get down to business. so i'll be hosting a friendsgiving party at my place on saturday. i'm having it catered, but everyone should bring a little white elephant gift to shake things up - there is a $5 limit and bonus points if you don't spend anything.

[gleefulsebastian]

📲 sebastian ⇄ quinn

sebastian: i know it's been a while, but do you have any recommendations on where to find a good bakery in town? i just need a good apple pie that wasn't made in a grocery store. @gleefulqfabray

[gleefulsebastian]

📲 sebastian ⇄ jake

sebastian: if i wanted to book the studio for a couple hours for a personal project, what would that process be like? @gleefuljake

[gleefulsebastian]

📲 sebastian ⇄ sam

sebastian: so you're the new 'mr. schue' then? what's that like? have you taken up rapping, and making sure the glee clubs only sings songs that came out during your glory days? @wtfsamevans

[gleefulsebastian]

📲 sebastian ⇄ santana

sebastian: what on gods earth convinced you to come back here? @santanamariepez

[once-more-with-feeling-glee]

I see you haven't changed a bit, Sebastian. Still humble with the same lovely disposition. Although I can appreciate you questioning your sanity. I too am beginning to wonder why I returned to Lima. Life in the Fabray household is as joyous as ever.

[gleefulsebastian]

i see the former new directions members are the ones that haven't changed, making sweeping assumptions about people they've never really known. as far as my sanity is concerned, i pretty much have to unplug with it entirely before i land in ohio to be able to survive my stay. joyous? i always had the impression that life in the fabray house was like jumping into a freezing cold pond in january.

[merrymarls]

marley: which one? 👀

[gleefulsebastian]

sebastian: realistically none of them. they're all manbabies. sebastian: best not to look back, you know? sebastian: what's new with you these days anyways?

[gleefulbritt]

oh, i love shakira! is it too late for you to go? can you have her sign a few things for me?

[gleefulsebastian]

oh that's not... you know what, i'll do my best. how have you been brittany? you look great.

[gleefulanderson]

some things never change, do they? well, i hope your time here ends up being worth cancelling your keynote for, even if ohio might be a bit of a culture shock for both of us. and believe it or not, but it's not the free babysitting that lured us back. i swear her grandparents have a sign-up sheet going, and i love seeing how much they adore her, but i still catch myself missing her even when she's just in the next room. we just really wanted to help out with the showcase, and it seemed like the perfect chance to spend the holidays here with our families. and to be reunited with some old friends, of course.

enough about me, though. how have you been, really? i heard about the whole... situation. i'm sorry you had to go through that. i know we haven't talked in a long time, but i do hope you're doing okay.

as for my party tricks... unless you count a very enthusiastic peekaboo, i'm afraid i'm out of material at the moment.

[gleefulsebastian]

and some things change massively. it will be nice to see the family, as it turns out my father isn't half bad once i stopped being of age to disappoint him. or maybe i just stopped caring, i haven't figured which out yet.

i can't remember the last time i played a rousing round of peekaboo.

[gleefulanderson]

blaine: i try, i try. blaine: and god, i haven't heard that one in a long time. blaine: i wouldn't know. you'd have to ask his partner... blaine: raising a baby with kurt, however, is a dream come true blaine: let me guess, another throwback? blaine: i'm happy to catch up, but maybe somewhere during the day where we won't have to shout over the music?

[gleefulsebastian]

sebastian: hard pass. his partner is a bore. sebastian: oh i'm sure. sebastian: i forgot, becoming a parent makes people allergic to a good time. i'll find a nursing home with an early time slot for us.

[merrymarls]

kids? kids?! sebastian, i'm twenty-eight. what am i, a child bride?

[gleefulsebastian]

that's what i keep saying, it's basically child labor to have a kid at that age, it's sick and where are the parents nowadays to cull that type of exploitation???

[gleefulkh]

don't let him get under your skin. words kurt had internally repeated many times when interacting with the man beside him, ones that had failed on every single occasion. there was just something about the guy that drove him absolutely nuts. despite the thick walls he'd started carrying around when he was younger to hide his insecurities, sebastian somehow managed to narrow in on each and every one, seemingly effortlessly. he was simply too clever for this town - something kurt would be the last person to acknowledge.

"your artificial charm might work on some people, but it won't fool me." that was an unfair assessment - after all, it had been years, maybe sebastian actually had grown -- but the next words out of his mouth only seem to prove that, no, despite the changes in their lives, things between the two of them were picking off right where they'd left off. it was almost nostalgic, really, in a way that makes it all seem far less infuriating than it might have been back in the day. "thanks for the offer, but i'm good. and- for the record? i was there before anna left. for awhile, actually. over a decade, but, hey, i guess long commitments aren't really in your wheelhouse, right?"

it's a low blow, and he knows it, a twinge of guilt twisting in his chest as he hopes he hasn't gone too far - softened by parenthood, apparently. he'd heard about the end of sebastian's relationship, and, though there had been a slight bit of smugness at the news, really, he knew how hard that kind of thing could be. he might think sebastian could be a total ass most of the time, but that didn't mean he wished hardship upon him. ...not anything more than a stubbed toe or a bad hair day, anyway.

[gleefulsebastian]

sebastian's felt his jaw tick at kurt's dig, but he was practiced in letting words slide off his back, and more than that, he knew how not to let anyone ever see how he really felt. how scared he was. how alone he was. it wasn't like this was the worst thing that had been said about him, it wasn't even the worst thing he'd heard that day. but something about being back here, with such a public failure hanging over his head, did sting more than it might have anywhere or anytime else. even so, kurt hummel was not about to be the straw that broke the camels back and his smile turned sinister as he took a step forward, "you know what they say…you can't pin down a stallion. but i'm sure you know all about that, all these years, poor Blaine's been stuck with you, he must be rearing in his stables, bucking about, waiting for someone come along and really take him for a ride, like every good stallion deserves."

he straightened at that, dumping another sweetener into this drink and haphazardly pushing the lid back into place before bringing it to his lips and taking a long sip, all while maintaining eye contact with kurt, "have a good day, kurt. i'll be seeing you around."

[silcntfigvre]

wow, you're such a saint. just make sure you don't give them so much hope that they all think they're gonna make it, because that'll be a rude awakening when only like... 2% actually end up living their dream life.

yes! i am soooo down. we can go get drinks and go dancing and let ourselves forget for a few hours that we're back in ohio. how've things been for you since being back? aside from boring, obvs.

[gleefulsebastian]

honestly 2% is generous, but you are ever the optimist between the two of us, aren't you?

we absolutely need to do that, and soon. perhaps this weekend? things are slow, but if i'm being transparent, a chance of pace is most certainly what i've been needing.

[gleefulanderson]

i have to admit that i definitely wasn't expecting to see you back here for the holidays. no offence. i'm sure the warblers - both old and new - will very much appreciate you missing out on such an important opportunity to grace them with your presence, though. it's... definitely something to be back, isn't it?

… are you absolutely sure you don't want to hear about how audrey can blow raspberries now? it's her best party trick.

[gleefulsebastian]

what can i say? i like to keep people on their toes. being back has certain dredged up a lot. not sure it's all positive, but you sure are a sight for sore eyes if nothing else. so since you're not back just to see me, am i safe to assume it's the free babysitting that lured you home?

i'm very certain of that, but if you have any new party tricks you want to tell me about..i'm all ears.

[gleefulanderson]

blaine: wow, talk about a throwback. blaine: salt and baking soda are still your best friends. blaine: so are the dry cleaners. blaine: trust me. i do a lot of stain removal these days.

[gleefulsebastian]

sebastian: i thought it appropriate. sebastian: my beating heart, you're as knowlegable as every blaine warbler. sebastian: i heard. raising little babies with the main character from ratatouille can't be easy. sebastian: you need a break, a night off perhaps? i know a place...

[merrymarls]

marley: it would be my pleasure. can we make it drinks AND dessert?

[gleefulsebastian]

sebastian: wow, you're really milking me for all i'm worth, huh? i was a little nostalgic for my ex, but i think i'm cured.

[gleefulsebastian]

( link to playlist ) ; @gleefulhunter