kublinn:2/3 of them get sick and the remaining one has to take care of them
prompted by tegan <3 -
When Blaine arrived at the Hudmel household halfway through the winter break, he was expecting the usual business: cooking and then dinner, television and cuddling and then movies and more cuddling and falling asleep on the couch, flanked by pretty much the two greatest boys/loves of his life until Finn carried him upstairs over his shoulders and then waking up next to those two greatest boys/loves of his life.
Instead, there's no answer at the door. Burt and Carole had some out-of-town business but Kurt and Finn's car were both in the drive and it's not like this a surprise visit or anything. He shot a text off to Kurt and waited. A moment later the door opened and revealed Kurt, looking decidedly...un-Kurt. His hair was rumpled and his nose was red, a blanket over his shoulders and he was wearing one of Finn's clothes: a tee shirt and sweatpants and a pair of Blaine's socks. "Oh, Blaine," he greeted, voice rasped and worn.
"You're sick," Blaine cooed immediately, moving past him and getting rid of his coat and shoes.
Kurt pulled an irritated face and nods, interrupted by a sneeze.
"Bless you," Blaine offered fondly.
"We're both sick," Kurt explained with a sigh. "I told Finn to text you not to come but I guess he forgot. Or fell asleep. The whole day has been sort of a blur of napping and fever."
Blaine frowned at that and reached up to press his hand to Kurt's forehead. "Oooh, you're burning up all right."
A snuffle and then a nod. "And Finn's no better." Kurt led him into the living room where Finn was laid out over the couch, wrapped in a blanket and asleep. Balled tissues dotted the couch and coffee table and the lights were dimmed. As soon as they reached the couch, Kurt flopped back down, settling along Finn's side.
"You poor things," Blaine hummed out sympathetically. He sat on the edge of the couch and ran a hand over Finn's forehead, just as hot as Kurt's. The boy stirred slightly but not much else.
"Seriously, Blaine," Kurt mumbled, eyes already slipping closed. "You should just go home. We'll get you sick and all we're good for is sleeping and whining about wanting to sleep."
That explains how Blaine's plans for the evening changed.
Instead of cooking and dinner, he trailed through the kitchen, finding chicken noodle soup (low sodium and Kurt would bitch about it being canned but it was practically law of being sick) and set it on the stove, adding the tea kettle as well. He brought the two bowls in and managed to coax both the boys awake and into eating some. Finn sent him a fond, fuzzy smile upon realizing that this wasn't a dream, Blaine was there.
They sat along the couch afterward, Finn sprawled against one armrest, Blaine between his legs and Kurt dropping his head to Blaine's lap. Blaine was content to stroke hair and press kisses and link fingers and pass tissues when asked. Gene Wilder turned a somersault on the television in the background and every so often Blaine would rub a hand down Kurt's back to soothe a coughing fit or comb fingers through Finn's hair as he tossed a little in his sleep.
He was caught, several times, by the sight of how soft Finn was in sleep. Hair tousled and eyes a little swollen and cheeks bright, his entire body aching out to be held and taken care of and touched. Kurt was the opposite, all curled up and tucking his head into himself. He was, however, wound entirely around Finn and Blaine, stretching out and craving them like he didn't want to admit it.
And then, when it got late and there was snow falling and a worried call from Burt and Carole had been fielded, Blaine and Kurt steadied Finn up the stairs and into Kurt's room where the stepbrothers fell into bed easily. Blaine moved around them seamlessly for a moment, removing socks and adjusting pillows and covers and setting glasses of water and kissing Kurt's complaints about his skincare routine away.
Once everything was taken care of, Blaine climbed into bed with them. Finn was curled on one side, turned into Kurt's side. Blaine claimed the other side of Kurt, nosing up his neck and pulling the covers tight around the three of them. He wished them quiet goodnights in the dim, fevered air and pressed kisses to Finn's jaw and Kurt's collarbone before slipping into sleep himself.
The evening hadn't been as he expected, but it wasn't something he necessarily minded.










