Found a very old thing while looking for something on my computer today. Not sure why this didn't make it into Small Things. Maybe I ran out of time and thought this was to sketch-like?
Anyway, here’s around 850 words of Mormon!Kurt going to get his patriarchal blessing.
Need context? Here's my Mormon!Klaine Masterpost. (More recent posts are in bold.)
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When Kurt's a junior in high school, after his dad and Carole get married, he comes out to his dad and his bishop. They're all like Jesus, loving him no matter what. Kurt's hasn't felt this safe since he was a kid.
"I've been praying about you," Bishop Longquist says to Kurt one Sunday a few weeks after Kurt comes out. "I think it's time you had your patriarchal blessing."
A patriarchal blessing only comes once in a person's lifetime. It's a piece of personalized Scripture, delivered from God to a faithful member of the church by an ordained member of the priesthood called a patriarch.
Kurt is caught off guard. "I thought-- Shouldn't I wait until I'm ready to go on my mission?"
"The time to hear the Lord's guidance for your life is now, don't you think?"
"But I'm ..." They're in the hallway. A group of women stand outside the Relief Society room. Boys are filing past them in twos and threes to priesthood quorum. He lowers his voice. "My problem."
Bishop Longquist smiles. It's a sad, knowing smile, full of love and carrying the weight of the world with it because of that love. "You're worthy, Kurt."
A few weeks later, Kurt and Burt and Carole drive up to Toledo to where the patriarch lives. Kurt's never met him before. His house is large, practically a mansion, and overlooking Maumee Bay. The patriarch's wife is in a pink rayon dress with front pleats. She wears pearls around her neck. She guides them to the home office and sets glasses of ice water on coasters that line the edge of the patriarch's desk.
The patriarch himself has white hair, white skin, and a dark suit with an understated gray silk tie. He's exactly what Kurt expected.
They talk for a few minutes about school and Kurt's longing to go on a mission. Kurt doesn't mention fashion or Glee club or the fact that he finds so much beauty in other boys. He keeps the talk safe, to things one wouldn't be ashamed to mention at a fast and testimony meeting. He can't bring himself to let go of Carole's hand, even though his own is raining sweat.
Then the patriarch says a short prayer as they sit on opposite sides of the desk, inviting the Holy Ghost to be with them. He asks Kurt to pray, too. Kurt's so nervous, he has no idea what he says. Something rote, he's certain, but that's okay. Heavenly Father hears those prayers just as clearly as the spontaneous ones. Just because it follows a pattern doesn't mean it's not heartfelt.
Then it's time. Burt and Carole scoot their chairs back a little to give the patriarch room. The patriarch's wife sets a digital recorder on top of the desk and makes sure it's on so the blessing can be typed up later for Kurt to keep with his Scriptures. Kurt takes deep breath after deep breath, preparing himself for the moment the patriarch is going to lay his hands on him. Even after all these years in the church, he can't get used to strangers touching him. His body wasn't wired that way, to be eager for human touch. Not unless it's someone who knows him inside and out, like his mom and Dad and Carole, and sometimes Mercedes.
But the sacredness of this moment overrides Kurt's inhibitions. He closes his eyes and bows his head, feels the warmth of the patriarch's hands radiating near him before they actually make contact. They're so warm, Kurt thinks of fire, and then The Spirit of God like a fire is burning! It's the first line of a hymn Kurt's been singing before he even knew how to read, and when the next lines follow--The latter-day glory begins to come forth; The visions and blessings of old are returning--he knows the Holy Ghost is already there with them in the room, in Kurt's heart, witnessing that this blessing is from God.
Kurt feels the words more then hears them. He has flashes of his past and his future: the safety of the preexistence, living beside his Heavenly Parents without fear or desire; the comfort of sitting in his mother's lap when she was still alive, him so small and her so large and all-encompassing; a solid hug from his father; the sound of his shoes hitting the pavement as he walks alongside his missionary companion, an indescribable warmth in his heart; pink sunlight bathing the interior walls of temple rooms he's only imagined but never seen; the squirming solidity of children in his arms, his children, when they come home for the first time; a hand holding his, firm and loving and the same size as his, its pads fitting perfectly into the grooves of his own palm; a man's voice--not his father's, not the patriarch's--a voice Kurt can't place and yet feels like home to him, saying, "God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him."
There's silence for a minute after the patriarch is done speaking. Kurt keeps his eyes closed and lets the emotions settle inside him.
A little thing I couldn’t resist writing in the scene where MormonMissionary!Kurt meets MormonMissionary!Blaine for the first time, but ended up having to cut. The person who speaks at the top is Blaine.
“Next thing you’re going to tell me that you have every back issue of Vogue since 1892.”
Kurt looked at Elder Anderson. Was he making fun? But no. His expression was completely earnest. Hopeful, even. Besides, he had named the correct founding date of the magazine. No guy would learn that just for the sake of teasing someone. “No, I’m afraid to say I put most of the pocket money I earned in high school toward my mission. So I only own select issues going back to 1968.”
I post part 1 of the Mormon!Klaine saga (which is part 2 of the Mormon!Kurt saga) on Dec. 12 as part of the Kurt Hummel Big Bang. Yikes!
Has anyone kept track of Chris Colfer’s height over time? I can find his current height all over the web, but not what it used to be during early seasons of Glee ... And yeay, I know it sounds like a creepy question, but I’m actually trying to find out Kurt Hummel’s height over time. For fic. You know how it is. So, was he 5′7″ in S1? 5′8″ in S2?
I’m getting a little stuck on my Mormon!Kurt/Mormon!Klaine fic for the Kurt Hummel Big Bang (so many things to write about, trouble deciding which ones to focus on for now). I think it would help me focus if people sent me questions about the ‘verse and I use those to kickstart the writing process. Caveat: I won’t immediately post answers to Tumblr if they end up being something I can integrate into the story, because we’re not supposed to post the story until official posting begins in November.
I hope you’ll be willing to play, anyway!
Reminder: The story is about Mormon!Kurt and Mormon!Blaine meeting for the first time while they’re both serving on their LDS mission. It’s a romance. There’s angst, but hope and happiness, too.
Oh god I'm halfway through Small Things and MY HEART IS BREAKING FOR KURT IN EVERY CHAPTER. Just..him constantly trying to tamp down his feelings TIMES A MILLION, IT HURTS. I LOVE THIS STORY.
It loves you too. (And thank you, this note is a wonderful start to my day.)
Thanks so much for the MormonKurt story. It was fabulous. I look forward to the back stories and sequel, if you are so inclined. You are a very talented writer, and I'm so glad you share your stories with us.
Thanks! I have some backstories started, and am definitely planning a sequel. I was hoping do a double NaNoWriMo to get the draft done of the sequel during November, but given the surprise work I keep getting sent my editors/clients IDK if that will happen. (Not that I should be complaining about getting work.) Maybe I can do a person novella writing month in December? January? Bueller ...
you're doing a mormom!klaine fic????????????? omg i love you???!?!!!!?!!?!???
Well, that’s my goal at least. In the meantime, I posted a Kurt Big Bang fic all about Mormon!Kurt before he meets Blaine, if you want to read that. Currently I’m working on some Burt backstory and also Blaine in high school. Then on to Kurt and Blaine as missionaries!
