let’s drink to that ↳ Atticus & Blaine
who ➛ Atticus & Blaine when ➛ Tuesday night where ➛ A frat party what ➛ Being a very good and responsible big brother, Cooper takes his little brother to a frat party to meet all of his friends; including Atticus.
Blaine
When his parents had suggested visiting Cooper at college Blaine had been pretty reluctant. While his relationship with his brother had drastically improved over the past to years, and even more when Cooper had moved out to go to college, they still weren’t so close that they couldn’t wait until school breaks to see each other. However, after talking to Cooper and seeing the pros to the whole experience, he slowly came around to the idea or spending a few days in Dayton rather than being home. Plus, it was only a few hours drive, so if things really weren’t working, then he was more than capable of escaping. And it meant he got to experience college before actually getting to experience it for himself. Besides, he had, in a more uncharacteristic way than anything else, missed his brother. They texted, occasionally Skyped - although Blaine could count on one hand the number of times those had been successful and uninterrupted by some girl - so their relationship wasn’t strained in any way. And everyone said that absence made the heart grow fonder, right? Or maybe it was just the lack of constant narcissism irritating him that made Blaine more likely to tolerate Cooper.
What Blaine hadn’t expected from this trip, however, had been Cooper being entirely reluctant to actually give up his social life and fit Blaine into it. And so, Blaine was dragged to lunches with various people, sat and watched sports practices and now he was stood in the middle of a fraternity house with a cup in his hand, music blaring and people everywhere. Thankfully at least part of Cooper had gained some traditional big brother protectiveness and so he hadn’t strayed too far. Then again, Blaine hadn’t moved too far from him out of how sheerly overwhelmed he felt. He was luckily pretty good in social situations, and so he wasn’t just standing around. He’d met a few interesting people - interesting being the more appropriate and correct choice there - and really, he was just happy that Cooper was fitting in and seemed to be enjoying himself. Maybe enjoying himself a little too much, but who was he to judge? While the frat scene wasn’t really his thing, and he’d definitely decided that now, he could definitely appreciate the fact that Cooper had found himself a nice family here. Although he made a mental note to remind Cooper that, while the experience was definitely a big thing, he was paying for the education after all so attending classes was probably something he should take on.
As Cooper moved onto a more rowdy group of guys, Blaine stepped back a little to escape the potential stampede and get a little breathing room. The beer that had been in his cup for the past god knows how long had warmed from being held in his hands too long and he couldn’t help put pull a face after taking a sip. It hadn’t been good to begin with, but now? Definitely not. Finding a surface to place the cup on, Blaine took the moment to look around the house a little closer. While it was definitely trashed from the party, he could appreciate the fine details and the history behind whatever frat house they were in - Blaine had lost track with Cooper’s excitable little habit of monologuing, which quickly lost Blaine’s attention. As his eyes swept over the room, they fixed on a guy across the room before looking away quickly and busying himself with trying to use the advantage of being smaller to get back through the crowd to his brother. Once he was back under the drunken wing, Blaine chanced a second glance over to the same guy from a different angle, although he was torn from his curiosity by a hand clasping his shoulder in an obnoxious and loud introduction.