7 YEARS LATER

Being a professional dancer could hardly be called an easy career path. Blaine had to practice every single day with his partner if he wanted to compete with the best. The slightly younger woman he had a pleasure of dancing with was incredible, but more often than not Blaine wished that he could dance with another man. And often Kurt had to be taking care of the children on his own for days or even weeks because of Blaine's trips to other states or even Europe sometimes.

Blaine hated fighting with Kurt, but sometimes it was just unavoidable. Despite that Kurt knew how much Blaine loved his job and he wanted him to be happy. Making their relationship work was an incredibly difficult task and because of that they weren't even engaged yet. While Allie seemed to at least partly understand them, their six year old son kept asking why they weren't married. The truth was that Blaine would love to call Kurt his husband, but the time never seemed to be right.

He kept window-shopping and looking at all the different rings wondering what it would be like to ask Kurt that question. Would he be nervous? Would Kurt even say yes to him? With Blaine's constants practices and trips it would be very hard to organize an event and he wouldn't probably be very helpful. Kurt would have to handle raising their kids and planning a big social even at the same time.

All these thoughts kept bugging Blaine as he waited for a cab on the airport. It was the beginning of summer and luckily his next competition in Vancouver was in two months so he would be able to spend some time with Kurt and the kids.

"Hey, why do you seem so upset?" Julie, his partner asked, looking at him with concern. "Second place isn't that bad, you know?"

A shadow of a smile appeared on Blaine's face. "It's not about that." Blaine said gripping the handle of his suitcase tightly in his hands. "You know how much I love dancing." Julie nodded her head prompting him to continue. "It's just…I'm afraid that one day my relationship with Kurt will fall apart because of that." Blaine admitted looking at the people passing them by. "I feel guilty knowing that his dreams had to be put on hold because of me. Well, now that Allie and Alex are older and we can actually afford a babysitter from time to time he can do shows but his roles aren't that big and I know it's because he had to stay home after graduation."

Blaine took a deep breath. "He says it's fine but it's all my fault and I know that deep down it's killing him. Kurt belongs on Broadway."

"Just like you belong on the stage dancing with me." Julie said softy squeezing Blaine's shoulder. "Kurt loves you, Blaine. You're the most important person in his life and he wants you to make your dreams come true."

"I want the same for him." Blaine said looking down at his feet. "But right after the graduation that scout noticed me and I just couldn't turn down such an amazing offer."

"And Kurt knew that and volunteered to stay home with kids." Julie said rolling her eyes. She knew this story way too well. "Stop beating yourself up, Blaine. You two love each other and that's what matters the most. End of discussion."

A minute later the cab stopped right in front of them and they loaded their suitcases into the trunk and got into the car before giving their addresses to the cabbie.

The car ride was silent and Blaine wondered what he would find in their apartment. It was kind of stupid and Blaine knew that but every time Blaine got back from a few days long trip he would fear that Kurt was going to say that it was enough for him and he needed someone who would be with him more than Blaine.

This time on top of that Susan was going to visit him and even though she was happy for them, Blaine knew that she still was a little mad at her nephew for taking Allie and going to New York. Blaine wasn't really in the mood for any sort of social interaction involving talking to other people and pretending to be joyful.

When the car finally stopped in front of Blaine's building Julie gave him an encouraging smile and half-hugged him. Blaine returned the smile, but it had to look more like a grimace than anything else and excited the car. He took his suitcases out of the trunk and entered the building. As soon as he stood in front of the door the part of him that missed Kurt and their kids so terribly pushed all of his worries to the back of his mind and he entered the apartment with a small smile plastered to his face.

The smell of something delicious being cooked hit Blaine's senses and he moaned in pleasure. "Daddy!" Blaine heard a familiar voice and a second later he had his arms full of Alex. Not saying anything Blaine just pulled him close to his chest and closed his eyes. He inhaled the scent of his son wishing that he could somehow find more time to spend with his family. But he smiled a little knowing that he had almost two months to be a dad and boyfriend that his loved ones deserved. It wasn't enough by any means, but it had to do.

"I missed you so much, buddy." Blaine said quietly, still hugging his son tightly. He had trouble keeping his tears at bay. They finally pulled away and Blaine focused his eyes on Alex feeling as if in these short ten days Alex had grown far more than that.

"I missed you too, daddy." The blue-eyed boy said and even though he seemed excited Blaine could sense that he was also sad. He grabbed his dad's hand and gripped it tightly, seemingly trying to make his father stay for good this time.

God, it was heartbreaking. Was it all really worth it?

"Oh, daddy told me to wash my hands, so that we can start eating dinner. Don't go. Please?" The little boy asked, as if afraid that Blaine would just simply disappear.

"Of course." Blaine said smiling sadly at Alex. The dark-haired boy a little hesitantly let go of Blaine's hand and quickly ran out of the room. Blaine followed him with his eyes and started pulling off his shoes.

When he was done and looked up and noticed a very familiar silhouette standing in the doorframe. "Welcome back." Kurt said softly with a small smile playing on his lips.

As soon as the words were out Blaine rushed to him and wrapped his arms around Kurt. The taller man didn't seem caught off guard as he simply returned the embrace and held his boyfriend tightly. As soon as they pulled away Blaine attacked Kurt's lips with his pouring everything he had into the kiss.

One would think that after so much time spent apart they would get used to it, but every time Blaine was away from Kurt a part of him was missing. "I love you so much." Blaine whispered right into Kurt's ear.

"I love you too, Blaine." Kurt said with just as much emotion in his voice. When they pulled away they had both tears in their eyes. "How was the competition?" Kurt asked looking genuinely interested.

Blaine started talking about the whole trip as they walked into the kitchen. Soon they were joined by Alex who rested his head on his palm and listened to Blaine with curiously shining in his eyes. "And where's Allie?" Blaine asked when he was done with his story. "or Susan?"

Kurt lowered his gaze and visibly saddened. Blaine immediately knew what was coming. It was not a secret that Allie hated that Blaine was so rarely home with them. The dark-haired man was mad at himself for making her feel like that, but he couldn't really do much to change what he loved. "Allie's at her friend's house." Kurt said sadly. "And Susan's flight is delayed. She has over an hour before it is supposed to take off."

Blaine just nodded his head accepting the harsh reality. The ate the dinner together listening to Alex's babbling and when they were done the little boy went to his room to play while Blaine and Kurt cuddled on the couch while watching some romantic comedy.

"I'm a horrible father." Blaine stated randomly curling closer into Kurt's side. The blue-eyed man wrapped his arm around Blaine's shoulders tightly.

"No, you're not." He immediately said turning slightly, so that he could look into Blaine's honey-colored eyes. "Everyone deserves to make their dreams come true."

"Yeah, but not by hurting their family." Blaine said and suddenly an idea came into his mind. "I should take a break from all of this dancing and competing."

Kurt smiled slightly. "That's exactly what you're doing right now, isn't it? Your next competition is in two months, right? You have a lot of time to rest."

"No, I think I should take a longer break. Like a year or two."

"What?" Kurt asked, clearly shocked and confused. "You can't do that. Being a professional dancer has always been your biggest dream."

"No." Blaine said looking at Kurt lovingly. "It was my biggest dream until you appeared out of nowhere sweeping me off my feet. You and our kids are my biggest dream and I think it's finally time for me to prove it to you."

"I know you love us. You don't have to prove anything." Kurt assured him.

But Blaine was not having any of it. Maybe he was acting on his emotions, but this was what he had wanted all along. He wanted Kurt and him to be a family. He untangled himself from Kurt's arms and kneeled on one knee right in front of Kurt. The blue-eyed man looked confused and maybe even a little scared.

"Okay, maybe I don't have a fabulous ring for you. Or any ring at all for that matter, but I do know one thing." Blaine said with a bright smile on his face. "Kurt Hummel, you are the love of my life, my savoir and knight in shining armor and I would give everything to call you my husband."

"But Blaine-"

"I'm not done yet." Blaine cut him off. "You showed me what it was like to be loved when I needed it the most and I can't thank you enough for that. You showed me that I deserved to be loved and wanted." Blaine stopped for a moment and took a deep breath. "Will you, pretty please, marry me?"

"You're an idiot." Kurt said, still clearly having trouble with finding adequate words. "But I love you, so my answer is yes."

Blaine threw himself at Kurt and kissed him passionately spreading on top of him. The younger man laughed in amusement, but kissed back. "I'm taking a break." Blaine said. "I want to be with my family."

"If you're sure that's what you want." Kurt said.

"I am." Blaine took both of Kurt's hand into his and smiled even wider. "And maybe we could start thinking about bringing another little person into this world."

Kurt laughed. "I like the way your mind works."

"But this time I want to be the one staying home." Blaine said, wanting so desperately for his boyfriend, no his fiancé, to make his own dreams come true.

Kurt laughed once again pressing a soft kiss to Blaine's lips. "Deal."

A/N: So this it it! I want to thank you for reading and reviewing one last time. I would really appreciate one last comment from you. I honestly didn't think that I would finish this story. I started writing it one and a half year ago, so I'm not really that fast at writing, I guess :) Now I think it's time for me to fall back in love with Broken Wings. There's also a document on my computer with the beginning of my other story based on Love, Rosie and I'm super excited about writing it. I'm not promising anything, but stay tuned :) Thanks!