Reflected In Your Beautiful Eyes

Main characters: Blaine Anderson, Kurt Hummel
Important side characters: Cooper Anderson, Lars Anderson, Runa Anderson, Linnea Falk, Pam Anderson, Richard Anderson (Blaine and Cooper's father)
Other side characters: Leah, Runa and Linnea's parents (who will get names when they will actually be present in the story, in this chapter they're only mentioned)
Pairings: Klaine, Cooper/Runa, Pam/Richard
Fandom: Glee
Author: Myrne
Rated: T
Summary: Blaine has the best little nephew ever. That's why he's agreed to babysit him once every other week while his brother and sister-in-law are working. And hey, maybe he will finally work up the courage to speak to that gorgeous barista in the coffee shop around the corner.
Important: I don't own Glee and their characters! I also apologize for any mistakes. English is not my mother tongue. This story is Blaine P.O.V. fully.

Oh hello! I'm back with another story.

I couldn't help but to go and write this. I babysit my wonderful little nephew every other week on Friday and it has been a blast so far. He's the cutest boy. So I wanted to transform it into Klaine. So the baby's name in this story is the same as my nephew's name. It's a common name here in the Netherlands, but it's originally from Scandinavia. That's why Cooper's wife is Norwegian. Oops, one secret already out of the way. Well, I won't spoil the rest, so go on and read the story!

Hope you like the first chapter. I have no idea yet how long the story will be. I guess you will find out sometime in the future.

Chapter 1

"Are you still okay with this, Blaine?"

Blaine looked up at his big brother, who was currently holding his 7 month old son in his arms, who was looking around the room with big, adoring eyes. Blaine's heart melted at his cute, little face and that was why he was currently making a deal with his brother to babysit his nephew every other week on Friday.

When Cooper and Runa moved to New York, both a new job somewhere in one of New York's many office buildings, Blaine knew he wanted to do something for them. Lars was Blaine's first nephew and he loved him dearly, but he had missed so much when the little family was still living in Los Angeles and Blaine was here, in New York.

Babysitting every week would be impossible, but once every other week he could handle. He didn't have any classes then and if Blaine was lucky, Lars would nap for two hours twice during the day, so Blaine had some time to do homework.

Because of the deal between Cooper and Runa and their family, Lars didn't have to go to daycare even one day a week. On Monday, Cooper would have his work from home day, Tuesdays would be for grandma Pam to babysit (who had also moved to New York, together with her husband, when it was clear both their boys would be living there), Wednesdays were for Runa's parents, who were both Norwegian, but had been living in the USA for the past twenty years, Thursdays was Runa's work from home day and Friday would be divided between Blaine and Runa's sister, Linnea.

Blaine was glad that the whole family was all within an hour's subway drive from each other. Blaine not only had good contacts with his own family, but also with Runa and her sister and parents. They were a perfect family and Blaine didn't want it any other way.

Even his father had turned over a whole leaf. When Blaine came out to his parents when he was thirteen, his father had reacted coldly. It took him two years to see his son hadn't changed one bit and was still his bubbly, career driven, dramatic son he was before, only now he took home boys instead of girls.

Blaine moved to New York the second after he gratuated high school. He had an amazing time at Dalton Academy, an all boys school in Westerville, but he had the desperate want to flee narrow-minded, homophobic Ohio as soon as possible.

Living in New York had been a breath of fresh air. He could be who ever he was and not be judged by it. Gay guys weren't exactly rare there and there were cases even more flamboyant than Blaine. The only thing that made people question Blaine's sexuality was his over-use of hairgel. His hair was plastered to his head like a helmet, but Blaine prefered it that way. He didn't want people knowing of his wild curls, was that such a big deal?

His brother often teased him about it, but Linnea and Runa loved his natural hair and often begged him to leave it like that. Only when he didn't have to leave the house, he would leave it ungelled, and only for his favorite (and only) sister-in-law and her sister.

Blaine's thoughts were interrupted by a door opening and Runa entered, opening her arms and cooing in Lars' direction, whose eyes grew even bigger and started to bounce in Cooper's arms. Cooper handed the baby over to Runa, who dumped the bags full of groceries in the corner of their livingroom and started walking around with him, bouncing him in her arms and humming a Norwegian song.

"Blainey, I heard from Coop you are gonna do the babysitting on Friday? That's amazing! Linnea also agreed, so Lars doesn't have to go to day care until he's a bit older."

Runa didn't want Lars at day care until he was atleast one, because of the high risks of catching anything health related. Babies were much more exposed to bacteria and viruses. Eventually Lars would go to day care, because it would be great for his social skills, but until then his whole family would take care of him.

"Yes, Ru, I will take care of your cute, but slightly crazy baby." Blaine pointed at Lars, who was currently squealing loudly and highly in Runa's ears, who covered one with her free hand, laughing, which caused Lars to laugh back, which made Cooper and Blaine to laugh too.

"He is crazy," Cooper agreed. "But that's just because his uncle is."

"Hey!" Blaine exclaimed, still laughing and punching Cooper against the shoulder with his fist.

It was currently Sunday and the house was pretty much cleaned up already, despite of the family having moved there on Wednesday. There were still some boxes unpacked, but Cooper and Runa would take the next few weeks to take care of them. Tomorrow, both of them would start their new jobs. Cooper would have to go to the office to get training, so Pam would babysit an extra day.

Blaine had just started his second year at NYU, studying English & American Literature, when Cooper and Runa had announced their pregnancy. Blaine hadn't known they were trying, so he was surprised when Cooper and Runa had facetimed, holding up a shirt with 'congratulations future uncle' on it. Blaine had almost dropped his phone in shock and had then let out a rather feminine scream.

Cooper and Runa were living in Los Angeles at the time, because Cooper was still trying to make it into the world of Hollywood. After yet another series of failed auditions and a heavy talk where Runa started crying and saying she wanted to see Cooper happy, but they also needed money to provide for their family.

Cooper had agreed, and he had found a job at an LA law firm, where he soon worked himself up to the executive secretary of the CEO. But then Runa got the opportunity of a lifetime, getting a job at Harper's Bazaar. The only catch was, it was in New York.

After yet another long and heavy talk, Cooper and Runa decided to move to New York. Lars had already been born at that time and Runa was still on maternity leave from her work in a hospital, working behind the desk to admit patients.

Their choice to move to New York was made easier when Pam and Richard decided to also move to New York. Blaine was already living there and Pam and Richard were both ready for a new step too. Being in Ohio for way too long, they needed a new adventure.

The day Blaine heard his entire family was moving to New York was the third best day of his life, after the birth of his cutest, little nephew and the day his father told him he accepted him for who he really was. Blaine made friends rather easily, but still he needed his family. Before, they were scattered around the country and now they were so close to each other, it was amazing.

Now, Blaine was in the middle of his third year at NYU and he was busier than ever. Between his classes, he was writing an actual novel and he was also working in the school's library two nights a week. While his parents provided him with enough money, he still wanted to feel the responsibility of having a part time job.

The only thing lacking in Blaine's life was a boyfriend. He was 22 and he never had a serious boyfriend other than the occasional fling. The longest 'relationship' lasted three months, in which him and said boyfriend had seen each other six times because of their ridiculous differences in schedules.

Blaine was ready for something serious, especially since his big brother had a kid now and was happily married and had his whole life figured out. Sure, Cooper couldn't perform his dream job, but he was still happy with Runa, Lars and his new job opportunity at a NY law firm.

But until Blaine could magically find the love of his life, he would be content with studying, reading, writing, drinking lots of coffee with Cooper, Runa and Linnea and babysitting Lars.

"You are the best uncle in the whole wide world!" Runa said to Blaine, while still bouncing Lars up and down, who was getting restless in her arms. She put him down on the playing mat and Lars immediately pressed a button which played an instrumental version of 'the wheels on the bus'.

Blaine laughed and soon the whole family was laughing, including Lars, who was watching his parents and uncle with sparkling eyes.

"I know, Ru, and now I need to go back home. I reserved the afternoon for writing my book."

"Oh, your book!" Cooper clapped his hands, while he sat down next to Lars, stroking his back.

"Yes, it's coming along amazingly. I already have one hundred pages written down," Blaine announced proudly. He grabbed his jacket and his bag and put them on. He sank down and pressed a loud and wet kiss on Lars' cheek, which made the baby giggle.

"Bye, little monkey. Behave! And I'll see you this Friday."

Lars continued playing without really paying any more attention to his uncle, so Blaine turned to his brother and hugged him tightly.

"Thanks again, squirt," Cooper said quietly and released his little brother.

Blaine hugged Runa too, who uttered the same words as her husband. Blaine just nodded and walked to the door, opening it and smiling brightly when he heard Lars squealing again. It was the cutest sound ever and no one could convince him otherwise.

Outside, he looked around the neighbourhood. Cooper and Runa had found a wonderful two bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, close to the Brooklyn Bridge. Blaine himself lived in Manhattan, the lucky son of a bitch he was. He got a crazy, cheap deal when he moved out of the dorms at the end of the second year. He shared a small two bedroom apartment with Leah, a nice, blonde girl who had a full cheerleading scholarship at the Athletics department of NYU. They were good friends, but still had their different lives, which worked perfectly for them as roommates.

Blaine moved to the nearest subway station, but not before stopping in a coffee shop just around the corner of Cooper and Runa's apartment. Once inside, he scanned the menu and decided to just go for a simple black coffee, just to stay awake and alert for the afternoon to write his book.

He was checking his email on his phone when he heard a polite cough. Looking up, he saw a boy his age looking at him with sparkling eyes and an amused smile around his lips. Blaine concluded the boy was gorgeous, so he put away his phone to pay his full attention to the pretty boy.

"Good afternoon, and what can I get you this lovely afternoon?"

At a loss for any smart words, Blaine just squeaked out he wanted a black coffee. The pretty boy nodded, furrowing his eyebrows and started making the coffee, after he received the payment.

Blaine was a bit mad at himself when he exited the coffee shop with a paper cup in his hands, the hot temperature of the coffee warming up his cold hands. While he was okay enough at friendly chatter, he often found himself at a loss for words when he thought the person he was talking to was handsome. It was a shame really, because Blaine really thought this guy was gorgeous… and gay! And that was pretty convenient, considering the guy had to be gay, or atleast bi sexual, to be able to date him.

But here he was thinking about dating a guy he hadn't even said a full sentence to. He should just try and forget about the amazing blue/green/grey eyes that had captivated him immediately.

It proved harder than expected, though. When Blaine came home forty minutes later, he still had the picture of the pretty eyes in his head. He opened his computer and opened the document of the book.

But the new page stayed blank for the rest of the afternoon, for the eyes of the pretty boy, who was still a stranger to Blaine, couldn't leave his mind. He had no idea why he had such a strong reaction to a stranger, but he couldn't really help himself.

That night, Blaine went to bed, tossing and turning for two hours until he fell asleep, dreaming of the very same eyes he had thought about all day.

The next day Blaine woke up exhausted. It was Monday, which meant a full day of nothing but classes. He groaned and forced himself to get out of bed. It was hard though, currently cold outside and Blaine forgot to close the window last night.

He heard Leah already walking around in their tiny kitchen, probably cooking breakfast. He made sure to make a lot of noise, so Leah heard him and hopefully made some extra food.

When he appeared in the kitchen, he proved to be right. A plate with some scrambled eggs with bacon and a piece of toast was sitting on the tiny kitchen table, the chair across of Blaine's already vacant with Leah, her bouncy curls framing her pretty face.

"I don't know how you do it," Blaine yawned as he wiped his tired eyes. "Cooking breakfast like that every day. It's not even 7am and you're already full of life."

"Going to bed every night around the same time helps, Blainey boy," Leah joked and stuck out her tongue when Blaine threw a piece of egg towards her face, which bounced off her glasses on the floor. "You're so cleaning that up later."

"Ofcourse, Leah, you cooked, so I clean, that's the rule in his household." Blaine then devoured his delicious breakfast and Leah read the paper on her iPad, shoving it towards Blaine when she stood up and put her plate and glass in the sink.

"You can read the paper now, I have to go for an early practice." Leah grabbed her sports bag from her room and disappeared out of the apartment, leaving Blaine alone with his thoughts.

When distracted, Blaine found himself not thinking about the pretty boy from the coffee shop that much, but when there were no sounds, no people around him, he thought about him all right…

He needed to talk to someone about this, before he would drive himself crazy. But first he actually needed to go to school to follow a day's worth of classes. He wasn't looking forward to it, but maybe he could stop by Linnea later to talk and have lunch.

Linnea also went to NYU, also studying at the English departement, only she wanted to become an English teacher, so she had slightly different subjects than him. He knew on Monday she had classes aswell, so she should be rather easy to track down.

At school, Blaine moved to the lecture hall rather quickly, where he bumped into Linnea as he entered the big room. He squeaked which made her squeak and then they gave each other an excited hug. They didn't have many classes together, but Linnea quickly told Blaine she did this for extra credit.

They saw down next to each other, opening their laptops. Soon, the lecturer appeared and the class began. It was a rather boring History of Poetry class, which was mandatory for Blaine. He didn't care for poetry that much, since he was more a novel kind of guy. But hey, everyone cared about something and some people digged poetry. Good for them.

Linnea was busy taking notes on her laptop, but Blaine found himself daydreaming about pretty boy again. He desperately needed to know his name, because it felt wrong refering to him as 'pretty boy', even if it was just in his mind. The boy deserved a name, just as pretty as his face.

"Hello? Earth to Blaine?" Linnea waved her hand in front of Blaine's face, who snapped out of his thoughts, looking up quickly.

"Oh, hey, sorry..." Blaine mumbled and tried to pay attention again, taking some important notes on his laptop. He saw Linnea grinning to herself, probably not thinking Blaine would notice.

After class, Linnea pulled Blaine towards the cafetaria, since their next class wouldn't start for the next hour or so. She bought Blaine and herself a cup of coffee and sat down, sliding the cup in front of Blaine.

"Okay, spill."

"How do you know I have something to spill other than my coffee?" Blaine joked, but was met with Linnea's stern face and he rolled his eyes, sticking out his tongue in her direction. "Okay, fine. I have news. I met a guy…"

Linnea shrieked rather loudly, which caused a few curious students to look up from their books and watch them intently. Blaine stomped her shoulder with his fist and Linnea whispered something that sounded like 'sorry'.

"Anyway… before you freak out. I don't even know his name. I only know he works at a coffee shop around the corner from Coop, Ru and Lars and he has gorgeous eyes and perfectly styled brown hair."

"Oh, but Blainey, you already have it bad," Linnea teased, but listened to Blaine's story of the boy in the coffee shop and how he had failed to say something clever.

"That just means you have to go back. You are gonna be there often enough. Babysitting or just visiting, so you have no excuse not to go," Linnea said after Blaine was done.

"Isn't that a tad creepy?" Blaine asked worriedly, frowning, while he sipped his cooled down coffee. Linnea did the same.

"No way. Romances often start in public places. There's nothing to be embarrassed about."

"You're right. What would I ever do without you?" Blaine asked dramatically.

Linnea laughed her amazing, but loud laugh and wrapped her arms around him. "Be miserable."

"Yes, exactly," Blaine mumbled and hugged Linnea back.

On Friday, Blaine woke up because of his alarm. When he saw the time he groaned. 6am. But he needed to be at Coop and Ru's at 7am, because they had to leave for work around 7.15am. Blaine forced himself out of bed, which he had to do for the past few days now. He was just so tired every single day, balancing school, work and spare time like he did.

At 7.01am, Blaine was in Brooklyn, in front of Cooper and Runa's apartment and called Cooper on his cell phone, because he knew Lars would still be asleep. Cooper buzzed him into the apartment and Blaine met his brother and Runa having breakfast in the kitchen, while they whispered to each other.

Blaine hugged his brother and sister-in-law quickly and put his stuff away. He went over the most important things, like Lars' food schedule and play preferences and stuff, and then Cooper and Runa had to leave to go to work.

It was now 7.15am and if he had to believe Cooper and Runa, Lars wouldn't wake up for another two hours. So Blaine took a book from school and started reading.

Two hours later, he heard little cries coming from the bedroom. Blaine put his book away and entered the room as quietly as possible. When he saw Lars fussing in his little sleeping bag, his whole body on top of the blankets, Blaine lifted him out of the crib carefully and laying him down on Cooper and Runa's bed, where he removed the sleeping bag.

"Hey there, buddy! Did you have a good sleep? I bet you did!"

He received a cute smile from Lars and he walked with him to the living room, where he changed Lars' diaper and put Lars in a cute, yellow sweater with koala bears on it and simple, grey, stretchy trousers.

Lars seemed happy enough, despite not having his parents around and having Blaine around on his own for the first time. He played on his playing mat for some time and then he started whining a bit.

Blaine quickly grabbed a bottle of milk and put the pacifier in Lars' mouth, who started sucking on it happily. After a full bottle of milk, Blaine crushed some strawberries and fed them to Lars, who opened his mouth willingly. He loved strawberries and it was endearing to see how he eagerly he opened his mouth, like a little bird in a nest.

It was 10.30am when Lars was done eating, so Blaine planned to go outside for a while, since it was actually a nice day. The sun was out and there were almost no clouds in the sky. Blaine made himself ready, tying the baby sling around his torso and putting Lars in it. When he was satisfied with how Lars was in it (and he checked it twice, just like Cooper taught him), he grabbed the spare keys to Cooper and Runa's apartment and his wallet and left the house.

Outside, Blaine breathed in the fresh air and supported Lars' body with both hands. Lars was looking around with big eyes and was checking out the world.

"Well, buddy. You look happy. Do you mind going to the coffee shop for a little while? I need my caffeine fix and I'm sorry, but your parents don't have a nice coffee machine."

Maybe it was crazy to talk to a baby who wouldn't talk back, but Blaine just wanted to talk to someone and if the only person probably willing to listen was his little nephew of barely 8 months old, then he would take it.

He entered the same coffee shop as the week before and his heart skipped a beat. He had done an okay job the past week. He hadn't thought about the pretty boy with the pretty eyes and the pretty hair for that much.

But there he was again… Behind the counter, helping customers in a very polite manner. And he still was as gorgeous as Blaine could remember. He cleared his throat and moved up to the counter, standing behind in line.

When he was first in line again, he ordered the same black coffee as last week, but still he couldn't get other words out of his mouth. Only his coffee order and a polite 'thank you' and 'please' when he handed pretty boy the money.

But, different than last time, the boy was wearing a name tag. 'Kurt' it read in a simple black fond. But for Blaine it wasn't that simple. He finally had a name with the gorgeous face.

And now he just had to work up the courage to actually speak words to him…

Oops, I think I might be in love with the friendship between Linnea and Blaine. Linnea is a much bigger character than anticipated. Oops, sorry not sorry. Let me know if you want to know more about Linnea or Runa or any of my other OC's!