A/N - In my headcanon Cooper and Blaine are only brothers by marriage, just wanted the reader to know :)

Blaine looked around the restaurant. His father looked up from the menu and pursed his lips. "Blaine, stop fidgeting. They'll be here anytime. I don't want them thinking you don't like them." Blaine crossed his arms and stared down at the tablecloth. His dad was making him meet his soon-to-be stepbrother. He had recently proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Leslie, and Blaine had already met her. He figured since they were going to be living together he should meet his new stepbrother. All Blaine knew about him was that he was twenty-one, still lived with his mother, and his name was Cooper. He tapped his fingers against the table and sighed. How long did it take for two people to get to an Italian restaurant in Lima, Ohio?

He heard the shuffling of feet near the table and looked up. He saw Leslie smiling down at his dad, she was patting at her light brown bob. "Hello, Blaine." She smiled. Blaine smiled back, noticing she had a small lipstick stain on her teeth. She seemed to try so hard to seem put together, because of the way Blaine's father was, but there were small signs that would always give her away. She sat down and picked up a menu.

"So, where is Cooper?" his father asked. He seemed a bit irritated. "Oh, he's just having a cigarette outside. He'll be here in a minute or two." She smiled and planted a kiss on his cheek. Blaine smirked with his hand over his mouth. For some reason whenever his father got miffed it never ceased to entertain him. "So Blaine," Leslie took a sip of water "How is school?" He tried hard not to laugh. What a typical adult question. "Fine. We're learning about Napoleon in history class." She acted interested "He's a fascinating subject, is he not Robert?" she turned to Blaine's dad. She was so phony sometimes. A tall figure stood near their booth and Blaine looked up.

Standing there was a god. He had piercing blue eyes and it's like his face was chiseled out of marble. His hair was just the right shade of chocolate brown and his figure looked like he worked out a least three times a week. He was perfect. Blaine looked down at the table again, a bit flustered. His was probably just drooling over some girl's boyfriend, waiting for her to come from the car or something.

"Oh, Cooper." Leslie said. Blaine looked back up, expecting to see some chubby loser. But standing there was the same guy. The stunning guy from before. Blaine opened his mouth to ask a question "Oh, you're Cooper?" His father looked at him. "Oh, sorry Blaine." Leslie gave a weak smile "This is Cooper." She grabbed his hand and looked up, smiling at her pride and joy. This perfect specimen of a man was Leslie's son. Blaine's new stepbrother.

"Have a seat, Cooper." Robert said. Cooper smiled and sat down next to Blaine. Blaine scooted over, uncomfortable with how much Cooper's blue jeans were brushing against his slacks. "Cooper, this is Blaine." His father said. Blaine turned his head and stared into Cooper's penetrating eyes. "Hey." Cooper offered a hand to shake. Blaine reluctantly grabbed onto it. "Blaine, right?" Cooper gave a small smirk and Blaine felt his insides melt. "Yeah." He quickly let go of his hand and looked at the menu, his cheeks flushing.

"So Cooper, how's the acting business going?" Richard waved over a waiter. "Oh. Well, I recently got headshots. Not much more than that at the moment, unfortunately." He gave an uncomfortable laugh. "You're an actor?" Blaine asked while still looking at the menu. "Yeah. I only started about half a year ago." Blaine heard him laugh again. Blaine found it so cool that his soon-to-be brother was an actor. Even an aspiring one.

After they ate dinner Leslie decided it would be a good idea to go get ice cream. She suggested that Blaine and Cooper ride together in order to get to know each other a little more. "Sure. Sounds like a plan." Cooper had given Blaine a pat on the shoulder in the parking lot. Even though Blaine was sometimes annoyed by Leslie he was glad she had come up with this plan.

Now the two of them were riding in the blue pickup truck Cooper drove. He was smoking a cigarette and messing around with the stereo. "Uh, just choose whatever you want." He said when he couldn't find anything good. Blaine just turned it to the generic top 40 station. "So, do you like private school?" Cooper turned to him. "Um. I guess. I've been going to Dalton since I was five. I don't really know much else." He shrugged his shoulders and picked at the cracking leather seats. "I just wondered. Some kids who go to private schools seem to look down on public schools. But I guess you've grown up going there so..." He smiled at Blaine. Blaine assumed he was trying to assess his personality or something. It kind of bothered him. "How was school for you?" Blaine looked up at him. "It wasn't the best. I kind of just wanted to get out of there, you know?" Cooper turned to and looked a bit sad. "That's why I didn't go to college." He looked back up. "I can't stand having a schedule. Having to do the same thing everyday. I figured out about a year ago what I really wanted to do. And now I'm trying to become an actor." he gave out a laugh "Pretty smart huh?" Blaine smiled back at him. At least he seemed to have a good sense of humor about himself.

They turned into a parking lot and Blaine noticed his father's car wasn't there. "Guess we'll just have to wait for them, huh?" Cooper turned off the car and lit another cigarette. He turned to look at Blaine. "So, I hear you like to sing?" Blaine looked out the front window, a bit embarrassed. "Yeah. I just joined the Warblers. I'm at the bottom of the totem pole though." He messed with the crease on his pants. "Well, I guess that makes the both of us." Cooper gave him a playful shove. Blaine chuckled and looked up. Cooper was staring at him.

He felt his body freeze up. Was there something on his face? In his teeth? He didn't want to look disheveled in front of someone as stunning as Cooper. He saw Cooper put his fingers to his mouth and give them a lick. He placed them against Blaine's forehead and moved his hand up. "Wha-" Blaine moved back a bit. "There." Cooper said "A piece of hair was sticking out. It looks like you use gel, so I figured you wanted your hair to look neat." Blaine felt his cheeks heat up and he nodded a little "Uh yeah." Cooper turned his head when he saw Robert's car pull up next to them. "Come one, little bro." Cooper smirked again and Blaine gave a small smile back. He felt like this guy was gonna be a handful.