Hello, Klainers! :)

Well, here it is - the author/artist reveal for Round 2 of the Kurt/Blaine Future Fest!

But before we get to it, us mods would just like to take this opportunity to say a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who made this fest possible.

From everyone who prompted, to all of the wonderful artists/authors who so generously contributed, to every single person who read/commented and/or recced/pimped/reblogged.

The fest wouldn’t have been a success without each and every one of you! THANK YOU SO MUCH! ♥

Kurt/Blaine Future Fest Reveals

Author: Anon
Title: Swing the Spinning Step
Rating: PG-13 for language and sexual content
Summary: Kurt Hummel, a copy-editor at The New York Sentinel just got his big break: the chance to become a reporter, go undercover at a local high school and write an expose. His job is made a lot more complicated by the people he meets (one in particular, an English teacher with a passion for his subject and a penchant for bowties) and the things he learns - both about high school and about himself.
Total word count: ~32,000
Original prompt number: 19 - Submitted by cassie_black12
Disclaimer: This story/artwork is based on characters and situations created and owned by Ryan Murphy and FOX Broadcasting Company. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author’s notes: This is a complete retooling of the movie Never Been Kissed (1999). As such, basic element from both universes have had to be changed significantly, and for the sake of being true to the characters (this version of them) some plotlines from the movie have been removed altogether. In this universe Kurt didn’t go to McKinley, and he and a (slightly younger) Finn were the only members of what might have been the Glee Club to go to school in Lima. Other characters may appear in different capacities (and to varying degrees). Title from the song ‘Kiss Me’ (by Sixpence None the Richer).
Beta(s): The unbelievably wonderful Anon and Anon, with additional thanks to Anon, Anon and Anon.

Swing the Spinning Step

Author: Anon
Title: FYI: I Want a Baby
Other Pairing(s)/Character(s): Finn/OFC, Rachel/Jesse, two OMC’s (children)
Rating: R
Summary: Kurt realizes he wants to have children with Blaine, but rather than just come out with it, he volunteers to mind Finn’s kids for the weekend, in the hope it will make Blaine realize just how much HE wants to have children too.
Warnings (if any):
Total word count: 7,738
Original prompt number: 20 - Submitted by Disclaimer: This story/artwork is based on characters and situations created and owned by Ryan Murphy and FOX Broadcasting Company. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author’s notes (if any): This is based entirely on my headcanon for Klaine’s future. I hope it fits at least somewhat with what the prompter wanted to see! My thanks to both the movie “One Fine Day”, and my Canadian BFF for some of the circumstances contained in this fic.
Beta(s): Anon and Anon. Special thanks to Anon for the title!

FYI: I Want a Baby

Author: Anon
Title: Every Unhappy Family
Other Pairing(s)/Character(s): Mr and Mrs Anderson, brief appearance by Burt and Carole
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It’s been five years since they got together and Kurt still hasn’t met Blaine’s parents. When he finally does, he wishes maybe he hadn’t.
Warnings (if any): Poor family relationships and angst relating to such, mild homophobia.
Total word count: 5,914
Original prompt number: 55 - Submitted by cassie_black12
Disclaimer: This story/artwork is based on characters and situations created and owned by Ryan Murphy and FOX Broadcasting Company. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author’s notes: With thanks to the mods for giving me an extension on this. Apparently I vastly overestimate my own abilities to write my Master’s thesis and at the same time complete fic to a deadline. *headdesk* With that in mind, I hope this is something like what the prompter wanted! Title is from Tolstoy, because I am just that pretentious intellectual.
Beta(s): Anon

Every Unhappy Family

Author: Anon
Title: One Love to Another
Other Pairing(s)/Character(s): Brittany/Santana
Rating: R
Summary: From the prompt: Blaine and Kurt and Brittany and Santana want to have kids. They decide to do it together - after all, each couple has half of what the other needs.
Warnings (if any): none that I can think of
Total word count: 11,575
Original prompt number: 26 - Submitted by annievh
Disclaimer: This story/artwork is based on characters and situations created and owned by Ryan Murphy and FOX Broadcasting Company. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author’s notes: I’m no expert on pregnancy or giving birth, but I researched and tried to portray things as well as I could. I apologize for any inaccuracies.
Beta(s): Anon

One Love to Another - Part I // Part II

Author: Anon
Title: 100 Things Blaine Anderson Loves About Kurt Hummel
Other Pairing(s)/Character(s): None
Rating: PG
Summary: Kurt was his world, and if he had to make a list of all the things about his beautiful boyfriend he loved, he was sure he would be sat at that desk until he got his first grey hair…
Warnings (if any): None
Total word count: 2,523
Original prompt number: 60 - Submitted by accioscar
Disclaimer: This story/artwork is based on characters and situations created and owned by Ryan Murphy and FOX Broadcasting Company. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Beta(s): The Kurt to my Blaine, Anon.

100 Things Blaine Anderson Loves About Kurt Hummel

Author: Anon
Title: Rules of Engagement
Other Pairing(s)/Character(s): Brief mention of Cooper/OFC.
Rating: PG
Summary: In which Blaine Anderson plans the perfect proposal over and over, only to have the universe act out against him. At least he learns some tricks along the way.
Warnings (if any): Minor mentions of (non-serious) illnesses.
Total word count: 5,349
Original prompt number: 3 - Submitted by hedgesgirl
Disclaimer: This story/artwork is based on characters and situations created and owned by Ryan Murphy and FOX Broadcasting Company. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author’s notes: There’s one link that leads to a YouTube video that goes to Blaine’s song.
Beta(s): Anon

Rules of Engagement

Artist: Anon
Title: Before Tomorrow Breaks, Too
Other Pairing(s)/Character(s):
Rating: G
Summary: Prompt: AU in which Kurt/Blaine didn’t meet in high school. Kurt spots Blaine his first day at school – they share a number of classes and a few common acquaintances, but Kurt can never quite get up the courage to talk to the handsome, confident boy and resigns himself to admiring from afar. In his spare time Kurt volunteer’s on the University’s student helpline. It’s some weeks before he realises that the lonely, unhappy boy he’s been talking to regularly is the same smiling face he sees every day, and he’s torn then, because he wants to help, but how can he without betraying Blaine’s trust.
Warnings (if any):
Original prompt number: 63 - Submitted by cassie_black12
Disclaimer: This story/artwork is based on characters and situations created and owned by Ryan Murphy and FOX Broadcasting Company. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author’s/artist’s notes (if any):

Before Tomorrow Breaks, Too

Author: Anon
Title: The Heart Is Hard to Translate
Other Pairing(s)/Character(s):
Rating: R
Summary: When Kurt and Blaine take off on a tour of Europe during the summer between high school and college, they expect to have the adventure of a lifetime. But between all of the monuments, museums, foreign foods, and kisses, uncertainties about their future together begin to interfere.
Warnings (if any): Kissing, touching, frottage, handjobs, blowjobs and language!kink
Total word count: ~50,000 overall
Original prompt number: 30 - Submitted by accioscar
Disclaimer: This story/artwork is based on characters and situations created and owned by Ryan Murphy and FOX Broadcasting Company. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author’s notes: Slightly AU in the fact that Kurt and Blaine are both NYC-bound seniors (Juniorgate and the NYADA-fail never happened) and of course, some slight suspension of disbelief as to the fact that all of this could actually happen. Also, everything may not be factually or logistically accurate, and for that, I apologize, but I did try to do my research. And Lastly, I speak neither French nor Italian, so please blame all errors in translation on my reliance upon GoogleTranslate and dictionaries. Story title comes from Florence + the Machine’s “All This and Heaven Too”.
Beta: Anon

The Heart Is Hard to Translate

Part I // Part II // Part III // Part IV // Part V // Epilogue

Author: Anon
Title: The Spaces
Other Pairing(s)/Character(s):
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Kurt goes away for work, and Blaine is left to remember how he lived without him.
Total word count: ~5,000
Original prompt number: 16 - Submitted by accioscar
Disclaimer: This story/artwork is based on characters and situations created and owned by Ryan Murphy and FOX Broadcasting Company. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author’s notes (if any): The original prompt was a snippet of lyrics from Owl City’s ‘Vanilla Twilight’: the spaces between my fingers are right where yours fit perfectly. I ended up using much more than that from the song - not really lyrics but the setup in general. Hope you’re happy with it, OP!
Beta(s): Anon, who is a marvel of a friend and one hell of a beta. Thank you, T!

The Spaces