Untitled Gleevengers fic Part 5
The first thing Kurt does upon being released from custody is to hug his father.
“Tell me you didn’t know about this.” Kurt isn’t asking. Burt scrubs his face with one sweaty hand.
“About SHIELD? I had no idea ‘till Blaine called me up. The rest? Yeah, I knew. I raised you. Odin wasn’t about to entrust his son to a stranger.”
“I’m not his son either,” Kurt mutters.
“Hey, none of that! I went to your Glee concerts, I taught you how to drive, and I danced on a stage with two teenage girls as backup dancers for you. You’re my son.”
Kurt’s lips are beginning to stretch into a smile by the time he says, “I still can’t believe you did that.”
“Yeah well, we’re getting off topic. There’s something else you wanted to ask, right?” Burt Hummel places his hand on his son’s shoulder. Kurt’s always been told not to ask a question if he didn’t want to know the answer, but he’s also been told that you can’t always get what you want.
“Who am I?” Kurt asks.
Burt looks into his son’s eyes before gently replying, “Who do you think you are?”
“Dad, my memories don’t make any sense. Three years ago, I remember my freshman History teacher who wanted us to memorize the Canadian national anthem, and I remember being offered a drink by Tony Stark right before I threw him out a window!” There’s desperation in Kurt’s voice, and panic, but also guilt.
“Are you Kurt or are you Loki?” Burt summarizes, “If there’s one thing I learned from being your father, it’s that I can’t tell you who to be. But I can tell you why you remember being two people. Do you remember coming back to Asgard after you trashed New York?”
Kurt still can’t quite believe that he’s responsible for the near-destruction of the city of his dreams. He can’t imagine what Loki had been thinking. He shakes his head.
“Well, Thor brought you back. You told Odin your whole story behind closed doors, but from what I gathered, you were put up to it by a race of aliens. Odin wanted you safe, and he wanted you to learn your lesson. I guess he figured Earth had done wonders for Thor, why not for Loki, too?”
“So I’m Loki. But how-”
“I’m getting to that, hold your horses. Odin figured you wouldn’t stick around and play nice like Thor did, and you seemed to think that your old alien friends would be after your blood anyway. So Odin… the way he described it, he gathered a whole lot of magic and convinced the Universe that Kurt Hummel had always been a part of it.”
“Like mass hypnotism?”
“You’re still thinking like a human.”
“You’re talking like a…cosmic rewrite! Can Odin do that?”
“Well we’re here, aren’t we?”
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