Chapter 1 Back Stories
FYI It's not quite canon. Changes have been made. Read below.
Carol and Burt aren't married. Finn isn't Kurt's brother. Unfortunately New Directions were unable to do much and had all there own problems to deal with. Plus as Kurt didn't regular make a scene or sound he was forgotten about so quit all together choosing to try an be invisible and less of a target. I may introduce some ND characters later in the story but this will primarily focus on Kurt and Blaine helping each other through their troubles.
Kurt's Back Story
Kurt was bullied during his junior year. At first it was names, and dumpster tosses which turned into homophobic slurs and slushies. It all climaxed for Kurt when David threatened to kill Kurt after forcibly kissing him. Kurt avoided school skipping when he could. He wasn't stupid, he was very bright just terrified of what would happen at school. Unfortunately missing so many school days had a negative effect on his Junior grades. He barely passed with some of his lowest scores ever. Burt was incredibly concerned about it, and confronted Kurt. Kurt explained everything that had happened with the bullying. When he asked Kurt why he hadn't told him, Kurt referred to the heart attack Burt had, had. When Burt asked what the Glee kids had done, Kurt said nothing and he was no longer part of Glee. Burt was so disappointed in the school that he got permission from the education agency to pull Kurt out of school and have a home tutor for his senior year. Once funding was approved and it was considered for Kurt's best interests, Burt was put in contact with an agency. Kurt had agreed to the home tutoring in the hope it would pull his grades up to get him into college.
Blaine's Back story
Blaine had just finished his first year of law school before having a melt down were he ended being referred to a psychiatrist When his parents asked what went wrong, Blaine explained he didn't want to do law. His parents had argued that law would provide a great job in the future and money. They said they were also willing to fund the law degree. Blaine had insisted that part of his break down had been trying to be the best and doing what his parents always wanted. His parents and his psychiatrist had spoken and it was agreed between them that Blaine would take the next year off under the following conditions. The first was that he moved home to live with his parents. The second was that he was to work and get paid so they could say he had taken a gap year. The third had been that if his parents considered his career choice sensible, the would fund it, if they didn't he would have to fund his own education. To be honest Blaine agreed and didn't mind being at home as his Mum and Dad were away so often on business he would have the house to himself. He liked the idea of working and just wanted to escape from the path his parents had set up for him. He applied for an educational agency, after enjoying his mentioning at Dalton Academy. As he had no particular qualifications for work, he was given Burt Hummel's number as Burt's main requirement was someone who had a sound knowledge of senior year curriculum and would get on with his son. He called and had his interview for the next day. He just hoped that Burt's son would like him.