A/N: September is Suicide Prevention Month. This is something I am very passionate about since I myself have felt suicidal. Please seek professional help and know you are not alone if you are struggling. Anyway, this is an AU where Rachel is suicidal, and no one notices until it is too late. Set in season 1. WARNING: this discusses suicide. Please do not read if this will trigger you.
Rachel Berry sighed as she peeled off her slushy-stained clothes. She was so lonely. Everyone thought of her as "that girl with big dreams", but no one knew her darkest secret. She, Rachel Berry, was suicidal.
She had been cutting since freshman year. Glee club had kept her from cutting deeper. But, Mr. Shue gave Quinn HER solo in "Don't Stop Believing." Her solo she had known by heart since age 2! For no good reason!
Without her safe space, she had no reason to stop. She continued cutting. Deeper, deeper, deeper. Until the world went black.