A/N: This is my first fanfic! This is based off of the song "It's Over Now," from Starkid's webseries "Little White Lie," so I recommend listening to that while reading. Please review and tell me how to make it better!
"Hello, I'm David Karofsky."
Dave Karofsky had spent all his life acting. When he was younger, it had been easier. They weren't as obsessed with labels as they would be later. So Dave would play football, and act like he belonged. When all his friends would go into the locker room to change, Dave thought that it was natural to be curious. He thought every guy went through a phase like that.
But when he got older, he realized that wasn't true. When he went to parties, all the guys would hook up with the girls and they weren't staring at each other. When they would change in the locker room, they wouldn't look to see how chiseled their arms were. They just would stare at their lockers and not at each other.
When Dave got into high school, there was a kid named Kurt. Kurt Hummel. He was openly gay, and Dave admired him. He knew who he was, and wouldn't let anyone take that away from him. Every day, Dave would watch Kurt. He watched him walk through the halls going to his next class. He watched as Kurt would eat lunch with friends who accepted him. It made Dave wish he had friends like that, not the jocks who slushied Kurt, and pushed him into lockers. In fact, it made Dave a little jealous.
One day, Dave couldn't handle it anymore. He knew his teammates were watching him, and judging him. They knew he was the only one not to have done something hurtful to Kurt. So before Kurt's Glee Club one day, Dave walked up to him. And he shoved him into the locker.
The next day, Dave saw Kurt hurry away when he saw him in the hall. Much to Dave's surprise, this made him feel good. He liked that he was hurting Kurt. He didn't know why, and he knew it wasn't right, but it made Dave feel secure. And in his head, it all made sense. If Dave wasn't allowed to walk around being out, then Kurt shouldn't be able to either. Equal opportunity, right?
Dave continued to bully Kurt until one day he cracked. He couldn't deal with it anymore. He was angry at the world. He was angry at Kurt. He was angry that he had to hide behind a cover when Kurt could flaunt it all around. So he followed Kurt into the locker room. And in the only way he could think of, he showed Kurt why he had been so hurtful to him.
Dave knew the kiss was wrong. But he didn't know what to do. He had never talked about his feelings before, and he wasn't ready to. But when Kurt transferred to Dalton, Dave knew he had hurt him. He knew he had to apologize.
Later, Dave took a deep breath. He was about to apologize to the Glee Club, and to Kurt. He looked in the bathroom mirror. He couldn't pretend anymore.
"I'm David Karofsky. And I'm gay."