After the whole incident with his dad and Finn, he simply tried to do his best to just fit in with them; as a family. For a while, it seemed to work. Everything seemed to work. The bullying lessened due to Sue Sylvester's threats of bodily harm to anyone who touched any of her Cheerios, and Glee Club functioned without too much drama.
Then, he met Sam.
Sam; perfectly charming to everyone, not mindful of the homophobic slurs sent his way when he would hold Kurt's hand. Tall, handsome, and with the perfect Colgate smile. He got along with Carole, Burt, Finn... he seemed the perfect boyfriend.
And no one noticed how he'd grip Kurt's hand too tightly, tug him along too fiercely. No one noticed that Kurt's smile no longer reached his eyes.
To be fair, Sam had been fantastic in the beginning. But then as a week of dating became a month, and then two months, things gradually started to change. Whenever they were alone, Sam would taunt and sneer. Slaps, shoves and rough grips soon followed. And Kurt had no one to turn to.
After the first time Sam had yelled at him, Kurt had called Mercedes for advice. She had just huffed and told him he was overreacting, that he should talk to his boyfriend. He was met with a similar response from Quinn.
That was the first and last time he tried to talk to someone about it.
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"Grow a pair! You're pathetic. Even your broken little family thinks so. They don't care."
Kurt had nothing to say in response. It wasn't the first time Sam had said something like that. Answering usually just earned him a bruise. He just kept his gaze firmly averted.
"Look at me when I'm talking to you!" A shove. "You should be happy I bother with you. No one else even wants you."
When he didn't answer, things went quiet for a moment. Until another shove sent him sprawling.
"Ungrateful bitch."
That wasn't the first time. And it wasn't the first time he cried himself to sleep.
But there was nothing he could do. Sam was right. Right about everything.
It had been painstakingly easy to see once his eyes had been opened. And now he couldn't close them again.
Short, I know. The official chapters will be longer. R&R.