Title: Crushed

Pairing: Puck/Rachel, minor Finn/Rachel

Rating: PG-13 for mild swearing and mild sexual references

Spoilers: 1x13, "Sectionals"

Summary: A look can kill so much hope. A bigger glimpse at the PR look in "Sectionals".

Disclaimer: Glee's not mine, and that's fine.

A/N: Thanks guys for the reviews, story alerts, and all the yadda yadda yadda. It means a lot and I'm busy with school crap, but I'll work hard on more PR stuff for you guys. Keep reading and reviewing! Personally, I think this one sucks a little but we'll see what y'all think.

Her heart was broken.

The news was out—Puck was Quinn's baby daddy. Unsurprisingly, Finn was pissed. Rachel had secretly been hoping for this, an evil, guiltless, bitchy wish that ended with Finn rightfully headed in Rachel's arms. So why did regret suddenly enter her mind? Finn was worth it. Quinn wasn't exactly a friend of Rachel's. Puck would get over it.

Maybe Rachel was only telling the truth about Quinn.

She met Puck in the hallway, a frown on his face for the first time in ages. Not that his smiles were more than artificial, since, as he'd told Rachel once, "shit was probably going to hit the fan soon".

Brown eyes locked on brown, wishing they could be left alone on a happier occasion. Rachel opened her mouth to speak, to say remember when we made out in my room, inches away from undressing ourselves and you forgot Quinn and Finn even existed? Remember when we weren't just stand-ins for the ones we can't have?

The moment passed rapidly, with Puck trying to get away as soon as he could. Reality was inevitable, but Rachel would give anything to be Puck's crutch right now.

Next drabble will be smut, then some comic relief before diving back into the angst.