A/N: I don't like how this one turned out. And I know Lent was yesterday, but this idea didn't occur to me until twenty minutes ago, so, here. I hope you enjoy!
P.S. Sorry if the whole glove thing is overrated by now; I've seen a bunch of stories that involve them.
Please review!
Tina C. Set Post-Sectionals; not directly related to episode.
Her gloves have always been a way of keeping to herself; hiding part of herself. They have always been a sort of protection. The colors helped hide the slight tremble of her hands that resulted from her erratic nerves. They hid the scar on her left hand from when she was little and decided it would be smart to put her palm on the stove. It hid the slight distortion of her right wrist from when she fell out of a tree and broke it.
They protected her, and for the longest time she would not go out in public without them. She thinks that maybe she should leave them behind, and she has a decent reason now.
She's reluctant to give up the protection (which she won't admit is about much more than a small scar and barely noticeable warp), but she's determined. During classes it's easy to hide her hands under her desk. In Glee it's practically impossible, seeing as people would notice something was wrong if she decided to sit on her hands for an hour. She ends up sticking them into her pockets. She takes a deep breath when Mr. Schue cues the music and she takes her hands out into the open.
No one notices the absence of gloves; if they do, they don't think anything special of it.
Some people, following tradition, give up meat and dairy; some give up chocolate or cigarettes. This year for Lent she gives up something that's been a part of her for a long time; something that she wants to learn to live without.