Title: we're bleeding and we're torn

Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Roseanne Cash

Warnings: suicidal ideation; mentions of violence

Pairings: Kurt/Blaine

Rating: PG

Wordcount: 230

Point of view: third

Prompt: any, any/any, death pact - two completely in love [people] make a pact that when one dies, the other will join them, if not b[y] dying with them from the same cause then by taking their own life


Once upon a time, Blaine Anderson thought about killing himself. He'd been beaten and left for dead, and none of his 'friends' wanted to talk to him. His dad could barely look at him.

But his grandfather footed the bill for a transfer to an entirely new school, one where there were uniforms so everyone looked the same. And the students talked to him. Listened to him. His roommate (who didn't care that he was gay! who asked what his type was and tried to set him up with a friend!) convinced him to try out for the show choir, and everyone praised him, and it was amazing.

At Dalton, he didn't want to die anymore.

.

Once upon a time, Kurt Hummel thought about killing himself. Then he snuck into someone else's school and met a beautiful boy on the stairs, and the boy took his hand and sang to him and listened and understood, and promised, Courage. It gets better.

Every single time Kurt thought about killing himself, after that wonderful afternoon, the beautiful boy texted or called him.

So Kurt survived long enough that he no longer wanted to die.

.

Curled up together on Blaine's bed (too small, really, but it doesn't matter), Kurt whispers, Promise you'll never leave me behind.

I swear, Blaine murmurs, if you promise the same.

They seal it with a kiss.