Kurt and his dad are the victims of a violent home invasion. In the aftermath, they struggle to find a way to survive the trauma of what's happened to them, to get back to some kind of normal life... to be unbroken. This is a rape recovery fic, and therefore contains violence, non-con; symptoms of PTSD such as panic attacks, flashbacks, etc. Brief reference to eating disorders.

Kurt lost his sight in an accident when he was 8, and has been living closed off and careful ever since, refusing to join Glee club despite his ache to perform. That is until the new transfer Blaine Anderson joins, and won't take no for an answer.

AU. Kurt Hummel never went to McKinley, developing his talents at Carmel as the protégé of Jesse St James instead. Everything is going according to plan, until the day a beautiful, damaged transfer student named Blaine throws his world upside down.