AU after 3x14 On My Way. Rachel went back to Quinn's house with her to collect the bridesmaid's dress leaving both hurt in the car crash. A shared trauma brings them together, but Quinn is paralyzed from her hips down and must start life over from a wheelchair. She is left paraplegic, but still destined for huge success at the Paralympics. Faberry with lots of Quinntana friendship.

Something has happened to Quinn Fabray over the Summer. The people of McKinley High all know some of the details, for it is impossible not to have heard, but they do not know everything about the event which has shattered Quinn: that which has left her an empty husk who does not speak. But Quinn is not the only one who has been broken by the event. [AU, HS]