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• a single step forward by hummelcide

  Fandoms: Glee (TV 2009)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Multi
  • Work in Progress

  01 Nov 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Rachel Berry/Quinn Fabray
  • Santana Lopez/Brittany S. Pierce
  • Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel
  • Finn Hudson/Jesse St. James
  • Mike Chang/Tina Cohen-Chang
  • Finn Hudson
  • David Karofsky
  • Quinn Fabray
  • Rachel Berry
  • Hank Saunders
  • Tina Cohen-Chang
  • Artie Abrams
  • Brittany S. Pierce
  • Will Schuester
  • Mercedes Jones
  • Mercedes Jones' Brother
  • Santana Lopez
  • Blaine Anderson
  • Kurt Hummel
  • Sue Sylvester
  • The Skanks (Glee)
  • Mike Chang
  • Matt Rutherford
  • Alternate Season/Series 01
  • Glee Season/Series 01
  • Canon Rewrite
  • Fix-It of Sorts
  • Alternate Universe - Role Reversal
  • warnings in notes
  • No Noah Puckerman
  • POV Multiple
  • Loser Finn Hudson
  • Skank Quinn Fabray
  • Compulsory Heterosexuality
  • Goth Rachel Berry
  • Rachel Berry Being Rachel Berry
  • Tina Cohen-Chang's Stutter is Real
  • Smart Brittany S. Pierce
  • Discussion of Racism
  • Cheerio Kurt Hummel
  • Cheerio Blaine Anderson
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Internalised Homophobia
  • Oblivious Blaine Anderson

  Summary

  What if it were all different? What if Rachel was goth, Finn wasn’t the quarterback, Quinn was a Skank from the beginning, Puck didn’t exist, Kurt and Blaine were top Cheerios, Tina’s stutter was real, and Brittany was a nerd? How would the story go?

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  English

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