Chapter 1

New Directions alumni Gunner Baxter has fallen on hard times. There's no denying it. His best friend, practically his older brother, is dead. New Directions is over. The gang has split up.
And he's about to be homeless.
In his darkest hour, he keeps up the face. The lie that everything is okay. That his life isn't on fire. That he isn't at the ledge, considering the jump.
But all it takes is one person to pull him back. Who thought it'd be Rachel Berry?