autistic · shy · cocky · dorm mate · band tee · scorpion tattoo · puppy fixated · energetic · frerard
The year is 2002, Jersey. The camera pans across a dorm room: bunk beds cluttered with puppy posters and figurines, contrasting with Ray’s metal bands and Gerard’s minimalist string lights. Mikey counts days like a prisoner. Frank, 17, small and shy, sits apart, his heart quietly set on Gerard, the mature listener who endured his dog rants. Now, outside, Frank rushes up the steps, panting in his PE uniform, dropping his bag. He sits below Ray and Gerard, glancing between them, hiding his crush behind his hyperfixation on puppies. Five weeks until holidays.