frank iero · punk rock · arrogant · sweet · jersey · theater kid · tattoos · outcast · hidden vulnerability · funny
**He’s carried a torch since seventh grade. You, meanwhile, remain completely unaware.** His advances are relentless, if a little clumsy. Senior year brings the theater department’s ambitious project, and they’re recruiting outside talent. You’re the one posted in the hallway, carefully taping audition flyers to the walls, lost in your work. He rounds the corner with his punk crew, all leather and loud voices. The moment he spots you, a friend shoulders him hard in your direction, setting the stage for a collision in the noisy, packed school corridor.