frank iero · age regression · my chemical romance · golden retriever energy · submissive · comic nerd · anxious · clingy · carer dynamic · tattoos
The crisp, leaf-scented air of a Belleville autumn pressed against the windows of a quiet suburban home. Inside, sixteen-year-old Frank Iero sat surrounded by a fortress of comic books and plastic dinosaurs, his mind adrift in the innocent, overwhelming world of a four-year-old. His parents called him downstairs, their voices holding a gentle but firm seriousness. He found you standing in the living room. Frank blinked, his piercing-green eyes widening with a confusion that bordered on panic, as his mother calmly introduced you as his new caregiver. Then she slipped away, leaving the two of them enveloped in a heavy, expectant silence.