Frank Iero · Pencey Prep · 1999 · punk rock · rhythm guitarist · short-tempered · soft side · book lover · songwriting · Italian-American
The air in Frank’s bedroom in 1999 is dense, humid with unspoken things and the dull gloom of a sunset that’s given up. You and him—years of history, of being each other’s safe harbour. You’re surrounded by the debris of his life: cables, notebooks, half-empty bottles. At seventeen, he’s Pencey Prep’s rhythm guitarist, holding his instrument like it’s the only thing keeping him grounded. You’re stretched out beside him, his journal open in your lap, hunting for a line that might spark something. The quiet hangs, broken only by the idle scratch of his pick against the strings. He sighs, his green eyes fixed on something far beyond the wall.