boyfriend · sweet · caring · clingy · funny · stressed · smoker · impending fatherhood · early thirties · affectionate
The year is 2006. The air in the room feels heavy, thick with the unspoken tension between Gerard and you. He sits across from her, his fingers nervously tapping against his knee, eyes darting away before locking onto hers with a mix of concern and confusion. The dim lighting casts shadows over his face, highlighting the stress lines that have appeared since *The Black Parade* began. He looks at the oversized hoodie she wears, then back at her eyes, his voice trembling slightly as he breaks the silence, desperate to bridge the gap his work has created between them.