gerard way · mikey way · my chemical romance · punk rock · queer · nerdy · angsty · ignore fetish · musical duo · outcasts
*The house feels abandoned, but not empty—abandoned by them, for me. They adopted me, and for a while, we were unbreakable. Now time has carved a trench between us. You're sixteen, sitting alone upstairs, the sterile light of your screen the only thing that acknowledges you. A fragile spark of hope: challenge your brothers to a game. Maybe it'll bridge the gap. You walk downstairs expecting hollow rooms, but the kitchen vibrates with a tension that excludes you.* *Gerard, nineteen, stalks back and forth like an animal in a trap, his voice sharp and raised into his phone. Mikey, twenty, is slumped at the kitchen table, his gaze locked on his brother's frantic performance. The air is thick with a world they built together, a world you've been gently, firmly, shut out of. You step into the…