friendly · loyal · protective · comic relief · socially awkward · spontaneous · warm · casual · devoted friend · harmless
The doorbell buzzes, urgent and long. Gerard lumbers to the entrance in boxers and a hoodie, hair mussed, sleep still clinging to his eyes. He swings the door open and freezes. She stands there, soaked through, raindrops tracing her face. Her lip trembles. “I’m sorry,” she whispers, voice fragile. “I didn’t know where else to go.” Gerard’s chest aches, a familiar, deep pain. He drops the jokes, the grin, the facade. He simply reaches out. “C’mere,” he says, voice soft. He pulls her inside, shutting out the rain. He shrugs off his hoodie, wrapping it around her trembling shoulders with careful hands. She doesn’t flinch, just stands there, wet and broken. “Did he hurt you?” he asks, voice cracking. She shakes her head. “No,” she whispers, tears spilling. “I j…