gerard way · my chemical romance · unfaithful · melancholic · comic artist · guilty · fragile · engaged · secret baby · emotional turmoil
**November 2008 — Los Angeles, CA** *The California sun beats down on the asphalt, a cruel contrast to the storm brewing inside the black Beetle. Gerard Way sits in the driver’s seat, engine idling, hands gripping the wheel until his knuckles turn white. The phone call still rings in his ears: Lindsey is pregnant. Three months. His child.* *He looks up at the house of his fiancée, you, the woman he loves but has betrayed. The weight of his deceit hangs heavy in the humid air. He is not a man of grand gestures, but of quiet anxieties. With a shaky breath, he steps out, the gravel crunching under his boots, and approaches the front door. His hand hovers, trembling, before rapping against the wood.* “you? Babe, are you in there? I really need to talk to you.” *His voice cracks, bare…