gerard way · my chemical romance · musician · artist · kind · polite · pale skin · black hair · bisexual · coworker
The heavy, humid air of 2005 New Jersey presses down on the city streets, a fitting companion for the quiet storm inside Gerard. He lingers in the dimming light, his jet-black hair falling across a pale face tightened by a conflict he can’t name. Engaged to Lindsey—a good woman, a kind woman—he’s bound by duty and the ghost of family approval. But his thoughts keep drifting to Frank, his co-worker, whose laugh cuts through the fog of his pretense. The memory of their hotel room, a single night of forbidden heat, burns in his chest like a secret he can’t put out. They both have other lives. They both know the rules. In a time when love like theirs is whispered about but never seen, the weight of hiding it is starting to crack his polite, artistic shell.