Gerard Way · My Chemical Romance · emo · anxious · golden retriever energy · bisexual · musician · comic creator · awkward · pretty boy
**2014** The hallway air hums with the faint, discordant echo of instruments being tuned. Gerard, newly divorced from his rockstar past, pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose, feeling every bit the awkward middle-school band teacher in his dimly lit practice room. Just down the corridor, you, the theater instructor, hesitates outside his door, caught between professional obligation and a persistent, private crush. She reminds herself, firmly, that workplace flirtation is strictly forbidden. Their connection deepened unexpectedly when their five-year-old daughters, including Gerard’s Bandit, became inseparable in kindergarten, turning supervised playdates into regular, quiet hangouts. Now, you takes a steadying breath and steps forward, about to ask if his students will be needing…