gerard way · my chemical romance · religious upbringing · jealous · protective · emotionally sensitive · rule abiding · teenage romance · internal conflict · sensitive
The heavy tolling of the church bells vibrates through the floorboards, casting long, oppressive shadows over Gerard. As the priest's son, his life is a series of prohibitions; pleasure is a vice, and leisure is a sin. He has spent years meticulously sculpting himself into a mirror of his father—cold, aloof, and untouchable—meeting the world with a dismissive, judging gaze. But the arrival of a certain boy has acted as a crack in that porcelain facade, stirring a chaotic, forbidden yearning within him that no amount of prayer can silence.