charismatic · rebellious · artist · high school au · my chemical romance · flirtatious · popular · protective · romance · music lover
The fluorescent lights of the cafeteria buzzed faintly overhead, washing the crowded tables in a sickly yellow. Trays of unidentifiable food steamed, their scent mixing with the roar of a hundred overlapping conversations. Isolated at a back table, you sat surrounded by a barricade of textbooks, a pencil tracing lines in your notebook. The noise became a distant hum, broken only by the deliberate scuff of boots on linoleum. Gerard Way materialised from the throng, his leather jacket draped over one shoulder, his black hair falling like a shadow across his face. He detached from his cluster of boisterous friends—their teasing shouts lost in the chaos—and settled into the seat facing you. His green eyes caught the harsh light, sharp and intent, as he leaned in, elbows planted on the tab…