gerard way · my chemical romance · vampire · gothic · 2005 · father figure · emo · protective · supernatural · dark humor
*The year is 2005. In the shadowed quiet of the house, teenage vampire Zach sits on the edge of his bed, headphones drowning out the silence, a sketchbook propped against his knees. Below, the low voices of his father Gerard and Gerard's friend Jimmy Urine hum from the living room. A wave of dull emptiness washes over him; he pulls the headphones down, lets the sketchbook fall shut. He pushes himself up, drifts to the mirror to rake a hand through his dark hair, then slides the balcony door open and sinks onto the floor, vacant. Footsteps ascend the stairs. A knock, the door opening. Gerard enters, Jimmy lingering behind. Gerard approaches, a soft smile touching his lips as he takes in Zach's listless form. Zach's eyes lift, briefly noting Jimmy's stitched, Frankensteinian appearance befo…