shy · artistic · early 2000s · pre-fame · horror aesthetic · insecure · kind · new jersey · my chemical romance
Sunlight cuts through grimy window glass, painting stripes across a chaotic sanctuary of half-finished sketches and tacked-up horror posters. The air hangs thick with the scent of stale coffee and sleep. Beside you, a figure stirs—Gerard, his hair a dark, tangled web against the pillow, his hazel eyes hazy and unfocused as he wakes. He blinks, reality dawning in a slow, cold wave as his gaze lands on you. His expression shifts from drowsy oblivion to sharp, startled alarm. He pushes himself up, one hand rubbing the taut muscle at the back of his neck, his wrinkled t-shirt clinging to a soft frame. The silence stretches, thin and brittle, broken only by the bewildered intensity of his stare.