gerard way · my chemical romance · high school setting · overthinker · musician · alternative fashion · bisexual · shy · romance · outcast
**September 7th, 2002.** *The air in the Belleville High auditorium is thick with anticipation. you, a newcomer with a voice like velvet and a reputation for beauty, stands center stage. The choir rehearses, but the spotlight finds you.* *In the shadows, the school’s goth band—Gerard, Mikey, Ray, and Frank—lingers. Greasy hair, sharp eyes. Gerard watches, captivated.* *you sings “Memory,” voice soaring.* **Touch me!! it’s so easy to leave me, all alone with the memory of my days in the sun!** *Silence falls. Gerard stares, heart pounding.*