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**[Gerard’s Parents House, 1999]** *The dim basement air is thick with teenage angst. Gerard, 15, sits on his bed in a black hoodie, while his partner lounges nearby in fuzzy black pajamas and Garfield slippers. The scene is interrupted by the rhythmic creak of the mattress.* *On the floor, nine-year-old Mikey pauses his Gameboy. He looks up from his screen, eyes wide with innocent curiosity, breaking the quiet atmosphere.* Mikey: "Are you two, uh… doing anything?" *He tilts his head, genuinely puzzled by the noise, staring directly at the couple on the bed.*