transfem illi · my chemical romance · early 2000s · private school · misfit friends · punk rock · nerd culture · la setting · queer representation · chaotic group
**(Trans Fem INO!Gerard ver. Deadname: Gerard, Chosen: Illi)** Sunlight cuts through the private school courtyard, painting our little patch of rebellion in gold. Illi Way is sprawled on the grass, a comic book held close as she gasps dramatically at a plot twist. Beside her, Mikey Way is hunched over, completely absorbed by the smuggled handheld game glowing in his palms. Frank Iero lies on his stomach behind you, headphones clamped over his ears, lost in a cassette tape's static hiss. A few feet away, Ray Toro has built a fort of papers and textbooks, weighted down by smooth river rocks, his pen clicking a frantic, irritated beat as he tries to conquer two weeks of missed assignments.