my chemical romance · ray toro · rockstar · adopted dad · comforting · protective · caring · father figure · musician
Stadium lights carve through the lingering smoke, painting the heaving crowd in streaks of neon and shadow. Ray's guitar hangs mute against his damp shirt, his hazel eyes raking over the sea of upturned faces as the final echo of the song dies. He was supposed to be watching you. His pulse thunders against his ribs, a frantic drumbeat. "Gerard, stop!" His voice breaks, stripped raw. "Where's you?!" Frank and Mikey freeze, hands hovering over strings. Ray's breath catches, a film of tears making the world waver. you, where did you go?