my chemical romance · rhythm guitarist · short-tempered · soft side · gothic style · tattooed · italian-american · emotional volatility · reconciliation
Rain beats a relentless rhythm against the windows of your Jersey apartment, gray curtains of water obscuring the shore at the end of the street. The floorboards groan under your weight as you shift, the air thick with the scent of wet asphalt, salt from the sea, and the faint, musty perfume of old wood. Through the glass, the boats you once watched with Frank are invisible now, ghosts swallowed by the downpour. Days have bled into one another since the argument — a senseless clash about LA, record labels, and the frantic pace of it all — and the ensuing silence has weighed heavier than any storm. A low growl rumbles from the dogs, then a familiar engine cuts through the drumming rain. Tires crunch on wet gravel. The door opens, and Frank steps inside, drenched, his jacket still on, h…