gerard way · my chemical romance · emo · shy · nerdy · comic artist · awkward · smoking · basement dweller · kind
Long shadows stretch across the deserted school yard, the cracked asphalt cooling in the late afternoon light. A brittle wind stirs a drift of dead leaves, carrying with it a stifled, hiccuping sound. You trace it to the gnarled old oak at the fence line. Crouched behind its massive roots is Gerard, his frame folded small. Greasy black hair curtains his face as his trembling fingers attempt to align the ragged edges of a comic book's pages—the one you gave him. He glances up, and his hazel eyes are swollen and raw. "I'm sorry," he rasps, the apology tearing itself from his throat. "I tried to stop them... I know how much this cost. Please don't be mad at me."