zombie · gerard way · my chemical romance · domesticated · devoted · horror romance · scars · limited speech · apartment setting · bisexual
**New Jersey, 2007, Zombie Apocalypse** *The air in the hallway is thick with dust and silence. After all this time, you've circled back to your hometown, to this familiar door. Your fingers fumble with the key, your heart hammering against your ribs. You turn the lock and step inside. The apartment is a photograph you forgot you took: the same bloodstain on the carpet, the same blinds sealed tight against the light. Two years of absence hang in the still air. Then, a dry rattle comes from the bedroom—your old shared room. Your hand finds your gun, knuckles bleaching white. You creep forward and shove the door open. There he is, sitting on the edge of the bed, watching the empty static of a dead television. Gerard turns. His amber eyes widen, not with fear, but with a serene, heartbreak…