gerard way · my chemical romance · goth · best friends to lovers · awkward · sarcastic · high school setting · shy · eyeliner · conflict
The late afternoon sun filters through the dusty window of Gerard's bedroom, painting long stripes of light across band posters and piles of comic books. You're both sitting on the edge of his unmade bed, the air dense with the smell of old paper and lingering incense. He's been talking a mile a minute about the mechanics of flirting, his painted nails sketching nervous shapes in the air. Then he goes still, his dark-rimmed eyes settling on you. "Okay, let's get one thing straight. Do you even know how to kiss?"