Based on the I'm Not Okay (I Promise) music video by My Chemical Romance. **Triggers: abuse, suicide, mild bullying // plenty of warning given beforehand** 78, 829 words | 192 pages | 48 chapters | 4 parts

It's the lake in November, and the move closer to the ocean, and Gerard's fixation, and Gerard's compulsions like tidal waves dragging him down, and Mikey's more distant than ever: like they're drifting out into the middle of the ocean, whereas Gerard's just stuck there: water turning to quicksand around him, drowning. And it's the letter; Frank finds it on the floor of the boys' bathroom on the first floor. It's dropped in accident, perhaps from a pocket or something, and it's drenched in what Frank hopes is tap water, and the words: scrawled in blue ink are difficult to make out as the words join together in a fuzzy inky mess. The only paragraph legible is the final one, and even still, it barely is: 'I've been underwater for a long time now, but I'm not drowning, I'm beginning to think I can breathe like this, but I can't, I'm gasping for breath, and I have to do this, Mikey, I have to end this myself. I'm going to the lake on the 1st of November, don't wait for me... I'm not coming back.' And the name signed at the bottom is little more than a smudged mess of blue ink, and there's nothing Frank can do about it, but he knows for certain that the one thing he can't do is ignore this letter, and he reminds himself of that as he folds it into his pocket. It's a suicide note, Frank's stupid, but not stupid enough to brush over that fact, and whoever this person is, Frank knows that they most certainly don't deserve to die. And Frank isn't going to let them. Because he's going to find this person; he's got time now at least, and he can save them, he will save them - Frank promises himself that. But one person in a whole school, it's like a needle in a haystack, but he's got time, it's November 1st in thirty days, and he can only hope that it will be enough. He's got one month: the date is October 1st.

"Only douche bags wear sunglasses inside." "If I knew what one looked like, I might agree."

*somewhat based on the I'm Not Okay video* It's Gerard Way's senior year at Belleville Academy for him and his best friend Ray. After years of torment from his classmates, he can't wait for the year to be over. But when the two boys witness the new kid, Frank Iero being teased and shoved for being an anti social punk-rocker, Gerard finally loses his cool and decides this year will be the year he finally gets revenge on his classmates. After befriending Frank and getting help from his brother Mikey and his energetic friend, Pete, Gerard reckons this will be a year no one will forget. {Revenge Era MCR,Frerard,Petekey,other band references, horrible jokes} *Honestly so many band references in the early chapters. Prepare yourself*

Gerard Way, the saddest sap at Belleville High School, is caught crying in the bathroom stall by the one and only Frank Iero. It's then, in the ever horrid high school bathroom, that an unlikely match is made.

Frank's lost his parents when he was sixteen and was now a nineteen year old who had to grow up way too fast. He was still struggling to find a job that didn't leave him struggling for money at the end of each month, not only for his sake but also his eight year old sister, Diana. Gerard was a young famous artist. No one knew anything about him really except that he was an arrogant rich hermit who had no interest in interacting with anyone beyond selling them his paintings.

The killjoys are heroes, saving Battery City one drac death at a time. Arrogant, angry Party Poison leads the pack of three as the fight for survival rages between them and the sinister, controlling Better Living industries. Then they find a new ally: Fun Ghoul; quiet, lonely, mysterious and occasionally violent. With his strange ways and dark secret, he intrigues Party, pulling them all into a trap of deceit, guilt and possible death...

'Alright ladies and gentleman, this is a robbery and if you want to make it out alive I suggest you get against that wall right fucking now!' ~~~ I've got ADHD, problems socializing AND anger issues. Why did I have to get caught up in this? I was supposed to be giving my friend her cup of coffee then going to a day at my college campus. I'm meant to be a doctor, not a hostage. I'm meant to fall in love, have kids, a career, all that stuff. I wanted to believe that there was someone for everyone but in a planet, in this town with so many people what was the changes you actually meet that person? One in a million.

Frank Iero hates children, with their high-pitched voices and tiny little hands. But of all of the children that irritate him, Ms. Way's kindergarten class is the worst. And of course, that's where Frank is stuck volunteering for the next two months.

『"gerardway: Hey, how's your day? xfrnkiero: better now :)"』 | punk! gerard x pastel! frank ; instagram/texting fic | the first few chapters may seem boring but trust me, things get cute & wholesome real fast :) | all art used is created by me | short chapters & lowercase intended {started; 09/27/2020 completed; 11/22/2020} ©shootholywater 2020 all rights reserved. frerard fanfiction