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

When your brother becomes friends with a dickhead from school and you don't have any friends, stuff isn't really that great for you. But sometimes all it takes is a sleepover and a school music competition for you to fall in love, well, if you are Gerard Way.

At the beginning of My Chemical Romance, Gerard and Frank automatically became best friends. However, their companionship had a bit of lust mixed in. They enjoyed fooling around, saying it was an experiment- just for fun. But their sexual escapades came to a halt when Frank got a new girlfriend, leaving Gerard in the dust. Gerard knew he had feelings for Frank ever since the start, but he thought that the messing around and the friendship would be enough for him; he had no idea that in the end it would hurt him so bad. Ten years later, MCR is touring for Danger Days, and along with them is Frank's most recent girlfriend, Kayla. When Kayla and Gerard have some disagreements and Frank confronts him about it, things get a little tricky. Feelings are let loose and words that should never be spoken are. Death, love, anger, and sex- what more could you ask for? **TW** alcoholism, eating disorders, self harm, depression, anxiety, death, drug use

Gerard Way is the school's Norman Bates. He's freaky, he acts like he's constantly anticipating something, and he does taxidermy. People fear him, and quite honestly, he gets off on it. There are so many bad rumors circulating about him that even he isn't sure which ones are true. Meanwhile, Frank Iero has a reputation for himself. He's an idiot. A comedic one, especially with his friend James, but an idiot. He once came to school high off his ass and passed his math exam with flying colors. It was a dumb move, but an entertaining one. Just like when he took the dare to make Gerard Way fall in love with him. • AKA "That ONE fanfic where ray is a massive asshole" Theme Song: Paralyzed - The Used

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

TW IN ADVANCE: bl00d, sw34r1ng? s3xu4l content, s3lf h4rm, 1ntrus1v3/dark/s3xu4l th0ughts, 34t1ng d1s0rd3r Frank Iero is a senior in high school, he gets put into an art class where he meets his new teacher, Mr. Way. Frank notices his teacher is... well... gorgeous, and very, VERY sexy. Mr. Way notices the same thing about Frank, not to mention that he is talented and they have a lot in common. One day Mr. Way notices something about Frank, and well, let's just say Frank finally has someone to talk to. They become close and have a pretty good friendship, but they might want to take things farther than just teacher and student, but other than Mr. Way being Franks teacher, there's an issue... Gerard is 21, Frank is 17.

Highschool is a living hell. At least that's Gerard's opinion because he can't pass the hallways without being shoved against lockers or called a "fag". God, how Gerard hated this word. In his last year of school, he decides to take a risk and starts a school project in which he wants to find out why all of his teachers and classmates hate homosexual people so much. For his project "homophobia is gay" he interviews a few people but decides that this won't be enough. What if he could introduce one of them to his world and show them that it's not bad to be gay? And what if this person was Frank Iero, the guy who has a list of girls he slept with right under his mattress at home, and an abhorrence against the red-headed boy? *Warnings*: bad language, homophobia, smut, abuse

Most of the time, you have no idea what people are going through. You purely Base your judgement on how that person acts or how they look like. You don't notice what is happening in their personal life. Frank Iero is a victim of this. He bases his final judgements on just how people look. Though, he has a realisation. When he falls deeply in love with the school's literal demon. Gerard Way. Even though he acts tough and strong on the outside, he has a medical problem that could possibly kill him. No one knows except his divorced mother and his brother. So when he spills his heart out to Frank, he just hopes that he'll take it the right way.

"For god sakes help him! He's bleeding to death!..." My mother yells at the men surrounding me through tears as the paramedics grab my numb body, covered in blood, from my blood stained bedroom floor, to take me to God knows where. My name is Frank Iero, and I give up. First Mikey. Now Gee. I refuse to live in a world filled with your smudged finger prints, and boxes of memories, knowing you're no longer here. But that's not what this life planned for me, right Gerard? ...right?...