Frank is the new kid at school. He has moved with his mother in an attempt to escape his past, and his father. Gerard is the kid no one talks to. But he likes it that way. He likes being alone, prefers it. When Gerard finds Frank in a less the ideal situation, will all the change? TRIGGER WARNING: self harm, substance abuse, abuse, rape, depression, eating disorder

I don't just obey him. I crave him. He's fire and shadow, danger and warmth. And I follow him anyway. Every look, every word, every reckless choice pulls me deeper into a world where nothing is safe, and everything I thought I knew about love, loyalty, and myself collapses. I want to be seen, to matter, to belong. But he's the storm I can't outrun, and maybe I don't even want to.

In this world there is one person who can touch Gerard Way without it hurting, and this one person has just died. Gerard feels nothing, and cares about no one. Pete wentz has no where to live, and no one to care for him. He doesn't know who he is, and he's too scared to figure it out. Mikey Way craves physical love, and no one is there to give it to him. He misses living normally, and needs someone to care for. Frank Iero hates his school, his parents, and his town. He doesn't have any friends, (accept for Ray) and he's dealing with things that no one else will ever know about. That is until... SUPER FAST UPDATES (sometimes more than once a day) terrible description! i'm so sorry about that...but yeah, frerard. enjoy the story frendz!!!! TW/CW morbid in general, mentions of disassociation, and thoughts of suicide, attempted assault. stay safe!!! <3 Highest rankings! -28 in Fall out boy -1 in the used!!!!

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.