Water-Cooler Romance
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Last published Fri, Mar 20, 2020
Gerard Way dropped way down from being a free-spirited, artistic nerd to a bland stereotypical new adult with a 9-5 job. Working for his brother of all people, life can be bleak... In enters Frank Iero, a new, strangely energetic, colleague who has a certain knack for finding ways to disrupt Gerard self-imposed doom. I mean, at least now Gerard has something to focus on- and who knows, this may just be his way out of his seemingly monotonous life...
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