A young Gerard returns home from the big city to start a band. With misfortune on the way, What will be known as My Chemical Romance set off on a series of misadventures on the road. Navigating love, trauma, loss and the sudden rise to stardom. Gerard never expected it to be this way. Early (but severely embellished) recollections of the rise of My Chemical Romance set between 2001-2005. This is the first fic I've written in five years so it'll undoubtedly be a bumpy ride. To all who stick it out, I commend you because I'm in this one for the long haul. Please take into consideration that I'm trashed every time I "edit" and publish these chapters. I think it adds to the chaos of the thing, ya know? It could be a lot worse but considering I'm just wasted every time I write I'm going to kick the shit out of this dead horse and hopefully make a story that if found in a notebook in 1940 would have had me lobotomised. Trigger warnings: > explicit sexual content > mention of suicide > self harm > substance abuse > emotional abuse > homophobia > violence > body dysmorphia >sexual abuse >shitty writing (and Are we also going to pretend that Frank Iero and the future violents' song violence isn't about Gerard?!)
5 parts