You Can Cry All You Want To, I Don't Care

Ian leads me out of the apartment and downstairs out onto the street. The noise of the city passing by us seems suddenly deafening without my sense of vision and I find myself getting extremely anxious, my hand tightening around Ian's and my breathing getting a little shaky. "Shit Gee are you alright?" Ian asks and his free hand gently touches my shoulder. I nod before saying "Just.....it's so loud out here." "Ok, I'm getting us a cab then, just take a deep breath, I'm not gonna let go of you ok, I promise." I nod and a minute later Ian says "Ok, I'm gonna help you in" and he helps me into the cab, guiding me to slide over so he can get in next to me. He gives the driver a destination but I don't really focus on it, just focusing on keeping my breathing even and thinking about seeing Frank wherever it is we're going, wondering why I'm in a suit. A few long minutes later the cab stops and Ian tugs on my hand, telling me we're getting out and when we step out there is still a lot of noise but it seems calmer here, like the people are more spread out and it's less overwhelming. Ian leads me away from the cab and I clutch his hand tightly so he slides his free hand around my waist and says "I won't let you fall or anything, we're almost there." As soon as he speaks I can hear soft music playing and the sound of people talking but I can't make out their words and someone touches my face and I flinch but Franks soft voice says "It's ok baby it's just me." "Frankie, can I please take this off now? I hate it" and I hear Ian chuckle beside me as his hands slowly leave me and Frank chuckles too before he says "Ok I'll take it off" and his hands slide around to undo the knot at the back as his lips press a soft kiss to mine and I get lost in kissing back, my eyes still closed that I don't realise the blindfold is gone until someone subtly coughs nearby and Frank pulls back and lets out another chuckle. I open my eyes and smile at him before my focus comes back and I look around, seeing we are in Central Park and I immediately spot Mikey and Pete nearby holding hands, dad standing with them and when I look back to Frank on his other side I see his mom and the rest of the band playing acoustic guitars and I realise that's where the soft music was coming from. A guy I have no idea who he is is standing nearby also and I look to Frank confused and he smiles and says "Will you marry me today?"

After my initial shock wears off Frank and I stand before the stranger who I learn is the celebrant marrying us, our hands linked together, staring into each other's eyes and the rest of the world falls away for a few minutes and it's like Frank and I are the only two people in the whole park. The celebrant starts the ceremony and prompts us to say vows before Mikey steps over and holds out the rings, Frank and I sliding them onto each other's fingers and after that the celebrant tells us we are officially husbands and after we sign the paperwork Mikey rushes over and wraps his arms around me. "Congratulations Gee." I hug him back, a smile so wide it hurts plastered on my
face and when we pull apart dad comes over to hug me too. "How did you guys...." I trail off and dad chuckles before saying "Frank planned all this like a week ago." I turn to look at Frank who is standing over talking with his mom and he turns to smile back at me. "I can't believe he would do something like this" I tell dad and dad chuckles before pulling me in for another hug. After everyone congratulates us we all head to a nice restaurant for lunch and my grip on Franks hand never ceases, him sitting beside me and squeezing my hand back even though I'm lost in conversation with Mikey and Pete about what they've been upto and Frank is laughing with his mom and Ian and by the time the meal is over I'm feeling so overwhelmed, everything that's just happened this morning catching up with me and I cling to Frank as we stand outside the restaurant, burying my face in his neck as I let out a few extremely happy tears. "Baby what's wrong?" Frank asks softly as he wraps his arms around me, his hand gently stroking up and down my back and I sniffle out "I'm just.....so fucking happy and this all happened so fast and it's all just.....I'm Gerard Iero now and that's so huge." Frank pulls back and cups my face in his hands and he stares into my eyes as he says "That's good though right?" "It's amazing" I reassure him, smiling while the last few tears roll down my cheeks. "I love you so so much" I tell him and he smiles back and leans in to seal our lips together.

Notes

Having a good day for a change so I decided to spread the happiness : ) hope you guys are having a good day too