Unreal...(edited)

~Time passes~

Gerard woke up with his face in the sand. Maybe it was all just a dream? A really bad dream! That didn't explain why he was in the sand though. He tried to get up but his legs gave way.

"Gee?"

A small voice came from his left, he turned on his side and saw Frank, right beside him...his eyes were bright red and swollen.

"What...what happened?"

"I don't know Gee. One minute we're fighting and stuff and the next you're halfway across the beach..."

He started crying.

"I don't know what I did."

It didn't take Gerard long to realise what had happened...Frank must have used his powers. He must have triggered him. Oh Lord...he needed to find Mikey and tell him. Gerard managed to get up and ran away from Frankie, who was still in tears. Maybe that wasn't the best idea but all he could think was that he needed to find Mikey.

When he finally reached the hotel and Mikey's room, he started banging on the door. After a while of trying to get his brother's attention he finally succeeded and a half-asleep Mikey came to the door.

"Gerard...what the hell is it? You do know it's three in the fucking morning, right?..."

He yawned. Just then Gerard broke down.

"Gerard?!...erm...do you wanna come in and tell me what's happened?..."

Gerard nodded shakily with tears streaming down his cheeks and walk inside.

"Okay Gee, you sit down and tell me what's up."

Through floods of tears and a box of tissues, Gerard told him everything that had happened on the beach...well everything apart from the sex. By the time he'd finished, he really looked a state. He was still surprised that he'd hit Frankie and that he'd had used his powers on him...he was pretty much in shock.

"What am I g-gonna do?"

He said between sobs.

"It'll all work out, it always does."

Mikey cooed.

"NO! FRANK HAS FREAKING SUPERNATURAL POWERS! HE ISN'T SAFE!"

Gerard scream back at him. There was a long pause after.

"Why don't you write his powers away from him then?"

Mikey said after a while.

"What do you mean?"

Gerard sniffed.

"Well, you do have complete power over him, so just draw him losing his powers and..."

Gerard cut him off, shaking his head.

"He can't remember any of this though....he can't remember me."

"What? Gee, you don't have to do this. I know you've been a bit paranoid about Frank leaving you lately but we all know that he really really loves you!"

Gerard shook his head, tears still sliding from his eyes.

"No Mikey, let me make this right."

He said as calmly as he could.

"Are you sure?"

Mikes looked up at him.

"Yes. Now do you have any paper in here?"

~Time passes~

"Are you sure you want to do this?..."

Mikey said for the last time, looking over Gerard's work. Gerard simply replied with a sad nod. As he stood up, Mikey pulled him in for a hug.

"This has been crazy."

He said into Gerard's shoulder.

"Yeah."

Gerard breathed out. He pulled away and walked out of the room, making his way down the hall to his own.

When he opened the door to the room, he realised it was unlocked. Inside, Frank was pacing up and down the room, wearing nothing but one of Gerard's hoodies and a pair of boxer shorts, still crying.

"Gee?"

He croaked.

"Frankie..."

Gerard half smiled at him. Frank ran up and threw himself into Gerard's chest...just as Gerard started to cry.

"I'm so sorry for hitting you baby...I...I don't know what got into me I just..."

Frank crashed his lips onto Gerard's, silencing him for a minute.

"It's okay honey..."

Frank murmured as he pulled back slightly.

"I don't know what happened either..."

He said, starting to cry too. Gerard held onto him as tight as he could. After standing in the middle of the room for a while, Gerard pulled Frankie onto the bed and they cuddled up together, still crying a little.

"Gee?"

Frank sniffed.

"What is it baby?"

Gerard said softly.

"Am...am I really a comic book character?..."

Frank looked up at him with shiny eyes and Gerard nodded. Frankie moved closer to him, which he didn’t think was possible.

"Gee...I love you baby, no matter what happens I'll always love you, okay?"

He kissed the tip of Gerard's nose and then lay down.

"I love you too Frankie, I love you too."

Gerard fell asleep, holding Frankie in his arms tightly because maybe if he held him tight enough, he would stay.

When Gerard woke up, Frank was already gone. Gerard left that day too, without saying goodbye to anyone...not even Mikey.

That whole week he stayed in his studio, re-writing nearly the whole comic. The main character was still Frank but he figured out how to make it work out for Frankie and Simmonds. The ending was the only thing he didn't change.

~"Where am I?"

Frankie said, opening his eyes. He was in a hospital bed and a nurse ran over to him.

"He's woken up!..."

She called out before turning back to Frank.

"Are you okay sweetie?"

She asked softly.

"Yeah...what happened?"

Frank asked, struggling to sitting up. The nurse helped him.

"You were in a coma for two whole months, honey. The doctors didn't even know if you'd wake up..."

She smiled and Frank realised...those last two months, those powers, his adventures...they were all just some really weird dream. He frowned slightly.

"Do you feel sick?"

She asked.

"No, I feel fine actually. When can I go home?"

He just wanted to get back to his life...who wouldn't?

"Well, with the doctors blessing, probably in a few days by the sounds of it."

She grinned. Frank couldn't help but grin too.~

When Gerard turned in the completed comic to Simmonds, he nearly did a song and dance about it. Actually, he did do a song and dance about it!

"I could kiss you right now!..."

He laughed. Thank God he didn't though, he really wasn't Gerard's type. Cute comic book characters who come to life were more his style.

"What's it called?"

He asked. Oh yeah...Gerard knew he had forgotten something.

"Unreal."

He blurted out. Where did that come from?

"Brilliant! This is going to the publishers right away!"

~Time passes~

When Gerard first saw his comic in the window of his local comic book store he kind of freaked...no, he totally did freak! He tapped some guy on the shoulder who was walking out the store.

"You see that comic book? I wrote and drew that!"

He laughed excitedly.

"Really? I've just bought it!"

He pulled Gerard's comic out of his bag. Gerard was amazed...out of every great comic in that shop, he'd picked his! He went inside.

"Can I help you?"

A young man said.

"Err, yeah, do you have any copies of Unreal by Gerard Way?"

Gerard asked, trying to be as smooth as possible.

"Oh no, we're all sold out. It's a such a great comic that rumor has it, all the comic book stores in NYC are sold out too."

Gerard was shocked...this was better than anyone had anticipated.

"Wait, are you him? Nice to meet you."

The clerk grinned. Gerard couldn't help but grin too.

Nobody guessed Gerard's little comic would sell so well, even Simmonds. 10,000 copies had been in sold the first month...it was amazing!

Firstly, Gerard moved out that crappy house and moved into a beautiful penthouse closer to his work, so he wouldn't have to get the train anymore...he even had enough money so he could buy an actual working car. Mikey started going over nearly every night, it was just as much his home that it was his brother's. For Mikey's 23rd birthday, Gerard paid for him to have laser eye treatment so he wouldn't have to wear glasses again. He couldn't be more pleased. There had been word of a movie being made and even an Eisner for Christ sake...Gerard's little comic idea had turned into something massive. He had everything; a nice home, money to pay for anything he needed, an amazing little brother, great friends and family, an awesome job...but something was missing...Frankie.

Gerard just couldn't get him out of his head. He meant so much to him. Gerard knew that he was out there somewhere, but what frustrated him was that he don't know where. He still loved him but he didn't know if he could ever love him back. As far as Frank was concerned, they'd never met.

It was for the best obviously, but it still hurt. Mikey tried to hook Gerard up with some guys, who were nice and all, but Gerard just didn't like them as much as Frank. He didn't think he'd ever get over him.

Slowly but surely, Gerard was falling into depression again. He was spending more time in his apartment, drawing and watching Netflix alone. Mikey would end up trying to drag him out the house but nothing seemed to work. Gerard was still in love with a comic book character, and nothing or no one was enough to change that.

~Time passes~

Gerard didn't know why, but one day he dragged himself off the sofa and drove into Jersey. Maybe he'd go see Mikey or Mom there...but he didn't bother. Instead, he went to the park.

It was a cold September day so hardly anyone was there. Gerard walked around, he didn't know why he liked going to the park so much apart from the memories of who he'd gone there with.

He saw someone sitting on the bench. As he walked their way, he could see from the back of their head that the person was a guy with black hair and wearing a black jacket. As he walked on a bit, he saw that the boy was reading a comic...but not just any old comic, his comic!

Gerard couldn't see his face properly as it was buried in the comic. Maybe he should go over and surprise him?...go 'Hey, y'know, I wrote that.'

He walked over to the bench and sat beside him...but then his breath caught.

Oh God!...this couldn't actually be happening. The guy reading Gerard's comic book was Frank Iero.

Gerard had heard of people's heart skipping a beat but this...well, he was surprised he didn't have a heart attack there and then. Frank was just as beautiful as he had remembered him. No, he was more beautiful...he was real. Gerard looked at his face...he was so lost in the comic that he hadn't noticed him yet.

"What you reading?"

Gerard asked. Of course he knew but he wanted to ask anyway.

"It's this comic book called Unreal about this guy called Frank who has these powers that he can't control and..."

Gerard cut him off.

"Can see the back of that?"

Gerard pointed at the comic.

"Yeah, sure..."

He passed Gerard the comic...he hadn't even looked up yet. There was a small picture of Gerard and a little biography on the back. Frank looked up at Gerard who held the picture of himself up next to his own face, trying to pull the same serious expression. Frank laughed...God how Gerard had missed that cute little laugh.

"You're Gerard Way!"

He grinned.

"Yup, you're reading my comic."

Gerard laughed.

"I'm Frank Iero. Have we...ever met before?"

He asked, frowning slightly.

"Never."

Gerard lied.

"Just you look familiar and I don't think I could forget a beautiful face like yours..."

Frank put his hand over his mouth.

"Did I just say that out loud?..."

He asked, looking slightly mortified. Gerard nodded.

"Sorry."

Frankie was turning pink and Gerard laughed a bit.

"It's fine, you're really cute too. So, do you like my story so far?"

Gerard said, trying to change the subject.

The more Gerard talked to him, the more he realised Frank hadn't changed a bit. They liked a lot of the same TV shows, movies and bands, just the same as before. He said he was working at a music shop and was trying to get a band together, which wasn't working out too well but he was still ever hopeful. He even still lived in New York, he was only in Jersey to see family. Frankie had only read about half of the comic and kept going on about how much he liked it so far...they sat talking for about an hour. Gerard was still madly in love with Frankie and had to fight not to kiss him.

While they were talking it began to rain heavily. Frank put the comic in his messenger bag.

"Erm, do you want to go get some coffee?"

Gerard asked.

"Sure, there's a Starbucks two minutes away."

Frank grabbed Gerard's hand.

"You know were the local Starbucks is?"

Gerard smiled.

"Yes, I make it my mission to find out were all the good coffee shops are before I go anywhere."

Frank laughed. Gerard squeezed his hand and they started walking to the coffee shop. When they'd just got out the park Frank stopped Gerard.

"Can you do one thing for me Gee?"

He said.

"Anything."

Gerard laughed, truly meaning it.

"Don't tell me how Frank's story ends."

Frank leaned in and kissed Gerard. It was like the void in the young artist's heart had been filled...he loved him so much. And even better, there was the chance he could love him back.

After their lips parted, Gerard lent into Frank's ear.

"I promise Frankie. Now let's go get that coffee."

He took Frank's hand and they walked off together in the rain.

~The End~

Notes

If you'd not read this before, hope you liked it.
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