Gerard’s P.O.V

“Make it stop!” I bolt up as Frank screams those words and falls off the bed onto the ground; I immediately jump up and scramble over to him. As I see him he’s curled up into a ball his eyes squeezed shut and his hands pressed firmly against his ears. What the hell happened? I reached for his shoulder but he but he moves from my touch; I can see him shaking a little and I’m scared for him. Not knowing what happened or what he dreamt is just too much. I tell him it’s just me but he repeats the same words.

“Make it stop” he cries again; What is he hearing? I try pulling him up on my lap and this time he lets me.

“Make what stop…What happened?” I ask softly. He doesn’t respond but he slowly uncovers his ears and starts crying again; this time it’s more than before. I scoot back against the bed so I could hold him better.

“It’s okay baby. Take your time” I whisper to him, gently swaying back and forth. After a couple minutes and his crying dies down he starts speaking.

“Th-they were at the h-hotel… a-and I saw her l-light the candle next to the s-stove…T-they wouldn’t s-stop screaming” He quietly says stuttering. I hold him closer as I realize he’s talking about his parents; He saw them in their hotel when they lit the candle. That’s why he was covering his ears because they were screaming; I can’t even imagine what that was like for him right now. He looks so scared and I wish I can take all the pain and sadness away from him.

“I’m sorry” Frank whispers after a little bit; I stop and look down at him but he stares at my chest not looking me in the eye.

“For what?” I ask

“I keep crying and you have to watch me; it’s probably annoying” Annoying? Why would it be annoying; It’s not even close to that.

“Honey it’s not annoying. Like I said earlier you can cry all you want; I want to be there with you while you do so you know that you can come to me for anything” I explain to him which is true; He can cry all he wants, whenever he wants to and it will be okay. He begins explaining how explaining how many times he would of broken down at the end of the week just based on today; I tell him again that it’s okay for him to cry. He is crying for a legitimate reason and I guess crying would be a way to cope with what he’s dealing with. He sighs after I tell him that’s it’s past 2 in the morning and I carry him on the bed; When I’m about to lay down there’s a knock on the door. I quickly open it and Mikey is standing there in his pajamas; I go into the hallway closing the door behind me.

“Hey” he starts “I heard Frank scream…I’m pretty sure mom and dad heard it to. Is he alright?” I run my hand through my hair and nod.

“Ya, he had a nightmare” I explain. A really, really, bad one.

“I heard…I was kind of listening by the door” he admits

“It’s fine, He’s just a little worn out” I say, Mikey nods and sighs.

“Okay, I was just making sure”

“Thanks Mikey” I say to him, he smiles and walks back to his room. I go back in mine lying down next to Frank where I explain that it was just Mikey; He doesn’t seem to care all that much. I lightly brush his cheek and he melts to the touch.

“It’s all going to be okay Frankie” I whisper towards him, he just nods and closes his eyes. I do the same and wait till I hear Frank’s snores…but they don’t come. After a while Frank turns around and I peek my eye open and he’s just staring at the wall. He’s not going to sleep is he? Frank closes his eyes several times but ends up opening them again. It’s been at least an hour and Frank turns to his back; that’s when I decided to speak up.With my eyes still closed I direct my words to Frank.

“You need to get to sleep baby” I say

“I thought you were asleep?” he responds a little surprised

“I was waiting for you to fall asleep first” I lean up and look at him; his eyes are strained, he has light circles under them on account of them still being puffy from crying. His hair is stringy from sweat and falls all over his head.

“I can’t” he admits.

“Did you want some sleeping pills?” I ask; he looks at me and I explain that my father takes them. He nods and I quickly get up and get them; the house is quiet and dark as I head downstairs for some water. When I come back Frank is still sitting up in the bed just looking around the room. He takes them and I crawl back into bed; I lay down Frank against my chest and he relaxes. I watch Frank as no less than fifteen minutes later his eyes start getting droopier; I place a small kiss to his forehead as his eyes finally close. In a couple minutes I hear the soft snores come from his mouth; I lightly smile happy that he’s finally sleeping; let’s just hope that he stays asleep. I don’t mind at all; I would stay up all night with Frank to make sure that he’s okay. I love him so much and it hurts me to see him this hurt; I’m going to help him through this though. It’s going to all be alright; soon enough I close my eyes and fall asleep myself.

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I slowly wake up and rub my eyes; the clock says 12:45 PM. I look to Frank who is lying on his back still snoring like usual. Having the need to go to the restroom I carefully get out of bed and go; Once done I head downstairs where my mother is watching T.V.

“Hey sweetie” she says, I respond with a little wave.

“Is Frank still asleep?” she asks, I nod.

“He didn’t get to sleep until like 3:30 AM, I gave him some of dad’s sleeping pills if you don’t mind?” I explain.

“It’s fine sweetie… Can you tell me what happened last night with Frank? We heard him yell but figured you handled it.” She asks, I nod again and clear my throat.

“He had a nightmare…He was in the hotel with his parents when they lit the match, and he said they wouldn’t stop screaming” I explain slowly, She stares at me before she sighs.

“You’re doing good Gee; like I said he needs time, so just comfort him and be there for him” she tell me, I nod again. Of course I will. I watch T.V for a couple minutes before I look to the stairs and then to my mother.

“Do you think I should wake him up?” I ask, She looks at her watch and nods.

“Yes, just so it’s not too late….I need to get going for a doctor’s appointment in a couple minutes then I need to run to the store, Could you ask Frank if he wants anything?” I nod and stand up.

“Is Mikey here?” I question before heading up the stairs.

“He went over to Patrick’s and obviously your fathers at work” She explains.

“Okay…Give me a minute while I ask Frank if he wants something” She nods and I head upstairs. I quietly open the door and Frank shifted to his side; I sit next to him and listen to his soft snores. I gently rub his arm and he turns over to his back rubbing his eyes.

“Hey baby, time to wake up; mom is going to the store she wants to know if you want anything?”

“Can she get some ice cream?” He mumbles, I laugh and raise an eyebrow.

“You want ice cream?” I laugh

“Yes…Chocolate chips please?” I laugh again and nod. I head back out where mom is waiting patiently by the stairs with her stuff ready to go.

“He said he wants some chocolate chip ice cream” I say with a smile. She laughs at the response.

“Okay then, I’ll be back in a couple hours. Call me if you need me” She says, I wave as she heads out the door. I walk back into my room where Frank is now sitting up against the headboard trying to wake up. I sit close to him.

“Hey, you feel okay?” I ask softly. He nods and stretches. Then I see him sniff his shirt and groan.

“I need to take a shower” he whines, Frank stands up and heads to the restroom. I follow him where he is looking in the bathroom mirror tucking some hair behind his ear; I stand behind him and wrap my arms around his waist pulling him closer. He smiles and looks to me.

“Sorry I kept you awake for so long” he says.

“It’s fine baby; I don’t mind one bit” I say to him, He nods and turns back to the mirror. He reaches his hand up and pulls back the neckline of the shirt exposing more skin; and of course the hickey from Friday is still there. When he sees it he giggles; He giggled? That’s the first time he has since before the incident. I’m just really, really glad he’s feeling better than yesterday.

“What you like the present I gave you?” I smirked; He didn’t respond he just stared at the mark through the mirror and smiled at it. I then leaned over and lightly kissed him on the neck making a small shiver run down his spine; I place another kiss before I lightly began sucking on his neck. His eyes go wide for a second before he relaxes again and bites his lip to stifle a moan; I stop and lean into his ear.

“No one’s home Frankie, You don’t have to keep quiet” I whisper. Another shudder goes down his body as I let go heading towards the shower and turning it on; making sure the water was the right temperature I head back to Frank.

“You mind if I take one with you?” I ask. He looks down and it looks like he’s looking at his body; I quickly tilt his chin up.

“How many times do I have to tell you…You are beautiful Frankie” He nods and reaches for the hem of his shirt quickly pulling it off exposing his lovely chest; I do the same to mine and throw it to the side. We stare at each other for a moment before Frank trails his hands to his basketball shorts and tugs them off; now he is left standing in just his boxers looking straight at me. I pull on my sweatpants and discard them to the floor.

“You go in first baby” I tell Frank. He nods and steps over to the shower; His back to me, he slides off his boxers exposing his cute little butt and steps inside the shower closing the curtain behind him. I wait a couple seconds before I take off mine and step in behind him; Frank is letting the warm water run down his body, his head tilted back and eyes closed, the wet hair clings to the side of his face as the water slowly runs down his sides. I come up behind and wrap my arms around him again, leaning my head on his shoulder. He smiles and looks to me.

“I love you Frankie” I say to him swaying back and forth.

“I love you too Gee” he responds placing his hands over mine. After a couple minutes I reach for the shampoo.

“Here I’ll wash your hair” I tell him. Frank nods and stands out of the shower spray, turning around; I squirt some on my hands and began running it through Frank’ dark locks. He closes his eyes again just enjoying this moment. After about five minutes later and his hair is all washed I hear a knock at the bathroom door.

“What!?” I call

“You both in there?” I hear Mikey’s voice call from the hallway

“Yes” I respond

“Ha, okay” He laughs, I roll my eyes “Patrick is downstairs so no sex” he calls

“Go away Mikey” I yell obviously annoyed; We hear the footsteps walk away and I turn to Frank who is blushing but has a small smirk in his face.

“Sorry” I mutter. he shakes his head and leans back on my chest; We stand there under the water for a couple minutes just embracing each other’s presence. Nothing sexual; just small kisses and holding each other. I loved the feeling of him in my arms; it was like a sort of comfort I never felt. Then with Frank being the one i'm holding; I couldn't ask for anyone else.


“We better get out soon or he is going to think we’re having sex” Frank giggles; I chuckle and let go to turn off the water. I step out first handing Frank a fluffy white towel and he wraps it around his waist; I do the same and we carefully make our way to my room. Frank goes to the drawer where he put most of his clothes and I go to the closet. It’s been a day and I know I love Frank living here; I just feel sad considering the circumstances of why he needs to live here. We both quickly get dressed and head downstairs.

“Well that took long enough” Mikey jokes when we step into the living room. I roll my eyes at him and see Patrick sitting on the couch; I’ve met Patrick before, he’s a nice kid. He has blonde hair and always wears a fedora.

“Hey Patrick” I call he gives a small smile

“Hey Gerard” he responds, He then turns his attention to Frank.

“Oh, Patrick this is my boyfriend Frank” Frank gives a small wave and Patrick gives his usual friendly smile. We sit down on the couch and I wrap my arm around Frank while we watch T.V. We sit there for awhile when Patrick speaks up.

“So Frank where’s your parents?” Mikey eyes go wide at his friends question and I look towards Frank who tenses up a little.

“There not here right now” he responds still looking at the T.V; Patrick senses the uneasiness and nods. I squeeze Frank’s side and give him a reassuring smile. It’s now 1:30 PM and Frank speaks up.

“Anyone hungry; I’m going to make grilled cheese?” he asks, everyone agrees and I said I’ll help. We go into the kitchen while Frank pulls out the pan and bread while I get the cheese and butter. He starts making it in silence. Once again I go up from behind and wrap my arms around him.

“You okay sweetie?” I ask softly, he turn to me with a slight smile.

“Ya I’m fine, Why?”

“You know why”

“its fine, he doesn’t know” he sighed,
“I’m for some reason in a good mood today so I rather keep it like that” he continued with a smile.

“Have I told you that I love you?” I say kissing his neck again.

“You might have mentioned it a couple times” he smirks, I smile and watch him as he finishes up lunch. He puts them all on plates and brings them out to the living room.

“Here you guys go” he says handing a plate each to Mikey and Patrick. When Mikey sees the food he narrows his eyes.

“What’s wrong?” I ask

“Nothing…Still wondering how Frank doesn’t burn them?” I hear Frank laugh as he sits down eating his own lunch.

Notes

I know it's a change of course but I was feeling a little sour and sad earlier;
so I wrote this hoping to cheer me up.

Love to see comments <3