the sound of your name could silence my demons

It took Gerard all of his strenght not to pass out on the spot. What the fuck was his dad doing there? How did he find him? Was it just a coincidence?

”Hello, son.”

The thing about Gerard father is that he was Satan. Oh well, not literally obviously. And if he thinks twice, Gerard would’ve preferred to have Satan in front of him than Donald Way.

His parents divorced when he was around 14. His mom found out that her beloved husband was a pedophile. Not only that, but he was in this thing where he was kidnapping children and force them to become streetwalkers. He was ’testing’ them first and that’s how Gerard’s mother found out.

Basically, she found her loved one, the father of her children, fucking a 12yo in their living room. Gerard, being 14 at that time, understood everything, and knew from the start that he wanted to help his mom through all this. On the other hand, his brother, Mikey, was 11 and they decided not to go too deep into detail, so they only told him that his dad have done something very bad. Gerard was always mistreated by his father, so he didn’t have a hard time saying goodbye. But Mikey, Mikey was daddy’s little boy. He loved Mikey and Mikey loved him and when it came to his parents divorce, he chose his dad. And that, being separated from Mikey, was the thing that caused Gerard’s depression.
His mom tried to persuade his dad to get Mikey back by threatening with turning him in to the police, but he told her if she does such thing she’s going to lose Gerard too. So they never saw Mikey or his dad ever again... until now.

”What are you doing here?” Gerard said, almost whispering.

”Shy, aren’t we?” his dad said smirking. ”Well..” he continued after drinking some wine from the glass Gerard didn’t realise he held till then ”I’m in town with business, actually. And this club just happens to be next to my business location.”

Gerard didn’t pay much attention to what he said, there was only one thing on his mind.

”Wh-where’s Mikey? Is he okay?”

”Mikey? Oh, honey”
Gerard cringed at the nickname.
”He’s perfect. Better than he’s ever been. You know? He even joined the family business and he’s quite good at it.”

”Oh.” Gerard was left speechless. Truth be told, if he said another word he would probably start crying and he doesn’t want to show his father how much all of this affects him.

Donald stood up, searched for something in his pocket and made his way to Gerard. He handed him an envelope.

”Given the fact that you work in this place, think you’ll need it. Buy yourself something nice... No son of mine should work in a place like this..”
Gerard was getting angry. He was not his son! Gerard did not have a father. They were not related.
”Tell your mom I said hi.” And with that Donald made his way out of the room leaving Gerard alone with his thoughts.

A while after his father left, Gerard opened the envelope he was given only to find 200 dollars and a photo.. of Mikey.
He couldn’t hold it in anymore so he made his way to the backyard the second time that night. Once he was out he bursted into tears not caring if anyone heard him... Maybe he’d care if his father hears him but that was not the case.

”Hey , hey! What’s wrong?” one of the other strippers, Ryan appears in front of Gerard.
He started stroking Gerard’s back while loud sobs were making their way out of his little fragile body. He felt like throwing up, but he didn’t. Instead he thanked Ryan for checking if he’s okay and assured him it was nothing important. Ryan gave Gerard his phone number, if he needed to talk. Gerard appreciated it, he always thought Ryan was a good person.

He decided he should go, so he took one last look at the surroundings. The huge building caught his attention again and then it hit him.. What his father said, about having business nearby.. He was gonna kidnap children from the foster home.

Notes

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