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when he came back, gerard was in tears. the room smelled of sex and sweat and most of all, vomit. mikey made sure that the place on the couch where he sat was dry enough, and he held his brother. because who fucking knows what bert did today, but tomorrow it’d blow over and gerard would jump right back into the hole bert dug for him. mikey learns through gerard’s sobs that bert had gotten drunk with him, and screamed at him and punched him so hard in the ribs gerard thought he wouldn’t be able to breathe again. “i guess he broke up with me" goes unheard. the “i’m glad” goes through gerard’s ears and is never heard again. gerard passes out in mikey’s arms that night, mikey pulling a half empty bottle out from under gee’s back.

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