Stage Persona

I hear a throat clear behind me in my room and I whirl around to see my little brother's bespectacled face, a mug of coffee up to his lips, ".... I know it's none of my business,” he pauses, “But why...
the fuck,” he sighs, “Are you wearing mom's dress?"

"Mikey, language."

He flips me the bird as he takes a sip of coffee,
Asshole.
Before he says, "Nice job at avoiding the question. But it still remains."
I sigh and run my white hands over the red fabric. "I'll tell you, but you can't tell anyone, okay?" I see him nod and smirk softly to myself, "I was walking past mom's room and I just heard this... Voice... Calling to me..." I let my eyes widen and pitch my voice a bit higher, "It went, 'Gerard... Gerard.... Come here...' and I put it on..." I let my voice go flat, "Then I pushed my high school teacher against a countertop... And then I just woke up here..." I shrugged.
I hear Mikey snort into his coffee and a stream of it comes forth from his nose.

YES.

When he finally gets it together he says, "That's a scene from Scary Movie!"

"... And your point?" I say, trying to sound and look indignant.

"You took a scene from a movie and called it your own! Liar!" He giggles, "But still, why are you wearing mom's dress?"

"Well I mean...” I sigh, “Mikey, haven't you ever just wanted to... try something?
See how it looks, if it works for you?"

"You know, sometimes I feel like running away and playing bass in a rock band," he says in a dreamy voice, "but I'm a realist! And I know that in three years I'm going to go to college and after that I'm going to have to get a real job. And when you're in college next year, you'll also have to get a real job."

I stick my tongue out at him, "Mikey, you're no fun." He snaps his fingers as he takes another sip of coffee. "You'd be right, big brother." And then he walks up stairs.
I roll my eyes and turn back to the mirror, putting on red lipstick and eyeliner before looking at the full picture.
I'm a bit too chubby for this dress, and it highlights the parts of myself that I don't really like, but when I look away from the mirror and close my eyes...

I feel powerful and sexy as hell.

Notes

Hey y'all! Siren here with a new story. It'll be Frerard, and I'm not exactly sure where this'll go exactly but, I'm excited to see! I'm not sure who'll all make an appearance (aside from Frank, Gerard, Mikey, and Lindsey(yes and I already know her roll)) but I'll add them to the character list as I come across them!

I'd love to give a quick shoutout to my friend and beta reader of this prologue; Aero or Originality-At-It's-Finest and many of you know him as, who beta read this prolog and gave me the idea of the prompt with "It's none of my business but, why're you wearing mom's dress?"

Also a thank you to my nonbiological sister Chase! Who gave me the name Jessica Starlight.
I'll try to have the next chapter up tomorrow sometime!

XoxoS