~Gerard~
Frank had lied to me. I knew he’d lied. I had to find out why, I had to know why he’d told me he’d broken his arm. The doctor wouldn’t have recognised him if all he’d done was set a broken bone. I was sure Frank knew that I’d realized he was lying, too.
I went into my shift feeling agitated and upset, and came out of it even more so. I wandered up to a different floor, asking for Pete at the urgent care desk.
It wasn’t long before he walked out to me, smiling. “Hey, Gerard, what can I do for you?”
I sighed and glanced around the packed waiting room. “Can I talk to you in private for a second?” Pete nodded, gently pulling me through the door and down the corridor, into one of the treatment rooms. “What’s going on?” I sighed and ran a hand through my hair. “You remember Frank, right?”
“Mhm. You were dating, right?” I stared at him blankly for a second. “Right. But I didn’t tell you that.”
Pete smiled and shrugged. “It was obvious, Gerard. Painfully so.”
I sighed again, looking down and shuffling my feet. “Look, he lied to me today. We were walking through the hospital for a checkup and some doctor recognised him. He said it was for a broken arm, but I knew he was lying.”
Pete nodded slightly. “So you want me to look it up?”
I felt my face redden. “Would you mind?”
He sighed and opened his laptop, typing something in. “I shouldn’t do this. If he didn’t tell you, he probably had a reason to.”
I nodded. “I know, and I know I probably won’t like what I find, but I have to know. He’s never lied to me before.”

Frank was getting ready for bed when I got home. He was standing in the bedroom, his shirt on the floor next to him. He’d started to put some weight back on now, but it was still too slow for my comfort. I leaned in the doorway, watching him take his jeans off.
“Are you going to stare all night?”
His voice made me jump as he kicked his boxers away, walking to the dresser for a fresh pair.
“No,” I muttered. He paused, then tugged the new pair on and turned to face me.
“You’re angry with me, Gerard. Are you gonna tell me why or just stand there and sulk?”
“You’re really fucking sassy tonight and I don’t appreciate it,” I snapped, but without much malice. “I went through your medical file.” “That’s a breach of privacy,” Frank said calmly, crossing his arms over his chest. “And I don’t appreciate it.”
“Oh, really? After you lied to me?”
“You knew I was lying, I knew you knew. I was lying for a fucking reason, Gerard.” I shoved my hands into my pockets so my fingers wouldn’t curl into fists.
“Why? Why the fuck would you hide that from me?”
“Because everyone who ever knew treated me like fucking glass! They pitied me and tiptoed around me and called me ‘poor boy!’ Except my mother. You wanna know what my mother did?” Frank’s voice was dripping with rage, but tears were running down his cheeks. “She beat me.”
I started to feel sick, Frank’s chest was heaving, his ribs showing even more dramatically. He looked like he was going to collapse.
“I’m not them,” I whispered. Frank’s shoulders dropped and the anger dissolved as he looked away.
“I know, Gerard. It was a reflex to lie, I shouldn’t have done it.”
“You drank bleach to try and kill yourself and spent a whole fucking month in the hospital, and your excuse to lying to me about it was that it was a reflex? Frank, I swear to fucking God, I hate you sometimes. Does Mikey know? He didn’t tell me.”
Frank took a step back, then opened the closet and grabbed his backpack, starting to shove clothes into it. “No, he doesn’t know. I lied to him, too. So I guess he hates me now.”
The anger was back. “I lied to you because I didn’t want to fucking think about it. I didn’t want to talk about it. I didn’t want to relive it because I’ve only just stopped having fucking nightmares about it. You have no right to swear at me, you have no fucking right to raise your voice to me, and I’m going to Mikey’s.” I grabbed his wrist before I could stop myself, and he shook me off violently. “Don’t you fucking dare.”
I hesitated, then grabbed his jaw and kissed him. He tried to pull away for a couple seconds, then melted against my chest as I wrapped an arm around his waist. I broke the kiss and hugged him as hard as I could, burying my face in his hair as he started to cry softly, clinging to me.
“I’m sorry, baby. I’m so so sorry. I was angry and upset and stupid, and I shouldn’t have said those things. I was taking it all out on you...because I’m just...I’m so angry that you felt you had to do that, you really don’t deserve to feel that way.”
Frank didn't answer, so I stood quietly, rubbing his back slowly.

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The water sloshed as Frank shifted, his head rolling back against my shoulder. His back arched and he came back to me with a soft sigh.
“Thank you..” He mumbled when he'd gotten his breath back. I nodded slightly and wrapped my arms around him from behind, nuzzling his shoulder. “Anytime. Do you feel a little better?”
He smiled slightly and shrugged. “About what?”
I sighed and ran a hand down his side slowly. “About me finding out.”
Frank ducked his head slightly. “I guess. My nightmares have come back.”
I frowned, kissing his neck softly. “You haven't woken me..”
“You sleep heavily and I don't have the heart to wake you up after a long shift, Gee. Just...I'm okay, yeah? It'll pass soon.”
I nodded and let silence settle over us comfortably. Suddenly, I felt an odd sensation in my stomach and Frank tensed, as his back was against my body.
“Was that the baby kicking?”
“I think so..” I mumbled, biting my lip lightly. “It felt really weird.”
Frank giggled and nuzzled my jaw gently. “I feel a lot better about being a dad, Gee.”
“Mm?” I hummed, stroking his cheek slowly and pressing a soft kiss to the marked side of his neck.
“Yeah. I feel like I could be a good dad. I think I can do this. We created a life together and I think...I want to be involved in the rest of that life. I think I'm ready. Even kind of excited.”
I grinned, kissing his lips softly. “I'm glad, I couldn't do this on my own.”
He smiled sleepily and hugged my arms, closing his eyes as he rested his head on my shoulder. I stroked his chest slowly, kissing the soft skin on his neck a few times. He purred, but soon went limp as he drifted off, blissfully.

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A week after our mishap with Frank's past, we were doing great. Frank was writing another paper, which I didn't understand. I got that they would help him apply again, but he said he wrote them mostly because they were ‘fun.’ I was doing a few shorter shifts, and everything seemed to be okay.
I felt Frank shift and smiled down at him, stroking his cheek slowly. He yawned as he woke up, running his hand over my stomach slowly. “Mm. You're starting to show a lot more,” he hummed softly. “I like it.”
I pulled a face, but Frank didn't seem to notice. “I just wish I didn't have to get so fat for this whole thing.”
“You won't be fat, you'll be beautiful,” Frank announced happily, nuzzling my neck gently. “Exceedingly so.”
I rolled my eyes, but didn't say anything, hugging him closer to me. After a short pause, I spoke up again. “I had to stop my testosterone, I forgot to tell you.”
Frank sat up slightly, frowning as he stroked my cheeks. “Does that bother you?”
I blushed, shaking my head a little. “Not really. I was just wondering if it would bother you..”
He rolled his eyes and kissed me. “Not if it doesn't bother you, of course not. As long as you're happy, I am.”
I nodded and gently scooted him off my lap. “I gotta pee, come on. Get off.”
Frank chuckled, moving out of the way and leaning on Pansy instead. I got up and headed into the bathroom, tugging down my pajama pants and boxers. My heart stopped for a second and I stared, completely forgetting I needed to pee. Frank knocked on the door.
“Baby, I gotta go too, can you let me in?”
I opened the door and Frank stood there for a second. “Gerard...baby, I can smell blood. Is everything okay?”
Emotion finally came back to me and I sniffed. “I d-don't know..”
He hurried over to me, touching my cheek lightly. “Baby, what's going on? Do I need to call an ambulance?”
“I th-think so..” I mumbled, starting to shake as Frank hugged me. “H-help..”

Notes

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