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1. P.S. Don’t Write [Waiting Drives You Crazy] by boyfinch (dovekeeping)

   Fandoms: My Chemical Romance  

   • Explicit
   • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   29 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Frank Iero/Gerard Way
   • Frank Iero/Jamia Nestor
   • Frank Iero
   • Gerard Way
   • Mikey Way
   • Ray Toro
   • Jamia Nestor
   • Gerard Way Being an Idiot
   • Frank Iero Being an Idiot
   • Angst
   • Childhood Friends
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Homophobic Language
   • Alternate Universe - College/University
   • Alternate Universe - High School
   • Alternate Universe - After College/University
   • Time Skips
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Adultery
   • Drunk Sex
   • Yearning
   • The angst will be gratuitous because idk how to have a good time
   • We will also be going through 9/11
   • There will be questionable sexual decisions
   • I Wrote This While Listening to Radiohead's Music
   • Writer Gerard Way
   • Idiots in Love
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Substance Abuse
   • Gerard writes a screenplay and stuff
   • Pencey prep is a thing
   • is it a slow burn if they keep making out but won't admit they're in love
   • Miscommunication
   • or just a lack of communication entirely
   • Piercings
   • like a lot of piercings
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • we're talking very very eventual
   • the boys keep fighting

   Summary

   All throughout high school, Frank and Gerard were an unlikely, inseparable pair; Frank with his girlfriends and his guitar and unmatched charisma for his height, Gerard with his sketchbook and his Walkman and a kind of genius that only Frank seemed to get.

   Frank was never great about talking about his feelings, and Gerard always felt the need to hide his. As they grow up and navigate life, careers and relationships, things get complicated, and no matter what, no matter how far they drift, they just can’t seem to stay apart.

   * This story takes place over the course of more than a decade, starting when Frank & Gerard are 18.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   92,120

   Chapters:

   14/?

   Comments:

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