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• i still find it so hard (to say what i need to say) by 24601lesbians

  Fandoms: My Chemical Romance, Long Live the Black Parade - Fandom  

  • Not Rated
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • M/M, Other
  • Work in Progress

  19 Dec 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • if you squint
  • Ray Toro/Gerard Way
  • Gerard Way
  • Mikey Way
  • Ray Toro
  • Frank Iero
  • The Clerk
  • The Gentleman
  • Secretary Gerard - Character
  • The Clown
  • The Soldiers
  • Kayleigh Goldsworthy
  • Tucker Rule
  • the draag natl auxiliary band
  • Marianne
  • Time Loop
  • jail vibes
  • pasta press of torment
  • i am tagging very carefully
  • but it's not that bad
  • Memory Loss
  • mental fuckery
  • worst ("worst") physical harm is just implied
  • Major character death - Freeform
  • lots of times
  • Isolation
  • proportional levels of gaslighting
  • Stabbing
  • Exploding
  • Torture
  • the dagger
  • Hallucinations
  • he is "awake" at night
  • He/Him Pronouns for Gerard Way
  • He/Him and They/Them Pronouns for Gerard Way
  • They/Them Pronouns for Gerard Way
  • iconique
  • The power of friendship
  • and being yourself
  • all parts of yourself
  • Im making him wig the fuck out though
  • sorry - Freeform
  • but the ending is happy

  Summary

  They sit on the edge of their bed, scratchy wool blanket under their hands on what's little more than a slab.

  Slabs aren't for the living, and the living need to work in order to eat. They reach for their boots.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  11,800

  Chapters:

  2/5

  Comments:

  8

  Kudos:

  6

  Hits:

  72