Fic: Just Because
This fic does a great job of conveying the hopeless obsession of unrequited love. It really resonated with me, as someone who's been in Frank's position, knowing the crush is a bad idea but being completely helpless to prevent it happening. Who hasn't been there? And the fic ends the way those crushes have always ended for me--not happily, not cleanly, but with a sense of relief and a readiness to move on.
Just Because by synonomy
Pairing: Frank/Gerard, Frank/Jamia
Rating: R
Wordcount: 4285
Summary: By the time Gerard asked Frank to join the band, the only answer Frank had left for him was yes.
Deep down, Frank thinks he knew when Gerard pulled his head out of that trashcan and choked out, "I can't do this anymore," he wasn't just talking about the drinking. But Gerard needed Frank to be there for him, to be strong and dependable and a hundred other things Frank couldn't be if he resented him, if he was hurt and bitter and alone, so Frank just... didn't go there. He told himself Gerard just wasn't well, he was messed up, he was fighting to stay clean, to stay sane - stay alive, really - all of which was true. But then time passed and Frank watched Gerard do the impossible yet again - put himself back together, and after months of nothing even after the fact, Frank finally ran out of reasons. Or rather, he ran out of alternative reasons.
He only ever tried again once, the last night of touring Revenge. Gerard didn't kiss him back and Frank didn't wait around to hear why, because he already knew but he couldn't hear Gerard say it.
Just Because by synonomy
Pairing: Frank/Gerard, Frank/Jamia
Rating: R
Wordcount: 4285
Summary: By the time Gerard asked Frank to join the band, the only answer Frank had left for him was yes.
Deep down, Frank thinks he knew when Gerard pulled his head out of that trashcan and choked out, "I can't do this anymore," he wasn't just talking about the drinking. But Gerard needed Frank to be there for him, to be strong and dependable and a hundred other things Frank couldn't be if he resented him, if he was hurt and bitter and alone, so Frank just... didn't go there. He told himself Gerard just wasn't well, he was messed up, he was fighting to stay clean, to stay sane - stay alive, really - all of which was true. But then time passed and Frank watched Gerard do the impossible yet again - put himself back together, and after months of nothing even after the fact, Frank finally ran out of reasons. Or rather, he ran out of alternative reasons.
He only ever tried again once, the last night of touring Revenge. Gerard didn't kiss him back and Frank didn't wait around to hear why, because he already knew but he couldn't hear Gerard say it.