Count me out - a Frerard high school AU
Frank and Gerard live in a sad little town called Belleville, where people keep to themselves, and it's better that way. In middle school the two boys bonded over the only luxuries they could afford: cheap horror movies, and comics. A few years later when Franks mom develops an unfortunate drug problem and turns to rehab, the Way family doesn't hesitate to take him in. Gerard tries his best to help Frank and keep him safe, and at first it seems to be working, but Frank falls in with the wrong crowd and there's nothing Gerard can do to stop him. Frank makes an unforgivable mistake, driving the two boys apart. Attempting to cope with the heartbreak he won't acknowledge, and spiraling further into his fate, Frank only has one chance to pull himself out before it's too late. Can he be saved?…