Im not okay (I promise)

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• What will it take to show you that it’s not the life it seems? (RE-WRITE) by vulpes_99

  Fandoms: I'm Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance (Music Video), My Chemical Romance (Band)  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  06 Oct 2026

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  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Ray Toro/Gerard Way
  • Frank Iero/Mikey Way
  • Ray Toro
  • Frank Iero
  • Gerard Way
  • Mikey Way
  • Original Characters
  • Alternate Universe - High School
  • 2000s
  • Bullying
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
  • Homophobia
  • Physical Abuse
  • Depression
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst
  • Crying
  • Secret Relationship
  • Ray Toro Is a Sweetheart
  • Absent Parents
  • Mikey Way Needs a Hug
  • no beta we die like mikey in the ghost of you
  • Nerd Mikey Way
  • Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Era
  • Star Wars References
  • Fuck AI
  • Suicide Attempt
  • Whump
  • Everyone Needs a Hug
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Medical Inaccuracies
  • Underage Smoking
  • but its only mentioned like two times
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived
  • Hospitals
  • Non-Sexual Intimacy
  • Hospitalization
  • Protective Siblings
  • Brotherly Angst

  Summary

  Depression is often a terminal illness. Mikey knows this better than anyone. With bullies, constant panic attacks, and crushing loneliness, sometimes he feels like theres only one escape.
  He thinks he is the most unloveable person on the planet.
  Frank, Gerard, and Ray beg to differ.

  or
  Mikey is depressed, frank is concerned, and gerard and ray are secretly dating.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Im not okay (I promise)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  32,511

  Chapters:

  26/26

  Comments:

  205

  Kudos:

  110

  Bookmarks:

  17

  Hits:

  1,761

• I never want to let you down by vulpes_99

  Fandoms: My Chemical Romance (Band), I'm Not Okay (I Promise) - My Chemical Romance (Music Video)  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  23 Oct 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Ray Toro/Gerard Way
  • Frank Iero/Mikey Way
  • Gerard Way
  • Mikey Way
  • Ray Toro
  • Frank Iero
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Fluff
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Implied/Referenced Suicide
  • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
  • Nightmares
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Panic Attacks
  • Anxiety
  • Alternate Universe - High School
  • Temporary Hurt No Comfort
  • Past Bullying
  • Hospitals
  • Protective Siblings
  • Absent Parents
  • Gerard Way Needs a Hug
  • no beta we die like mikey in the ghost of you
  • Non-Sexual Intimacy
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived
  • Title from a My Chemical Romance Song
  • Sequel
  • Self-Hatred
  • Depression
  • Older sibling guilt
  • References to Supernatural (TV 2005)
  • Whump

  Summary

  Everything is fine.
  His brother is alive and happy, he just got a scholarship for his dream art school, and he has a boyfriend who loves him more than anything. Yet for some reason, he can feel himself slowly slipping away, and the last thing he would ever do is burden the people he loves by begging and pleading for them to save him from this living nightmare.

  or

  Gerard has a wee bit of ptsd

  Series

  • Part 2 of Im not okay (I promise)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,383

  Chapters:

  7/?

  Comments:

  41

  Kudos:

  33

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  388