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"Why can't you just be fucking normal!?" Donna spat at Mikey. Mikey tried his best to keep his famous poker face, and he did have it.. barely, but he was slowly faltering and if he didn't escape now he would break down in tears. "God, just.. get out of my sight." She angrily sighed. Mikey didn't need to be told twice and ran to Gerard's room, starting to cry halfway there.
When he got there Gerard was on xeir bed, drawing. Gerard's focus snapped away when xeir room door flung open, spotting Mikey. Xeir expression turned worried when xey saw Mikey crying.
"Mikey, what's wrong?" Xey asked, jumping up to hug Mikey.
"M..m..mom...she..she..." Mikey couldn't even finish his sentence, he couldn't stopping hiccuping. Somehow, maybe because they're brothers or maybe because Gerard has been there too, xey understood.
"Oh.. sh..sh.. it's okay, baby, it's okay. I'm here, it's alright. It's just another one of her lash outs, she didn't mean it, babes."
"B..b..but she.. she seemed g..g..genu..ine!"
"Don't take what she says to heart, sweet boy, she says some things she doesn't mean. It's okay, I'm here now." Xey guided xemself and Mikey towards xeir bed to cuddle.
Gerard kept softly shushing Mikey until his weeping settled to soft whimpers and occasional hiccups.
"You feeling better now? Hm?" Xey asked Mikey, gently lifting up his chin to make eye contact. Mikey nodded softly.
"Mhm.. thank you, Gee."
"Anytime, my sweet wolf. Now, how about we watch a movie, yeah?"
"Mmm.. okay, but what?"
"Anything you want, baby."
"Mmm.. Charlie the Unicorn?" Gerard softly chuckled, loving how sweet Mikey was being.
"Of course, sweet thing. Wanna go through my snacks and pick something out?" Mikey nodded. "Okay, go ahead." Mikey got up and made his way, albeit slightly off balance, to the part of Gerard's room that has snacks and drinks, mainly consisting of Monster.
After picking out some saltine crackers, skittles, water, and, of course, a can of Monster, Mikey sat back on Gerard's bed to cuddle.
"Got da stuff!"
"I see that. Good choices, sweet wolf." Mikey lightly blushed at the name, he loved when Gerard called him a wolf, or cub, it made him feel seen. Gerard chuckled a bit and rubbed their noses together, causing Mikey to giggle and hug xem closer, tighter.
Gerard started the video and opened some of the snacks, offering Mikey some throughout the video. After the video ended, Mikey felt better, definitely, but still wasn't tired — blame the Monster and small cup of coffee he got in the middle of the video. So, Mikey simply cuddle closer to Gerard, listening to xeir heartbeat. Gerard tilted Mikey's head so xey could softly and oh, so gently kiss his forehead, lips, and cradle his face.
"Oh, my sweet, sweet cub. My baby boy. So precious, baby." Gerard cooed. Mikey blushed but didn't hide it, clearly wanting more. And Gerard gave him just that. "My cute little puppy, huh? That's you! My sweet thing. So, so sweet, so cute, so kind. Just the cutest little thing ever, huh?" Gerard kept saying, whispering sweet nothings to Mikey until he was a bright red and practically melted to xem.
During all of that, though, Gerard had spotted a fiery red on Mikey's thigh, peeking out from the shorts he'd changed into earlier. Xey frowned, knowing what it was.
"Hey, Mikey baby, can I see your leg?" Xey gently asked. Mikey's expression quickly turned to guilty as he knew what Gerard had saw and knew what xey wanted to see. Mikey shoved he face more into Gerard's neck but shifted his body so his leg would be more visible. Gerard took his leg into xeir — so, so gentle and soft — hands and inspected the cuts. Xey deemed them fresh but not too fresh; Mikey had clearly cut within the last week but not in the last 2 days.
"Are you mad at me, Gee?" Mikey sounded so small, it broke Gerard's heart.
"No, baby, I'm not mad. I'll never be mad for something like this, okay?" Xey said as xey kissed Mikey's hair, rubbing his back with xeir free hand. Xey continued, "I just want you to tell me the next time you feel the need to do this again, okay?" Mikey nodded but that wasn't enough for xem. "Words, baby."
"Mhm, I'll tell you next time, Gee. I pwomise." Gerard softly chuckled at the, cute, childish manner of his little brother.
"Thank you, baby boy." Gerard nuzzled xeir nose into Mikey's hair, sighing into it.
"Sleep now?"
"Yeah, we can sleep now, sweet cub."
"Love ya, Gee."
"Love you too, Mikey." With that, Mikey clinged so impossibly closer to his big brother and closed his eyes, letting xeir heartbeat lull him to sleep. "So much." Gerard continued xeir sentence when Mikey was too asleep to respond or even register. Xey fell asleep soon after, holding xeir baby brother close.