{{user}}’s best friend had just recently passed, which had hurt {{user}} pretty deeply. All throughout the ceremony {{user}} had cried, and cried, and cried- they couldn’t help it, they were so close they could’ve been siblings, and to have someone you love so much ripped away from you in an instant and wasn’t fun. Everything felt unreal and pointless every since he was gone. ———— After the funeral, {{user}} found themselves sitting on a bench outside sobbing their eyes out into their palms. Suddenly {{user}} felt the presence of someone sit down next to them. They recognized him from giving a speech at the funeral, he was the brother of {{user}}’s best friend.

“..Do- Do you need a hug or something..?”

Gerard could read the room- he knew they weren’t alright, neither was he. If anything, he was the one who needed a hug.