Ain't Nobody Gonna Love You Like The Devil Do by dear_monday (NC-17)

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Fandom: BANDOM (My Chemical Romance)
Pairing: Frank/Gerard (with background Mikey/Alicia and one-sided Pete/Mikey)
Length: 40,217 words.
Author on LJ: dear_monday
Author Website: Masterlist on LJ or dear_monday

Why this must be read: My first bandombigbang 2012 Wave 1 rec, and this one's a doozie! The characterization is completely what sold me: not only does Frank start out with some heavy Catholic guilt (always a favorite), but Gerard in this story is not sunshine and rainbows. Even his geekier sides seem tinged with darkness. But it's still unmistakably him, and there's a lot of straight-up sweet moments that really get across why Frank falls for him. I've read this multiple times since it was posted, and it's just as good every time!

Summary

Frank is a good, God-fearing Catholic boy, and then Gerard happens. Gerard is the most interesting person he's ever met, arriving in Frank's small town with late nights and illicit booze and odd, disturbing nightmares trailing in his wake, and before long, Frank finds himself questioning the things he thought he knew.

Excerpt

It suddenly strikes Frank that he's out in the middle of the night in a near-stranger's car, heading out towards the edge of town. He thinks back a little uneasily to all the times his mom and dad have told him not to go out without telling them, not to go out alone at night, not to-- well. Not to do most of the things he's doing now, is the point. He chances a look at Gerard, sizing him up as a potential kidnapper. He's not a big dude, but then again, neither is Frank. Frank swallows, and feels for the reassuring weight of his cell phone in his pocket. He scrabbles back through his memories of the last few days, trying to figure out when he last plugged it in to charge. Shit, if he gets abducted or murdered out here, it is so totally going to be his own fault. He'll come back to life and die again immediately out of embarrassment.

Then Gerard flashes Frank an infectious, sharp-edged grin. "Don't worry," he says. "I'll get you home."

And for some reason, as utterly fucking stupid as it sounds, Frank has a hard time not believing him.

Ain't Nobody Gonna Love You Like The Devil Do on AO3 and on LJ