Well look who's back after not updating since like forever lmao

This chapter actually took me ages to write, one because it was hard to try and show how Pete comes into cg/l lifestyle and two because I kept getting distracted and began to write other things like Brendon. or Kings and Queens.

Anyway, enjoy!

"Why did you invite him?"

"He was lonely, Mikey! And it broke my heart to see him left in the house on his own."There's a sincere look of earnest upon Petes face as they think back to the way that they had found Gee sitting alone in his bedroom, looking so lonely and upset that Frank had gone for the weekend. Pete couldn't stand to leave him on his own.

"This is supposed to be a date, I took a night off to take you out."Mikey is fuming and Pete can see it in the way that his face is stone cold, eyes fiery with emotion that doesn't settle right in Petes stomach every time that Mikey stares at it.

"Babe,"Pete sighs, shaking their head as they lean up to try and press a kiss to Mikey's lips, meeting his cheek instead whenever Mikey turns away."Mikey, look at me. I'm sorry, okay? But I was not leaving your brother left in the house on his own. He needs to be around people, and you're his brother!"

"He's weird, Pete!"

"He is not weird! He's...different. Is that such a bad thing?"Pete stresses helplessly, falling back down onto their feet and crossing their arms over their chest, a stance that Mikey has gotten well aware of knowing that this means business and that Pete is not going to back down. It's not their first first disagreement, nor is it going to be their last from what Pete expects of their questionable future.

Their first argument hadn't exactly been Pete's fault, but they sure didn't help the mood that Mikey had been in. Their first fight had been frightening to Pete, mostly due to the fact that he'd never seen Mikey so mad that they'd both been screaming at each other loud enough that a ringing was left in Petes ears, along with the tears that built up behind their eyes too. It was a messy argument that resulted in an even messier night on Petes account.

"His different is weird."

"Oh, grow up, Mikey. People think my weird is different, and yours too, so stop being such a prick around Gerard's."Pete snaps, their stance is stiff and their face is cold with determination to not back down on something so petty as Mikey not wanting to spend time with his own brother.

Over the last couple of weeks, Pete has grown remarkably close with Gee Way. It had started when Pete had turned up too early at the house one evening while Mikey was still at work and they'd helped Gee on an art project that they were working on for collage which had led to them watching cartoons in the livingroom and eating bowls of ice cream until late into the night when Mikey had arrived home late from work.

Since then, Pete and Gee were spending more time together and it wasn't always accidentally either. Frank, after all, was one of Pete's friends ( depending when you ask them because not all of the time does the trio want to admit that they know juvenile Frank Iero ) and Gee was, after all, Franks boyfriend. So it wasn't uncommon for Pete to be with Gee every once in a while.

"Fine, do whatever you want. I'm going back to work."

"Mikey, don't be like this!"Pete storms after Mikey, voice laced with urgency for Mikey not to leave during an argument.

"I can be however I want, Pete! You're so inconsiderate of other people and I am fed up with making plans for us only for you to ruin them with spontaneously cancelling for one of your friends or inviting my brother to tag along."

"Look, I'm really sorry that you don't possess the feeling of empathy because you lack a fucking heart but that does not mean that I have to be as heartless as you are."Pete is up on their toes in anger, following after their boyfriend.

"Oh, I'm the heartless one, am I? Lets think, I'm the one that works every single day of the week just so I can afford to take you out places only for you to throw it back in my fucking face and go skip in fields with my freak of a brother. Think about me for once, instead of everyone else."

"All I do is think about you, Mikey! But if my friends need me, I have to be there for them, and if you brother is upset then I'm going to fucking be there for him too."Pete snaps, face full of anger and fury as they stare off at one another across the hall."It's called being a good person, but you wouldn't know a thing about that, would you?"

"You're a bitch, Pete Wentz."

"Better being a bitch than being a dick."Pete snaps.

"At least I know how to use my dick."And Pete doesn't even resist the urge to roll their eyes because there is a long list of dick related problems that Pete can bring up about Mikey Way because sex is defiantly not his expected area.

"At least I don't have to lie about my dick size."The smile that appears on Pete's Face is so full of false innocence and bitchiness that it is remarkable and it just gets better as Mikey's face grows purple in anger.

"I work hard for my fucking money, not for me, but for you, so I can take you out on dates and buy you the things that you want because I want to make you happy but you're a fucking spoilt brat and you deserve fuck all."His voice comes out so dangerously low that people would have to strain to hear but Pete hears it."And if you want to hang out with your moron drug dealing friends then you do that, but I'm not going to be here for you."

"Mikey, don't-"

The door is slammed closed before Pete can pled with Mikey to stay and talk. There's a dull ache that forms in Pete's chest, a wetness that forms in their eyes that blurs their vision enough that the door is just a smudge of brown and bronze, hands clenched into fists of anger that they had kept at their side where their fingernails dugs into the skin of their palms and created little crescent hold moons.

Growing up surrounded by Ryan and Dallon, Pete has grown into that type of person that will willingly drop everything just to run to their aid. It was common, especially when they were children, with Dallon constantly getting kicked out of his house and Ryan continuously finding ways to run away, Pete has always been that person to be there for them, and that wasn't something that was going to change.

"Pete?"There's a Gee shaped blurry blob now standing in front of Pete and in one blink, the tear are streaming down their cheeks which makes Pete frantically scrub away at them with the sleeves of their hoodie."Are you okay? Are you crying? Oh my god, you're crying! Oh no, this isn't good!"

"I'm not crying, I'm fine."Pete turns away, keeping their head low as they wipe continuously with their sleeves. It's one thing to let themselves cry, it's a completely other matter altogether to cry in front of other people. Pete hates themselves when they cry, it makes them feel weak and vulnerable and it's such a terrible feeling when you portray yourself as big as you do.

"It's okay! I'll get you tissues and some hot cocoa and a blanket..."Gee is mumbling to himself, grabbing onto one of Petes hands and leading the younger through the house until Pete is being pushed backwards onto something recognisably soft that is Gee's mattress.

"Thanks."

"Oh gosh, you look like a panda."Gee has to cover their mouth to stop the giggle of slight amusement at the smudge of Petes eyeliner from their tears because so such for waterproof eyeliner what a joke. Pete snorts a short laugh, looking at Gee momentarily before looking away to hide their streaky face of tears and running eyeliner.

"I'm going to get eyeliner over your pretty bedsheets."

"I don't care about that, it will come off!"Gee waves his hands, yanking a fluffy blanket off one end of his bed, buried under a mountain of stuffed toys and pillows. He's shaking the blanket a couple of times before draping it over Pete, jumping onto the bed beside his sad friend and snuggling in close, leaning their head on Petes shoulder as Pete sniffles."My brother's a dick."

Pete snorts in response, their only way of a reply that doesn't sound cracked and broken, stuffy from a blocked nose and pathetic from the act of crying itself. There's many words that Pete can use to call Mikey Way, and a lot of them aren't that positive but he's their boyfriend, the first boyfriend that Pete has ever had, the first guy to show a remote interest in them which isn't just for sex, someone who isn't Ryan Ross or Dallon Weekes that Pete feels protected around.

"He is! He ripped the head off one of my stuffies once, the dick."

"All little brothers are tormenting."

"This was last week."Gee deadpans sullenly, scavenging around the mountain of stuffed animals before pulling out a chocolate teddy bear with a fat tummy and an even fatter neck from over stuffing. Gee is pointing out the fresh stitched lines around the neck of the teddy bear."I did those myself, I'm not really good at stitching but I had to do it for an art assignment but I'm pretty proud, Da-Frankie helped me."

"He has a fat neck."Pete observes bluntly.

"Yeah, I went a little overboard on the stuffing but Frankie just says he's chubby which means he's full of love just like me!"There's a wide grin spread across Gee's face and Pete cannot help but to smile small in return at the pure adorableness, scrunching their tissue into a ball as they point at the chubby necked teddy bear.

"So what's his name."Pete asks, index finger brushing against the hard black nose of the fat necked teddy bear. Even with the deformity that the bear seems to have, Pete finds it ridiculously adorable, and itching feeling at the palm of their hands to reach out and grab it, to feel how soft and welcoming it is to hold and touch.

"Her name is Lindsay."Gee is sharp with a correction, throwing Pete a glare.

"Lindsay?"

"After my best friend."Gee answers as if Pete should know this information, and maybe Pete should know who Lindsay is and that she is his best friend or whatever. It's sometimes really hard to keep up with all of the ramblings that Gee spurts out.

"I'm sensing a theme."They bring up the balled tissue and wipe at their eyes again, voice muffled behind the sleeves of their hoodie."Do I have a stuffie named after me?"

"You will, eventually."Gee hums, putting Lindsay The Bear back onto the pile of stuffed animals  and fixing the ones that have fallen over or been misplaced. There's a place for everyone and room for more stuffed friends too."It all depends on if you stay being a friend or not."

"Why wouldn't I stay being a friend?"Pete is suddenly frowning all over again, brow creased as they scoot to sit up straighter. Gee shrugs his shoulders mindlessly, not looking at Pete who leans forward to try and get a look at their friend."Gee, what aren't you telling me? You're starting to frighten me now."

"You know like you have your thing with being Gender Neutral?"Gee doesn't mean for it to come harsh or direct, it's just how he is sometimes and instead of commenting, Pete nods and hums because true, it is kind of their thing, they suppose."And it's all new and different and not really out there yet but there are more people out there that is Gender Neutral and just don't have the confidence to come out as that because it's pretty scary and it's different and not everyone is really okay with difference-"

"Yes, different is different, we've established this."Pete cuts through the rambling, suddenly the whole cloak of wallowing sadness that had covered Pete is now vanishing, more interested now in Gee's mysterious secret."Cut to the chase."

"I like to act...little."It comes out so hesitant and quiet that Pete can barely catch on to what Gee has just said before he continues."I like acting little. I like stuffed toys and colouring in and wearing cute, pastel clothes and having affection and attention and having someone who treats me little and loves me and looks after me. Which Frankie does, he loves and looks after me like super well."

"And I didn't even know this was a thing until a couple of months ago, like it didn't have a name to me until I saw it somewhere online and it all just kind of clicked into place in my head and I realised, whoa, this is me, I'm a little."

"A...a little?"Pete quires hesitantly, head swimming a little at all of this rambling information that is pouring out of Gee's mouth. Their lips are pursed and brow creased in thought confusion as they try to wrap their head around what Gee is saying.

"It's what you call people who like to act childish, who like the feeling of being a child again, who like feeling little."

"Is this- is this a sexual thing?"

"Oh god no! It's not sexual at all! It can be, if you want it to be, but Frankie and I don't use it sexually."Gee is aggressively shaking their head because there had been plenty of conversations before hand about if this was a sex thing and Gee made himself clear that it wasn't.

"Frank knows about this?"Petes eyes are wide in shock.

"Of course he knows about this, he's apart of it, Pete."He exclaims carefully and gently, sitting up on his knees as he talks to Pete who still looks puzzled and confused about this whole situation but hasn't made a bolt for the door yet."Frankie is sort of my, y'know, um-"Gee clears his throat, cheeks tinted pink."-My Daddy."

Gee isn't even surprised when all that Pete does is stare at him as if he had numerous heads that are all spitting fire. It's a lot to take in, and Gee knows that more than anyone, especially with having to explain his situation to Mikey, Lindsay and most importantly Frank too. He just really hopes that Pete stays, they've became such a close friend to Gee and even if it doesn't work out between Pete and Mikey ( and by the sounds of it, Pete should've dumped Mikey the first week into the relationship ) he hopes they'll still be friends.

"Look, don't feel obligated to just go along with things and pretend that you think this is okay or normal because I know it's not normal and not everyone likes the idea of it, trust me, Mikey is not a supporter. I have Frankie and Lindsay and if you don't want to be my friend any more because of this then that's okay, I understa-"

"Tell me more."Petes new found voice surprises the both of them, voice quiet, just above a whisper as they stare at a colourful patch of wall in front of them, eyes flickering to look at the bright red haired teenager on the bed."I want to know more."

I finally updated since like forever!

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