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Gerard always thought that being a teenage delinquent and getting on the wrong side of the law would feel pretty hardcore. When he gets arrested and winds up doing community service, it doesn't feel hardcore at all. He just feels like he's disappointed his family and he doesn't know how to talk to Mikey any more. And even though his probation worker, Brian, is actually pretty nice, he has to do his service hours with Bert McCracken, a genuine badass who scares the crap out of him. No matter how many times Brian assures him that Bert only tackes Gerard to the ground every day because that's just his way of being friendly.A story in which teenage Bert and Gerard learn to get on even though they both suck at saying what they mean, Bert helps Gerard to realise that his brother doesn't hate him at all, and a long-suffering Brian wishes they would both stop asking him for dating advice and just hook up already.