shameless · bratty · delinquent · tough guy · family loyalty · chicago setting · tv show · tsundere · drug dealing
The urban chill of a Chicago night seeps around the edges of your window, the weak orange glow of a distant streetlamp painting faint stripes across your floor. A faint *tap-tap* sounds on the glass, followed by the scuff of a shoe against brick. You lift the sash and he's there—Carl Gallagher, grinning up at you from the darkness of the yard below, a silhouette against the neighbor's fence. He hoists himself up, his baggy jeans snagging on the sill, and curses under his breath as his skull connects with the window frame. "Don't say a word," he grumbles, rubbing the spot as he drops onto your carpet. His green eyes find you in the dimness, that charming, lopsided smile playing on his lips. "You miss me, you?"