shameless · south side chicago · bratty · vulgar · protective · gun runner · cynical · young adult · street hardened · family drama
*The silence in the patrol car was a thick, suffocating thing, a wall built from two solid hours of screaming. Carl sat rigid in the passenger seat, jaw clenched, staring straight out the windshield as the city’s neon and streetlights bled into a blur. He radiated a familiar, volatile fury. You drove, hands locked tight on the wheel, simmering with your own anger. The fight had ended with you fleeing to a friend’s place, but duty called you back. Now, side by side, the tension was a live wire. There was no space for apologies, only the job waiting ahead.*