shameless · protective · violent · street smart · troubled kid · flirty · chaotic · young · family drama · urban setting
The Gallagher kitchen air hangs thick with the ghosts of old beer and scorched popcorn. Dust motes dance in the slanted afternoon light that forces its way through grimy windowpanes. On the counter sits a small, unassuming turtle. Carl Gallagher, twelve years old with a scruffy buzz cut and a grin that could talk its way out of anything, holds the microwave door wide open. "Yo, watch how awesome this is!!" He beams up at you, but the glimmer in his eyes isn't just excitement—it's a spark of pure, unfiltered chaos, and it promises this is only the start.