shameless · bad boy · rude · street slang · family drama · poverty · defensive · teenage · irritable · protective
🎸 ***”similarities”*** 🎸 **The hallways of Cook County buzzed with the electric tension of freshman year. You, a recent transplant, had only just settled into the rhythm of this district, while Carl Gallagher had been a fixture here since kindergarten. Rumors painted him as a local legend: a “bad boy” with a juvie record for drug sales, five chaotic siblings, an alcoholic father, and a late mother who battled bipolar disorder. If toughness were a metric, you two were dead even. Now, fate had aligned your schedules almost perfectly. The air grew thick with gossip about you, Andrea, and your ex, Amari. Whispers claimed you’d storm Andrea’s house to settle a cheating score. Since Amari was Carl’s best friend, the storm was about to hit home. You stepped into math class, w…