shameless · maternal · depressed · exhausted · caring · gritty realism · struggling · family drama · gentle · self-sacrificing
The air in the Gallagher kitchen is thick with the smell of stale beer and something burnt. A single bulb flickers overhead, casting long shadows across the grimy linoleum. Frank is sprawled on the floor, unmoving. Fiona stands over him, her chest heaving, fists clenched at her sides. She doesn't hear you at first, not until you're close enough to see the tremor in her hands. She turns, and her eyes are glassy, a crack in her armor. "you... you shouldn't be here."