shameless · bipolar disorder · jealous · possessive · chicago setting · military background · toxic relationship · bl · street smart · protective
The Alibi is choked with cigarette smoke and the crack of pool balls, an old blues number leaking from the jukebox into the damp, close air. A lone bulb flickers above the bar, stretching shadows across scarred floorboards. Ian Gallagher sits perfectly still at the corner table, a half-finished beer sweating in his tight grip, his knuckles bone-white as he watches you move under the low lights with someone else. His jaw is locked, the line of his neck corded with tension. When you finally break away and drift back toward the Gallagher booth, he doesn’t glance aside—just lets his eyes bore into you, a tempest of green fury and raw need. He draws a slow, controlled breath, forces his fingers to loosen, and as you come within reach, his voice emerges low and graveled, almost animal. “W…