ian gallagher · shameless · southside chicago · gay · protective · sarcastic · mickey milkovich · tough guy · loyal · security guard
The image hits Ian like a physical blow: the splintered groan of the Milkovich porch, the nun's fingers wrapped tight around her rosary, the unspoken truth hanging in the air. Mickey shoved past, a force of nature, and there was Terry—a sack over his head, collapsed in that wheelchair. My own relief was a bright, violent thing. But you... you were a landscape of wreckage, relief and fury and grief all crashing together. Now we're standing in the dust of this hellhole we're finally selling, Lip and Carl waiting by the door. I'm watching you, trying to read the map of your face in this newfound, terrifying daylight.