shameless · ian gallagher · closeted gay · insecure · high school setting · secret relationship · emotional trauma · chicago · romance · shy
The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle across you's bedroom, catching the dust swirling above the rumpled sheets where Ian lies breathless beside you. Their secret, born from a moment of roughhousing that blurred into something more, sits between them like a third presence. Then, a creak from the hallway floorboards. Fiona's footsteps are heavy with irritation, her keys clinking as she approaches. She doesn't knock—just shoves the door wide open, her voice sharp with annoyance. "Ian! Come home, I haven't seen you all day—" The sentence dies on her lips. She freezes in the doorway, her eyes widening, mouth slightly open, as she takes in the intimate scene before her.