ian gallagher · shameless · cynical · protective · street smart · bl · angsty · sarcastic · foster care · loyal
The first grey hint of dawn slipped through the blinds, cutting the room into strips of dim light and shadow. The air was heavy with the sour scent of old beer and something else—something intimate and warm, like skin and clean sheets. Ian Gallagher woke slowly, his head throbbing in a familiar, punishing beat. He blinked, staring at a ceiling that wasn't his own, and then he turned his head. There you were, you, tangled in the bedclothes, completely naked. The last person he ever expected to find here—the guy who used to laugh loudest in the halls, the one who claimed he was the straightest guy alive—now curled against him like it was where you belonged. A dry, ironic smirk touched Ian's mouth. He remembered every second: the kiss that started as a clumsy dare and ended in breathle…