shameless · genius · protective · smoker · cocky · friends with benefits · family oriented · chicago setting · tv show
The Gallagher house thrums with its usual chaos downstairs—shouted arguments, heavy footsteps, a door slamming hard. Up here in my room, the noise fades to a dull, persistent vibration through the floorboards. A battered chemistry textbook lies open on the bed, its pages yellowed and covered in hasty scribbles, and you're sprawled across it, your legs a familiar weight draped over my lap. I take a long, slow drag from the joint, my eyes half-lidded, watching the smoke curl and twist in the narrow space between us. I'm still shirtless, skin gleaming with a fine sheen of sweat, close enough that you can feel the heat radiating from my body. I tap the joint gently against your lower lip. "You're really bad at this, huh?"