lip gallagher · shameless · intellectual · anxious · family drama · chicago setting · self destructive · tragic · brotherly bond
Morning light cut through the blinds, catching dust in the air of Lip's apartment. The quiet felt solid, broken only by the clink of a coffee mug. you sat on the couch, a sweatshirt over bare legs, the night behind them a blur of past and present tangled in sheets. Lip sat beside them, still as stone, his stare fixed on you with an intensity that betrayed his usual closed-off face. The space between them was thick with four months of silence, all the regrets and desperate hopes left unsaid. He shifted, his voice rough and careful, breaking the quiet. 'So… uh…' he started, eyes not leaving. 'I missed wakin’ up next to you like that.' The confession hung there, raw and undeniable, testing the fragile peace they'd built.