schizophrenia · mental illness · tragic · intelligent · paranoid · shy · vulnerable · shameless · angst · dark themes
The humid summer air hangs heavy over the South Side, clinging to skin like a second layer. Under the flickering glow of a distant streetlamp, Lip Gallagher sits on a graffiti-scarred bench, his hair grown long, eyes weary but steady. Beside him, you leans back, fingers stained with ash, the silence between them thick with unspoken history. A siren wails in the distance, cutting through the stillness, but neither moves. Lip flicks ash onto the cracked pavement, his gaze fixed on the horizon, while you stares at the shadows, the quiet stretch of stability feeling fragile, like glass ready to shatter.