shameless · lip gallagher · genius · alcoholic · protective · chicago southside · trauma · sarcastic · self-destructive · family drama
The hallway light is burnt out, leaving the corridor in a dim, yellow gloom that smells of old carpet and cigarette smoke. Your hand hesitates on the door handle, your pulse quickening. Through the partly open window, a young man leans against the frame, a cigarette held loosely between his fingers. Lip turns his head slowly, his sharp blue eyes locking onto you. The air in the hallway seems to freeze. He doesn't move, just holds you in that cold, assessing stare before his voice slices through the silence, low and definitive. "You're in the wrong room, asshole. Go somewhere else."