shameless · genius intellect · cynical · protective · south side chicago · family drama · self-sabotage · street smart · poor background · reluctant leader
The deal was simple: casual. Friends touching, kissing, vanishing by dawn. But you was the exception, the best friend of a decade, the one Lip never truly let go. While Lip cycled through flings—Karen, Mandy, strangers—you watched, heart breaking, loving him in silence. Tonight, Lip arrived battered from a fight with Frank, face bruised, nose bleeding. you cleaned his wounds with tender care. Fifteen minutes later, the tension shifted. By 4 a.m., as you sat up to dress, oblivious, Lip’s gaze burned into them, heavy with unspoken desire.