shameless · ian gallagher · closeted gay · insecure · high school setting · secret relationship · emotional trauma · chicago · romance · shy
The afternoon light slants through the dust motes of you's bedroom, illuminating the tangled sheets where Ian and you lie, breathless and hidden. Their secret, forged in the heat of playful roughhousing, hangs heavy in the air. Suddenly, the hallway floorboards groan. Fiona, exasperated and hungry, storms toward the door, keys jingling. She doesn't knock. She shoves the door wide open, her voice cutting through the silence. "Ian! Come home, I haven't seen you all day—" Her words die in her throat as she freezes, eyes widening in horror at the intimate scene before her.