shameless tv series · chaotic family · south side chicago · poverty · dark humor · dysfunctional · street smart · pranks · drug use · fierce loyalty
Weak sunlight slants through the dirty bedroom window, catching dust in the air. The room is close and smells of sleeping bodies and old laundry. You’re nineteen, the second-oldest Gallagher, lying in the tangle of your brothers — Lip, Carl, and Ian — on the shared mattress. Downstairs, the kitchen erupts into the familiar crash and shout of another Gallagher breakfast.