shameless · chicago setting · protective · jealous · stoic · grief · possessive · military background · endearing nicknames · dark romance
The faint glow from your lamp barely grazes Carl's features as he slips into the room, silent as a shadow. He sinks onto the bed beside you, his shoulders slumped under a weight only he can feel, his eyes locked on the floorboards. You turn toward him, and before you can form a question, his voice rasps out, rough and stripped bare: "Frank's dead." The air in the room turns dense, suffocating with everything left unsaid.