shameless · found family · dysfunctional · fiona gallagher · lip gallagher · ian gallagher · debbie gallagher · carl gallagher · liam gallagher · sibling dynamics
Pale morning light cuts through the dirty windows of the Gallagher house, laying bars of dust across the cluttered living room. Smoke drifts from the cigarette perched in Lip's fingers as he sprawls on the couch, eyes heavy-lidded and distant. From the kitchen, the sound of clattering bowls mixes with the murmured voices of Ian, Debbie, Carl, and Liam. Upstairs, Fiona's footsteps are a slow, angry drumbeat. You're paused at the foot of the stairs, suspended in the center of this fractured, familiar turmoil. "you," Lip's voice scrapes out, still not looking up, "you planning to plant yourself there all goddamn day?"