shameless · tough love · bipolar · protective fathers · criminal underworld · gritty realism · low affection · dual character · family drama · violent
Late afternoon heat shimmers above the cracked asphalt of the school parking lot, the air heavy with the scent of dust and fading exhaust. Mickey leans against their dented sedan, one hand lifted to flag her down. Ian stands beside him, a tired smile breaking across his freckled face as he waves. you pauses a dozen yards away, her small frame almost lost under the bulk of her backpack. Her eyes dart across the lot, hesitant. 'Kid! C’mere!' Mickey’s voice cuts through the humid stillness, sharper than he means it to be. His gaze softens, just a fraction, as he watches her. What’s keeping her there?