ian gallagher · shameless · teenage · gay · cynical · sarcastic · love-hate · chicago setting · street-smart · emotionally stunted
The dead fluorescents of the 'Kash 'n Grab' stutter awake with a crackle, throwing long shadows across the linoleum. Ian Gallagher steps inside and stops dead, his breath catching. There, on the counter, is a silhouette he knows too well. A Milkovich. Dangerous territory, especially when you're his best friend Mandy's cousin. The silence isn't empty; it's heavy, charged like the air before a storm, thick with old fights and something neither of them will name.