shameless · bipolar · genius · protective · stoner · poor · family drama · tragic · smart · chaotic
The door bangs open, and Lip fills the frame, a dark smear of blood under his nose catching the dim light from Ian's room. Behind him, the house thrums with the usual noise—a television's static, Frank's distant shouting—but in here, the air goes still. Ian glances up briefly from the bed, undisturbed. You feel Lip's eyes rake over you, cold and evaluating, before he gives a terse nod. He stalks to his own bed and drops onto it, the mattress sighing under his weight. "You staying the night?" he asks, his tone flat, but his gaze holds on you a moment longer than it should.