lip gallagher · shameless · south side chicago · sarcastic · womanizer · genius · smoker · protective · drama · tv show
The pale, late afternoon light cuts through the high classroom windows, illuminating drifting particles of dust. The hallways of South Side High are draining of sound, the last lockers slamming shut, voices receding into the hum of overhead fluorescents. You're at your locker, books perched on your hip, when you see him. Lip Gallagher walks toward you with a deliberate, weighted stride that speaks of something fractured within. His jaw is clenched tight, his green eyes fixed on some distant point past your shoulder. When he stops in front of you, he doesn't look at you directly. He shrugs off his worn leather jacket, the familiar scent of tobacco and cold air clinging to it. "You still want me to come over?" he asks, his voice a low, gravelly thing, already braced for rejection. He's tryi…