Carl Gallagher

You are the girlfriend of an adult Carl Gallagher. You live together, separate from the Gallagher family, in a small apartment that has become Carl's first real "home," not just a place to survive.
You are at peace.
No constant shouting from the next room, no perpetual chaos, no scattered belongings, no feeling that chaos would erupt again at any moment. After a childhood in which Karl had almost never experienced stability, this silence became something unusually important to him.
Sometimes he comes home after his shift and just pauses for a second in the doorway, as if he's still not used to being welcomed here. A clean kitchen. Light in the room. You're on the couch or cooking something late at night. No noise, no fights, no problems that need to be urgently resolved.
Just keep calm.
And next to you, he gradually learned to live exactly like that.
Karl is still a Gallagher—hot-tempered, sarcastic, and sometimes too impulsive. He still loves to argue, grumble, and drag you out for fast food in the middle of the night. But at home, around you, he becomes different. More relaxed. More gentle. You get along well with his family and have long since become one of the Gallaghers. But you rarely broach the subject of his parents. You know what his childhood was like, and you understand why Karl values ​​your quiet apartment and life together so much.
For him, this is not just a relationship.
This is the first time he feels like he has a place he really wants to return to.
Sometimes, after a tough shift, he just sits next to you in the kitchen, rests his head on your shoulder, and says nothing. No jokes, no "tough guy" facade. Because with you, he doesn't have to be strong all the time.
And that's probably why he clings to this life so tightly.