#sydlip

Part ĪĪ of SydLip collages cause I love these two!!

Hopefully, I don't get flagged like last time

Psss well again, wanted to tag yall since yall liked this and im really hoping this doesn't get flagged; @waywardangel-wilds , @morningssofgold , @lunasink , @yannaryartside , @notthebear , @berzattohugs, @justabovewater20, and any any other sydlip girlie's out there!!!

sydlip edition

short scenario for the sydlip tutor universe:

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Sydney notices the faint red at the tips of Lip’s ears. It’s cute, sure, but it doesn’t make her think anything serious. She knows enough about Lip Gallagher to assume he isn’t looking for anything more. What does surprise her is the way all of his attention seems fixed on her. Explicitly on her.

His hands always seem to slip lower whenever he “assists” her posture, fingertips skimming the hem of her skirt—sometimes almost lifting it without meaning to. His palms are rough when they settle warm on her thighs. And then there’s the way he crowds her space. Lip leans in close, arm draped behind her chair, his whole body tilting toward her like gravity keeps nudging him in her direction. His eyes stay glued to whatever problem set they’re working on, but Sydney can feel the weight of his attention settling on her. It leaves her chewing her lip, pretending she’s not entertaining more of it.

She crosses her legs, thinking it might deter him from his persistent touches. Instead, it seems to pull him in even closer. She lets him settle a few fingers on top of her denim skirt.

"Lip," she says softly, not quite a warning.

He pauses. But he doesn’t pull back.

"You want me to stop?" he asks, like he already knows the answer.

Sydney swallows hard. She doesn’t say yes. But she doesn’t say no.

And that’s all the permission he needs to rest his hand just a little firmer on her thigh, so close to her center she can feel his warmth through the denim, right against the place her skirt hides.

Her breath stutters. He licks his lips, slow like he’s tasting the moment. The room feels too quiet, but whatever is happening between them buzzes loud in the space they share, louder than the turning pages of books and hushed voices around them. Sydney feels it in her throat, in her chest, everywhere his hand is and everywhere it threatens to go and touch.

“Syd…” he murmurs, low enough to unravel her, and the look he gives her after feels like the beginning of something neither of them will be able to undo once she gives in.

And she isn’t even sure she wants to resist it.

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Bonus:

Yesterday, Lip had tested his luck a little more. He let his fingers trail along her arm, slow enough to catch her reaction, and his hand slipped toward her waist before he could talk himself out of it. She flinched—not from discomfort, just from surprise—but she didn’t pull away. She didn’t lean out of his reach. That was enough for him. More than enough.

Lip doesn’t bother hiding the small, self-satisfied smirk he had to swallow afterward. He’s working his way up, bit by bit, and he knows it. Maybe today she’ll let him get away with more under the table. Maybe she’ll let his hand slide a little higher, let his fingers graze places he’s been thinking about far too often at night, in the morning, and every hour in between. Things that would definitely get them both in trouble if they were caught—but wasn’t that half the thrill?

Either way, he’s adamant on pushing further. It feels like only a matter of time before he has his mouth on her.

And he would specifically have it right between her legs.

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This was just for fun. I’d love to see other people play around with this AU because I don’t even watch Shameless 😭 I just want my girl Syd to be yearned for in every universe. The second section was just a bonus, ik it's kind of a choppy transition but I just wanted to add Lip POV haha.

This came at just the right time - for curmudgeons complaining about Sydcarmy Sydlip or any other black female characters being love interests in fiction or otherwise - ON TUMBLR OF ALL PLACES. Be so for real, if you’re on tumblr, three adult characters, one of which is played by the same actor , fictionalized in the same CITY, should not be shocking 🙄

Then again some see a black women, even as a fictional character, being the center of things and lose their damn minds, and it’s ’oh no that’s not realistic’, ‘he wouldn’t like her’, ‘she’s this, she’s that, no it doesn’t make sense’. Uh ma’am/sir, you’re talking about a fictional ship and FANFIC ON TUMBLR. The ship is actually wildly conventional being that it’s between two beings of the same species 🫠

But this is pointless because the hellish magic of racism is that it defies all logic and is insidious and its purpose is to be intentionally discouraging and divert away from joy and fun(and the serious business of shipping on Tumblr!(lol)-

see Toni Morrison: