Trauma At Its Finest (Lip Gallagher X Male Reader)

Ch 2. Not So Bad

It's another day for the Gallaghers, and it wouldn't be a day with them without a little drama. It starts with Lip, who wakes up first to get his breakfast. He opens the fridge to grab something to drink. Afterward, he takes some milk and cereal. Alongside a bowl, he places it on the counter, fixing himself some breakfast. As the rest of the family joins him, Lip sits at the table and takes a bite of his breakfast, only to quickly spit it out.

Lip lets out a groan, causing everyone to look at him. "The milk is spoiled."

Fiona, who's standing at the fridge, grabs the milk to smell it. She quickly frowns when she discovers it's spoiled. She then checks the date, seeing it should be alright. The oldest sibling then moves on to the rest of the food, confirming her suspicion.

"Fuck!" Fiona lets out a sigh and slams the fridge door, turning back to her brothers and sister. "The fridge is broken."

"You gotta be kidding me," Ian reacts, annoyed. He moves on to the bread, changing his breakfast. "Can we afford a handyman?"

"Not until the next paycheck," Fiona responds, "and we need it to pay the bills. Anyone got any money to cover this?"

"Nope."

"No."

"Nah."

"No."

Fiona frowns. "Great." She tiredly rubs her eyes. "There go two weeks without most of our food." She walks over to the cabinets to grab some bread as well. "Ian, make sure to get beans and other canned food for groceries."

"Will do."

Lip sighs. "This is going to be a fun two weeks."

-

"See how well you're doing."

Kevin smiles while watching his little brother behind the bar. Y/N is now a week into living in America and in the Ball household. Kevin couldn't be happier to have a family member living with him. V is still wary of the sudden little brother but doesn't act out because of it. Meanwhile, Y/N's relationship with the Gallaghers is mostly fine, except with Carl, who views him as his friend.

Kev and V want Y/N to contribute to the household, even offering him a job, which the Russian accepted. Now that they're three people, they can afford for one person to stay back in the house and take care of the children.

"I couldn't be prouder of you." Kevin says as he sits at the end of the bar. Meanwhile, he's doing his taxes and calculating profits.

Y/N, who hands over a beer to a customer, notices the piece of paper. He walks over to him. "Doing taxes?"

"Yes." Kevin looks back at the paper while scratching the back of his head. "I'm not really good with numbers."

Seeing an opportunity to continue the plan, Y/N offers something. "Let me deal with it."

Kevin looks back. "You sure?"

"I'm good with numbers and money. I won't even break a sweat."

Feeling his confidence, the slightly taller guy hands over his pen. "Go for it." Kevin stands up and allows Y/N to sit down, who instantly goes to work. Unlike him, his little brother looks like he knows what he's doing. "How lucky am I to have someone like you?"

-

The next day, Y/N will be babysitting Amy and Jemma back at the house while their parents take care of the bar.