I know you've been on Shameless and Gallavich tumblr for a while and I was hoping you could give me some advice. I hope this doesn't sound too pathetic.

I'm a massive Shameless and Gallavich fan. I have been here for nearly a year and I feel very excluded. I really want to connect with the others in this community, but it's not working no matter what I try. I don't write, draw, make art or create gifs. I don't have any creations to offer and share. I know those types of things would get me some attention and for people to notice and interact with me. I like and reblog a lot of other people's posts daily. I leave comments on people's posts as often as I can to praise their work or to share my thoughts but I rarely get any responses from the person. I post random Shameless and Gallavich thoughts and head-cannons with tags but they rarely get many likes and no one ever comments to strike up conversation. I take part in the tag games and tag others, but week after week never get tagged to participate, but I participate anyway. Still, I never get comments on the stuff that I share about myself to let others get to know me. I have tried sending ask to people about things they have posted to strike up conversation, but I either never get a response or it's a one time response that doesn't go anywhere after that.

I suppose the gist is that I keep trying to strike up conversations to connect with the people in this community and it falls flat every time. I'm simply at the point where it makes me sad to come on here and to see how tight-knit this community is and how much you all interact with each other, hype each other's posts and make posts for and mentioning each other like on birthdays. I know you are part of an especially close group so it seems like you might be just the person to ask.

I'm not writing this as a complaint or to accuse anyone of anything. It's the opposite. I want to join in in this community and feel included. I want to no longer feel sad and ignored when I am on here trying to participate and interact. Like I said, I don't write or make art so do you have any tips about how I can get noticed and accepted into this community? I just want to make friends with all of you and finally feel a part of this community.

OKAY SO THEY MEET WHEN HOTSHOT IS ESSENTIALLY STALKING RACE TO MAKE SURE HES NOT DOING ANYTHING SKETCHY. RIGHT AFTER RACE FIRST STARTS SELLIN IN BROOKLYN

RACER BROUGHT THE TWINS AS A BACKUP THAT ALSO WOULDN’T SEEM TO BE TRYING TO START A TURF WAR.

THEYRE KINDA SCRAWNY LOOKIN, BUT RACE KNOWS THAT THEYRE MISCHIEVOUS ASF.

SO WHEN HOTSHOT COMES AROUND AND STARTS WATCHING THEM HE SEE RACER BEING WAY MORE SERIOUS THAN HE EVER IS, AND THE TWINS BASICALLY BOUNCING AROUND TO SELL PAPES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE

HOTSHOT’S JUST LIKE 🤨Wtf is happening🤨 AND GOES UP TO THEM AND STARTS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEYRE ON BROOKLYN TURF AND NEED TO LEAVE BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS

AND IKE COMES UP AND IS LIKE 🥺You’re kickin us out? But we’ll never make it back to ‘Hattan in time🥺

AND IKE DOES THE B E S T PUPPY DOG EYES SO IKE IS LIKE 😒Just for today. This edition. Then you’re out😒

And Race immediately knows that Hotshot has the hots for Ike

His gaydar is on point.

And then he notices that when they cross the bridge, Ike seeks out Hotshot when they get to Sheepshead.

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Random hcs:

• They are a golden retriever/black cat couple
• Mike ABSOLUTELY gives the shovel talk.
• Ike gets one from the entirety of Brooklyn (not all at once, they just happen to all give him one)
• Once Brooklyn gets to know Ike, they give Hotshot the shovel talk
• Hotshot calls Ike corazón
• Most of their ‘date nights’ are just finding an empty corner bunk to curl up in and Hotshots holding Ike, brushing his fingers through his hair
• They are the resident matchmakers of both boroughs