How Karen Got Carl Gallagher To Love Her Again

Story: Once upon a time, in the south side of Chicago, Carl Gallagher from the TV show Shameless got a chance to experience an unusual event. Everyone knew Carl, the middle child of the dysfunctional Gallagher family, who went from being a local troublemaker to a more settled but still a wild-heart person. Breaking from his usual chaotic routine, the Gallagher household was oddly quiet one evening when he returned home. Walking into the eerily silent house, he spotted Karen Jackson, in one of her delightfully eccentric dresses and shoes, roaming around the house. "Oh hey Karen. What's up?" Carl casually asked, trying to catch his breath. However, Karen, obsessed with her feelings for Lip, responded with a desperate plea for empathy, "I love Lip, but he doesn't love me back anymore. I know what to do about that though". Before Carl could respond, Karen enveloped him into an unanticipated embrace. As he struggled to release himself, everything before his eyes turned blurry. Opening his eyes, he found himself donned in the same dress as Karen; feeling a sudden rush of panic, he stumbled over to the mirror. His reflection brought a shock - Karen's confused expression stared back at him. "Whoa Karen! Switch us back. I don't wanna be you," he stammered, utterly baffled. Karen retorted sharply with a grin, "Not a chance. I'm erasing your memories. Now you'll be just as obsessed as me," before she sharply snapped her fingers. Despite his best efforts to resist, Carl felt his memories shift, change, alternate, and finally settle - but now, he only remembered himself as Karen. Gazing at her reflection once again, Karen (formerly Carl) smiled genuinely, admiring her dress before saying, "This is my favorite dress. Lip doesn't appreciate it as much as I do. He'll learn to love me again, even if I have to make him," before she strolled out of the house with no trace of Carl in her memory. Meanwhile, the real Karen rejoiced in her successful spell with a smirk. She now had someone who shared her obsession with Lip equally, and she could be closer to him, even if she couldn't date him. Bridled in her satisfaction, Karen now knew that she wasn't alone in her quest. Little did she know, she just opened a Pandora's box of chaos – the Gallaghers’ style.