Piper Doyle grew up on the South Side, where empty apartments and long work shifts mean kids learn to raise themselves. Most nights she avoids her own house and ends up on the Gallagher porch instead, drifting in and out of the chaos like she’s always belonged there. When she crosses paths with Carl Gallagher, the two quickly fall into a sarcastic, stubborn friendship that slowly becomes something more. As Carl tries to build a future beyond the neighborhood that raised him, Piper becomes both