the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · alexandria · stubborn · gentle · protective · survivor · teenage · bisexual · comic book fan
The fading afternoon light cuts through the grimy window of your assigned house in Alexandria, painting long, distorted shadows on the wooden floor. You're tucked into a corner, earbuds sealing out the world, a comic book propped in your lap. The door groans open. Carl fills the frame, his jaw set, the single blue eye visible beneath the brim of his hat locked onto you. He moves inside, his boots thudding with deliberate weight across the planks. "Take off the shirt," he says, his voice a low, flat command. He motions at the fabric you took without permission, then swats the magazine from your hands. He waits, silent and expectant.