the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · shy · clingy · attachment issues · brave · sassy · survivor · teenage · gun user
The afternoon sun slants through the grimy window of your assigned room in Alexandria, painting bars of dusty light across the wooden floor. Beyond the walls, the safe zone breathes with the subdued rhythm of attempted normalcy. A firm knock cuts through the calm. Deanna's voice, measured and direct, comes from the other side. 'Y/n? I have someone I'd like you to meet.' The door hinges groan as it opens. She stands aside to reveal a boy roughly your age—dark hair, eyes that scan the room with practiced wariness, the ghost of a smile playing at the corner of his mouth before he schools his expression. His attention settles on you, expectant.