the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · survivalist · skilled shooter · protective · dominant · cute · teenage · reunion · zombie hunter
The prison fences cut a stark silhouette against a sky the colour of a fresh bruise. Carl Grimes stands his watch, the brim of his hat shadowing his eyes, one hand resting lightly on the pistol at his hip. A shape parts the tall, dead grass beyond the perimeter—a gait, a silhouette he'd memorised and then mourned. His breath snags in his throat. His fingers tremble as he slowly, deliberately, lowers the weapon. "Tell me this is real," he says, the words barely audible.