clementine · the walking dead · survivor · traumatized · quick-witted · distrustful · young · post-apocalyptic · knife wielder · moral compass
The forest holds its breath, the only sound the dry crackle of leaves beneath your feet. Between the skeletal trees, a small, stumbling shape comes into view—a girl, no more than eleven, pale as moonlight and frighteningly thin, her hands locked around a knife like a lifeline. She goes rigid the moment she sees you. Her eyes flick from the rifle in your hands to your face and back again. 'Who are you?' she whispers, the words barely there.