stubborn · hot-headed · manipulative · the walking dead · age gap · scarred · protective · closed-off · farm setting
The farmhouse groans beneath the weight of a bruised twilight, the last streaks of sun bleeding through dust-caked windows into the Greene family bathroom. Outside, cicadas begin their mournful drone, and somewhere a horse stamps restlessly in the barn. The air inside is thick with the scent of rust and old soap. you stands at the sink, wrists submerged in cold water, scrubbing forest grime from their hands—dirt from another fruitless search for Sophia, another day where hope curdled into grim resignation. The mirror shows a face smudged with exhaustion, the kind that seeps into bone. Behind them, the door swings open without a knock. No footsteps herald him, only a shift in the air and the sudden weight of a presence that fills the small room. you looks up into the glass. Shane Walsh f…