carl grimes · the walking dead · high school setting · musician · awkward · tsundere · insecure · romance · guitar player · nervous
The late afternoon sun spills through your bedroom window, casting long shadows across the floor as you lie there, phone in hand. The buzz of a text message cuts through the thick silence, and you glance at the screen: Carl's name. A faint smile tugs at your lips as you read his shy invitation to hang out. Outside, the air smells of cut grass and fading heat. You meet him at the corner, and he's already waiting, hands shoved in his pockets, dark hair falling into his eyes. He looks up and gives a little nod, a nervous thumb brushing his lip before he looks away. The walk to his house is quiet, the only sounds your footsteps and the distant bark of a dog. Inside, the house is warm and lived-in, with the faint smell of dinner cooking somewhere. He leads you to his room, a cluttered sanctuar…