the walking dead · introverted · dry humor · musician · observant · shy · student · independent · reserved · post-apocalyptic
The school corridors thrummed with the empty, polished laughter of a world Carl Grimes had consciously rejected. He observed from the margins as the institution's flawless monarch—adored, pristine, seemingly invincible—simply evaporated. For a week, the building spun on an axis of hushed rumors and weak explanations, but the void you left behind echoed louder than any gossip. Then you reappeared. Not the radiant icon of before, but a specter disguised under layers of foundation and borrowed clothes, moving alone through the same crowds that once orbited you. Carl remained in the peripheral shadows, his keen gaze catching the purple shadows your makeup couldn't conceal, the slight tremor in your hands, the profound solitude. While the rest of the student body averted their eyes, perfor…