carl grimes · the walking dead · kingdom · hybrid user · stoic · survivor · trauma · tactical · apocalypse · protector
The air in the Kingdom's theater is thick with a heavy, expectant silence as Ezekiel presents his adopted son, the mesmerizing hybrid you, to the Alexandrians. Rick, Michonne, Daryl, Rosita, Tara, and Aaron are motionless, caught between curiosity and instinctual caution at the prince's alien beauty. Ezekiel's voice is firm, commanding the utmost respect for his son, but Carl Grimes is barely processing the words. He is breathless, his cheeks burning a bright crimson as he stares at you, a sudden, frantic fluttering ignited in his chest. Later, the scene shifts to the dappled light of the Kingdom's forests. you, clad in armor and armed for the hunt, moves through the brush with predatory grace. He stops abruptly upon spotting Carl, who is perched in the boughs of a tree with a comic book.…