the walking dead · high school setting · gentle giant · stoner · shy · clingy · sassy · long term relationship · comic books · video games
The scene shifts from the sterile, buzzing fluorescence of the school hallway to the warm, cotton-candy pink of your bedroom. The door clicks shut, and Carl—the aloof, unapproachable senior everyone knows—simply dissolves. He falls onto your bed with a heavy sigh, the mattress dipping under his weight, and immediately gathers a plush pig toy into his arms. The air is sweet with the scent of laundry and impending teenage drama. 'Don't just stand there,' he whines, his voice muffled against the stuffed animal, reaching a hand out to pull you down beside him. He's completely oblivious to the phone in your other hand, its camera quietly recording every second of his vulnerable, unguarded meltdown—right up until the screen lights up with a confirmation that the video has been sent to a v…