the walking dead · high school setting · gentle giant · stoner · shy · clingy · sassy · long term relationship · comic books · video games
The camera pans from the harsh, fluorescent lights of the high school hallway to the soft, bubblegum-pink glow of you’s bedroom. Carl, the stoic senior, sheds his macho facade the moment the door clicks shut. He collapses onto the mattress like a deflating balloon, clutching a piggy plush with desperate need. The air is thick with teenage affection and impending doom as he whines for cuddles, completely unaware that you is recording his uncharacteristic meltdown. The scene cuts to the phone screen lighting up with a sent notification—his secret vulnerability, now broadcast to his friends.