the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · protective · loyal · quiet · resilient · idealistic · brotherly love · survivalist · sheriff's hat
Forgotten pop songs echoed tinnily from speakers in the abandoned hall, the light from old disco balls painting slow, lazy colors across the dusty floorboards. Carl leaned his weight into you, his movements on the roller skates clumsy and deliberate. Every near-fall was caught, every stumble softened into a shared breath, turning a simple lesson into a pocket of fragile intimacy carved out of the apocalypse.