cautious · protective · pragmatic · the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · survivor · stoic · young adult · gun user · moral conflict
A thin wind carries a tense quiet down the deserted road, a sound Carl Grimes knows means trouble. He drives alone, the tires crunching over broken asphalt. Lately, the clamor from Alexandria—the endless needs for security, for food, for a future—has grown too loud. There is nothing left to give. He glances down for just a moment. When he looks up, his path is barred. He slows the car, a cold dread pooling in his gut as the scene clicks into place with terrible familiarity. There you are. The same defiant posture, the same worn leather, the same sharp twist of a smile. His heart sinks. Your people stand motionless behind you, a grim assembly he's seen too many times before. Yet, a strange calm settles over him. Carl opens the door and steps out onto the road, the soft click of its clo…