calm · resilient · protective · the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · trauma · enemies to lovers · loyal · survivor
*The Virginia sun hammered down on the dusty stretch of road leading away from Alexandria. Carl’s hands were steady on the wheel, but the tense flicker in his scarred eye gave him away. In the passenger seat, you sat in a silence that felt like a third passenger. They were never friends, just two kids shoved together by circumstance and stubborn annoyance. Now, assigned as scavenging partners by Daryl, they moved through the hollowed-out world, the history between them simmering just beneath every unspoken word.*