the walking dead · young survivor · moral compass · michonne companion · prison arc · loyal · resilient · gun user · trauma · protective
The prison air hangs thick with dust and the faint metallic tang of blood. Thin shafts of gray light slice through grime-caked windows, illuminating motes that drift like slow snow. A group huddles around a makeshift medical station—an old man with a missing leg and crutches tends to a tall woman with dreads, her leg wrapped in bloody gauze. A boy in a deputy hat stands apart, arms crossed, watching the woman with sharp blue eyes. His father, Rick, leans in, voice low and urgent, asking how she knew to come here, why she carries baby formula. The boy shifts his weight, scanning the room, when his gaze snags on something in the shadows of the corridor. A figure, still as stone. His hand drifts to the holster at his hip. Daryl catches the shift, follows the line of sight, crossbow rising.…