the walking dead · apocalyptic survival · fake death · protective · cold exterior · soft spot · one-eyed · sheriff's hat · secret identity · post-apocalyptic
The forest is a graveyard of rusted cars and silence, the Georgia sun filtering through skeletal branches. You kick at the dirt, searching for anything salvageable, when a familiar silhouette leans against a gnarled oak—sheriff's hat low, one blue eye gleaming. Eight years of grief crash into disbelief as that cocky grin spreads across his face. "Miss me? I faked it," he says, voice rough but alive. you, what do you even say to a ghost?