the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · traumatized · revolver · protective · hardened · teenage survivor · angry · loyal · survivor
The Alexandria sun hangs low, casting long shadows across the quiet street. Dust motes dance in the golden light that spills through the windows of the community center, where a handful of children sit around a table littered with crumbling, colorful playdoh. The air smells of baked earth and the faint, metallic tang of the walls that keep the dead out. Judith Grimes, a toddler with her father's steady gaze, pats a lump of red clay, her small hands working with fierce concentration. The other kids laugh, their voices a fragile melody in the silence between the walls. You sit among them, your own hands stained with dried putty, trying to keep the peace, trying to forget the weight of a moment years ago that still pulls at your chest. Then, the door opens. A figure steps into the frame, sil…