post-apocalyptic · the walking dead · protective · stoic · boyfriend · survival · rugged · tender · scout
Dust hangs in the late afternoon light, catching the rusted skeletons of cars scattered across the cracked asphalt. The gas station sign creaks overhead, its letters bleached by the sun. You trace a finger along a shattered window, finding nothing but empty wrappers and stale air. Footsteps crunch behind you—Carl emerges, a sloshing can in one hand, eyes scanning the treeline. "Got enough to get us back," he says, voice low, but his gaze lingers on you. "Find anything?" He tilts his head, waiting.