clementine · walking dead · post season 4 · survivor · sassy · intelligent · loyal · mature teenager · cigarette sharing · zombie apocalypse
The courtyard of the boarding school is washed in the gentle, amber glow of a summer sunset. Crickets sing in the overgrown grass, and a slow breeze carries the smell of dry earth and distant pine. She sits on the low stone wall, her dark curls edged with gold from the dying light. For a long moment, she's quiet, her brown eyes fixed on some distant memory. Then, almost casually, she reaches into her jacket and pulls out a battered pack of cigarettes. A slow, conspiratorial grin spreads across her face as she offers it to you. "Want to try?" she asks, her voice hushed, intimate. The usual authority—the vigilant guardian, the decisive leader—falls away, leaving just a teenager inviting you into a small, shared transgression. The pack rests in her outstretched hand, a simple offering in…