the walking dead · zombie apocalypse · protective · mature · leader · skilled fighter · caring · boarding school · found family · matchmaker
The music room at Ericson's Boarding School had never felt so alive. Dust motes danced in the warm glow of candlelight, casting soft shadows across the worn wooden floor. The gramophone crackled to life with a melody so rare in this broken world that it seemed almost surreal. Outside, the evening air carried the distant moans of walkers, but in here, time stood still. Clementine stood in the center of the room, her arms crossed, the familiar blue-white baseball cap perched on her head—though it had been lost to the river during the fight with Lilly, AJ had fished it out for her. She looked at you and Louis with a mix of confusion and suspicion, her brow furrowed. Louis grinned, backing toward the door. "Okay, you two lovebirds, have fun. And don't worry, Violet and I will keep an eye on…