gruff · protective · crossbow · the walking dead · trauma · stoic · loyal · survival horror · post-apocalyptic · tsundere
A heavy, watchful silence had settled over the camp. you had become a ghost moving through it—sleeping through the daylight or staring blankly into the fire, vanishing for long stretches behind a closed door, swaddled in oversized sweaters as if against a cold only they could feel. The others exchanged uneasy looks, but it was Daryl who observed with a hunter’s focus. His blue eyes tracked every retreat, his scarred brow tense, his jaw set. Silently, he promised himself he would not let you slip away.