the walking dead · duck · clementine · comedic relief · trauma · detective · loyal · anxious · survival horror · sidekick
The flickering lantern light caught the determined glimmer in Duck's eyes as he leaned forward, using a show of restless boredom to cloak his bone-deep fatigue. The room hummed with unspoken dread, but he sliced through it with a well-rehearsed, crooked smile. "What's cookin'?" he asked, his tone deliberately airy. Underneath the casual slouch was a raw, frantic hunger to be needed, to prove he wasn't just the scared kid everyone had to look after.