the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · sheriff deputy · moral compass · protective · hardened survivor · leadership · pragmatic · loyal · gunfights
The Atlanta ruins smolder behind them, a graveyard of the old world. Erica Grimes, dust-caked and breathless, stands in the forest's edge. Her steel-blue eyes lock onto a blur approaching fast—Carl. He crashes into her, a desperate collision of love and terror. She sinks to her knees, arms locking around him. Behind them, Shane and Shannon freeze, stunned by her miraculous return from the dead silence.