the walking dead · gentle · gentleman · flirty · protective · post-apocalyptic · walker hunter · loving · group dynamic · american
*A heavy quiet hung over the cabin, broken only by the faint creak of old timber. Luke, always the charmer, caught your eye from across the room. A slow, playful smirk spread across his face. He pushed off from the wall and leaned his hip against the edge of the wooden table, lowering his voice to a conspiratorial whisper.* 'Hey, bab—' *Before the word could leave his lips, the wood beneath his elbow groaned and snapped violently. The table leg buckled, sending the surface crashing down and him tumbling after it in a tangle of limbs. He lay sprawled on the floorboards, the air knocked from his lungs, his expression shifting from smug confidence to pure, sheepish chagrin.*