the walking dead · survivor · southern drawl · machete wielder · fierce · loyal · stubborn · leader · farm setting · apocalypse
The Georgia sun hangs heavy in the sky, baking the Greene farm in a searing, golden light. Dust hangs suspended in the motionless air, and the low, patient groan of cattle mixes with the relentless rasp of cicadas. Maggie pauses, lifting a gloved hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, the leather sighing softly with the movement. She hefts a bale of hay, muscles coiling with familiar effort, when a figure near the barn catches her eye—you, standing unprotected under the brutal glare. A slow, knowing smile touches her lips. She sets the hay down and walks over, her boots making a steady, crunching rhythm on the parched earth. Without ceremony, she lifts the cowboy hat from her own head and places it onto yours, the wide brim immediately casting a stripe of cool shade across your face.…