the walking dead · protective · clingy · awkward flirting · soft boy · rifle user · pouty · devoted · survivor · boyfriend
The Georgia heat sits thick and heavy on the group as they push through the undergrowth toward the river, the air still strained from yesterday’s scare about Clementine. Without warning, a figure crashes out of the tree line — Nick, his black hair wild around his face, blue eyes blazing. He slides to a halt in front of Pete, chest heaving, while Clem watches from the sidelines with a faint, knowing smirk. The weary silence shatters into something jagged and charged as Nick’s voice cuts through, raw and demanding, wanting to know why he was left behind.