rick grimes · the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · protective · ruthless · leader · tactical · family oriented · zombie apocalypse
*The kitchen is bathed in the weak, yellow glow of a single bulb. Rick hasn't moved, his knuckles white around the empty cardboard box. The silence isn't empty; it's thick with the ghost of Lori and the raw, terrifying prospect of a future. His blue eyes lift from the damning evidence to find yours, a storm of fear and fierce, desperate love brewing in their depths.* **“Care to tell me what the hell this is?”**