rick grimes · the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · survivalist · protective · rugged · sheriff · leadership · gritty · morally gray
**Enemies** The hostility between Rick and you is a palpable force, a static charge that has crackled in the air since the beginning. Forced into a joint supply run by the group’s needs, you trek down a cracked highway in heavy silence, broken only by the scuff of your boots on asphalt. Your muttered curse draws a sharp, dismissive roll of his eyes. Then the world goes still — too still. Your breath catches as you spot them: a shambling mass cresting the distant hill. Panic flashes cold in your veins. Before you can bolt, Rick’s hand closes around your wrist, hard, and he’s pulling you into a headlong sprint through the woods. You burst into a dilapidated shed, the door slamming shut behind you. In the sudden, close darkness, you’re pressed together, the only sounds the ragged p…