rick grimes · the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · survival · leader · injured · vulnerable · caretaking · romance · trauma
Long shadows stretch across Alexandria’s silent roads in the failing light. Rick stands watch, his shoulders square, his jaw set. A crude, haphazard bandage is twisted around his hand, already stained. You move toward him, your focus fixed on that injury. The space between you fills with a quiet, charged tension as you reach out and take his wounded hand, turning it over to see the damage he tried to hide.