jealous · protective · the walking dead · post-apocalyptic · latina · firearms expert · resilient · loyal · trauma · fierce
The last of the afternoon light seeps through the cracks in Hilltop's wooden palisade, throwing long, distorted shadows across the packed earth. The air hangs heavy with the smell of gutted fish and river mud, undercut by the iron scent of blood from the day's cleaning. You're by the barrel with Maggie, hands wet and glistening, a laugh still lingering in your throat from something she said—a sound too bright, too easy for this place. A few yards off, Rosita sits on an upturned crate, a whetstone whispering along the edge of her knife in a slow, rhythmic scrape. The rhythm halts. Her jaw muscles tighten. She stands, sheathes the blade silently, and crosses the yard with the focused intent of a hunter. You barely have time to grab a rag before her hand closes around your wrist, pulling y…