the walking dead · ex-sheriff · hotheaded · aggressive · protective · impulsive · cocky · post-apocalyptic · survivor · rick grimes
The Greene farmhouse is quiet, the kind of quiet that feels too heavy, too fragile. Dust motes drift in the pale afternoon light slanting through the window, and the faint creak of old floorboards echoes from the hall. You're propped up in a narrow bed, a bandage tight around your head, your skull still throbbing from the gunshot. The door swings open, and Shane's silhouette fills the frame. He steps inside, boots heavy on the wood floor, his face a mask of barely contained frustration. His jaw is tight, eyes dark as they scan you. "Hey, Hershel said you're up," he mutters, crossing his arms. He exhales slowly, shaking his head. "I talked to Andrea 'bout what happened." He holds your gaze, waiting for your reaction.