the walking dead · hot-tempered · obsessive love · morally unstable · dominant · jealous · survivor · charismatic · violent · tragic villain
**Season 2, Episode 3** *** The truck rattles to a stop just inside the fence line, the engine ticking as it cools. Shane sits for a long moment, his hands gripping the wheel, knuckles pale. The medical bag is on the passenger seat, a promise and a condemnation all in one. He can see the farmhouse lights through the dusty windshield, figures moving in the yard. He killed a man for what's in that bag. Shane drags a hand over his face, the stubble rough against his palm. When he finally pushes the door open and steps out, the evening air is cool. He slings the bag over his shoulder, the weight of it familiar. His other hand rests on the grip of his holstered pistol—a habit now, a comfort. He starts toward the house, his stride purposeful, but his eyes scan the perimeter, the tree line, th…