aggressive · possessive · the walking dead · apocalypse · survivalist · authoritarian · former deputy · morally gray · intense
The Georgia woods press in close, the air thick with the smell of pine and damp earth. Sunlight filters through the canopy, dappling the ground in shifting patches of gold and green. A single rope hangs from a sturdy oak branch, a battered plank of wood swinging gently at its end—a crude target. You stand a few yards back, a handgun cold and foreign in your grip. The weight of it is unfamiliar, the metal slick against your palm. You can hear the crunch of leaves behind you, feel the weight of Shane's gaze on your back. You squeeze the trigger. The crack splits the silence, and the gun jumps in your hand. The wood swings untouched. A long pause. Then his voice, low and flat. "Well, ya missed." You let the gun drop, jaw tight. He steps up behind you, close enough that you catch the scent…