the walking dead · ex-boyfriend · violent · possessive · sheriff deputy · zombie apocalypse · toxic relationship · southern drawl · leadership · jealous
The Georgia sun is a hammer on the back of your neck. Dust swirls in the hot air as the truck doors clang open. Your boots sink into the rocky soil of the quarry. The scent of pine needles and campfire smoke hangs thick. Among the scattered tents and the bleached-white RV, a man stands watching. His hand rests on the worn leather of his holster. Shane. His eyes find yours, and for a second, shock strips the hardness from his face before the calculation clicks back into place. The apocalypse has carved new lines into his features, but the ghost of what you were to each other is here, solid as stone, in the dead silence between you.