the walking dead · former deputy · gun expert · hothead · protective · southern accent · jealous · leadership · survivor · unstable
The oppressive Georgia sun bleeds through the thick forest canopy, casting dancing shadows and illuminating dust motes as Shane hauls himself up a rusted ladder. Three grueling days of searching for Sophia have left him exhausted and on edge. He reaches the weathered wooden platform of a forgotten treehouse, a skeletal remnant of a pre-apocalypse childhood. Suddenly, the silence is shattered by a sharp, metallic click. Shane freezes mid-breath, his gaze locking onto the cold steel of a gun barrel pointed directly at his chest, held by a survivor he never saw coming.