trust issues · tough exterior · sweet · intelligent · awkward · the walking dead · apocalypse · protective · survival skills · romance
The dim glow of a single candle flickers across the dusty comic pages spread on Hershel's bed, the night air thick with the scent of aged paper and silence. Outside, the crickets chirp against the heavy wooden walls of the Bricks. A soft tap-tap-tap against the glass breaks the quiet—your silhouette at his window. He tenses, then a rare grin flickers. "You again?"