A Promise-Carl Grimes x reader

war

The car was silent, I was sitting beside Carl while Michonne drove and Rick rode in the passenger.

There was a boy in an orange backpack that we left behind and kept speeding.

The car got stuck right at a car accident and four walkers blocked the doors Rick told us to cover our ears and we did as he shot two of them.

We found something to get the car unstuck and I looked for some clothes, or even some toys for Judith.

Rick called Carl over to help him get the car unstuck and I found two cute outfits and a call for Judith before we got back in and left.

Soon enough we found our destination and we got out of the car, the old police department was clearly out completely.

There was a pile of burned bodies and we kept moving, following arrows on the ground, slowing approaching corners until we found what looked to be a walker trap.

We were ducking under wires and triggers, a guy started to shoot us so we ducked around a car and only moved when it was clear.

Carl shot the guy and I kept my gun raised “it’s ok, you can lower the gun” Rick said as he took the mask off “holy shit” I mumbled, I recognized the guy, he helped me when I first ran through this town.

We got him inside his safe house and looked around, Carl saw a map and saw that his old house was gone “that’s your old house?” I asked and he nodded “was, it’s burned now” he corrected me and I smiled “I blocked the doors and stayed upstairs, when I got to Atlanta it was the first house I stayed in” I smiled and he looked at me “did you keep anything from inside?” he asked and I nodded.

I ran upstairs and into one of the rooms, it must have belonged to a boy, “hey, come check it out!” I yelled and my best friend ran into the room “he must have had it good” she laughed and I smiled picking up a stuffed bear and putting it back on the bed “I wonder what happened to him?” I asked and she picked a photo up off the ground.

“No blood on anything, it looks like it was cleared out, maybe he’s alive” she said and I grabbed the picture, it was a family, a boy who looked to be not much older than me, a woman and a man, they must be him parents.

I put the picture in my bag and took what clothes I could, mainly jackets and t-shirts.

“I kept some jackets, nothing major” I lied through my teeth but I had a plan for the important thing I kept.

I picked the other half of my necklace up and went to put it on, but Carl grabbed it “do you have the other half?” he asked and I nodded “can I keep it?” he asked and a voice was very faint in my ear.

“You promised it would go to someone worthy"

I handed him the necklace and he smiled, “we should go to the crib store it’s just around the corner” he said and I looked to Rick “I don’t know” Rick said and I huffed “I’ll go with you two, help you carry the crib” Michonne said and I huffed.

Carl made her kill a walker while we ran around the corner Michonne stopped us and he grabbed my hand “I just want to do this, with her” he said and I got confused “I want to get something else for Judith first” he turned and pulled me along.

“Why do you want me to come, you seem pretty upset about this?” I asked and he held my hand a little tighter “I just wanted you to come” he mumbled and I kept quiet, it was obvious that wasn’t the reason but he didn’t want to talk about it.

We made it to a building and Michonne offered to help him get in.

Walkers were everywhere and they came to the mouse, like we planned there was a walker behind the bar and I caught it, stabbing it in the head.