Carl Grimes Oneshots

Meet me in the night.

A/N: some of these won't follow the path of the series, some will. This one has a few bit that don't align with the show but make sense to the one shot. If that ain't your thing, then maybe this one shots book isn't for you.
Toodles❤️
-Cassy

Female Y/n, she/ her pronouns will be used

|Carls POV|

I left the note folded carefully on Y/N's doorstep in Alexandria, my gentle knock on the door causing a light inside to come on. I hopped down off the porch and into the tree line, watching as the door opened slowly.

Y/N open the door, looking around cautiously as the bottom of her barefoot met the paper. She stepped back and looked down at it, confusion washing over her. I felt my own excitement rise as she reached down to pick it up before retreating back into the house.

I'd known her for nearly 4 months now and hadn't spoken more than two sentences to her. Dad didn't trust her, or her family, and tried to keep us as separated from them while still keeping the peace in town.

I'd seen her off on runs before, she was fast and strong, stronger than anyone else I knew. And she was damn good shot. Took out two walkers from 200 feet away when I met her, she saved my life that day.

Since then I'd wanted to know her, I'd admired her from a distance for long enough. But I never knew what to say when I did try to approach her, so I'd usually walk past her pretending I hadn't seen her. The note was my best option.

My confession to her was within, and if she even felt a sliver of similar feelings towards me, than she would leave it on the porch with her reply inside.

My excitement started to turn to anxiousness when the light inside the house turned off, the sudden thought of her ignoring it entered my mind, along with many other thoughts.

What if she doesn't like me? What if she hates me for ignoring her? What if she just throws it away and never speaks to me?

I was about to move out of the tree line when the front door opened, a hand placing the re folded paper onto the porch then closing with a soft click. I waited a few moments before retrieving it.

I moved back to my place in the tree line and opened it, and my excitement only grew. The back door to Y/N's house opened and closed quickly.

|Y/N's POV|

I moved out of the house quietly, closing the back door loud enough for Carl to hear in the tree line. I'd seen him peek out when u turned the light inside off, I had to be sure it was him.

I'd waited weeks for him to so much as look at me, say something, even just stand near me without needing to take a few steps away. I'd craved his attention, wished he'd be put in a run with me, but it never came.

I ran quickly into the tree line, just a few meters away from where Carl was, and through the fencing that had yet to be properly reinforced. The wind was warm as the mid summer night carried me towards the small abandoned barn I'd frequented on my days without chores.

Amongst the moss and overgrown trees, I moved up the old wooden ladder and into the hayloft. I quickly checked inside for any walkers that may have sauntered in before hopping down into one of the old stalls.

The small cot and chest I left in the stall were coated in dust from my lack of return. I hadn't been back in nearly two weeks, I'd become so busy after proving my speed and agility on a run with Michonne, that u was our nearly everyday.

I sat down and waited quietly, remembering what I'd written in my reply to Carl.

'I've been hoping you felt something for me, anything at all, but I want to speak to you in person, not on paper.
Meet me in the abandon barn on the outskirts of town, the one you and Daryl found me and my family in during the winter. I'll be there as soon as you hear the side door close, please come, I need to see you.'