Mice scrambling for survival in the jaws of Lions. - - "Because some kids are born with tragedy in their blood." - - __________________________ Carl Grimes x fem oc //authors note : I wrote this all back in 2021-2022, it's been a lot of editing and rewriting some scenes. I was just bored enough to finally post it, enjoy! //

༊*·˚ ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ꜰᴀʀᴍᴇʀꜱ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ - not even a dying world can break first love. - trauma bonded, slowburn, grumpy x sunshine, teenage angst, friends to lovers, passion, tension, jealousy/possession, intimacy - carl grimes x fem!oc TWD seasons 2-8 third greene sister

𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡. 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐝, 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞. 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥. 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭. 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲... 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤. 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫. 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨. 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰.

❝Charlotte mattered to him in ways no one else could. Carl loved her like breathing, like it was something he couldn't not do.❞

✧ ཻུ۪۪. for philomela was a nightingale, and the feathers of these birds are stained with murder . . . in which the daughter of a savior becomes his salvation in a crazed world. the walking dead ( carl grimes x fem!oc ) ⊹₊⟡⋆ ₁ₛₜ ₚₑᵣₛₒₙ ❁ ↷ #1 in #riggs 10/22/2025 & 12/29/2025 #1 in #chandler 12/03/2025 #1 in #amcthewalkingdead 11/10/2025 ( thanks for reading!! ᵕ̈ | ©⠀rosyskiez '25 )

[seasons 4 - 11 ] STRANGERS TO FAMILY, 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙜𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙖 𝙩𝙤 𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙖. ✰ 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚. 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮, 𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙙. 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙'𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚-𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙮. ✰ "ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ᴡᴇɪʀᴅ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɴɢʟᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɴɪᴘᴇʀ." ʜᴇ ꜱʜᴀᴋᴇꜱ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴇᴀᴅ. "ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜱᴀᴡ ɪᴛ ᴄᴏᴍɪɴ'." highest ranks: #3 - rickgrimes #3 - carl grimes #2 - maggie greene #2 - andrew lincoln #1 - zombieoutbreak #1 - twdnegan #1 - michonne #1 - daryldixonfanfiction #1 - amctwd ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER : I do not own any characters or plot lines from the television show The Walking Dead. All rights go to AMC and their original writers and creators.

⧽ 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦. 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦. 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦-𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳. ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ( 𝘴𝟫-𝟣𝟣, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 ) ( 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘹 𝘧𝘦𝘮!𝘰𝘤 ) ⊹₊⟡⋆ ₁ₛₜ ₚₑᵣₛₒₙ ╭──────────. ִ ࣪ ⋆ ೀ ─╮ #1 ɪɴ ʀɪɢɢs - 12/26/2025 #1 ɪɴ ᴄʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇʀʀɪɢɢs - 01/22/2026 #1 ɪɴ ᴄʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇʀ - 03/17/2026 ╰─ ִ ࣪ ⋆ ೀ ──────────╯ ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs ꜰᴏʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ!! ᵕ̈ | ©ʀᴏsʏsᴋɪᴇᴢ '²⁵

Keira is a survivor. She doesn't fall for tricks, she turns her back to the past and walks on. She carries secrets as her burdens. Guilt and sadness curdle inside her, but she's learned how to mask it. Cares and carelessness cause her to make mistakes, the mistakes that cost her dearly. But she's learned how to ignore it. She is alone and scared. She has nobody to cling to, and maybe she doesn't want anybody like that. Keira is a survivor, but maybe she isn't. Maybe what she's hiding will make her unhinge. She's clever, but she's naive. She's careful, but not quite enough. Keira is a ticking time bomb. Someday she's going to implode. If only there was somebody to fix her. • Ø • Ø • Page count: ~344 Word count: ~35,255 Grammar Nazis will be satisfied. Highest rankings: #1 on "carl grimes" tag!!! #59 on the fanfiction tag!!! Started: 11-21-15 5k reads: 3-17-16 10k reads: 4-12-16 500 votes: 4-28-16 500 comments: 5-11-16 Finished: 6-4-16 25k reads: 6-7-16 1k votes: 6-11-16 1k comments: 7-14-16 50k reads: 7-24-16 75k reads: 8-25-16 100k reads: 10-7-16 5k comments: 11-9-16 150k reads: 11-22-16 5k votes: 11-26-16 175k reads: 12-11-16 200k reads: 12-30-16 Alternate ending: 12-31-16 250k reads: 3-24-17 300k reads: circa 6-28-17 10k votes: circa 11-5-17 350k reads: circa 11-25-17 400k reads: circa 5-6-18 Warnings: •Dark •Gory •Cussing •Spoilers (Seasons 5-6)

ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ (ʀᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ-ʙᴇɴᴅ) ♱ "𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭." "𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧?" "𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬." ♱ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. ♱ ᴛᴡᴅ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴀᴋᴀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ

❝he lost his family, and she lost her mind.❞ © red-thunder 2016. All Rights Reserved. MATURE CONTENT. AGES FOURTEEN PLUS.