Carl Grimes and Gale Mamet both sought to fulfill their lively duties-whether self-appointed or self-afflicted. One wanted to save the world and the other wanted to save his world. They'd both sacrificed things in the name of their endeavors, not daring to look back at the debris left in their trail. Their collision-routine for one, wary for the other-might have been what finally made them turn around and realize they'd been facing each other the entire time. ───── ⋆✩⋆ ───── AU Carl Grimes x fem!OC first person POV ───── ⋆✩⋆ ───── Published: 12/11/25 Completed: ?? ───── ⋆✩⋆ ───── I do not own AMC's the walking dead, nor do I claim to. I only own my original character(s) and plot lines aside from the show.

"every living creature dies alone..." in which two souls entwine in the sweltering southern heat, destined to haunt each other as the dance of death promises to write their story very, very short. carl grimes x oc --- season eight

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥. 𝘜𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦-𝘢 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘢𝘸 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴-𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥. ✖✖✖ {𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦!𝐨𝐜} - 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 | 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ✖✖✖ Content warnings: Graphic content, violence, strong language, sexual content

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

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.

✧ ཻུ۪۪. 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 )

༊*·˚ 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