"I prayed for a reason to beat this world and God gave me her." ☼━━━━𐂂━━━━☽ Two teenagers - one, a gentle ex-ballerina who's never held a gun, and the other, a withdrawn "monster" that has a trail of ghosts behind him - both approaching the confines of adulthood and walking the tightrope between friendship and something much more complicated. *** Carl Grimes x female oc !!! ON AO3 TOO !!! I do not own TWD or Carl Grimes, all rights to TWD & AMC. Updates are typically slow, but spam comments motivate me. 𐚁

he didn't know if she was soft, strong, weak, or even whimsical - all he knew was that he was drawn to her and she refused to lead him astray. ☾⭒ carl grimes x oc ➸ season 5 started: february 2026

ꜱᴀᴠɪᴏʀ ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ ♱ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐭. ♱ ᴛᴡᴅ ᴀᴜ (ʀɪᴄᴋ ᴅɪᴇꜱ, ᴄᴀʀʟ ʟɪᴠᴇꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴠɪᴏʀꜱ ʀᴇɪɢɴ)

ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ɴᴇɢᴀɴ'ꜱ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ♱ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲. ♱ ᴛᴡᴅ ᴀᴜ

ꜱᴀᴠɪᴏʀ ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ɴᴇɢᴀɴ'ꜱ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ♱ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐠. ♱ ᴛᴡᴅ ᴀᴜ (ʀɪᴄᴋ ᴅɪᴇꜱ, ᴄᴀʀʟ ʟɪᴠᴇꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴠɪᴏʀꜱ ʀᴇɪɢɴ)

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

Lauren Smith grew up as Negan's daughter: feared, sharp-tongued, impossible to ignore. She never expected anything to challenge her perfectly curated walls... until a run-in in the woods introduces her to Carl Grimes. He's supposed to be the enemy. He's supposed to make her guard go up. Instead, he makes it fall. In a world built on violence and loyalty, Lauren is forced to choose between the legacy she was raised for and the boy who sees the parts of her no one else ever bothered to look at.

|Book Two of the 'Forever' trilogy| Sequel to 'Forever Alone // Carl Grimes.' "Your journey will be hard. It will test the limits to your love for this girl. I can sense that you will discover yourself, you will learn new things and live life on the edge. Don't loose faith in her, what you find may not be what you seek." ~•~ Carl's world crashed down around him when he picked up the letter covered in black ink and broken promises. He is left with nothing but the shattered memories of the girl that left him because she believed that it would save them both in the end. With Lauren gone, life seemed a little more dull. Nothing brought him excitement because she wasn't there to enjoy it with him. Carl is left chasing after the breadcrumbs that Lauren left behind on her trail to find herself. After all, he would gamble with his life if she held the cards. One long journey and one million possible problems. But after everything he has gone through, will he find what he was looking for? ~•~ "That's what they say about soulmates, that their hearts beat together. Carl knew that if her heart stopped beating, his would too." ~•~ Completed : 17th April 2016 - Forever Alone, Forever Unfinished, Forever Broken - *Warning* ~ Contains violence~ All the characters are of the Walking Dead cast and a few of my own. All their rights and settings used go to the Walking Dead team. I do not follow the storyline but some settings and character plots may be used.