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Title: Bittersweet
The world had ended long ago. For Carl Grimes, this reality had become as constant as the ache in his chest. He no longer flinched at the sight of walkers or the sound of gunfire. He had lost too many people to count, each one a scar etched into his heart. But you were different. You had been the light in the relentless darkness, a beacon of hope in a world gone mad.
The remnants of the old world had faded, and now, survival was all that mattered. But within the walls of Alexandria, Carl had found a semblance of normalcy, however fleeting. It was here that he found you. You were a survivor too, haunted by your own ghosts, yet you brought something to his life that he hadn't felt in a long time: happiness.
Your presence was bittersweet, like the song that once played on forgotten radios. The memory of Ellie Goulding’s "Bittersweet" came to mind often, its lyrics an echo of his feelings. The way she sang about a love that was both a solace and a source of pain resonated deeply with him. Carl often found himself lost in thought, the melody playing in his mind as he watched you move through the day-to-day struggles.
In the beginning, it had been easy to fall for you. Your strength, your kindness, your ability to find beauty in a world covered in death. He remembered the nights you spent on watch together, talking about everything and nothing. He had told you stories of his childhood, of his mother and father, of his dreams before the world collapsed. You had listened, your eyes reflecting the flickering light of the campfire, your hand warm in his.
But as the days turned into months, the weight of the world began to press down on him. The constant danger, the endless loss, it all started to take its toll. Carl found himself pulling away, afraid of the depth of his feelings for you. He couldn't bear the thought of losing you, but the fear of holding onto something so fragile in such a brutal world was just as terrifying.
One cold night, as the wind howled outside the walls, you found him sitting alone in the watchtower. He was staring into the darkness, his mind a thousand miles away. You sat beside him, your presence a comforting warmth against the chill.
"Carl," you said softly, "what's going on?"
He didn't look at you, afraid that his eyes would betray the turmoil inside him. "Nothing. Just thinking."
"About what?"
"About everything. About us."
You reached out, your fingers brushing against his. "You can talk to me, you know. Whatever it is, we can face it together."
He finally turned to look at you, his heart aching at the sight of your concerned expression. "I don't want to lose you," he admitted, his voice barely more than a whisper. "But I'm scared that if I let myself love you too much, I'll lose you anyway. This world... it takes everything."
You squeezed his hand, your grip firm and reassuring. "I know it's scary. But we can't live in fear, Carl. We have to hold onto whatever happiness we can find, no matter how fleeting. That's the only way we survive."
He closed his eyes, your words sinking in. He wanted to believe them, wanted to hold onto the hope that you represented. But the fear was always there, lurking just beneath the surface. "What if something happens to you?" he asked, his voice breaking. "What if I can't protect you?"
You moved closer, wrapping your arms around him. "Then we face it together," you said simply. "Whatever happens, we face it together."
Carl felt a tear escape, rolling down his cheek. He buried his face in your shoulder, the scent of you grounding him. For the first time in a long while, he allowed himself to cry. You held him, your fingers running through his hair, your presence a balm to his wounded soul.
As the night wore on, the two of you stayed there, wrapped in each other's arms. The world outside was still a nightmare, but in that moment, there was a semblance of peace. Carl knew that the road ahead would be difficult, but with you by his side, he felt a glimmer of hope.
The bittersweet nature of your love was a constant reminder of the fragility of life, but it was also a testament to your strength. In a world that had taken so much, you had found each other. And that, Carl realized, was worth fighting for. Even in the darkest of times, there was a light to hold onto, a love that could transcend the chaos.
He pulled back slightly, looking into your eyes. "I love you," he said, his voice filled with emotion. "And no matter what happens, I'm not letting go."
You smiled, your eyes shining with unshed tears. "I love you too, Carl. Always."
As dawn broke over the horizon, casting a pale light over Alexandria, Carl felt a renewed sense of purpose. The road ahead would be hard, but with you by his side, he was ready to face whatever came next. Together, you would navigate the bittersweet symphony of survival, finding moments of joy amidst the sorrow, and holding onto the love that made it all worthwhile.
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Carl Grimes
Key
🌶️ ~ Spice/Smut
💢 ~ Angst
🩷 ~ Fluff
What's a Soulmate?
Out 💢
Found 💢
Niece?! 💢🩷
Better? Better. 🩷
Carl<3 🩷
Before 🩷
Finally 🩷
TW:
-SA
-zombies
-aNgSt
-simpy Carl<3
One shots
Teddy🩷
Sign💢🩷
Out
Aphrodite Hart was a girl known for her style. Before the world ended, she was always in dresses and bows since her parents taught her to always look put together. In this world, soulmates are a thing, only a few a year that are born get one. Aphrodite was one that was blessed to have one, she's been searching for them since she found out. But the search was put to a halt when the world ended.
Aphrodite Hart tries to keep the things she grew up with, but stopped that mentality when her parents were bitten and she had to kill them. With no siblings or friends by her side she had to take on the world by herself.
Aphrodite walked around, blood soaked and rusty knife in hand, and her favorite dress on caked in blood. The dress was to small seeing as she's grown, it's been a few years since the end so she's grown from 12 to 16. Her chest presses against the fabric tightly so tight she can barely breath, she looks around in the city she's wondered into and found a store free of walkers. She goes inside and sees no one, she holds her breath while walking around. What she doesn't notice is the person in the corner, a young man who looked at Aphrodite with hunger.
Hunger that could only be fed sexually, the man stood and slowly went to the oblivious girl. She looks around the small building and sees clothing, she goes over and picks up another dress. She shoves it into her large black bag and keeps walking around, not knowing of the strange man. She steps on glass, which hurt her bare feet, and she takes a step back to look at what she stepped on. The display case nearby was shattered and glass was strown everywhere, she looks at the bottom of her foot and sees a cut, she ignores it for the time being and straightens up.
As soon as she straightens up, she's taken to the ground and flipped onto her back. She lets out a scream, a scream that almost deafens the man on top of her. He looked crazy, bloodshot eyes and dark eye bags. He has some cuts on his face and his arm was bloody, he had been bit...
"Please no..."
"Please yes" he moves her hair out of her face and sees that she's missing an eye, no bandage, just an empty cavity. Almost like someone dug out her eye... The man ignores it and looks down at her body. The man tried to rip off her dress to have some fun...
After those excruciating 20 minutes, Aphrodite is left on the floor in pain. From the glass in her back, and from in between her legs, where blood stained her skin. She curls up onto herself, feeling disgusted. This isn't the first time an event like that has happened to her but she still felt gross. Her skin crawled, and itched like bugs were all over her body. The girl stares up at the ceiling as tears slowly fall down her cheek. She sniffles once then sits up and tries to cover herself. Dite looks around and sees a cardigan, she gets up quickly, regretting it, and grabs the cardigan. It's very big on her so she hopes it'll provide some comfort and warmth. She hugs herself and finally leaves the building with her knife in hand. She sees her reflection: long black hair with slight waves, a deep blue hue under her almond shaped eyes, some hair pulled back into a white blood stained bow hair clip, her hair was messy and her eyes were puffy.
"Gotta look good for my soulmate, no matter what" she fixes her hair and keeps walking, everything is bare, to bare, it's ominous how quiet everything is. She can hear as wind goes by and the ground beneath her feet. Her, already growing, anxiety spikes as her mind runs and she decides to leave the city. She runs out and goes into the woods, a sanctuary and has been for a while.
Aphrodite has been alone since the beginning, especially after finding out that she's immune to zombie bites. She met a doctor very early on and she explained that all those who have soulmates are immune. Speaking of soulmates, the girl looked down at her wrist, the outline of a sheriff star staring at her. She touches it gently slowing her walk creating a shiver down her spine, a pleasant one, she does this every few days since soulmates can contact each other using the mark they were born with. She does it so her soulmate knows she's alive, after a few minutes of waiting she gets the same shiver again and smiles. She continues her walking as she ventures deeper into the woods. She smiles a bit to herself and looks around, she starts to hum softly, so softly it's just above a whisper to try and not signal to anyone or anything where she is.
But, Aphrodite starts to feel light headed. She pauses her walk for a moment as the world begins to spin, her head gets heavy and her eyes feel weird. Her body feels cold as she leans and her eyes roll back as she slams against a tree. Her side stays against the tree as her head goes forward, the bark keeping her up as she passes out from blood loss.
Found
Rick Grimes, father of Carl and Judith grimes, and boyfriend of Michonne walks through the heavy woods with his gun in hand staying silent. He and Daryl were out together but separated to cover more ground, they were doing a run for Alexandria. Rick can't help but use the time to think, he almost lost his son a bit ago, thankfully he's immune since he has a soulmate. That was news to find out, the immune part not the soulmate part, and Rick almost relaxes at the thought that his son will never meet the fate of his mother or friends. By the hands of walkers, he won't boil from the inside out and have hallucinating, he won't turn into one of the creatures he sees daily.
The man adjusts his grip on his gun as he looks around attentively, his eyes scanning around and locking on any single noise. He hears soft humming and pauses, he looks around quickly trying to see anything and even looks up into the trees but sees nothing. He decides to follow the humming to try and find the person, the humming stops and a thud is heard. He walks a bit faster towards the stopped sound and sees a girl's head fall forward. It was Aphrodite, not that he knew, he goes over and puts his gun beside her.
Rick lifts her head up and sees that she's passed out. He moves her body so her back is against the tree as he searches for her pulse point on her neck. He feels it and feels a soft heart beat, he sees some blood peaking from outside her cardigan that was tightly wrapped around her body. The man gently moved her arms and opened her cardigan before closing it quickly. The girls dress was ripped in many places, most of her body showing. He moves and looks at her shoulder, there were some glass pieces. He moves back to his original spot and looks her over again. Rick sees blood on her legs, he hoped what happened didn't happen. He looks at her arms again, her wrists were red and slightly bruised from the tight grip of the man from before. He sees her soul mark, the familiar look of it but with a deep bruise around it. Soulmarks bruise very easy and it would show up on the other as well. He gently takes off her bag and puts it over himself and puts his gun into the bag, the bag feeling like nothing, and he picks up the girl. He tries to keep her covered as best as he can.
He starts to run back to Alexandria running into Daryl. Daryl looks at him confused seeing a girl in his arms,
"Wha' a-" he's cut off
"Look at her wrist" Daryl looks at her wrist that's dangling and sees the mark. He also sees the cardigan begin to slip
"...She's kind of naked underneath so can you fix that..." Rick mumbles and Daryl quickly fixes the article of clothing and looks away
"Wha' happen to her?"
"I think r*pe... Her legs are stained red, inner legs" Daryl looks angry for a moment before nodding
"Let's get her back to Alexandria." Rick nods and the two get back quickly. They make it to Alexandria after a mile of running and get Deanna to open the gates. They're greeted by a pregnant Maggie. Her hand on her stomach as her eyes widen seeing the state of the girl in Rick's arms. She thought the girl looked familiar but brushed it off as she rushed over
"What happened?" Her southern accent gets looks from Daryl and Rick as Daryl explained what happened and Rick rushes the girl to the medic. He greeted Denise and he explains what happened. Denise gets to work immediately, Rick leaves the girl's bag besides his gun, which he took out, and left after being rushed out by Denise.
Rick steps outside and sees Daryl and Maggie waiting,
"Who is that?" Maggie couldn't get the fact that the girl looked familiar out of her head
"I don't know her name. All I know is what I think happened to her and the fact that she's Carl's soulmate" Maggie looks shocked and excited at the same time. Daryl nods and the three wait for a while before Denise comes out. She takes off her gloves and puts them into her pocket,
"Definite signs of r*pe. She had some glass shards in her feet and back. She's been barefoot for a while and I cleaned the cuts. One of the cuts needed stitches, I'm guessing from being pushed into it while the attack was happening." The three look down as she speaks, they hate hearing that kind of news.
"She's still out?" Maggie asks, Denise nods.
"Rick brought her bag in as well, we should probably go through it" the three nod and the four go back inside. Rick goes to her bag and picks it up then goes to a table with Daryl, Maggie, and Denise forming around him. He opens the bag and starts to pull out things, a few dresses that were folded, a book, a dirty teddy bear and a small photo album. Rick opens the photo album and the first photo he sees is a baby with Glenn. He looked shocked and looks at Maggie showing her the photo.
"That's Glenn with his niece, Aphrodite Hart. He keeps the photo on him at all times hoping to find her" Rick nods and keeps flipping through the photos,
"I think we found his niece" Maggie nods and points to a photo
"He has that one as well but it's in his old wallet" Rick nods
"Glenn's niece and Carl's soulmate" Daryl speaks softly and everyone nods with him.
"Let's leave her here to relax. Go get Glenn, leave Carl out of this" Denise speaks, the trio nods and they all leave the room.
Niece?!
Maggie went to get Glenn while Daryl goes off and Rick stays by the door. He feels like he has to protect the girl because of Carl, he keeps thinking of what their future would look like and if Carl would be happy. His thoughts get interrupted by Glenn running over and almost inside, Rick grabs him before he can and moves him away from the door. Maggie comes jogging over and stops with a hand on her back and stomach.
"Let me in there Rick."
"I can't... You have to calm down first"
"My niece is in there! I need to be in there!"
"Your niece just had something horrible happen to her. When she wakes up and sees a man all over her, no matter who he is, how do you think she'll react?!" Glenn pauses and looks at Rick almost murderously,
"What happened to her?" Rick glances at Maggie then back at Rick
"Someone.." he pauses
"Was she?" Glenn trails off softly as Rick nods. The uncle of the girl puts his head down and puts a hand on his head and starts to pace. Rick and Maggie watch him,
"Can I please go inside.." Glenn asks Rick, Rick nods and the three go inside. They go in and see that Aphrodite is awake but staring up at the ceiling. Rick and Maggie pause by the door as Glenn goes deeper inside and to the girls side.
Glenn gently puts a hand on hers and the girls eye move to the side to look at Glenn. Her head slowly moves as well
"Unkie?" Glenn smiles at the familiar name and nods
"Hi Dite" Aphrodite smiles a bit and tries to sit up. Glenn stops her
"Don't. Not yet Dite"
"Everything hurts..." Her eye tear up making everyone in the rooms tear up as well. Everyone noticed that she only has one eye, but didn't want to ask any traumatizing questions after what happened to her,
"I know Bear, but it'll stop soon" he gently pets her head the familiar nickname making the girl chuckle. Aphrodite looks down and raises the blanket slightly
"I'm naked under this..." The sentence makes everyone in the room chuckle,
"Let's get you changed then" Glenn looks at Maggie and Rick
"Can one of you guys go get a shirt of mine" the two nods and Rick goes to get it, Maggie stops him before he can go,
"Get one of Carl's flannels and a sports bra of mine as well" Rick nods at the idea and goes off. He runs to his house first and grabs one of Carl's flannels, since Carl wasn't in the house at the time he grabbed it quickly. He then runs to the Rhee house, owned by Maggie and Glenn, and grabs one of Glenn's shirts and a sports bra of Maggie's. He runs back to see Maggie with a hand over her heart watching the scene in front of her.
Rick comes inside and sees Glenn petting Aphrodite's head as she smiles at him softly, they were talking in whispers so no one could hear them.
"I got her new clothes Glenn" Rick holds up the shirt and flannel. Glenn goes over and grabs them. He goes back to Aphrodite
"Want me to help you?" Aphrodite nods and Glenn helps her sit up. Maggie turns around and Rick does the same. Glenn helps her dress,
"You two can look now" the two turn back around and see Aphrodite dressed and sitting up. Her legs still covered by the sheets and the bow on the back of her head showing a bit. Glenn reaches to the back of her head and takes the bow out and hands it to Dite. She plays with it while Glenn fixes her hair knowing how his sister raised her. He braids her hair kind of messily then takes the bow back, he puts the bow on the back of her head where the braid begins.
Aphrodite moves the braid to be mostly in front and tries to smile at Maggie and Rick
"Hi..."
"Hello sweetie" Maggie speaks in a motherly tone to her
"That's Maggie, my wife. And that's Rick, a good friend of mine" Aphrodite nods and puts her hand up like she was going to wave but keeps her hand still.
"Wanna try to walk?" Dite nods and twists to stand. Glenn helps her as much as he can and holds her hands as she stands on shaky legs. Her feet have been bandaged from the cuts so it hurt a bit to stand. Glenn helps her take a step then fixes the shirt to cover her more. Their height difference made the shirt more if a dress, it ending right under her butt. Maggie looks her over, she's very skinny and pale. She has some attributes of Glenn though. Same hair color, and same nose.
"Let's get her situated before meeting him" Rick tells the room. The two adults nod while Aphrodite looks confused,
"Who is him?" She asks softly, her accent matching Glenn's. Glenn looks at Rick and Maggie while the women looks at Rick as well. Rick looks at Glenn. Dite looks between everyone in the room
"The other person who has your mark.." Glenn speaks slowly
"He's here? Where is he?"
"He is somewhere within the walls at the moment, probably at a friend's house" Rick answers her
"Can I go meet him?"
"Not yet honey, we gotta get you to full health first" Aphrodite pouts a bit and looks at Glenn with puppy dog eyes. Glenn closes his eyes quickly knowing he can't say no to them, the actions making Rick and Maggie laugh softly.
Better? Better.
Carl Grimes, son of Lori and Rick Grimes, future soulmate of Aphrodite Hart, and friend of many was at a friend's house. They were playing video games, as usual, when he kept feeling his soul mark in different ways. First it hurt as a bruise quickly developed on his skin, then pleasure as his soulmate stroked their mark and he did it back. Then nothing, but the bruise remained. He stayed for a bit longer then went home after a few hours later. He saw his father wasn't home and that he was missing a flannel. Odd...
Carl shrugs and plops in his bed to read some comics, Michonne found him some new ones that he was excited to read. He pauses hearing the front door open, he goes down stairs, comic in hand, and sees Michonne. He greets her,
"Hi"
"Hello Carl" she smiles softly at the boy she calls her son and he asks her
"Have you seen one of my flannels? It's missing"
"No I haven't, this is the first time I've been back all day" Carl nods as a thanks and goes back upstairs.
Rick watches as Maggie and Glenn help Aphrodite to their house, the girls bag on Glenn's shoulder. Rick decides to head to his own, he's greeted by Michonne at the door. The share a small kiss,
"Guess who we found while on a run?"
"Who?"
"Carl's soulmate"
"Really?"
"Yup"
"Is she here?"
"She's with Glenn and Maggie, her name is Aphrodite and she's Glenn's niece" Michonne looks shocked
"Really?"
"Yup, also she got attacked by another human" he pauses and gives her a look which made her face drop
"So we told her that she can meet Carl when she's back to full health" Michonne nods.
"Carl was asking about his flannel"
"Oh yeah, I grabbed it for Aphrodite. What she was wearing was ruined so we gave her one of Maggie's sports bra, a shirt of Glenn's, and his flannel." Michonne nods again.
Aphrodite was helped into the bathroom by Glenn and Maggie. They were going to try and wash her hair since it felt heavy with blood and it was matted. She sat her down on the floor and laid her head on the side of the tub. Glenn undid the braid and took the bow out. He gave it to Dite to play with again, as he and Maggie worked on her hair. They unmated it and washed it the best that they can, the young girl has to wait a few days before taking an actual shower so this was the best that could be done for now. After an hour her hair was fully cleaned and brushed. They sat her up slowly and Maggie redid her hair to a braid. Her hair, now fluffy and curly, created a fluffy braid that Glenn put the bow back in at the top of the braid and the two adults help the teen up. They go to the living room and Maggie speaks to Glenn
"I'm gonna make us something, any requests?" Glenn shakes his head and Maggie looks at Dite, who does the same as her uncle. Maggie smiles at the two before going into the kitchen.
Glenn sits next to Dite, his arm around her. Dite leans on him as she grows tired again, this is the first time she's felt safe in a long time. Every since the day she had to shoot her parents. Dite curls up the best she can and snuggles against her uncle. Glenn grabs a nearby blanket and puts it over his niece. He holds her close as she slowly falls asleep. Glenn stays awake until Maggie reenters the room.
Maggie comes back after an hour with 2 bowls in her hand, she made some pasta since it was simple and in case Dite was picky she knew she would eat it. Maggie puts the bowls down then goes back for the 3rd bowl and sits on the other side of Dite. She notices the two's position and looks at Dite, noticing she was asleep. She looks at Glenn almost melting at how relaxed the two look and Glenn smiles at his wife. He opens his arms inviting her into the snuggle session. Maggie goes onto the other side of Glenn and leans against his arm happily. She helps Glenn eat while his two girls hold his arms hostage.
Rick decides to go to the Rhee house after a while to check on Aphrodite, he knows the young girl will bring his old son back. The less stoic and more carefree kind, he knocks gently on the door and hears a soft,
"Come in" before opening the door. He enters and closes the door behind him before looking towards the little family on the couch. He sees Dite sleeping on Glenn and Maggie feeding Glenn with a motherly smile on her face. He goes over and notices that Dite's hair looks more clean.
"Hey guys, how is she?" Rick sits on a separate chair facing the family
"We washed her hair" Maggie tells him but is cut off by Glenn
"She was raised to always look perfect. After what happened to her I thought it would help her feel better to have one thing look perfect" The two listening nod at him and take note. Rick sees the girls bag on the floor by the door,
"We found some dresses in her bag, maybe that would help as well and maybe knowing she's wearing Carl's flannel." The couple nods and both look at Dite. The girl was awake, she woke up while Rick was speaking and is staring at Rick.
"This is his?" She picks up a bit of the flannel and smiles softly at it. Her smile only grows when Rick nods. Aphrodite curls up in it and stuffs her face into the soft fabric making Rick smile at the young girl.
"When should they meet?" Maggie asks Rick
"I was thinking of telling Carl about her first, he was asking about his precious flannel apparently, and I'll see his reaction first then we'll go from there." The small family nods at the words.
Carl<3
Maggie Rhee moves her head a bit and sees Aphrodite with a small blush on her face with the majority of her face stuffed into the soft fabric of the flannel,
"You should eat sweetie" Aphrodite perks up from the mention of food and she slowly brings her head up and turns it to Maggie, making the adults in the room laugh softly,
"Food?" Maggie nods with a smile and points to the bowl of pasta that was slowly growing cold. Dite reaches and winces a bit, she grabs the bowl and curls up with it and pauses
"Have you guys eaten?"
"Glenn has, I was feeding him, I haven't yet and I have no clue about Rick" Dite looks at Rick and holds out her bowl to her future father-in-law. Rick holds up his hand
"I'll eat when I get back to my house" Dite nods and pulls the bowl into her chest and starts to eat, she takes a bite and smiles a bit enjoying the familiar taste of pasta. She eats happily whole the adults talk and finishes quickly. She stands, letting Glenn shake out his arm that fell asleep a while ago, and goes into the kitchen after picking up Glenn's empty bowl as well. She waddles into the kitchen due to the sore feeling in her southern regions, making the group smile at her, and she washes the used dishes. She lets them dry next to the sink and goes back to the group. She sits beside Glenn and goes back to the cuddle sesh and begins to think, her thoughts are filled with Carl. What does he look like, what does he like, what does he do in his free time. She decides to ask when the group stops talking. The second there's a silence Aphrodite ends it,
"What is he like?" Rick looks at her and smiles,
"Carl is brave, strong, intelligent. He loves comic books" he pauses to think and notices that Dite looks confused,
"What are comic books?"
"Oh he'll teach you, don't worry" Rick continues
"Carl is... He is a leader, he loves strongly and cares to much for his own good." Dite nods and smiles at the thought of being loved,
"I can tell he will love you. You two are similar yet different. But he used to talk my ear off about what you would be like and what you would look like. He once told me he had a dream about you" Dite looks surprised, she's dreamed of him as well,
"He described to me what you looked like. He said she would have black hair and the prettiest grey blue eyes. He described you Aphrodite, Carl described you in perfect detail. Of course he was 12 at the time but he loved you from the second he knew that he had a soulmate." Dite starts to stroke her mark, sending Carl pleasure filled shivers. She keeps doing it as Rick continues,
"He would come running to me every time you would do that, he always looked so excited about it. I still see him smile then rub his mark Everytime you do it. If you don't do it for a while he gets antsy and angry. Then when you do he calms down immediately. We call you his soft spot" Dite looks down at her mark,
"Also" hearing Rick's voice suddenly become serious making her head go back up.
"He lost an eye similar to you." Aphrodite nods
"That's fine, at least I won't get judged by him now, also" she pauses,
"Can you tell him about me soon?"
"I'll tell him when I get back" Rick promises the girl which she nods at.
"Speaking of, I should get back now. It's almost dark" the trio look outside to see the sun setting. Aphrodite moves her head to try and see the sunset, it was her favorite to watch. Rick stands with a small groan and straightens up,
"I'll come back tomorrow around noon, Carl may be with me, he may not be. But until then, rest up" Rick nods at everyone and leaves closing the door behind him.
Aphrodite Hart was brought up to her new bedroom, it was right next to Glenn and Maggie's, and was so homey. All the furniture was white, Glenn helps her sit and she flops back to be laying on the bed. She hasn't been on a bed in so long, since she mostly sleeping in trees. Maggie and Glenn laugh softly at the sight,
"We're off to bed, we'll see you in the morning Bear. If you need anything please let us know" Dite nods at the two and sits up watching the couple leave. She sighs happily and looks at her bed seeing her teddy bear. It was cleaner then before, she reached out and picked it up. She hugs it for a moment before slipping under the covers deciding to grab her bag and change tomorrow. She slips under the covers and curls up, even though she slept for a while she's still tired. She grips her teddy tightly and falls asleep slowly with the thoughts of Carl, she imagines him as taller then her with chocolate brown hair and beautiful blue eyes.
Carl Grimes laid in his bed wide awake, it was always hard for him to fall asleep, he sighed heavily and moves his head to look out the window. The stars began to show with the moon raised high into the sky. He thought back to his conversation with his father earlier. Michonne called him down for dinner, simple pasta, and the two were sat at the table eating silently. Carl had his sheriff's hat off and it was safe in his room, the silence comes to an end once the main door opens. It was Rick he greets everyone and ruffles Carl's hair slightly. He gets himself a bowl and smiles into the bowl earning confused looks from the two.
"What is that look for? Did you fall in love with the pasta?" Rick laughs softly
"Nope, just a thought"
"What was the thought?" Michonne asks her lover,
"Carl I have something to tell you" Rick sits at the front of the table to look at his family. Carl looks at him with his single eye a bit confused,
"We found her"
"Her?" Michonne looks at Carl happily and stays quiet as the boy questions his father. Rick points to Carl's wrist making his eye widen.
"Her?"
"Her name is Aphrodite Hart. She is Glenn's niece and exactly how you described her when you were 12, that's also where your flannel went" Carl starts to smile a lot, a smile Rick hasn't seen in a while and one Michonne has never seen.
"How did you find her?"
"I was on my run with Daryl, I heard humming then it all stopped. I went to find the noise and found her passed out against a tree and injured. What happened to her, she'll tell you on her own time, but just be careful with her." Carl nods
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I wanted her to have some time with Glenn first and to get situated in her new home." Carl nods and leans back in his seat with a smile
"When can I meet her?"
"I'm going over there again tomorrow, then if you'd like. I already warned them that you may be with me" Carl stands quickly, his half finished food forgotten. He begins to ramble,
"When are we leaving? I have to shower. What about my eye?" He continues to ramble until Rick stops him,
"We're leaving around noon. She won't care about your eye, and you will see once we get there. Just relax tonight and tomorrow you can freak out" Carl nods and slowly sits back down as silence overcomes everyone once more.
hi, could you write a fluff fic about carl x deaf!reader ? i think it would be cute if she could teach him sign and he could learn through books enough to tell her his feelings. maybe she was at alexandria when he got there and kinda kept to herself because no one could communicate with her but he was determined to.
i love carl and twd but i rarely see any deaf/hoh fics as a deaf person. thank you and have a good day ❤️
Here ya go lovey! I hope you like it!
I tried to make sure that the information on cochlear implants(since they're mentioned) is correct, I hope I got it right..
Sign
Isolation and Silence were your friends. Hiding was a friend, a cowardly friend, but one non the less. You were born deaf, when you were five your loving parents got you a cochlear implant. You could hear for the first time ever, at the young age of 5. The cochlear implant never left your head unless it was charging, using a USB cord.
But all of the safety the implant brought you was put on hold as the world ended. There was no way for you to charge your implant, so fear set in. Your parents changed as well once the world ended, your father became more strict and less loving. Your mother became more quiet and reserved. You felt more alone then ever once your implant died.
Anger went through your veins as you heard the beeping that meant that the implant has died. The last thing you heard was that cursed beeping. Sadness creeped in after that once the world went silent. You were so used to sound after 6 years of it, being only 11 at the time of the apocalypse. The next year your mom took the easy way out, your father became angry. He never tried to communicate with you, even though you both knew sign language. You were a bit rusty but was remembering it slowly. Two years later, your father allowed himself to be eaten by walkers. At the age of 14, you were alone, alone in a world were sound was critical to survive. A world where you had to look over your shoulder and starve and stay awake for days on end to make sure you were safe.
That was until Aaron found you one day, you were asleep in the back of your family car and allowed yourself to sleep. Aaron gently spoke to you trying to wake you up, but you didn't stir. He reached out with some hesitation and placed his hand on your shoulder, at the mere touch of his hand you sprang up with horror on your face. You tried to speak, to show you were a normal surviver, but the words came out in slurs, you couldn't hear yourself speak. The welcoming vibrations in your ears as you spoke was gone, there was nothing.
Aaron looked shocked and was trying to talk to you, you read his thin lips and he seemed to say, are you drunk?. You grew confused by the question and started to sign on instinct, his eyes widened. He didn't know sign language, he's never interacted with someone who was deaf before in his life. He got a bit closer to you so you can read his lips,
Are you alone?
You nod your head after a moment, he seems to frown and speaks to you again
Would you like to go somewhere safe?
You nod again, anywhere but the outside was safe. Aaron smiles slightly at your nod and he holds his hand out to you, you slowly take it with some hesitation and he gently tugs you out of the car. He looks around as you gather your things. A blanket you've had since you were a baby, and some books you've held onto. Books about ASL, or American Sign Language, everything fit in your bag. You were out of food or water so you didn't have much, Aaron leads you away from your home and you both walks in silence. One more willing than the other, and after a days walk you get to Alexandria.
You look up to see a large guarded area with people stationed on both sides of the large gate, each holding a good sized gun and staring down at her. Aaron must of said something making the gate open. He ushers her in and leads her to Denise, the leader of the close knit group, and she looks at you and begins to speak. Aaron seems to of cut her off, and tells her of your condition. Denise looks a bit saddened by the news, no one here knows sign language so communication will be very difficult.
"We'll station her up in an empty house for now"
"Why? She can stay with me for now"
"No one knows sign language Aaron, talking with her will be difficult."
"She reads lips, that's how I got her here"
"She is to go to an empty house for now." Denise had the final word, as usual, and Aaron is forced to comply. He brings you to an empty house and goes in front of you so you can read his lips
This is your home for now, I have to go back out
You nod as he tells her everything, finding it of no use to sign to him. He walks away after a moment leaving you alone. You let out a sign as you're isolated once again.
As the days go by, your actions don't change, Aaron never comes back to see you as he's to busy with his job so you stay alone. You go outside and sit by the lake, you're favorite area, with your feet in the water. You close your eyes as you can feel the vibrations of other walking nearby and the gently moving of the water that's around your feet. This is your daily routine, some kids try to come up to you and speak but you never reply, obviously, so they give up after a moment and walks off to never try again. Ron tried it, Enid tried, as well as every single teen in the small sanctuary. They all try to be friends with you but since you don't reply and seem to ignore them, they all think you're rude.
That was until Carl Grimes and his group enter the area. Aaron brings them back and he sees you by the lake, so he addresses the group.
"That kid over there" he points to you
"I haven't got their name but they're deaf, not rude." He knows of the kids finding you rude or entitled so he makes sure everyone knows of your condition. Carl's gaze lingers on you as your open your eyes and looks at the water. You can feel someone's gaze on you and look around seeing Carl looking at you. His face is blank but his eyes are narrowed slightly, as if he's trying to figure you out. His eyes go to their normal size as you make eye contact. Rick makes Carl follow the group, leaving you to your own devises once more.
As the days went on and Carl got to knows some of the teens, each said the same thing about you, that you're rude and entitled and speak to no one. Carl tries to tell them that you're deaf, but non believe him. So he decides, for some reason, to go up to you. You're at your usual place, with your eyes closed and bare feet in the water. You looked so peaceful that Carl feels a bit bad when he sits next to you and gently pokes your arm making you jump. His face stays blank as you look at him quickly, no one has touched her or gotten her attention in any way besides speaking so this was new. He starts to speak slowly, so you can read his lips
Hi, I'm Carl
You have a bit and sign your name, the letters being almost drawn in the air seem to amaze him slightly. He's never seen someone sign before. The use of your hands catch his attention as he watches the language.
Can you teach me?
He asks you, you nod after a moment of shock and adjust yourself to face him more. You sign a simple hello, the simple wave of your hand, he copies. You mouth the word "hello" he copies you and does the sign again. You begin to sign the alphabet, your hands amazing him as you sign the 26 letters effortlessly. He copies you slowly as you do it again, you mouth the letter that corresponds with the hand movement. You sign his name slowly,
C
A
R
L
He watches you and copies you again.
You both didn't realize that you gained some attention, Rick and Michonne watch you two.
"He's never done this.." Rick whispers softly. He had to deal with a teen angsty Carl for the last few years so seeing him willingly socialize with someone was shocking.
You sign your name slowly and he whispers the letters to himself softly then repeats your name to himself once he understands it. He says it again a bit louder making you smile, seeing him say your name was nice. No one has said your name in about a year, so it was refreshing to see. You continue teaching him sign language, finally gaining a friend after so long.
Hey everyone! Someone mentioned being tagged once my new fic comes out, and that had me thinking.
If I made a tag list who would want to be on it?
If you want me to be tagged in any one-shot posts I made, please comment on this so I can make sure you guys are one of the first to see ANY fic I make.
Also! If you want, I can have two separate tag lists depending on the characters. One for Remus and one for Carl. If you're interested, let me know:)