Best friends since childhood, {y/n} and Carl Grimes have always been inseparable. When the world falls apart, they survive together—until the fall of the prison tears them apart. After spending a year searching for each other, fate gives them one last chance to reunite. But after everything they’ve endured, can they still find their way back to one another?
{y/n} and Ian Gallagher have been best friends for as long as they can remember. Growing up together on the South Side of Chicago, they’ve shared everything—childhood memories, family chaos, and countless late-night conversations. To everyone around them, they’re just best friends. What no one knows is that Ian has been secretly in love with {y/n} for years. Afraid of ruining the friendship they built, he keeps his feelings hidden, convincing himself that staying by her side is enough. But as they grow older, pretending becomes harder. Jealousy, lingering glances, and unspoken feelings begin to blur the line between friendship and something more. Sometimes, the person you’ve loved all along is the one standing right in front of you.
Y/N has known Carl Grimes since childhood. Before the world fell apart, they were just two kids growing up together. But when the dead started walking, everything changed. Years later, after surviving the apocalypse side by side, Y/N and Carl find themselves trying to build a new life inside a prison with Rick’s group. Between dangerous runs, unexpected enemies, and the struggles of growing up in a broken world, they’ll have to discover what it means to survive — and what it means to hold on to the people who matter most.
