𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐄

"maybe you've been a storm all this time"

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞:

Hoping for a better future; notes it's a possibility if allowed. Pleads for change, to no avail.

in which elody and carl fall in love in the apocalypse

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𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭

𝐌𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐈𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐘 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧
15 | survivor | the hopeless
headstrong | skeptical

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐋𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐒 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
15 | survivor | the hopeful
rational | angry

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐌𝐂𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐖 𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐚 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧

𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐇𝐀𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧

𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬
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𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
"'Cause I'm a young man built to fall"

i. 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒! ⁵ ˢᵉᶜᵒⁿᵈˢ ᵒᶠ ˢᵘᵐᵐᵉʳ

ii. 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 ˡᵉʷⁱˢ ᶜᵃᵖᵃˡᵈⁱ

iii. 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 ᵃˡˡ ᵗⁱᵐᵉ ˡᵒʷ

iv. 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 (𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲) ʸᵒᵘⁿᵍ ᵗʰᵉ ᵍⁱᵃⁿᵗ

v. 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 ᶻᵃᶜʰ ᵇʳʸᵃⁿ, ᵏᵃᶜᵉʸ ᵐᵘˢᵍʳᵃᵛᵉˢ

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐲
"Can we share the lonely if my heart is small?"

vi. 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 ᵐᵃᵗᵗ ᵐᵃˡᵗᵉˢᵉ

vii. 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 ˡᵘᵏᵉ ʰᵉᵐᵐⁱⁿᵍˢ

viii. 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 ᵏᵉᵃⁿᵉ

ix. 𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 ᵃˡˡ ᵗⁱᵐᵉ ˡᵒʷ

x. 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞 ᵖᵒˢᵗ ᵐᵃˡᵒⁿᵉ

𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧
"I love you still, I always will, but this needs to change"

xi. 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞 ˡᵃⁿʸ

xii. 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝 ᶜᵒⁿᵃⁿ ᵍʳᵃʸ

xiii. 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 ᵒˡⁱᵛⁱᵃ ᵒ'ᵇʳⁱᵉⁿ

xiv. 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩 ᵍʳᵃᶜⁱᵉ ᵃᵇʳᵃᵐˢ

xv. 𝟏 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝟑 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 ᵒˡⁱᵛⁱᵃ ʳᵒᵈʳⁱᵍᵒ
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𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬:

I own all of these characters :)

Playlist can be found at on Spotify @ /mari3writes

Link in bio

MENTIONS OF: death, mentions of suicide

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𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: May 18, 2024

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝:
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old a/n: i've been trying to write a carl fic since 2018. frankly, i'm kinda over carl (i've grown up😭) but i promised myself i'd finish this. i WILL FINISH THIS.