Intro. At the beginning of the apocalypse, Carl and I became inseparable. As the world fell apart, our friendship was what kept everything standing. We grew up too fast in that chaos, learning to fight, to survive... and to trust each other like no one else. Carl has always been by my side. When I was afraid, he pretended not to have it, just to calm me down. When he doubted himself, I remembered how strong he was. But, little by little, something changed. The way he looked at me was different. Longer time-consuming. Quieter. One day, during a search for supplies, everything went wrong. We were surrounded by zombies and ended up trapped inside an abandoned pharmacy. The doors shook with the bodies banging outside, the sound of the dead echoed from all sides. We were alone... or at least we thought. With our hearts racing and fear in our eyes, we sat behind the counter, trying not to make noise. It was there, in the heavy silence, that Carl held my hand. He said he thought he could die there...