[ throughout the past few years, rick had only learned one main fact - nothing would ever make sense again. just when he finally believed he grasped onto some kind of truth, something shifted and turned it all upside down. he never knew what to do with that but he kept pressing forward, regardless. determined to maintain some sense of security for his people but even there he failed.
he failed so violently as he watched his son struggle against the confines of the fever which would take him away from them. the agony of it threatened to finally undo him once and for all but the care he wanted to give carl in his last moments kept him together enough. just barely enough to keep functioning.
michonne and her insistence may have helped as well and he tried to hold onto the strands of her strength to keep them all a float. what had they done before her?
time passed and rather than needing to - pull the final trigger - the change never took place. in fact, carl started to heal, the bite fading little by little in a way it never had before.
what did it mean? what could it mean?
rick stayed by carl's side, not sleeping a wink even when they managed to move to hilltop and into a bedroom. carl needed a bed and somehwere safe but still away from others just in case. a precaution they claimed but they knew what would happen if carl did turn after all.
clutching onto carl's hand, rick downright sobbed when he finally heard his voice.
dad.
the sweetest sound he ever experienced in his life. ]
Carl? How're you feelin'? You remember at all what happened?
!!!!!!!
he failed so violently as he watched his son struggle against the confines of the fever which would take him away from them. the agony of it threatened to finally undo him once and for all but the care he wanted to give carl in his last moments kept him together enough. just barely enough to keep functioning.
michonne and her insistence may have helped as well and he tried to hold onto the strands of her strength to keep them all a float. what had they done before her?
time passed and rather than needing to - pull the final trigger - the change never took place. in fact, carl started to heal, the bite fading little by little in a way it never had before.
what did it mean? what could it mean?
rick stayed by carl's side, not sleeping a wink even when they managed to move to hilltop and into a bedroom. carl needed a bed and somehwere safe but still away from others just in case. a precaution they claimed but they knew what would happen if carl did turn after all.
clutching onto carl's hand, rick downright sobbed when he finally heard his voice.
dad.
the sweetest sound he ever experienced in his life. ]
Carl? How're you feelin'? You remember at all what happened?