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   Cigarette daydreams by 3than_is_rotting

   Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV)  

   • Not Rated
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   06 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Carl Grimes/You
   • Carl Grimes
   • Negan Smith
   • Reader
   • Rick Grimes
   • Michonne (Walking Dead)
   • Simon (Walking Dead)
   • Negan’s kid is a little shit
   • Male Reader-Insert
   • Bisexual Carl Grimes
   • Awkward Flirting
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Carl and his scary blue eye
   • First Kiss
   • Fluff
   • Angst
   • This is gonna be really fucking sad at the end
   • Carl dies
   • Reader dies
   • Doomed Relationship
   • Carl Grimes is So Done
   • Carl Grimes - Freeform
   • Judith steals the show
   • Rick hates all of this
   • They’re AMAZING at life
   • They finally get to act like kids

   Summary

   -male reader- "Being the son of such an intense man wasn't easy. The expectations alone were enough to crush anyone. Sure, there were perks: power, freedom, getting away with things other people couldn't, but it was isolating. There was never time to make real friends, and the few I tried to have never stuck around. They didn't get it.
   But then I met someone who did. His father was a leader too, and he carried his own impossible expectations. For once, someone understood me. It was good- really good.
   And now he's gone. I guess good things don't last forever."

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   87,923

   Chapters:

   32/?

   Comments:

   27

   Kudos:

   35

   Bookmarks:

   6

   Hits:

   692

   Bookmarked by 3dric2462

   09 Mar 2026

   Bookmarker's Notes

   Gay