#mockingbird!reader

𐔌 ୭ [ current aus :

delicate!reader - the outsiders [INACTIVE]

survivor!dallas winston and johnny cade - the outsiders [INACTIVE]

flipped au - bryce!ponyboy and juli!reader - the outsiders [INACTIVE]

hufflepuff!reader - harry potter

mockingbird!reader - the walking dead

band/alt!carl & alt!reader - the walking dead

DELICATE!READER [INACTIVE]...

"A young girl, living in a house constantly full of boys, just wants to feel pretty, feminine — like a girl — but one argument causes a whirlwind of events to spiral, leading to her near-death and subsequent mental issues."

PAIRINGS - dallas winston, platonic!curtis brothers, platonic!gang

THEMES - mental health, mental health recovery, EDs, SH, SA, trauma, a desire to live a life you can't have; angst, hurt/comfort

SURVIVOR!DALLY & JOHNNY [INACTIVE]...

"Johnny Cade, the boy who killed a boy and survived a church fire, now has to struggle through physical therapy, his own trauma... and having someone love him."

"Dallas Winston. Tough, stubborn, stoic Dallas — now bedridden and reduced to a shell of who he was — must grapple with the truth that he doesn't want to be "tough.""

PAIRINGS - survivor!dallas winston x caretaker!reader, survivor!johnny cade x caretaker!reader (seperate)

THEMES - mental health, mental health recovery, SH, trauma, recovery, dealing with intense trauma; angst, hurt/comfort, fluff

FLIPPED AU [INACTIVE]...

"All he ever wanted was for you to leave him alone. All you ever wanted was for him to like you. Through a half-decade long rivalry, the two of you realize many, many new things about yourselves - based off the book of the same name."

PAIRINGS - bryce!ponyboy curtis x juli!reader

THEMES - childhood enemies to lovers, betrayal, hiding feelings, mutual pining; angst, fluff, hurt/comfort

HUFFLEPUFF!READER...

"Neville: the sweet, clumsy Gryffindor most people don't pay any mind to. Well... everyone except you. Your worlds collide in your fourth year, the matches of your mutual feelings sparking what would become a tumultuous relationship."

PAIRINGS - neville longbottom x hufflepuff!reader

THEMES - mutual pining, "I want her but she's out of my league," puppy love, teen romance; fluff, slight angst

MOCKINGBIRD!READER...

"A girl, who only ever desired freedom, is constantly kept locked up — a bird on a cage. Even in the safety of Alexandria, she longs for independence. But when a group of faces she recognizes ends up in the same place, she and a certain boy end up becoming unlikely friends..."

PAIRINGS - mockingbird!reader x carl grimes, mockingbird!reader x platonic!daryl dixon

THEMES - trauma, freedom, longing for what one can't have, mutual pining, apocalyptic things; angst, fluff, hurt/comfort

SUNSHINE!READER...

"Carl Grimes didn't often get crushes. Sure, he thinks girls are cute, but he's never been interested enough to be in a relationship... Until you come along, with your bright expression and tender demeanor, he was whipped immediately."

PAIRINGS - sunshine!reader x carl grimes, sunshine!reader x platonic!judith grimes

THEMES - no outbreak, mutual pining, puppy love, idiots in love; fluff, hurt/comfort

BAND AU - ALT!CARL + READER...

"A young girl, living in a house constantly full of boys, just wants to feel pretty, feminine — like a girl — but one argument causes a whirlwind of events to spiral, leading to her near-death and subsequent mental issues."

PAIRINGS - alt!carl grimes x alt!reader, platonic!alt!carl grimes x platonic!enid and ron, platonic!alt!reader x platonic!enid and ron

THEMES - childhood enemies to lovers, secret relationship, mutual pining, "she/he loves me, she/he loves me not; angst, fluff, hurt/comfort

── . ౿ MOCKINGBIRD!READER

"I could have been wild, and I could have been free, but nature played its trick on me."

ALL SHE EVER DESIRED was freedom. Throughout her childhood — before the outbreak — she spends all her time in the outdoors. Climbing trees, collecting rocks, wading in rivers, all done while humming little tunes and songs. Not even the rain stopped her. Doing so on a large piece of farmland made it all the easier to do so. But her voice was especially important on the days she'd end up confined to her papa's house. She'd sing and sing and sing, unable to quit. Folk songs, her own melodies, whatever came to mind. She would spend her days as free as a mockingbird, spreading her song every place that her feet would tread.

But when the world goes to hell, she ends up in the hands of the Governor: a sick man who leaves her confined. A bird in a cage. While trapped inside the walls of Woodbury, she finds herself longing for the outdoors like nothing before. She misses the trees, the birds, the sounds of nature that would fill her ears on repeat. It all becomes lost to only a memory.

Until the prisoner group makes things spiral out of control. She watches from afar as the once quaint town grows angry and violent. She watches as everything is destroyed. And when Woodbury falls and Governor goes missing, she ends up alone once again.

On the road for the second time in her short life, she travels across Virginia all alone. The amount of times she nearly died grow larger and larger, as does her time as a vagrant until, finally, she ends up somewhere safe: Alexandria. She's taken in with open arms, given food and shelter and a home. But with safety comes the loss of something greater, that being her freedom. Once again, she's forced to stay inside the walls. Does she follow the rules? Mostly… except for when the longing in her heart grows unbearable. It leads to her sneaking out and spending her time in the woods, growing close with nature just as she was before the outbreak.

But things once again change greatly when a group of familiar faces end up in Alexandria. The prison group. She sees them welcomed just as she was; treated with deserved kindness and hospitality. Even more so, she sees Carl. Standing there, with his expression cold, built up from years of betrayal. He turns into a kink in her everyday life, a clog in the machine that is her routine.

Their story contains a mess of emotions and events. Animosity. Jealousy. Anger. Infatuation. Desire. Love. And, most of all, a heartache that plagues their intertwined souls the longer they spend ignoring what they have.

THIS AU INTENDS to explore themes including but not limited to violence, death, trauma, mutual pining, hurt/comfort, angst, fluff, etc. There may be more that come up not listed here, read at your own risk <3

dividers by @cursed-carmine

𓏲ּ𝄢 carl grimes masterlist ₊ ⊹𓂃

꒰ა ⋮ angst. 𑣲 ⋮ fluff. ✦⋮ hurt/comfort

𐔌 ୭ [ misc!reader

─ 𑣲 ⋮ sickly sweet - hcs + drabble

─꒰ა ⋮ i want you... aka, love being a fickle, frightening thing - based on mitski's song, I Want You

─ ✦⋮ what's your deal... aka, carl grimes x avoidant!reader hcs

𐔌 ୭ [ band au - alt!reader, alt!carl

─ x ⋮ AU intro

─ x ⋮ relationship preface

─ x ⋮ music feeds my soul - what kind of music they make

─ x ⋮ do you like my shirt? - alt!carl & reader moodboards

─ x ⋮ hotline bling - carl and reader's developing relationship told through insta posts

─ x ⋮ AU Masterlist + chapters

𐔌 ୭ [ mockingbird!reader

─ x ⋮ AU/reader intro

𐔌 ୭ [ wolf!reader

─ x ⋮ N/A

𐔌 ୭ [ sunshine!reader - modern au

─ 𑣲 ⋮ silent stares... aka, carl grimes coming across the girl of his dreams

─ 𑣲 ⋮ ice cream... aka, you finally working up the courage to ask a certain boy out

─ ✦⋮ eye for an eye... aka, your boyfriend's accident sparking something big

NOTE: my wolf and mockingbird readers' names are inspired by my dear mootie @jamesdeanbby 's lamb and deer reader (WHICH U SHOULD GO CHECK OUT PLSPLSPLS), but only in the sense that their names are based off animals (paola if u want me to change this, i will<333)