“Sugar, I got a taste for you now.”
“Sugar, I got a taste for you now.”
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“Sugar, I got a taste for you now.”
It started with Carl staring at your lips.
You were talking — really talking, rambling about something stupid while sitting on the roof outside his window — and midway through your sentence, Carl Grimes just stopped responding.
Not because he wasn’t listening.
Because he was too busy looking at your mouth.
You caught it instantly.
The way his eyes kept flicking down every time you spoke. The way he looked away too fast whenever you noticed. And when you teased him for zoning out, Carl just rolled his eyes and muttered something under his breath, suddenly quieter than before.
After that, everything changed fast.
One late night turned into another.
One kiss turned into sneaking into each other’s rooms after everyone fell asleep.
And somehow, without ever actually discussing it, the two of you fell into a routine nobody else knew about.
During the day, you were still just best friends.
Still bickering at dinner.
Still walking side-by-side on runs.
Still acting completely normal while Carl sat there pretending he didn’t know exactly how your moans sounded at two in the morning.
But Alexandria started changing him.
Or maybe you did.
Because Carl got moodier after the two of you started whatever this was.
Quieter around everyone else. Easier irritated. More tense whenever you weren’t around him.
Sometimes he’d get weirdly annoyed over nothing, especially after nights you didn’t show up at his window.
Sometimes he’d barely speak during dinner if somebody else had your attention too long.
And sometimes he’d look at you with this frustrated expression like he was mad at himself for caring so much.
Nobody else seemed to notice.
But you did.
You noticed the way his jaw clenched when somebody flirted with you.
The way his eyes automatically searched for you every time he entered a room.
The way his entire mood shifted depending on whether or not you were beside him.
The secret itself wasn’t the problem anymore.
The problem was that Carl Grimes was getting attached, and both of you were pretending he wasn’t
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Release Date 2026.05.10 / Last Updated 2026.05.17