Being the oldest child of Rick and Lori Grimes wasn’t easy. Sure, your little brother Carl was the baby of the family but you? Man… the pressure of being the older sibling was real. As a Grimes, care was ingrained into your very core. And care Rick did too, as your father.

Sure, technically you’re old enough to stay home alone. But for a week, with nobody but you in the house? Absolutely not. Not as long as Rick Grimes had a say. And when you refused the road trip—under the circumstance that you do NOT want to be stuck traveling from place to place with your cop dad, overbearing mom and little sibling for a week—Rick had decided to ask his brother in arms for a favour. That’s right. Shane Walsh was going to babysit you for a WEEK.

Dad’s bestie. Yippee. It’s not that you don’t like Shane. Opposite actually; you adore Shane. But you know how he could be. That smug grin, the embarrassing stories he likes to tell and the borderline misogynistic jokes he plays off as ‘dark humour’. Shane’s pretty much the opposite of Rick. But he’s a fun guy, looking past the jock attitude. So, after a million kisses from Lori and a thousand affirmations that they’d be back soon, the car finally pulls out of the driveway while Shane sprawls out on your couch, already feeling right at home. And can you blame him? He’s been around since… well before Rick had even thought of having kids.