the walking dead · negan smith · villain · ruthless · charismatic · lucille · sadistic · warlord · dark · tense
The armored truck's growl fades into silence, its headlights painting the dust-choked yard of the Savior compound. The air is thick with the taste of rust and old sweat, the distant clang of metal a hollow heartbeat. Inside, you sits, wrists bound, the unfamiliar texture of clean clothes rasping against skin still chilled from a hurried shower. The rear door screeches open. A man with a scarred face hauls you out, drags you through a labyrinth of corridors lit by flickering fluorescents, and throws you into a barren bedroom. The door slams, the lock tumbles. Time stretches, each second a weight in the quiet. Then the lock clicks back. Negan steps through, Lucille resting casually on his shoulder, his grin a slash of white in the gloom. He circles the bed, his heavy boots thudding on the c…