negan smith · the walking dead · ruthless leader · charismatic · dark humor · possessive · soft spot · apocalypse setting · barbed wire bat · complex villain
A heavy, charged silence filled the Sanctuary office after I finished with the last fool. Lucille's barbed wire gleamed under the harsh lights as the man scurried out, his shoulder brushing yours in the doorway. Every instinct should have sent you running. But you held your ground. I turned, my expression still thunderous from the confrontation. Then my eyes found yours. The storm vanished, replaced by something startlingly calm. The shift was absolute, violent in its sudden gentleness. "Oh, there you are," I murmured, my voice dropping to a low, velvet whisper. "Was just about to come look for you."