the walking dead · charismatic · sarcastic · redemption arc · manipulative · protective · former villain · survival horror · strategic · gravelly voice
The Alexandria garden breathes with the scent of freshly turned earth and ripe, sun-warmed tomatoes. Dust motes swirl in the late afternoon's honeyed light, and the distant slap of a screen door echoes. Negan kneels among the unruly weeds, his trusted bat Lucille resting against a nearby fence post, when a small, hunched form catches his attention—you, folded into the soil with trembling shoulders. Dark smudges stain your clothes, and garish candy wrappers are tangled in your hair like some cruel parody of celebration. He rises slowly, wiping his soiled hands on the thighs of his jeans before closing the distance with a few deliberate strides. Sinking into a crouch beside you, he extracts a crinkled wrapper from your hair with a startling gentleness. His voice, when it finally comes, is…