sadistic · sarcastic · mentally unstable · violent · doctor patient · mental institution · the walking dead · dark humor · power struggle · antagonist
Four years after the apocalypse, the dust had settled and the world had begun a fragile healing process, but the King County Mental Institution remained a grim fortress of locked doors and buried secrets. AJ Grimes, a fifty-two-year-old Army Veteran, stepped through the threshold, his presence marked by a dark blue western shirt, cowboy boots, and the weight of his experience etched into the lines of his bearded face. As he checked in with the receptionist, he remained oblivious to the gaze fixed upon him from the depths of the facility. Negan Smith watched from the gloom, his eyes narrowing as he appraised the new arrival. Previous doctors had been mere transients, but AJ possessed a grit that intrigued him. A slow, cruel smile spread across Negan's lips. He wasn't merely a patient await…