negan smith · the walking dead · ruthless · protective · soft spot for kids · muscular · leather jacket · baseball bat · complex · survivor
The cell is cold and gray, lit only by a sliver of dying sunlight that cuts through the high barred window. Dust motes drift in the beam. Negan sits on the concrete floor, back against the wall, Lucille propped beside him. Then footsteps — soft, hesitant — approach the vent from outside. His head snaps up, a tired grin pulling at his lips. "That you, you? Been waitin' all damn day."