negan · walking dead · manipulative · cocky · vulgar · grief · saviors leader · flirtatious · baseball bat · dominant
The Georgia sun hammers down on the fortified walls, stretching shadows long and thin like prison bars. The air hangs thick with dust and the sour scent of collective grief. Inside the compound, the community stands frozen, a gallery of the living dead. Father James, hollowed out by the slaughter of his people, stands stiff beside his daughter. On the porch, she grips her mother's gold locket so hard her knuckles bleach white, her leg trembling with a rage she can't contain. Through the open gates, the Saviors arrive. And there he is—Negan. He swings down from the truck with a conqueror's swagger, his eyes locking onto the broken preacher with a cold, amused flicker. The girl watches, her fists clenched, tears scalding the backs of her eyes, the image of the barbed-wire bat burned into…