Negan was dashing up the staircase, taking two steps at a time when Rick lifted his gun and pulled the trigger.
Click, click, click.
Empty.
Negan knew the sound, and his bravado and bravery returned as he spun on his heel at the top of the stairs.
“Hey, baby,” he greeted Rick warmly, as if Rick just got home from work with the bacon. “You are out of bullets. Why don’t you come on up here and greet me with a wet, sloppy kiss instead, sweetheart?” He crooked the fingers of his free hand and spun Lucille in a slow, mesmerizing arc with the other.
Marveling at how Negan could so easily slip back into the form of a lover even after all that, Rick slowly began to climb the stairs to answer Negan’s siren call.
“That’s it, baby. Come to Daddy,” Negan crooned. “I think after …show more content…
What was offered was good – so good, but he knew nobody would take it. And what he said about Carl soured in Rick’s mouth. “Why would I trust any deal offered to me after what you did to Jadis' people?”
“The fucking garbage-ass people?” Negan actually sounded surprised, and Rick tried not to think about how well Negan could pretend. “The hell are you talking about?”
“The Scavengers. You killed them. All of them. A whole community just wiped out. Is that how you ‘save’ people?” Rick felt like a fool dancing in the darkness looking for Negan, but his heart was racing with the absolute thrill of it. When he and Negan had been close, Negan was always the one in power, offering his affection. But now Rick was the one who could offer even more, he realized, as he found Lucille sitting pretty and innocuous on the ground. He scooped her up and moved back to the door again, busying his hands with the lighter and gasoline.
“Still just me and you even though plenty of your people must've seen you go. See,” Rick’s arrogance was returning, “See, it's times like this, you realize who your true friends are. No one's coming for
Click, click, click.
Empty.
Negan knew the sound, and his bravado and bravery returned as he spun on his heel at the top of the stairs.
“Hey, baby,” he greeted Rick warmly, as if Rick just got home from work with the bacon. “You are out of bullets. Why don’t you come on up here and greet me with a wet, sloppy kiss instead, sweetheart?” He crooked the fingers of his free hand and spun Lucille in a slow, mesmerizing arc with the other.
Marveling at how Negan could so easily slip back into the form of a lover even after all that, Rick slowly began to climb the stairs to answer Negan’s siren call.
“That’s it, baby. Come to Daddy,” Negan crooned. “I think after …show more content…
What was offered was good – so good, but he knew nobody would take it. And what he said about Carl soured in Rick’s mouth. “Why would I trust any deal offered to me after what you did to Jadis' people?”
“The fucking garbage-ass people?” Negan actually sounded surprised, and Rick tried not to think about how well Negan could pretend. “The hell are you talking about?”
“The Scavengers. You killed them. All of them. A whole community just wiped out. Is that how you ‘save’ people?” Rick felt like a fool dancing in the darkness looking for Negan, but his heart was racing with the absolute thrill of it. When he and Negan had been close, Negan was always the one in power, offering his affection. But now Rick was the one who could offer even more, he realized, as he found Lucille sitting pretty and innocuous on the ground. He scooped her up and moved back to the door again, busying his hands with the lighter and gasoline.
“Still just me and you even though plenty of your people must've seen you go. See,” Rick’s arrogance was returning, “See, it's times like this, you realize who your true friends are. No one's coming for