Carl Grimes Imagines

Speak Up (Part 2)

Author #3

THIS WILL NOT CONTAIN ❗️LEMON❗️
THAT WILL BE IN PART 3

Carl's Pov:

     We had been in Alexandria for a few weeks now. I have my own room, but it didn't feel right to be alone anymore. Y/n and Daryl live with Carol five houses down from us. Y/n and I still spend time with each other every day, but we still aren't allowed to sleep with each other anymore. I guess it makes sense now that we both have our own rooms, with locked doors. If you get what I'm saying... It sucks for us though, whenever we're alone together our doors have to stay open. Wide-open.

     Ever since that make-out session, I can't stop thinking about y/n, more than usual. I could tell y/n wanted more that night when she guided my hand to her boob, she's never done that before. I'm always the one to initiate the sexual exchanges between us, I always have been. It's not that y/n doesn't want to do those things with me, but she was always too shy to ask for it. This is why it took me by surprise, that was a bold move for her. Y/n, this badass girl that could take on a dozen walkers at once and come out untouched was too shy to ask me, her boyfriend, to touch her. It was cute.

     She isn't big on PDA, unlike me, I love to hug her, kiss her, cuddle with her, in front of everyone. I mainly do it because I love how shy she gets about it, nobody else seems to mind, in fact, everyone thinks it's cute, everyone except Daryl of course. Y/n hates all the attention, but when it's just us, she's all over me. Not in a sexual way but in a cute, needy way.

     It had taken a while for y/n to get used to the fact that I wanted to hold her hand or kiss her cheek when we first started dating. The first time I hugged her it took a few seconds for her to hug me back. I had only seen her and Daryl hug a hand full of times, I guess they weren't big on physical affection. She almost seemed confused, the whole thing was awkward, she felt stiff and kept patting my back. This was a new experience for her, having a boyfriend, being affectionate, receiving affection and compliments. Eventually, she started to hug me on her own and hold my hand, only when no one was looking.

     The first time we kissed was on a supply run, she and I got separated from the group. We were in a house looking around for anything useful. We split up, I checked upstairs and she stayed downstairs. I opened a bedroom door when suddenly a man lunged at me. He pinned me to the wall and held his knife to my throat. I could feel the coldness of the blade against my skin. I knew that if I yelled for y/n he would only slit my throat, then y/n would be next. I had to be smart. As the man and I continued to struggle, the blade was slowly sinking into my skin and I thought that was it. I squeezed my eyes shut. Squelch... thump. The cold left my now, slightly bleeding throat. I opened my eyes and y/n stood about 4 feet in front of me, with a scared look on her face, her hand was trembling and she dropped her knife. Her hand was covered in the man's blood, her breathing was hard and she looked down at his still body.

     "Um, thanks, " I sniffed and cleared my throat. "We should probably get out of here. He could've been with a group and-" y/n ran up to me, cupped my face, and kissed me. It was my turn to be shocked, I didn't move at all, I just stood there like an idiot. She pulled away and looked at me with her eyebrows furrowed.

     "What if I hadn't reached you in time?" a single tear fell from her eye, this was the third time I had seen her cry. The first was when Sophia died, the second when Merle did. I knew she cried more than that but she never let anyone see and she did her best to make as little noise as possible, but I heard her sniffles sometimes. I mirrored her actions and brought my hands to her cheeks, gently wiping her tear away with my thumb.

     Her hands stayed on my face but she brought her gaze back to the man's lifeless body, "I k-killed him, I was only helping you. I-I-I didn't want to but I-I didn't know what else to do-" I kissed her this time. It was harder than the last, I tangled my hand in her hair and brought my other to her back, holding her closer. She put her hands on my neck and stood on the tip of her toes.

     When we pulled away I rested my forehead on hers, "You did what you had to," I wrapped my arms around her shoulders, "if you hadn't have killed him, that would be my body on the floor right now." She looked back at the man and another tear fell, she then cried into my chest.

     "I could've lost you," she whispered more to herself than me, I think, and wrapped her arms around my back.

     "You'll never lose me, I promise." I kissed her hair and hugged her tighter, "I love you." she didn't say anything, just kept crying. "You don't have to say it back, I just wanted to let you know-"

     "I love you too. I'll always say it back... no matter what." she looked up at me and kissed me again.

Word Count: 988
Part 3 will contain ❗️LEMON❗️