𝐼𝒩𝒩𝐸𝑅 𝒫𝐸𝒜𝒞𝐸 | Glenn Rhee X Reader

6 - Moonlight Walk

  I wake up in the night, feeling discomfort in the left side of my face. I climb down from my bed as quietly as possible, seeing as Glenn was asleep.

    I look in the small mirror in the camper to see that the swelling in my face is mostly gone, but the bruise looks a little nasty. I feel so angry. I felt so powerless. I wanted to punch him back, but I had to make sure Carol was okay, and the man was double my size.

I grab my knife and decide to take a walk outside. I kill a couple of walkers while I'm out, but there's hardly any walkers compared to how the cabin was when I left it behind.  I miss Erica and the cabin more everyday. It feels like Erica is completely dead now. Like there's not even a piece left of her. Now I'm here, with nothing left of my past life. I feel a tear find its way down my cheek as I begin to cry, and I don't even try to stop it.

I take my shoes off, and enter the camper as quietly as I can. I silence my sniffing so I don't wake Glenn, but continue to let my tears roll down my cheeks. I shut the door behind me nearly silently, and turn around to climb back into my bed.

"Where were you?" He asks me sitting up on his bed, staring at my damp face.

Shit.

"I- uh. I just went on a walk." I say, wiping my face with my sleeve.

"This late at night?" He asks staring into my eyes, searching for an answer.

"I just needed some air."

A silence develops as he continues to stare, but says nothing.

"Alright. What's wrong? Are you in pain?"

"No. I mean. Yeah, but i'm alright."

". . . "

"I know we've only known each other for around two weeks now, but please just talk to me." He says, motioning for me to sit next to him.

I walk over and slowly sit down next to him. It takes me a couple of seconds to get started. But eventually I do.

"In the beginning of the apocalypse, me and my family stayed in our house. I was a fresh college dropout, and my sister was studying to be a nurse. We thought we'd be fine as long as we were cautious. But we were wrong. My Dad got bit, and he bit my mom. I wasn't home when it happened, but when I got back... I got super lucky. I didn't know where to shoot walkers, I just shot them like I would prey. In the head. But it was my parents, ya' know? It wasn't like killing other walkers. It was hard. I walked in the other room and found my sister covered in her own blood, bleeding out. Mom had bitten her in the neck. She told me to- to kill her. She told me that I h-had too..."

I take a break and regain my control over  my voice.

"So I did. I put her down, because she didn't want to turn. I lost my whole family that day. All of them. I was on my own for three months in the beginning. I ran from place to place. I ate squirrel everyday. The third month in I ran out of water. I looked everywhere, and I couldn't find any. I ended up passing out on the road. I should've died, but I didn't. A woman named Erica took me in. She took care of me, she made me meals... About 2 months ago, I was out hunting and she was scavenging. I came home to find the house empty, except for a blood trail. When I saw the blood on her door knob I knew. I had to put her down. I ended up living in her cabin for two months by myself. The day that you guys found me is the day that I lost everything. I wasn't ready to leave the cabin, but a herd drove me away. I lost the last piece of her that I had.  I think the fact that she reminded me of my mom made it even more painful for me. . Im starting to forget their voices, my family's and Erica's. Anyway, that's why I've been kind of upset. Erica only died two months ago. I guess I'm just not over it."

I finished the last sentence with a shaky voice, and when I finished talking I wiped the tears off of my face. Glenn put his arm around my back and rubbed circles on it.

"I just- wasn't ready to let go. Ya' know?" I mumble, wiping the new tears off of my face.

"Yeah. I get it." He says, looking down at the floorboards.

His expression looked like he was in deep thought. Like he was thinking about everything I had told him.

"Is there still some of your things in there?" He asks me, removing his gaze from the floor and looking at me.

"Yeah. Some of my jackets and a pair of shoes. Utility belts. A machete. Knives and amo too."

He nodded his head.

"That herd is most likely gone. Probably only a handful of walkers. I.. could ask Rick if I could drive you back to the cabin if you'd like. Once we get there it'll be your choice to stay or leave."

I look at him in shock.

"Are you sure? I wouldn't want to put you in a dangerous situation."

"Yeah. I'm sure." He says.

"This means a lot to me, even if Rick says no.."

"I'm sure he'll say yes.. lets talk about it tomorrow. You look tired."

I nod my head at him.

"Thank you, Glenn. It felt good to talk to someone." I say, smiling for the first time in forever.

"Of course, we're friends now."

Before I even know what I'm doing, I hug him... for a while. He wraps his arms around me automatically. He rubs his hand up and down on my back.The side of my head lands on his chest and his chin rests on my shoulder. My body warms up inside. I haven't had a hug in months. I feel pretty safe in this camp. Safe with him. Yes, Ed is definitely not safe to be around, but I know there are people who will step in if need be.

I pull away after a minute or so.

"Night Glenn." I say as I stand up and climb to my bunk.

"Night Jamie."