Destruction ||| Glenn Rhee x Reader (TWD X Reader)

Chapter 53) Fine

TW: Brief mention of SA.
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Y/N sits around a table with Glenn. Tyreese and Sasha sit at the table next to them. Some of the others stand quietly in the room.

"So you came from here?" Glenn asks them, pointing at a map of the prison.

"Yes." Tyreese says.

Glenn sighs. "We secured this."

Y/N nods slowly. "Means there's another breach."

"The whole front of the prison is unsecure. If walkers just strolled in, then it's gonna be cake for a group of armed men." Glenn mentions.

Beth bites her nail. "Why are we even so sure he's gonna attack. Maybe you scared him off."

Michonne speaks up from her spot on the floor. "He had fish tanks full of heads. Walkers and humans. Trophies. He's coming."

Glenn stands. "We should hit him now."

Y/N looks up at him. "What?"

"He won't be expecting it. We'll sneak back in and put a bullet in his head." He tells the group.

Carol shakes her head. "We aren't assassins."

"You know where his apartment is. You and I could end this tonight." Glenn tells Michonne.

Maggie walks in the room, holding Judith. She hears the end of the conversation and steps up. "He didn't know we were coming last time and look what happened. Y/N was raped. You were beaten. Michonne almost died. Daryl was captured." She pauses and takes a deep breath. "Archer was killed."

Glenn shakes his head. "You can't stop me."

Y/N stands now too. "This is a dumb move."

"What are we waiting for? If he's really on his way, we should be out of here by now." Hershel says.

Glenn sighs. "And go where?"

"We lived on the road all winter."

"Back when you had two legs and we didn't have a baby crying for walkers every four hours."

"We can't stay here." Hershel says.

"We can't run." Y/N says.

"We'll stay put. For now. We're gonna defend this place. Make a stand." Glenn says.

The others nod in agreement. Glenn points at Tyreese. "You. Come with me and Carl to the tombs. We need to figure out where that breach is."

Tyreese stands. "You got it." Carl stands too, adjusting his hat.

He assigns a few more positions and the group separates.
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"Y/N? A word?" Hershel stands at the front of Y/N's cell. She nods and he enters. She helps him sit down on the cot.

He sighs. "I'm sorry this happened to you."

She doesn't say anything.

"You're like a daughter to me. Maggie and Beth love you like a sister. I hate to see you like this." He says gently.

This time she looks up at him. "I tried so hard. I refused to tell him. I let him do things to me. It didn't matter anyways. I blurted it out. Archer died anyway. My brother. My mother. Maybe my father too. Everything was just gone in the blink of an eye."

He wraps an arm around her shoulder and holds her close. She sniffs. "Now Glenn is off doing whatever the hell he wants."

Hershel rubs her head. "He's angry. He doesn't know what to do. He couldn't stop it. It'll take him time."

She goes to say something when the cell block door creaks open. They're back.

She wipes her face and helps Hershel up. He hugs her tightly. "I love you, Y/N."

She fights the urge to cry at that. "I love you too, Hershel."

With that, she leaves her cell to find the group gathered in the main room. Michonne notices her face but doesn't say anything.

Glenn takes a seat. "The tombs outside the boiler room are overrun again."

Carol groans. "That whole section had been cleared."

Tyreese takes off his beanie. "It's a steady stream of walkers."

Hershel, who has now joined the group, speaks. "We're wasting time. The Governor is supposedly on the way and we're stuck in here with walkers."

"Trapped between a rock and a hard place." Carol says.

Glenn sighs. "For the last time, running is not an option."

"If the tombs have filled up again, it may just be a matter of time before they push in here." Carol says.

"Or until some fence gives way." Beth says.

Axel nods. "What if one of them herds is passing through? Can't handle that with just the few of us."

Glenn rubs his face angrily. "Okay. We just need to scout the far side of the prison. Find out what's going on."

Hershel look at him. "You're going out there?"

"Take a car and make it quick." Glenn says.

Axel picks up a gun and puts it in his waistband. "I'll drive."

Glenn shakes his head. "No. You stay here and help with fortifications. I'll take Y/N."

Michonne speaks. "You sure she's up for that?"

Y/N bites the inside of her cheek. She picks up Judith from her makeshift crib and walks out of the room.

She hears footsteps behind her and turns. It's Glenn.

"Y/N. You need to talk to me about it."

She furrows her brows. "I do? Or do you just need a reason to fly off the deep-end?"

He takes a step closer. "Y/N-"

"He made me strip. He pushed himself against me. He put his hands all over me. He slammed my head against a table." She pauses and he stops her.

"I'm so sorry."

She shrugs her shoulders. The headache is coming back. "It was either that, or he killed you. I just had to listen to Merle and Martinez beating you and Archer up. What could I do?"

He tries taking another step toward her but she backs away. "I'm fine." With that, she turns around and walks into a cell to quietly feed Judith her formula.
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