The New World (Days Gone Fanfic)

What a wicked world

__Erins pov__

I awake to a dimly lit silent trailer, looking around I see no sign of Deacon. A small bit of panic sets in that only grows when light footsteps are heard from atop the trailer. "Deacon?" No answer. I make a move to get off the cot, forgetting about my healing injuries. My vision blurs and I collapse to the hard metal floor with an echoing thud. I yell out in pain as my head hits the floor and starts to rapidly pound. "Deacon!!" The once quiet footsteps atop the trailer are now heavy and rushed as someone or something is alerted by my cry.

The heavy trailer door swings open a moment later and in runs a concerned ridden Deacon, his face is shadowed by the dim lights, taking on a slight red glow. His eyebrows are knitted together with worry "Erin wh-" I cut him off and slap away his searching hands " where were you? Why did you leave me? Why does everyone always leave?" My cries are sudden and full of hurt. Why did he leave?

He closes his eyes and runs his hands over his tired face, a sliver of guilt creeps in at his exhausted state " I'm sorry, you've been out for a day and a half and I didn't think you'd wake up any time soon so I thought I should keep a lookout for anything dangerous. I didn't mean to leave you, I promise I won't." He slowly moves closer to my small frame and shifts his arms under me, gently lifting me. He moves us over to the cot and instead of just laying me down he sits us on the cot. He kicks off his boots and shrugs off his jacket before freeing an arm to take off his hat. Once he's in a more comfortable state he lays us both down, still holding me tight to his chest.

I think he has fallen asleep before he softly whispers into my hair "I'll never leave you" the heart felt words sound weird coming from him but he full heartedly means every word he says. He lets out a slow breath before moving his head closer to mine and planting a feather light kiss near the injury, being extra careful as to not touch the wounded area. "I won't leave you either, not unless you want me too."

He tightens his hold on me "I'll never want you too" a small sigh leaves my lungs and I close my eyes " that's what everyone else said, right before my father hung them" "when I find him he won't even have the chance to scream, I promise you. I will kill him." A tear slips down my cheek, he wasn't lying and I was actually grateful for it, the issue was actually having to go back to the man that plagues my sleeping mind. " I won't let anyone hurt you like that again. Not as long as you are by my side."

"Deacon?" He hums "thank you" his only response was a light kiss to the back of my neck. When he finally fell asleep the trailer was filled with the slight sound of soft snoring, knowing that he wouldn't hear me I whispered
" it'll forever be a mystery as to how fast you can fall for someone, and that's exactly what happened I fell for you Deacon St.John, I fell in love with you the moment I saw you." And with that I closed my eyes and focused on the rise and fall of his chest against my back and the warm breath brushing against my neck.

__Deacon pov__

I was the first to wake up the following morning, Erin was still fast asleep in my arms. luckily for her, her night terrors seem to be diming, I Don't know wither its because of her being far away from her father or just the feel of safety. There's not much to do as we can't move yet because of Erin's injuries and it just started pouring rain. If it's not the freaks it's the rain, when the roads get wet it makes it harder to drive especially if Erin's with me, so I decided that we could bother to use another day or two before we start out somewhere.

A few minutes pass and I've just been laying on the cot, with Erin next to me, I'm lost in thought when a hushed voice comes through the radio "Drifter, hello? is anyone on this channel?" shit, its O'Brian. about fucking time. I glance at Erin before slowly shifting out from behind her, I gently grab the radio before quietly moving to a different section of the trailer. "ya, yes. O'Brian?" the hushed voice sounds again "drifter, I found something more on that woman you asked me to look into"