Sleeping With The Enemy - Simon's POV (TWD Simon fanfic)

Unsettled

I drove away from a settlement, for the first time in a long time, with a smile on my face. I was going to enjoy visiting Hilltop while that little pocket rocket was there. 

"How did it go?" Negan asked as I got out of my truck at The Sanctuary. 

"They're on board" I told him "did you really think I would take no for an answer?"

"Hell no" he laughed "But it's always better if they cooperate"

"I didn't have to use any scare tactics" I told him

"That's what we like to hear" he grinned, slapping my back affectionately. I smiled back and headed inside. 

I made my way to our shower block to freshen up, I couldn't get that girl out of my head, I couldn't remember the last time I'd been so attracted to someone. Damn I wasn't sure I ever had. I needed a cold shower to calm down, it wasn't like I wasn't getting any, but she had me all kinds of worked up. I was going to need some company tonight.

I met Negan in the dining hall for our evening meal. 

"I need you to do a run in the morning" he asked as his wives placed our food in front of us. I caught Sherrie's eye and winked. She knew what that meant, a knowing grin on her face as she took her seat.

"I just got back" I groaned, tearing my eyes from his wife. "Can't someone else do it?"

"You'll do what I damn tell you too" he snapped, voice raising slightly, gaining the attention of the tables nearest us "understood?" 

I nodded, he was my best friend, which made it easy to forget how brutal and terrifying he could be. Hell, I wasn't exactly a pussy cat myself. But when he gave an order he was Negan The Saviour, not Negan my friend.

"I've been wanting to scout an area we haven't really touched yet anyway" I told him "I'll head out with my men first thing"

"That's more like it" he grinned, smug that I had submitted so easily.

He wouldn't be so smug if he knew I would be screwing his favourite wife later. She wasn't even that good in the sack, it just made me feel a little better knowing I could have his favourite whenever I wanted, she preferred me, that secret made taking his orders a little easier to swallow.

The next morning I woke up and groaned, I just wanted a day of easy duties like patrolling The Sanctuary, I had been on the road all week. 

Never the less I sucked it up and rounded up my men to head out on a run. I had spotted some industrial units surrounded by woods a few weeks back when he were looking for settlements. That was where I was heading. 

I pulled up outside the industrial park. It looked untouched which meant we could have hit the jackpot with this one. I jumped out of the truck and my men gathered round. This was the main benefit of being on the road without Negan. I was the boss man out here. It felt good to have that kind of power. They did whatever I asked, no questions. I could tell them I was going to screw their wives and they'd stand and watch.....and I had. Me and Negan were cut from the same cloth. The apocalypse had given us the power play we craved and we exploited it. 

I glanced around as my men gathered round, an uneasy feeling that we were being watched. I couldn't see anyone in the trees, I must have been imagining it.

"Right boys turn this place upside down" I yelled "Negan will not be impressed if we come back from a run empty handed" The men jumped into action and ran to the front of the first unit, one of them opened the door and whistled, 2 walkers stumbled out of the door attracted to the noise, it was our signature trick to smoke out any of the dead.....or living. One of my men skilfully knifed each one of the un-dead through the temple and they fell to the floor. After that 2 of them made their way into the unit while the other 2 moved onto the next. 

After a few minutes they started carrying supplies from the units, I was right, we had hit the jackpot. This was just a normal day at the office for them, they were good at looting, knew exactly what to look for and where to look. I just took all the credit when we unloaded back home.

 I stood against my truck and watched. I didn't get my hands dirty unless I needed to on there kind of runs. I let my men deal with the dead and I handled the living. The sun was out and I was enjoying getting an opportunity to take in the rays for once. You didn't get skin as good as mine without some serious tanning. 

As soon as the men had finished ransacking the last unit, we got back in the truck and headed back home. We passed the turn off to the road that lead to Hilltop and I found my mind drifting once again to the little lady I had met the day before. I'd picture her while I was screwing Sherrie that night. The poor girl had no idea I used her to feel as if I had power over Negan...and now I was wishing she was someone else. I should probably stop. 

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Hey guys, 

Thank you for those of you who voted or commented on the first chapter. This one was  a little more difficult to write as the original focused on Y/N so I had to come up with a lot of new material. I think there's going to be a few like that though. 

Not sure if I'm making Simon or Negan seem too soft? I'm trying to get the badass persona's they put on but then the very human ones that we discovered further into Sleeping with the Enemy 1.0.

Please give me some idea of what you think :)

lots of love xx