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

We Meet Again

A couple of days had passed since my last run. I'd had a couple of days at The Sanctuary which gave me an opportunity to chill out a bit and recover from the last few weeks. 

"Simon" I heard Negan yell across the courtyard. I rolled my eyes and headed over to him. 

"Boss" I greeted 

"You're heading out to patrol the settlements" he told me, at least I'd had a couple of days off I suppose. 

"Patrol?" I asked

"Yeah make sure theres no funny business going on with the living and check there's no herd headed their way" he explained "can't have out meal tickets being wiped out by the freaks now can we"

"Sure thing Boss" I told him "You want me to go now?"

"I want you to go 10 minutes ago" he chuckled, I nodded and quickly began rounding up my men. 

"What are you doing?" Negan asked

"Rounding up the men" I told him, confused.

"If I wanted you to take a crew I would have told you to take a god damn crew" he exclaimed

"You want me to go alone?" I asked shocked

"Sorry Simon do you need someone to hold your hand?!" he laughed

"Not Sir" I blushed "you've just never sent me out alone before"

"We haven't got the men to spare today" he told me "and you shouldn't run into any trouble, if you do just radio an outpost"

I nodded and headed to my truck...alone.

I actually quite enjoyed the drive on my own. It was rare that I was ever alone anymore. I kinda liked the fact he trusted me to go out alone. And there was no doubt in my mind which settlement I would be heading to last, gave me something to look forward to once the others were done. Although I wouldn't be going in to any of the settlements, I hoped I might catch a glimpse of her. Her face may as well have been burned into the back of my eyelids, it was all I saw every time I closed them. 

It was getting late by the time I got to Hilltop but as luck would have it, it must have been her shift on the gates. 

She had a rifle slung over her shoulder as she sat on top of the watch tower, legs crossed with a book, I couldn't help but smile at the sight of her. I didn't know what she was reading but it must have been good because she didn't seem to notice my truck approach. Or notice when I climbed out and leant against the door.

"what you reading sweetheart anything good?" I called up, she looked startled but quickly regained her composure as she glanced down, I couldn't put my finger on the look that spread over her face when she realised it was me. We made eye contact for a split second before she turned her attention back to her book, choosing to ignore me. I chuckled at her clear ignorance....god she was sexy.

"you know making me mad really isn't your best idea" I called, desperate for her attention "and ignoring me, well that might just push me in the direction of mad" my voice rose in volume as I spoke, but I wasn't sure she could ever make me mad, not really. She smirked behind her book, probably thinking I couldn't see  and sighed loud enough for me to hear, folding the corner of her book she placed it on the roof next to her.

"you say something?" she called back, she was playing me well, her attitude was something else, it made me want her even more.

"you know darling you're really testing my patience with all this disrespect" I scolded, I wasn't lying, anyone else and I would have lost my shit by now. I should have been losing my shit with her, but I couldn't.

"Respect is earned" she fired back "and you are far from earning any kind of respect from me"

"Maybe I should work on that" I scoffed sarcastically

"What do you want anyway?" she asked, the corner of my mouth rose into a smirk in response,

"now there's a question" I laughed, thinking out loud "but I'll keep it professional, I was just doing the rounds, making sure there are no threats to your little community here, keeping you safe" she climbed down off the roof as I was talking and was now in the watch tower, elbows resting on the top of the fence looking down at me.

"You know I will sleep so much better knowing that Ken is looking out for us" she smiled, referencing a plastic doll yet again. I wasn't impressed that I had been demoted from action man to a poncy ken doll.

"you stay snug in your dream house and let the big boys do the work darling" I sneered back at her, she'd got to me. I opened the car door annoyed. 

"Vampires" she shouted, my expression changed into one of confusion "the book" she continued "its about vampires", I bit my lip as I looked up at her, a glint in my eye that reflected the feels she was giving me.

"Listen sugar you don't need to read that shit, if you want someone to visit your room in the middle of the night and nibble on your neck, all you had to do was ask" I smirked, and god would I love to sneak into her room at night.

"Go to hell" she shouted back defensively, but there was a level of uncertainty in her voice.

"only if you're there" I replied grinning, just as I was about to get back in my truck she shouted my name, I stopped, one foot in the truck and glanced back up at her as she flipped me the middle finger.

"bite me" I shot back winking as I ducked into my truck. Leaving before I got myself into any kind of trouble, and kicking myself for giving her any inkling as to what I was feeling. I couldn't deny it though, there was something in me that burned for her. I knew I couldn't act on it, Negan would not be pleased, especially if he saw her, I knew for a fact he would want her for himself, so I needed to try my damndest to keep him away from Hilltop, to keep him away from her. Even if I gave into the lust that had taken over me, she would never want me. We had taken supplies from her and her people, she despised me.

I headed back to the Sanctuary with a mess of emotions running through me.

I needed to snap out of this. If I wasn't careful, this little lady was going to unearth a side of me I had buried a long time ago. I couldn't let her or any of the Hilltop residents see that I had a soft side, a human side. I was Simon the Saviour, that's who I needed to be to survive.

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Ok so I'm really getting into writing this from his POV now.

I hope you guys love it, but at this point, I'm writing for my own enjoyment :)

lots of love xx