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

Damsel

I'm not sure how long I'd been running, but somehow I'd managed to make a good distance between us and them. I slowed to a jog as I reached the tree line. I'd ran in a completely different direction to my truck, again, I hadn't been thinking straight. But by pure luck we'd emerged next to a small village and would be able to find shelter.

I found a small house that was empty and seemed pretty secure, heading upstairs to be sure.

The room at the front held an armchair and a small mattress on the floor, I lay her there.

Now that we were out of danger, I had a moment to admire the girl in front of me.

She was wearing jeans that had several holes in them, I wasn't sure whether that was as a result of the evenings events or if they were already there. She wore a tight black cropped, v neck, short sleeved top with a collar, it clung to her figure and desire surged through me. I quickly averted my gaze, upwards. Her wavy blonde hair pulled up into a bun, it was messy, again I don't know if it was styled that way or as a result of running for her life, her fringe hung loose and I tucked it behind her ear.

I found a blanket in another room and threw it over her.

If Negan ever found out what I had risked to rescue her, or that I put her life before my job and my orders....he would lose his shit.

Lucky for me, he didn't need to know. 

I settled in the armchair across the room from her and must have drifted off to sleep, because I was woken by the sun shining in through the boards that covered the small window in the corner. I stood to get a look outside, making sure the herd hadn't got this far.

Y/N began to Sir too, she seemed to wince in pain as she stretched, obviously disoriented as she took in her surroundings.

"little darling you're a long way from home" I chuckled,

"Simon?" she managed to whisper 

"The one and only" I chuckled and she smiled. Man that smile melted my heart. With a struggle she managed to sit up, using the wall behind her for support. She glanced around the room, taking in our surroundings before her eyes landed on me. I couldn't handle the way she was looking at me, her eyes drank me in, I never expected her to look at me like that, never expected to see the desire I felt evident in her beautiful orbs. I'd taken off my shirt and belt and the way she looked at me made me feel naked. 

"what happened?" I turned my gaze from the window and locked eyes with hers, making her catch her breath.

"Well sweetheart you tried to take on a whole herd of walkers on your own and almost burned yourself out, I was in the area doing my rounds, had seen the herd heading into the woods and followed to make sure they weren't causing a threat to anyone under my protection, not for one second did I expect to find bad ass barbie wandering on her own in the middle of the god damn night" I exclaimed "I was impressed don't get me wrong you took a fair few out yourself, but you were exhausted and I got to you just in time as you passed out and I opened fire on the rest" she fiddled with a hole in her jeans as she listened.

"where are we now?" she asked "why didn't you take me home?" I crouched down in front of her, tucking a stray hair that had escaped her bun behind her ear and smirked,

"you were already a good few miles from home, my truck was at least another 2 miles away and I had to carry you, I thought the smartest thing was to reach the nearest road out of the wood and take shelter for the night so I didn't have to carry you all the way to my truck" I explained

"You carried me?" she asked blushing, I chuckled at her embarrassment,

"oh yeah you were out cold and I couldn't just leave my damsel in distress alone in the woods" I cooed, causing her to blush even more and turn her face away from me. "so here we are in this run down little love shack"

"love shack" she scoffed giggling, I grabbed her chin and turned her face to look at me,

"don't you try and deny you wish you were fully alert last night so you could make the most of a night with me" I teased licking my lip, scared that I had read this wrong and she really was laughing at the idea of it being a love shack.

"I don't" she whispered looking from my mouth to me eyes, I raised an eyebrow challenging her because I knew I wasn't imagining this, "because if I was alert you would have taken me home" she confessed blushing . I ran my thumb along her bottom lip, both of us breathing heavily. What the hell am I doing! I thought, letting go. I stood up, and she sighed resting her head against the wall. As much as I hated the fact she seemed disappointed, I could not do this. There was no way this would ever end well. Plus I barely knew her, I couldn't be feeling this strong of a connection so soon, I was imagining it. I had to be. 

"You hungry?" she asked breaking the silence, I grunted in response as she opened her back pack and pulled out a packet of beef jerky, waving it at me. I chuckled slightly and sighed as I walked over and slumped down onto the mattress next to her. She opened the packet and handed me one, holding my gaze for a few seconds longer before letting go. I smirked and bit into the chewy meat, she did the same.

"We should probably go soon" I said between mouthfuls "the suns almost up and I'm sure people will be missing you" She twisted the top of the packet of food and returned it to her backpack.

"they wont worry" she replied "it wouldn't be the first time I took off" I raised my eyebrow in response but she didn't elaborate.

"what about you?" she asked as I stood up and walked over to get my shirt "I'm sure your people are worried" I chuckled,

"noone misses me" I sighed "The boss might when he needs a job doing, but that's about it"

"I thought you were the boss?" she asked, I smirked glancing over at her as I buttoned up my shirt.

"No darling I'm second in command, just a pussy cat compared to Negan" I explained fiddling with my last button and struggling slightly, "fuck" I sighed giving up and leaving it undone. she giggled and stood up. 

"Here let me" she offered walking over and reaching out for my shirt, I hesitated but stepped closer, allowing her to fasten the button, she took longer than she needed to and left her hand on my chest afterwards, gazing up at me, I didn't know what to do with her so close. I glanced down and blushed averting my gaze and placing my hand over hers, I had a damn good view of her cleavage from this angle and it killed me. She sighed and stepped away, I held her hand for a second, running my thumb over her soft skin, not wanting to let her go, before turning away. I pulled on my belt and turned back to face her.

"Ready?" I asked as I picked up her backpack and slung it over my shoulder.

"I suppose" she sighed and we headed out.

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