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

Walk of Shame

We hadn't even reached the end of the road before she had to rest, walking had made us realise her ankle was incredibly weak, probably from all the running or the way she fell the night before, it was going to take a lot longer to walk the distance to my truck than we had anticipated. Great. More time alone with her. I needed to get her home, she was seeing a side of me I had tried to keep buried.

"Jesus Christ little darling am I gonna have to carry you after all?" I chuckled after she made me stop for the third time. She just glared at me,

"Don't even think about it" she warned, I grinned,

"You couldn't stop me if I wanted to" I teased

"No but I could scream loud enough for that herd to hear" she fired back

"Oh and that would be real fucking smart sweetheart" I groaned, why did she have to be a dick about her. I swear her attitude drove me insane.....but it was also ridiculously sexy.

We set of walking again, banter flowing between the pair of us as she followed in the direction of my truck. To our right a couple of walkers stumbled out of the trees, she grabbed my arm and pulled me into the shelter of the woods on the opposite side of the road. I allowed her to pull me although if I wanted to resist I could have, I was surprised by her intent to protect me. I glanced down at our hands, she was still clutching mine,

"you know if you wanted to hold hands you could have just asked" I whispered, mouth dangerously close to her ear that it sent tingles down her body.

"Get over yourself" she scoffed and pulled her hand from mine.

"I'd rather get over you" I replied swinging her around and pinning her to the tree, "or under" I couldn't breath, I felt her catch her breath with my body so close to hers, my breath in her face, eyes locked onto hers, the fire burning in them mirrored my own. She bit your lip in anticipation and I let out a groan, bringing me back to my sesnes, I had her right where I wanted her.

"maybe we shouldn't have left that room" she whimpered, her words affected me, but I had to stop this before it went too far. But I could tease her first

"Oh darling" I smirked lowering my head so my lips were brushing her skin slightly causing her to whimper "I don't put out on the first date" and with that I turned and walked back to the now walker free road, leaving her to catch her breath and give me chance to calm myself down, I would have taken her right against that tree if it weren't for all the reasons I shouldn't.

"How far away is your truck" she groaned when she caught me up, I slowed my pace knowing she was still struggling with her ankle,

"about another mile" I replied straight faced as if I hadn't just had her totally exposed. "you gonna be okay?" I asked, genuinely concerned.

"like you care" she snapped,

"you really want to go there lady?" I asked in a warning tone, she just put her head down in response

We walked in silence for the next half a mile, it wasn't uncomfortable silence, but there was definitely an underlying tension that we were struggling with.

"You gonna sulk the whole way?" I asked breaking the silence and stopping in my tracks,

"I'm not sulking" she pouted

"whatever you say darling" I smirked

"Can't blame you for wanting a piece of me" I teased, because damn I wanted a big piece of her.

"I think I preferred the silence" she replied blushing, I swung my arm around her shoulders and squeezed slightly

"Almost there" I said, I should have been glad, but even with the inner battle I was having, I was enjoying her cocky ass company.

"thank you" she said as my truck was in sight, I looked at her confused "I never thanked you for looking out for me"

"You're under my protection sweetheart, its my job to look after you" I replied, as if that was the only reason.

"right" she laughed "action men"

"bite me" I smirked

"don't tempt me" she whispered as we reached the truck, I raised an eyebrow, surprised by her response and also slightly turned on. I walked with her to the passenger door, threw her backpack into the foot well and opened the door for her, but as she was about to walk round the door I slammed it shut and pinned her to the truck, my orimal instincts taking hold. My eyes desperately searching her face for a reaction, still scared I was imagining the mutual attraction, she bit her lip and gazed into them, daring to reach up and cup my cheek, I closed my eyes at the feel of her soft skin on mine and when I opened them again, I was sure the desire i saw in hers were just a mirror image of mine. It seemed as if she was going to say something but sge never spoke. Only wrapped her arms around my neck,  face millimetres from mine, i coukd feel her breath on my face as i rested my hands on her hips. Nudging her nose with my own.

"get in the car" I sighed, before I did something stupid. She bit her lip again, it turned me on something rotten when dhe dud that. I opened the door and slapped her arse as she climbed in. She squealed at the impact, earning a griwl from me.

I climbed into the car and smirked at her as I started up the engine, she sighed again, echoing my frustration as I began to drive.

I rolled the windows down and headed in the direction of Hilltop, I placed my hand on her thigh and squeezed, I don't know what came over me, it just felt natural. I needed to tiuch her, to feel her...and she fit so well in my hand.

Just as we were approaching hilltop I removed my hand from her thigh, reality hitting hard. We had been in a bubble since this morning, the reality was that I worked for a dictator and she was part of a group that must obey. Developing something between us would complicate that, there would be too many grey areas and that wouldnt be sade for either of us. Plus she didnt know the real me, I could be cold and cruel and I enjoyed it, she would never accept that.

I pulled up just before the turn off that lead to the gates,  not wanting Hilltop to know I was there.

"Well then darling here we are" I said smiling.
"Yep here we are" she sighed
"Hey" I said grabbing her hand just before she got out, she turned to look at me and I smirked "try not to miss me too much"
She smiled and climbed out slamming the door shut behind her as she headed towards the gates of the place she called home. I watched until she disappeared from view, waiting for her to glance back. She never did.

I finished off the route I should have done the night before, coming up euth a good excuse as to why I was going to be half a day late getting back to The Sanctuary.

Did people still get flat tyres in the apocalypse?

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