Sheriff's Lover ||| Rick Grimes x Reader (TWD x Reader)

Chapter 52) Cabin

Y/N glances at the door.

Through the wooden planks, she can see the walkers all around.

Suddenly Rick whistles softly and everyone turns to look at him.

He nods his head towards a bed in the corner of the cabin.

There's a comforter crumbled up on top.

Just vaguely, it looks like something is underneath.

Rick sneaks forward, Daryl close behind.

Rick slowly reaches his hand for the comforter, ripping it off to reveal an elderly man.

He's alive.

He jumps out of bed as Rick backs away. "Who the hell are you?" The man shouts. In his hands, is a rifle.

"We don't mean any harm." Rick says holding his arms out.

Y/N grips her sword tightly.

Michonne rests her own hand on the handle of her sword but hasn't pulled it out just yet.

The man looks at all of them frantically. "Get out of my house!"

"Okay, okay, okay." Rick says. "We will, but we can't right now." His voice is quiet.

"Now!" The man's voice echos across the walls. The walkers outside bang louder now.

"Shut him up." Michonne whispers.

"Get out right now!"

"There are walkers outside." Rick says.

The man looks around again. "I'll call the cops!"

Y/N curses under her breath. This man has no idea what is happening.

"I am a cop." Rick replies. "Now, I need you to lower your gun. Don't do anything rash."

Rick sets down his own weapon and flashlight leaving his hands empty. "Everything's fine. Let's take this nice and slow, okay?"

Suddenly the man cocks his rifle, aiming it at Ricks face. Y/N inhales sharply.

"Show me your badge." The man demands.

Rick nods. "Alright. It's in my pocket. It's in my pocket. Now i'm just gonna reach down, nice and slow."

That's when Rick makes a frantic move for the barrel of the rifle. He shoves it away from his face, a bullet flying into the wall near Daryl's head.

Rick grabs the man in a chokehold, telling him to shut up as the man repeatedly screams to let him go.

The man breaks free and rushes for the front door to the cabin, still screaming.

Rick tells him not to open the door but he reaches for the handle anyway.

Then, Y/N thrusts her sword into his chest, killing him instantly. His body collapses to the floor.

She stares down at him for a minute, letting out a shaky breath.

Rick walks up to her, resting his hand on her shoulder, comforting her. He nods at her to let her know that she did the right thing.

Daryl peeks out of the crack in the door and turns to look at the others. "Remember the Alamo?"

"Help me with the door." Rick says.

Oscar shakes his head. "You've got to be kidding."

"He's dead. Check the back." Rick tells him.

Daryl and Rick hoist the body up with Michonne as Y/N grips the door handle.

Oscar looks out the back and then back at the group. "It's clear."

Rick counts down and Y/N opens the door as the other three shove the body out into the group of walkers.

Daryl shuts the door and the five exit out the back door, into the woods.
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It's nightfall once they reach the outskirts of the town known as Woodbury.

The walls are high. On top, are guards.

Michonne suddenly sneaks away. Y/N tries whispering for her but she keeps going.

Rick sighs. "Okay, we need to downsize."

Daryl huffs. "Ain't no way we're gonna check in all them buildings. Not with all them guards there."

Suddenly a twig snaps and all four whip around, weapons raised. Y/N lowers hers the second she sees Michonne.

She has a finger over her lips. She motions to follow them.

They do, following her as she manages to get them inside the walls.

They enter a small dark building.

"This is where you were held?" Rick asks.

"I was questioned."

"Any idea where else they could be?"

Daryl peeks out a curtain and sees people casually walking down the streets. "I thought you said there was a curfew."

"The street is packed during the day. Those are stragglers."

"If anyone comes in here, we're sitting ducks. We gotta move." Rick says.

"They could be in his apartment." Michonne says.

"Yeah? What if they ain't?" Daryl asks.

"Then we'll look somewhere else." She responds.

"You said you could help us." Rick says.

Y/N rolls her eyes glancing at all three men. "She's doing what she can."

Rick pulls his people aside. "If this goes south, we're cutting her loose."

Oscar looks at him. "You think she's leading us into a trap?"

"Right now it's the blind leading the blind." Daryl says.

Y/N runs a hand through her hair. "Give her a chance."

Suddenly there's a knock on the door to the building. Keys are heard in the door before it opens slowly.

A man enters, shutting the door before speaking. "I know you're in here. I saw you moving from outside."

There's silence before he starts walking around. "Alright now, you're not supposed to be in here and you know it."

He walks into another room. "Who's in here?"

Suddenly Rick pops up, shoving the man against a wall, holding a gun in his face. "Shut up. Get on your knees. Hands behind your back."

He nods at Daryl. "Zip tie him."

He looks back at the man. "Where are our people?"

"I don't know. I don't know."

Rick grabs him by the shirt collar. "You are holding some of our people. Where the hell are they?"

"I don't know."

Rick holds a cloth in his hand. "Open your mouth." He pushes the cloth inside.

Then Daryl smacks his gun against the back of his head, knocking him out.

Suddenly, from a few buildings over, machine gunfire rings out.

People shout. People grab weapons and run towards the wall. Some run towards the noise.

Rick opens the door to the outside, slowly. "That way." He says.
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