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He's out of his head, I'm out of my mind
We got that love, the crazy kind
I am his, and he is mine
In the end, it's him and I
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The car ride back to the prison is absolutely silent.
Rick drives. Elaina sits in the passenger seat.
Glenn and Maggie sit next to Michonne in the backseat.
Rick agreed to let Hershel patch her up.
The group makes it back to the prison and Carol and Carl open the gate for them.
Rick gets out and tells Maggie to drive the car up. Elaina gets out too and both quickly pull Carl into a hug.
They pull away. "Where's Hershel?" Rick asks.
"In the cell block."
Carol, who peeked into the car window before Maggie drove it up, speaks. "Where's Daryl?"
Elaina gently sets her hand on Carol's shoulder. "He's alive. We ran into Merle."
Rick lowers his head. "They went off."
"He left?" Carol asks.
Elaina nods.
"And Oscar?" Carl asks.
"No." Rick says.
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Rick and Elaina enter the cell block to find four new people sitting at the tables.
A black man with a beanie, a black woman who looks related to him, a white man with a beard and a younger white man, presumably his son.
Rick walks right past them, into the section with the cells. Elaina eyes them as she walks by.
They enter the room, and Beth immediately walks over with Judith in her hands.
Rick picks her up and cradles her gently.
Carol and Beth talk quietly on the perch.
Glenn gets tended to by Hershel.
Michonne is locked into a cell for 'precaution'. She falls asleep nearly instantly.
They spend some time recuperating from the events at Woodbury.
Rick nods at Elaina, deciding now is a good time to speak with the people in the other room.
He hands Judith to her before entering the room. She follows behind.
The entire rest of the group is right behind them.
The man with the beanie stands and holds out his hand to Rick. "I'm Tyreese."
Rick doesn't respond.
Hershel points his crutch at the other three. "Sasha, Allen, Ben."
Elaina nods at each of them, bouncing Judith gently.
Rick scratches his chin. "How'd you get in?"
"Fire damage to the administrative part of the prison. Wall's down."
Rick cocks his head. "That side is overrun with walkers. How'd you get this far?"
Tyreese shakes his head sadly. "We didn't. We lost our friend Donna."
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Sheriff's Lover ||| Rick Grimes
Fanfiction"Are you trying to get me drunk, officer?" "What if I am?" Thirty-two-year-old office worker, Elaina Heart was all alone on the streets of Atlanta when a man in a sheriff's uniform trots down the road on a horse. She decides to join him on his miss...
