Imagines / one shots for TWD

6- Rick Grimes

"Rick It's fine , you go find Lori , I will give Carl the blood he needs. Now go quick," I say to Rick in an urgent voice. Carl has just been shot by a man which I now know is called Ottis. Bless the poor man didn't mean to shoot him, the bullet perforated through the deer's body and went straght into Carl.

Me and Rick have the same blood type and Carl, and while he did offer to donate his first I made told his i would do it, so he could get Lori. However much I don't like her and however much her and Rick have been arguing doesn't matter, she's still Carl's mother and it would be unfair and wrong to not get her as quickly as possible.

Rick looks at me with uncertainty , not knowing wether to go get Lori and leave me here alone with Carl in a sranger's house. "Listen to me Rick, Carl will be okay just go , go get her," I say to him pushing him out of the door.

"y/n," he calls out as I'm about to close the door " yes?" I say back. "stay safe," he says looking at me with his blue eyes, " you too Rick" I say as he's leaving.

I turn back towards Hershal as he motions me forwards onto a chair next to Carl. As I sit down I realize that I'm wearing a tight long sleeve shirt, which means I will have to take it off in order to Hershel to place the needle in my arm ready for the transfusion.

It's been half an hour and Hershal is now stiching Carl up, I'm still giving him blood . I'm starting to feel a little fuzzy but I have to give Carl what he needs I can not have him dying, I've grown to care for him like my own son, and I dont care if thats wrong to say, it is true.

Hershal nods at me in acknowlegement and then proceeds to leave the room. Not five minutes later does Rick and Lori enter the room. Well at least I think it's them, to room has become fuzzy all of a sudden, my eyes focusing and then going out of focus. I try blink away the feeling, now is not the time.

Rick shoots me a small glance before turning back to Carl. Him and Lori are both by Carl's side except that Rick is on the side of the bed where the chair that I'm sat in is placed. All of a sudden I become extremelly concious of the fact I am sitting here in my bra, but I have to remind myself that it's for Carl, which seems to do the trick.

The atmosphere feels very tense but also very intimate. I decide I should leave them for a while, so it remove the tube that attached to the needle and get up.

"How about you put a shirt on," Lori spits at me. " Excuse me?" I ask taken back by her comment. "you heard me, you look like a whore with your tits out in front of my husband," she says in this bitchy tone which I really really dislike. "Not sure who you're calling a whore when you're the one fucking your husbands best friend" I retaliate back.

Rick is now stood up looking at Lori with a shocked face, "is that true?" he asks her, and all she could do was look down at her feet, how pathetic.

of course though that couldn't end there since she carries on with her attack towards me "get out bitch" , " firstly dont call me a fucking bitch when I'm the one that's kept your son from dying of blood loss and secondly-" I don't manage to finish the sentence when I feel everything go fuzzy, the adrenaline in me quickly wearing out, my body gives in and my mind goes black but not before feeling a pair of muscly arms catch me and lift me in his arms, immediatly recognising the person as Rick I pass out with his scent embracing me.

Rick's POV:

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

I was so preocupied with Carl that I didn't see y/n wasn't well. I can't believe I have neglected her like that. I love my son , he is the most important thing in my life, and him getting shot just made my brain go all funny for some reason that I didn't even realise y/n had given too much blood and she didn't have enough left for herself . I mean and when Lori lashed out at y/n I was caught off guard , I don't know where it came from. I mean sure me and her haven't been getting along the best lately and I can't lie and say that I still feel for her as my wife, because I don't feel like that towards her. I feel like that towards Y/n, and yet when I found out that Lori cheated on me with Shane , I was so pissed off. No matter how I feel towards Y/n I have not made a move yet because of Lori, because I respected her as a person, even though I didn't love her anymore, she is still the mother of my child and that will never change.

I carry y/n to Hershal who takes us to another spare bedroom, he transfusses some of my blood to her and proceeds to tell me we just have to wait for her to rest and wake up.

For goodness sake I'm not sure if I can handle her not being well, she's been my rock. When I first got out of the hospital and I found her scavenging throuhg my house, I definetly didn't think that in two months time I would grow to cherish her so much.

I take her hand in mine and press a kiss to the back of her palm, "cmon, open your eyes pretty girl," I say to her softly as if her gorgeous eyes would just open on demand. I stay with her for a couple of hours beofre deciding to go check on carl. Sadly he hasn't woken up either. I might just loose my mind of they don't wake up anytime soon.

I decide that I couldn't waste another moment , when she wakes up I will confess to her every feeling and emotion that has piled up inside of me. But firstly, that means I will have to talk to Lori.

I find Lori in the kitchen grabbing a glass of water for Carl. "Lori, we gotta talk," I say before continuing "I can't do this anymore" .

"What do you mean Rick?" she asks as she tries to get closer to me, but I don't let her. "I mean that me and you just aren't working out anymore." I say trying not to hurt her feelings. "Oh so let me guess your going to leave me for that skank!" she says all of a sudden. "Y/n is not a skank, she is amazing. She has been there for me in more ways than you ever have, she has taken care of this group, she has taken care of Carl, I love her not you, please accept that , for the benefit of the group." I say back to Lori trying to keep my voice as level toned as possible, when I hear a small gasp come from behind me.

Y/n POV:

I groan as I open my eyes and look around the room, only to realize that I am no longer sitting on the chair next to Carl's bed but in a completely different room. I get up in search of anyone really.

When all of a sudden I hear voices coming from the kitchen, which I recognise as being Rick and Lori.

Hearing Rick's confession takes me off guard, I didn't realise that he felt this way about me. I mean sure I would notice the small glances he always me, the winks, the emotions which radiated off of him when I hugged him. But I didn't think anything of them, I just kinda brushed them off since I knew he was married to Lori and wouldn't want to be a homewrecker. I audibly gasped which drew both of their attention towards me. shit.

"Y/n, what are you doing , you shouldn't be out of bed" he says as he comes towards me walking with purpose but instead of stopping next to me he scoops me up in his arms lifting me of the ground. I hear a scoff from behind and then footsteps indication that Lori had left the room.

"Rick , put me down what are you doing?" I ask him. "taking you back to bed" he replies shortly as he carries me with ease back to the room which I woke up in.

"Rick?" I ask to get him attention. He turns to look at me expectantly waiting for me to continue. " Did you really mean what you said to Lori?" I ask looking at him. He places us down on the bed, with me still in his lap I move to straddle his waist. He places his arms around me, moving his large hands soothingly up and down my back.

"every bit." he says with certainty , his intense blue eyes looking right into mine. "I love you Y/n and I want to be with you." he continues. "Rick, I love you too" I say with a smile on my face as a small smirk was now on his face. We seal our confession off with a kiss. Gently and passionate. But in a way also needy. Needy for each others love, that's what we were.

"cmon, you need to rest love" he says to me with slight concern lacing his voice. I try to convince him that I was fine, but of course he wasn't having any of it. He layed us both down , making sure I got some rest before even letting me go up to go to the bathroom. With Rick's arms safely around me sleep quickly overcame me.