Brother's Keeper ¹ || The walking dead

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Riven hasn't been to Alexandria since the day he left with Calvin and Riley. It wasn't like he was avoiding Alexandria and everyone who lived in Alexandria, but there were so many horrible memories in Alexandria that Riven wanted to avoid those horrible memories.

Alexandria was supposed to be a safe place. Maybe it was for a few people, but not for Riven, for Riven, it felt like a death trap that was slowly enclosing in him, suffocating him, slowly killing him.

He pushed those feelings down as he saw Rosita and Eugene. He kinda felt a bit relieved to see Eugene, but that relief was replaced by grief when he remembered there was a missing member of that trio.

Abraham.

Riven missed him. He missed Glenn too, and that was another reason why he didn't want to be in Alexandria.

Alexandria was Abraham's and Glenn's home, and now they're dead because of the man standing in front of him because of Negan, who thinks everything left in the world was his.

"..hey, you alright?" Reagan's voice snapped Riven out of his thoughts, and Riven turned his head to look at him, nodding his head.

"Peachy." Riven mumbled in response before he resisted the urge to shove Negan away from him when Negan threw an arm over him, pulling him closer to him.

"Here he is! In the flesh, still alive, you see! Say hi, kid." Negan smirked at him, and Riven glared at him.

Reagan grabbed Riven's arm and pulled him away from his father, standing in between them, and he crossed his arms over his chest, "Leave him alone."

Negan simply chuckled, "Now, where's Rick!?" He walked further into Alexandria,

Reagan turned to face Riven, "Go on, you have a few hours to be with your people."

Riven didn't react, and Reagan waved his hand in front of Riven's face, but there was no reaction. He noticed the slight twitches of Riven's fingers moving a little by his side.

He must be having another absence seizure, and a second past before Riven blinked and turned to look at Reagan, "You said somethin'?"

Reagan shook his head, deciding it was best if Riven stayed close to him during their time in Alexandria. He didn't really trust anyone in Alexandria to look after Riven when he suddenly had a random seizure.

His seizures seemed more frequent now, and Reagan will have to ask London about it later, wondering what could be possible trigger for his seizures.

Riven narrowed his eyes at him, and Reagan smiled a little, his smile seeming rather innocent for someone who just killed his right hand an hour ago.

Riven hummed before turning away from him and heading towards Roista and Eugene, who stood a few feet away from them.

Rosita eyed Reagan as she crossed her arms over her chest, a glare on her face.

Reagan lifted his hand and waved at her in a taunting way, and he smirked at her.

He lowered his hand and innocently looked at Riven when Riven turned his head to look at him when he noticed Rosita's tense posture.

He chuckled to himself as Riven turned back to his people.

He leaned against his truck and crossed his arms over his chest.

"..you are limping." Eugene spoke as Riven stopped in front of him and Rosita,

"Yeah, blame him." Riven gestured behind him towards Reagan, and Eugene glanced at Reagan before looking at Riven,

"You have unique taste." Riven furrowed his eyebrows in confusion,

"What?" It took him a moment to realize what Eugene was implying, and his eyes widened,

"What? No! Eugene, he shot me in the fuckin' spine!" Riven told him, and Eugene cleared his throat, clearly embarrassed by his misunderstanding

"I deeply apologize for the misunderstanding, and well, I am in fact relieved to see that you are still alive." Eugene replied,

Rosita nodded her head in agreement, a small smile on her face, "Yeah, for a second there we thought you were dead,"

Rosita moved forward, pulling Riven into a tight hug, "Thank God you're alive."

She pulled back after a moment, smiling at him, "Judith's been asking for you."

Riven missed Judith, and he glanced towards the direction of the grimes house before looking at Rosita, who chuckled and gestured for him to go.

Riven smiled a little before he turned to head towards the Grimes house.

Reagan pushed himself away from the truck and quickly fell into step with Riven, ignoring the glares the people of Alexandria were throwing him.

"..are you gonna follow me aroun' all the time?" Riven questioned, briefly glancing at Reagan.

"Of course." Reagan replied with a small nod, and Riven then thought about what Eugene had implied a few mere moments ago, and he looked away from Reagan with a deep frown,

He didn't want to think about it. He didn't want to think about having that level of intimacy with the man who shot him. 

Riven let out a small sighed, shaking his head before he noticed Negan in Rick's house, and he headed towards the Grimes house, followed by Reagan.

Riven opened the door and heard crying, and he saw Olivia, the nice lady who snuck him chocolate when Carol wasn't looking. She was the one crying, and Riven glared at Negan,

Negan simply grinned at him, "she's just a little sensitive."

"Says the one who throws a tantrum over something so small." Reagan told him, his tone bitter, and Olivia walked out of the Grimes house.

Riven threw Negan another glare before he headed upstairs, using the railing as support.

Reagan followed him, ready to catch Riven in case he fell, but he didn't.

Riven walked into Judith's room and smiled as he saw her in her crib.

Judith started babbling, reaching her hands out towards Riven. It sounded like she was trying to say his name, but at the same time, it sounded all jumbled.

Riven chuckled and approached the crib, lifting Judith into his arms, "I missed you too,jude."

Reagan stood by the door, a small smile on his face as he watched Riven with Judith. Riven seemed good with kids, especially babies.

He leaned against the doorframe, watching Riven talk to judith, before Riven pointed towards him,

"You see him? That's Reagan but you can call him, Rea for short, if he gives you shit about it, just tell me.."

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1072 words

A slight boring chapter

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