Brother's Keeper ¹ || The walking dead

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Riven wandered down the hallway of one of the many floors of the sanctuary with Mercury and Oreo. Mercury was a bit fussy, and Riven thought she just needed a nap, so he was trying to put her to sleep by walking around.

He didn't want to walk back and forth, so he just wandered around the sanctuary, avoiding as much saviors as he could so they wouldn't disturb Mercury, who was slowly closing her eyes.

He didn't know where Reagan was, he hasn't seen him seen yesterday, but he wasn't worried, Reagan could handle himself.

As he was walking, a familiar, annoying whistle rang out, and he held Mercury closer as she let out a small noise, "Shh, It's okay."

The whistling got closer before it stopped, "Riven! Just the guy I wanted to see."

Riven lifted his head, glaring in front of him where Negan stood by the end of the hallway, "Do you mind keeping your voice down? She just fell asleep."

Negan approached him, "Oops, my bad. Cute kid, you're gonna need a babysitter if you don't have one already."

"Why?" Riven questioned, and Negan chuckled,

"What is it with everyone questioning me?" Negan asked, and Riven scoffed,

"You're a sketchy guy who bashes people's heads in with a baseball bat. I'd fear something must be wrong if nobody questions you," Riven looked at Negan up and down before his eyes met his, "or judges you."

Negan forced out a small laugh with a tight smile, "You are hilarious, kid. I have wives that would gladly babysit your kid for you."

Riven shook his head, "No way. Your wives ain't touching her. There's only two people i trust Mer with."

"And that is?" Negan questioned, urging Riven to continue,

"London.."

"He's busy dealing with the saviors your people injured." Negan interrupted him, and Riven glared at him,

"Daryl."

Negan hummed, nodding his head, "Your brother isn't so busy. He's just locked in his cell.."

"I don't want a baby in a cell, I want my brother out. You have this weird thing..um points or whatever, right?" Riven asked, and Negan nodded,

"Yes, but your brother would never admit that he's Negan.."

"Who cares? Nobody wants to be a middle-aged man with a leather jacket. Whatever you're doing to my brother, our old man already did it, look, this kid is my responsibility, and I'm not gonna leave her with people I don't trust, and i trust Daryl." Riven told Negan, trying to convince him to let Daryl out of his cell.

"..someone should teach you some manners, but I'll make this deal if you do everything, and I mean everything I tell you to do or else your brother is going back in his cell, deal?" Negan offered,

"Someone should teach you not to bash people's heads in, but yeah, we got a deal." Riven replied with a small nod.

Negan grinned, "Perfect!" He chuckled when Riven threw him a glare,