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Yeah, I'm coughing, I'm bleeding
Band-Aids won't heal it
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The smell is excruciatingly bad.
The two bodies on the concrete are burnt beyond recognition, but the group standing before them, know exactly who they are.
Karen and David.
Rick stares at the corpses, shock ridden across his face. "You found them like this?"
Tyreese's nostrils flare. "I came to see Karen... and I saw the blood on the floor. Then I smelled them." He raises his voice. "Somebody dragged them out here and set them on fire. They killed them and set them on fire!"
Elaina looks at the floor. The bloodied streaks stare right back at her.
Carol and Daryl are here with them too.
Tyreese suddenly approaches Rick quickly, and both Daryl and Elaina take a step closer to the beanie-wearing man.
"You're a cop." He speaks. "You find out who did this, and you bring 'em to me. You understand? You bring 'em to me."
Rick's voice is gentle. "We'll find out who-"
"I need to say it again?" Tyreese asks.
"No. No. I know what you're feeling. I've been there. You saw me there. It's dangerous." Rick tells him.
"Karen didn't deserve this." He points at the other body. "David didn't deserve it. Nobody does."
Daryl reaches for Tyreese's shoulder. "Alright man, let's-"
Before he can even finish his sentence, Tyreese is pinning him against a wall, shouting. "Man, I ain't going nowhere till I find out who did this!"
Elaina, Carol, and Rick all stand nervously, wanting to step in but holding back due to Daryl holding up his hand, to stop them.
Daryl looks at Tyreese. "We're on the same side, man."
Rick speaks again. "Hey, look. I know what you're going through. We've all lost someone. We know what you're going through right now, but you've got to calm down."
He barely taps Tyreese on the arm, before he is pounced on by the larger man, who shoves him several feet away. "You need to step the hell back!"
Elaina holds her arms out. "Ty, stop this. You're going through a lot right now, but you have to take a breath. We will find out who did this, you have my word."
The man seems to calm a bit after that.
"She wouldn't want you being like this." Rick says.
The brief moment of understanding crumbles away and Tyreese throws a hard punch directly into Rick's face, knocking him to his knees.
"Stop!" Carol shouts.
"Tyreese!" Elaina yells.
He doesn't stop. He doesn't listen. He just punches Rick again.
Daryl jumps on Tyreese's back, grumbling. "That's enough."
Elaina drops down besides Rick, whose cheek is red and slightly swollen. "Rick..."
He stands, making his way over to Tyreese, punching him in the face this time. He falls over and Rick takes this time to kick him, hard.
He throws punch after punch, not listening to Daryl calling his name.
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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...
