Till You Need Me

The Stranger

Michael didn't seem to mind having to be locked up in a cell. " if I am safe and will be fed and it not going to be forever I am ok " he told you one day as you sat outside the cell talking.

You had been doing that a lot the last two days he had been in there. "we just have to becareful " you told him about the attack on the prison " we lost good people that day" you said softly.

He reached out though the bars and touch your hand You looked up at him " I know what you mean I lost my sister and brother at the camp " he said I am so sorry "you said he smiled sadly Thanks " he replied and for a second your gaze met.

But then someone called your name you turned and saw Rick standing a couple feet away frowning " can I talk to you for a second I need you to do me a favor " he said. You stood up and gave Michael a smiled before walking over to Rick. "What?" you asked " I need you to look after Judith for a while " he said

"Isn't Beth Watching her?" you asked " yes but she going to help Maggie outside in the gardens for a while " he replied. you sigh and nodded. "alright I will go get her " you said and you started to walked past him when he spoke " So what were you guys talking about?" he asked you stop and looked at him.

" Things?" you replied "thing?" he repeated What sort of things?" he asked. you sigh just things Rick why are you interested? you asked his face harden " I am not just curious to know what kind of guy he is. " he replied. I told you he a decent guy " you replied before walking off to get Judith.

A few days later Rick finally let Michael out of the cell after a long discussion with him. You took him around showing him where everything was. " this is where you can sleep it isn't much but it beats the woods " you said showing in a cell right next to yours. He grinned

" hey you wont ever hear me complaining even when I was in lock down I had the best night sleep since this whole crap started. " he said and you laughed. "Well I should go I need to go work on the garden for a while before it gets to hot " you said

"let me go with you. I want to be useful " he said You grin " you want to help in the garden?" you said he step closer to you giving you flirty grin " if it means working beside a pretty woman than yes " he said and you felt yourself blush. "well come on then " you said headed outside

Walking outside You saw Rick was walking around with Judith in his arms talking Hershel about something. "So, you guys really took this whole prison yourself " Michael asked as you walked over to the garden. you bent down and pick up the gloves passing him a pair.

" yeah but it wasn't easy and it wasn't without some loses " you said glancing over at Rick who was looking over at you. You didn't know what his problem was ever time you talked to Michael he seems to be starting at you. You didn't know why He had even said himself Michael was a decent guy.

"Alright so show me what to do" he said breaking you out of your thoughts. Ignoring Rick's stare, you turn back to Michael and sigh alright lets see what your made of " you said with a laugh.

Much later you walked out of the shower feeling a lot cleaner you were walking past Michael's cell When he called out to you. You stop and leaned up against the doorway of his cell. He had been laying stretched out on his bunk when you stop he got up and step over to you. His hair still damp from his shower.

"Feel better?" he asked " yeah what about you?" you asked him meeting his gaze. You saw what he wanted and you had to admit that you wanted to it to. just to see. so, you let him leaned in wrapping an arm around your middle pulling you closer as his lips barely touch for a split second before he deepens it.

You let him take control of the kiss as you wrap your arms around his neck. IT was nice and was nice to be wanted like this. But something was still missing. You pulled back and step back.

"Well I guess I am going to bed you said " good night " he said. you walked back to your cell and right before walked in you happen to look up and saw Rick leaning in against the doorway of his cell his eyes trained on you.

The look was unreadable but you saw the stress there. You wish you could just go over and help him relax a little. After a second of starting you looked down and walked back into your cell and threw a blanket over the doorway before crawling into the bed. It wasn't fair here you had a good and decent guy wanting you and when you kiss him you don't feel much of anything. and all Rick must do is look at you and your heart is racing. How did you suppose to move on when your heart is playing trick with you like this? Sleep was a long time coming as you thought of this.