[saviour ➼ negan]

11.

NEGAN WIPED THE SWEAT from his brow with the his red neck scarf as he tiredly dragged his body up the metal stairway. he held lucille limply in his arm, even her weight becoming to much for his tired body.

him and a couple of other saviours had encountered a herd of walkers whilst on a supply run. they found themselves quickly outnumbered by the flesh eating monsters and gave up trying to save all of the supplies they had managed to scavenge.

they lost two full vans which were filled with food and other necessities that could have kept the sanctuary running for months. to say negan was angry was an understatement.

there was a fury bubbling up inside him, he was like a volcano that was mere seconds away from exploding. he was a ticking time bomb, his men were aware of this and warned everyone to stay out of his way.

negan sighed angrily, barging through his bedroom door, slamming it loudly behind him. from the corner of his eye he spotted an all to familiar figure shoot up from his bed.

artemis let out a short scream as the sound of the door banging rattled around the room. she quickly took in her surroundings, a sigh of relief escaping her lips as she spotted negan.

it had been a week since the incident, a week since negan had let artemis stay in his room and a week since she had left it. artemis appreciated what negan was doing for her but she couldn't help but feel like she was beginning to intrude.

"everything okay?" she asked, pulling the covers back as she stepped up out the bed. she stretched her arms above her head, yawning loudly.

"everything is fucking fantastic." he answered sarcastically. artemis could sense the hostility in his voice.

"anything i can do to help?" she questioned, nervously crossing her arms over her chest.

negan turned away from her, ignoring her question. he yanked a bottle of whisky from his alcohol cabinet and began to drink it from the bottle.

"hello? answer me, negan! i can't help if you don't speak to me." she spoke, gently placing her hand on his bicep. her words were familiar to the ones he had told her merely days before.

"would you leave me the fuck alone!" he roared, turning to face her. she jumped back, surprised and scared by his outburst.

"i was just trying to he-"

"i didn't ask for your fucking help and even if i did, you're fucking useless. what help could you be? what are you gonna do, huh? save all my supplies from the fucking walkers? no, i didn't think so." he shouted, slamming the bottle of whisky down into his desk. he seethed with anger as he tried to gain his composure.

artemis was silent, her head bowed down as she avoided eye contact. she felt her eyes begin to brim with tears, her bottom lip trembling like a child who had been told by their mother that they couldn't have a sweetie.

deciding that she didn't want to anger negan anymore than she already had, she left the room. she yanked the door open.

"wait, artem-" she shut the door, letting it slam behind her, not waiting to hear his explanation.

"fuck!" he cried, slamming his fist onto the table. he slumped down into his office chair, kicking his feet up onto the desk. "just what i fucking needed."

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artemis instantly began to regret leaving. she wandered the long dark hallway, loud shouts and jeers coming from saviours who headed back and forth from their rooms.

she felt everyone's eyes on her as she passed them by. she could hear the faint whispers from the gossiping women who tried to conceal their whispers behind their hands. they had seen her leave negan's room and would probably spread it to everyone around the sanctuary.

artemis sighed with relief as she finally reached her bedroom door. she quickly shut it behind her, locking it instantly. the bed was still a mess from her sleep a week ago.

heading towards the bed, she pulled the blanket back and buried herself under it. she pulled the blanket right up to her neck and into her pillow.

the sounds of the sanctuary from outside her door were quickly drowned out as artemis fell back asleep once again.

just as she had drifted off, there was a knock at the door. she sighed in annoyance, waiting for the person to state who they were.

"artemis?" negan called, standing on the other side of the door. "are you in there?"

realising that it was just negan, she ignored him and closed her eyes again. she didn't want to speak to him just now, she just wanted to sleep.

"open the door." he ordered. she continued to ignore him. "i know you're in there."

negan sighed in defeat, realising the she wasn't going to speak to him, he headed back towards his room.