Jeffrey Dean Morgan Collection

Those Green Eyes - Negan Au

It had been a couple of years since the passing of Negan's wife Lucille. He was a shit husband to say the least, he cheated on her multiple times. He was so broken when she died, and that only fueled his womanizing ways even more. He whored around a lot, trying to forget his pain, not that it worked. But now he was growing tired of it. He longed for something more, not that he was able to admit that fact to himself or anyone else.

He and his buddy Simon had been out drinking at a bar when Negan decided to call it a night. He was barely tipsy, but Simon was staggering out the door. Thankfully his house wasn't far so Negan made him walk it off as they headed for Simon's.

As they neared a restaurant a young woman emerged from within, tucking an apron into her bag as she headed down the street towards them. Even from a distance he could tell she was beautiful. The lights from the awning above lit up her deep orange hair as she let it down from a tight bun, tousling her loose curls with her hand.

"Fuck Simon... you see her?"

"Yeah man... she's hot!" He replied.

"Keep your fucking voice down you drunk asshole" Negan laughed. "Fuck... I gotta talk to her".

Negan hoped to catch her eye as she began to walk in their direction but her eyes remained glued to the pavement as she walked close to the edge, almost as though she didn't want to get in their way. Like she was doing her best to avoid any interaction with people.

'Okay Negan... think. How are you gonna get her attention without being a fucking jackass?' He thought to himself. Then a thought struck him, drop your keys and play dumb.

As the woman approached them, Negan pretended to fish around in the pocket of his leather jacket, pulling out his wallet while pretending not to notice that his keys had fallen out right in front of the young woman. Simon was oblivious and kept on walking, Negan smirked to himself when he heard a small voice call out "Excuse me!"

"Excuse me sir!" The woman called and Negan spun on his heels as he looked at her. 'Fuck she's even more beautiful up close' he thought.

"Yeah?" He managed to choke out before he started to look like an idiot staring at her and saying nothing.

"I'm sorry, you Uhh... you dropped your keys" she smiled shyly.

"Oh" he grinned as he stuffed his hand in his pocket as though he was looking for them. "So I did... thank you Sweetheart. You're a life saver" he smiled charmingly.

"No problem" she blushed as she handed him the bundle of keys, her bright green eyes burning right into his soul. 'Fuck she's beautiful... those green eyes... God damn!'

"You have a good night Miss" he smiled.

"Y-you too" she stuttered before continuing on her way. Negan watched her for a moment before turning to Simon with a smug grin. "I gotta have her" he whispered, making him chuckle. As they continued on their way a couple of dodgy looking guys with their hoods up and hands in their jackets walked quickly past them, following behind the young woman.

"I don't like the look of those fuckers" Negan growled as he watched them follow the young woman around the corner. "You good to get home Simon? I'm gonna make sure she's alright".

"Sure Negan... don't want any help?"

"You're a bit fucking drunk" Negan laughed as Simon swayed on his feet. "Besides I can handle those little pricks".

"Catch you tomorrow" Simon said with a wave.

"See ya!" He replied before taking off after the beautiful stranger.

Negan rounded the corner to find the young men had the woman cornered by a building, one appeared to be holding a switch blade.

"Don't fucking touch me again!" The young woman warned, her voice much sterner and more confident than when she had spoken to him just moments ago.

"Give us your bag bitch" one of the men spat.

"Fuck you! The only thing I'll give you is a broken nose if you so much as touch me again" she warned, impressing Negan with her confident take no shit attitude.

"Hey!" Negan shouted as he sauntered confidently towards them. "Think the lady made it pretty clear you should fuck off" Negan growled.

"Mind your damn business old man or I'll carve up your fucking face!"

"I'd like to see you try you little cunt. You think your so tough threatening an unarmed woman half your fucking size. You little pussy" Negan laughed tauntingly, wanting to take their attention away from her and focus it on him.

"You're fucking asking for it old man!" The guy lunged for Negan, slashing at him with his knife. Effortlessly dodging his attack and grabbing his arm Negan slammed it down over his knee making him drop the knife before flipping him over his shoulder and throwing the young man to the ground knocking the wind right out of him.

"Watch who you're calling old you fucking little shit" Negan growled.

He heard a yell from behind him as the other hooded delinquent began to rush towards him. But before he could get close the young woman ducked in front of him sending him hurtling over her shoulder as she stood up adding to the momentum that had him slamming to the ground on his back.

"Shit Sweetheart, nice moves" Negan smiled.

"Thanks" she smiled shyly.

The first guy scrambled to his feet, looking around for his knife which lay at Negan's feet. Bending down Negan picked it up and twirled it around his fingers. "I suggest you get your buddy the fuck up off the ground, put your balls back in your fucking Mumma's  handbags where they belong and walk the fuck away while you still can" Negan warned. To his surprise the idiot fumbled around grabbing his friend off the ground and they scurried off down the street with their tails between their legs.

"You okay?" Negan asked.

"Yeah... I had it handled" she told him.

"You sure did. I'd have left you to it if I'd known what a fucking badass you were" he laughed.

"Really?" She questioned, not believing for a second that Negan was the type of man not to intervene.

"Well no... I hate sackless pricks like that who prey on women" he laughed. "I couldn't just keep walking. It's not who I am".

"So who are you?" She asked, reverting back to her quiet and shy demeanor.

"I'm Negan" he grinned charmingly as he held out his hand.

"Zoey" she smiled as she shook his hand lightly.

"Can I walk you home Zoey? I wouldn't feel right just letting you go on your own after that".

"Yeah. S-sure, why not" she said as she began to head towards her apartment, Negan walking alongside her.

"Thank you for stopping" she said quietly. "You'd be surprised how many people don't".

"This isn't the first time this has happened to you?"

"No. That's why I learned to defend myself" she said proudly.

"Smart girl" he grinned.

They chatted as they walked a few blocks, and as they came to the steps to an apartment building Zoey stopped.

"This is me" she said.

"Okay then. I can rest easy knowing you made it home safe" Negan said, a slight teasing tone in his voice.

"Thank you Negan. Maybe I'll see you around... good night" she smiled.

"Night Zoey". 'Oh you will most definitely be seeing more of me Sweetheart' he thought to himself. He would make it his mission to get to know this girl.

So I have some thoughts on a second part to this one. Let me know if you'd like to read more :)
DV.