The walking dead Fanfic: The Estate

TSH Part 1

A young man sits in a chair outside a large piece of property whistling to himself as he eyes the kids running around. He sharpens his knife rolling it against a rock as he whistlers louder, but stops hearing a loud truck engine. He eyes the dirt kick up as the truck makes its way forward. The man motions to the kids and one asks.

"what's wrong uncle Nate?"

He motions to the kids who drop to the ground staying close to him as he watches the truck come forward to a stop. The young man sitting in his chair doesn't get up as he calms and notices the familiar truck. instead he goes back to whistling to himself ignoring the truck. Presley gets out of the truck and looks around at the beautiful property with its bright green grass and clam atmosphere. she hears the distant sound of kids playing and feels her body grow warm as she hears the happiness in their voices. Nate sits back and glances up quickly noticing the new woman making her way towards him and as she goes to step towards him he comments.

"stay as you are."

She stops and Nate doesn't look up as he asks.

"what happened to lewis?"

Presley doesn't go into details and keeps things short.

"dead."

The younger man lifts his baseball cap fixing his messy hair and fastens it back to his head as he asks unsure.

"dead?"

Presley nods her head as she motions to the truck.

"mason said to deliver and that's what i am doing."

Nate gets to his feet placing down the rock with marks from his large machete. he slowly tucks the machete into his belt and asks Presley as he stares her over.

"any trouble?"

Presley stares back at the younger man and eyes the look on his face as his eyes wander. she comments staring back at the younger man as she closes her jacket.

"there isn't, but if you keep staring at me you'll have more trouble from me then you can handle.."

Nate rolls back on his heels as he lets out a low laugh and fixes his baseball cap again. He motions to the truck and Presley opens the back and a large group of people file out including a few kids.  Nate fixes his hat and stares down the group running his eyes over them sizing them up and asks outright.

"you all together?"

A woman pulls a small girl close as she comments.

"i am her aunt, this boy we found alone..."

Nate leans down eyeing the boy and cracks a small smile.

"alright then alone and you lived? Impressive."

Nate wets his lips with his tongue and motions to presley.

"good work you can go."

Presley looks around and eyes the sky as she asks.

"can I stay the night? i feel another storm may be heading in-"

Nate shakes his head looking her over.

"send a girl to do a man's job and this is what i get? lewis knew better then to ask stupid questions. get in your truck and drive and don't come back till you need to-"

he is cut off by a kind woman as she glares to her son and shakes her head.

"nonsense this young lady is freezing. what kind of boy did i raise, huh?"

Nate fixes his hat and stares down presley as his mother comments.

"this is my home, my family's property. anyone is welcome to stay the night or a few days if the storm is bad. we have radio contact with mason we can let him know."

The woman glares to her eldest son giving him a warning as she states.

"you know mason, hes my nephew, us reid's we have to stay close don't we Nathan..."

Nathan breaths out trying to remain tough.

"ma..."

His mother roles her eyes annoyed at her son as she comments making a joke to the group.

"he tries to be all tough but my boy is soft, loves kids, don't you boy?"

Nate laughs slumping forward as he comments.

"yeah, yeah, lets get these people in a warm room, and Presley is it?"

She nods to him and he motions forward.

"with me."

Nathan goes to walk away, but stops and motions to the small boy.

"you too kid"

Nate opens up his arm motioning to the kid with a smile and the kid runs forward following Nate and Presley. Nate stays quiet as the kid glances around asking.

"did you grow up here?"

Nate shakes his head no as the kid keeps asking questions bombarding the young man with them.

"are their lots of kids here?"

As they go around the house Nathan stops the kid, bends down and stares him down seriously. presley stands off to the side as Nate states coldly.

"no, no ones a kid anymore and you need to stop."

Presley goes to speak and he motions to her commenting.

"don't try and be nice here it only makes people weak."

Nate turns back to the kid as he comments.

"you can play, have fun, which is fine but that's not what we do here. every game we play has a purpose kid."

Nate grabs the kid by the face and states coldly.

"that is surviving because if you don't learn. we got ways here."

He lifts his eyes making eye contact with Presley, but his face shifts to a smile and he pats the kid on the head.

"sorry, maybe i'm a bit rough. we got movies. for 2 hours every Friday we let the kids watch, like it was, but i sometimes shift the rules a bit. how would you like to watch a movie?"

the kid smiles and Nate nods his head to the kid as he motions inside.

"go on in..."

the kid walks by him and heads into the house as Nate stares down presley but doesn't talk as he watches more people round the corner and waves them by smiling as they walk around a corner and into the back door. Presley stands there and stares Nate up and down as she comments.

"i know what goes on here."

Nate tips his baseball cap and smiles crookedly at presley as he fits his cap again and comments.

"we all have jobs to do."