The Walking Dead: Louis x Reader

Suffer the Children

It was odd, it being a sunny, cheerful day. When it feels like it should be gloomy. You and the other kids certainly were.

Everyone grabbed cups and bowls from the school's kitchen and used them as shovels. You and the others were on their hands and knees, digging two graves.

Mitch and Willy were in the background making two crosses as the grave marker.
One for Marlon, and one for Brodie.

Some kids sobbed as they dug. Tears soaking the soil below, but quickly dry by being absorbed by the earth.

You stop digging for a second, the scene replaying in your head for the tenth time.

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"No!" Louis cried out.

"Oh my god!"

"Shit!"

Others called.

Ruby stammers as she examines Marlon's body, "maybe we could get medicine. Fro-from the nurse's office!"

Marlon's piercing blue eyes were rolled into the back of his head, his jaw slacked, and a bleeding, gaping hole in his forehead. You couldn't stop looking at him.

Were tears falling from your eyes? Or was that just the pouring rain?

"You- you shot him," Louis chokes out, "he's dead."

AJ's face falls. He looks away from shame.

"You're a murderer," he told the kid. Louis then turns to Clementine, "you promised Marlon! You said you'd help him fix things!"

You finally took your eyes off Marlon's body, and shift them to Clementine. She doesn't know what to do, or say. She didn't expect any of this either.

"What the fuck did you teach this kid?!"

Now everyone else is looking at her too. She opens her mouth to say something, but nothing comes out.

You wanted to be angry. Angry at the world, angry at Clementine or AJ. But you weren't.

The crowd, however, grew more and more frustrated. They all looked at AJ with intense hatred.
Violet runs to his defense.

She pulls out her cleaver, "back off! All of you!"

Louis spat in, "you talked Marlon down, and then they fucking murdered him!"

"Take AJ and go inside." Violet commands Clementine.

She nods and tells AJ, "Come on, let's go."

Louis got angrier, "oh? Just let them go back to the dorms?! What happens the next time one of us does something this kid doesn't like? Should we expect a bullet too?"

You grabbed his arm, "hey, Louis, take it easy." You tell him gently. Your brows furrowed in concern.

He yanks his arm away, "fuck I will, (Y/N)! I'm not gonna tolerate a murderer staying with us!"

"He's a kid.." you whisper, but no one hears you.

"That's not what happened!" Violet argued.

"It's exactly what happened."

"Fuck you, Louis," Clementine shouts, "he's a little kid, so shut you're fucking mouth."

Everyone stayed silent. They anxiously looked at Louis for a response.
He doesn't say anything. His head hung slightly, avoiding Clementine's glare.