a silent stare / because truthfully, at current moment in time ? that’s all he can successfully deliver. so much as even the smallest of words are forgotten, the very sight that befalls directly in front chasing any argument back down to the pits of vocals. butcher’s profile flexes to the side, bourbon shades dropping from his wife’s glare. that look ? that reaction to his gentle touch ? shit, it’s enough to break negan entirely. don’t do this to me, lu. don’t make the most feared suffer in the worst possible way / disappointment thick in eyes of the only one who truly mattered. ❝ ‘course i do. ❞ what does he know about love ? grief / genuine wounded smile twisting upon corners, flicker of gaze back on lucille’s in single blink. ❝ what do i know ? i know ours was fuckin’ unbreakable. i also know i’d do anythin’ to keep you alive. i vowed to protect you, vowed to keep you safe & i fuckin’ intend to. whether you like it or not. ❞
a turn away from dear wife, her confession enough to burn itself straight through to bone marrow. he’s stuck on the tracks, the heavy train of her words hitting him over & over & over again. not with you. PAIN / like an open wound cut deep, burning ache radiating around fragile seams of recently broken heart. & for once in negan’s life ? he can’t bear to look his one & only in the eye, doesn’t want to look her in the eye. & thank fucking god for the sudden turn in direction just moments prior, thank god for the chest cradling broken heart that tightens into suffocating manner, because had words fallen ? tone would be unrecognizable / shaky, weak, pathetic. calloused digits rest upon arch of brow, unfamiliar burn within optic corners accompanying such.
shit, lu, grab that infamous bat & take a swing at him. it would hurt less than drowning words currently taking his very breath away. thick swallow / second by second, the walls of feared leader come crashing down. amazing, ain’t it ? how one woman can rip down, shed most feared of his cocoon of intimidation ? but can you see it, dear wife ? can you see the mask your husband currently dons as he turns to face distribution of pain ? the mask of that so called monster you believe he is ? mask that shields the breaking man directly beneath. ❝ what the fuck are you sayin’, lu ? what the fuck happened to for better or for worse ? ❞
fire aflame, swell of anger that rivals against the want to listen. yet victim to words are ears, his syllables provoking the will to forgive, to forget / unbreakable & vowed. though bile begs release, features soften at the man she see’s in this moment, barricades broken & facade in ruin. for the first in a long time, he stood before her, the man she had married.
gaze breaks from his pull, falling fast to the dirt beneath their feet regret blooming, as she wished for it to open up & swallow her whole. always in her nature, to bend to kindness, a slave to her own flaw. white flag is bared, defeat made evident. approach to this situation would change, to his level she would not sink.
❝ our love is unbreakable for one reason & one alone. ❞ tone torn away from venom but carried upon a spell of truths & my god would the truth hurt. ❝ the fact i am so willing to forgive. ❞ heavy is the sigh that invades the air, her voice would be heard this time. ❝ i accept & love you for all your flaws, your mistakes because they are things that will never change. i’m aware that no matter what i do i will always have to share my husband, that my empty bed is for the satisfaction of another woman. that only in my sickness did his vows play part, that he would chose a women on deaths door over health. ❞ tears that sit upon her waterline & their desire to part ways, neglected. strength is what she needed in this moment, far worse had plagued her & once again she would come out fighting.
❝ i know for better & i know for worse all you know is a woman’s unconditional love. you can build your empire, say that this is for us. call it protection, bring your wrath down upon people with a stupid bat & i’ll stand by you while you do so. ❞ knot that restricts throat is only to obvious, breath caught upon its course. ❝ but while you’re busy doing that, who is protecting me from you ? ❞