'cause it's a long life, and then it isn't

Paul 'Jesus' Rovia fc: tom payne indie roleplay | 21+ written by grim

[holy-rovia]

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about:

This is a sideblog, and I follow back from my main @grimmusings. Please direct IMs there, since it's easier for me to keep all my messages on one blog. It's also easier to start interactions with me there, where I regularly post open starters and meme prompts. For a full list of rules, see my main. Honesty hour questions will largely be answered IC and treated as anonymous unless signed by a muse.

All details vary based on verse, and I can pull Jesus from most points in the show's timeline, including post-death or fix-it verses if needed. While I'm happy to write with comics muses, I'm not caught up on them, so any significant plot changes need to be communicated in advance. I'm also happy to create mash-up AUs with other fandoms like TLOU, Supernatural, MCU, or other horror universes.

wanted connections:

This is by no means a comprehensive list, and I can roll with most muses as far as basic interactions. I’m happy to ship Jesus with other TWD characters and OCs/fandom crossovers based on chemistry, but unless they’re on my OTP list, they need plotting and interaction first. There is never any pressure to ship with me, even if they’re on my list. Please note that I write Jesus as homosexual, as supported by his canon, and I only ship him with male muses.

OTPs: Aaron Raleigh, Daryl Dixon Possible Ships: most TWD muses Other: TWD muses, King Ezekiel (I just think he's cool and doesn't get enough love), TLOU or other zombie apocalypse/supernatural/horror muses

default verses:

twd!verse: Any events set in The Walking Dead timeline, including fix-it verses for Jesus's death. He survives the Whisperers to be one of the envoys to the Commonwealth, where he later helps to overturn it and works as a private detective.

verses by request only:

I'm happy to write these, but since they're more specific AUs, I don't default on them for asks/memes. Please feel free to request them.

multiverse!madness: At the moment of his death, Jesus finds himself transported to an alternate universe (Marvel, DC, other horror fandoms, etc.). Though he distinctly remembers dying, he's unharmed there and must adjust to the new conditions, whether that's normal, pre-apocalyptic life or a different apocalypse scenario.

tlou: Jesus was fifteen when the outbreak happened, and he later joined the Fireflies in Atlanta, though he eventually becomes disillusioned by their tactics and lives as a nomad. (bio)

[holy-rovia]

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The storm had come on suddenly, the temperature dropping with it, and they'd been forced to seek shelter instead of heading back to Hilltop before nightfall. While it wasn't ideal, the circumstances hadn't tipped Jesus into any real concern for their safety. The little cabin was secure enough against the walkers, and they'd scavenged enough supplies that they wouldn't go hungry even if they were holed up for a week instead of just a night.

It wasn't exactly warm though, and whoever had left the place behind had absconded with most of the bedding. There wasn't a blanket to be found. Jesus wouldn't say he was comfortable in the brown leather jacket, but he wasn't in any danger of freezing. He wasn't sure the same could be said for Jason. He just looked cold, and he'd have taken it off and offered it to him if he thought it would fit. "C'mere, I'm cold just looking at you," he offered with a crooked half-smile, holding out an arm for him to cuddle closer for the warmth.

[mxrvelouscreations]

@holy-rovia

Jason knew he should have wrapped up better but their plan hadn't been to stay out this late. He hadn't wanted to be too wrapped up in case they had had to run, since he didn't want to be on the other end of a walkers grasp, though he was paying for it now as they huddled inside the cabin. He just hoped that the storm would clear in the morning so they could head back to home in the morning light.

"Yeah? I'm surprised you're not telling me how I should have worn something warmer," he teased slightly, moving closer to the other so that he could cuddle into him. "Sorry, not that I expected you would... just that was what I always got from my mom and dad whenever i said I was cold. Guess it's just what my brain expects nowadays.."

[holy-rovia]

It was always a gamble when they left the safety of their communities. The world outside was unpredictable. Jesus would have packed differently too if he'd known they would be caught out all night. He rarely went anywhere without that jacket though, unless it was the south's hundred degree plus humidity summers. It was sort of like armor, and he knew from other close calls that walker teeth couldn't pierce through the leather.

"I'm not really in the business of telling people what they should do." The corner of his mouth twitched up in an answering smile, an arm settling across his shoulders as he tucked him closer. It was warmer with Jason there, and he could feel himself relaxing slightly already. "That's not very sympathetic. Were you close with them?"

[thecuratxr]

@holy-rovia asked: our muses stumbling upon a blood trail together. (Daryl Dixon/Jesus Rovia)

It’d been just them for a long while now – keeping each other safe. Keeping each other sane. Nothing new to Daryl; over the years he’d become more accustomed to the company of select others. Jesus was no exception to this. In fact, he enjoyed the other’s presence.

It’s sudden, the way the male abruptly holds out his arm to stop the other. Crimson painted the grass – but the appearance of it was a bit odd. Fresh. Unbefitting of their current location. Easily missed if you weren’t paying attention.

   “Hold up.” Daryl murmurs, voice gruff as he’s quickly dropping into a squat, eyes narrowing just a bit as he analyzed the pattern of it. “—We ain’t alone.”

[holy-rovia]

There was nobody he trusted at his back more than Daryl. Between Daryl's tracking and hunting and Jesus's stealth and scavenging, they could survive in pretty much any environment, and they'd been fine on their own for a while.

He stilled immediately when Daryl threw out an arm, that trust in him unshakable, already searching for whatever had set him off. It took a few moments longer for him to pick out the blood pattern, almost invisible against the long grass.

"Did that come from a person?" He lowered his voice and did a quick scan of their surroundings, looking for movement. He didn't reach for a knife, but his body had gone relaxed and ready, poised for an attack.

[holy-rovia]

[ barn ] our muses have sex in a barn

@mxrvelouscreations

Barn was a new one for him. Jesus was a city boy, always had been, at least until the world ended. Before the dead started walking, he could count on one hand the number of times he'd even been in a barn. After… still not many, but they weren't the worst places for scavenging. The farm seemed abandoned, and while he was interested in theory in bringing back a plow and some livestock, he hadn't quite figured out the logistics of transporting them that far.

It was a problem for later though, and he was happy to be distracted at the moment. Privacy was hard to come by in the communities, and he'd take the moments alone with Jason where he could get them. Laughing and kissing and hands ended with Jason pressed against the barn wall, Jesus's hips stilling when he bottomed out to give him a few moments to adjust. Teeth nipped gently at the bend of his neck and shoulder before soothing it with a kiss.

[artbyquibbler]

Day 2: Campfire

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Day 25: Chest

Day 26: Flashlight

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Day 24: Healing

[holy-rovia]

❛ I won't leave again. I promise you that. Not for anything. ❜ (from Daryl xo)

"I don't blame you. I would too if I could." Jesus offered a weary smile from the corner of the couch in the upstairs office at Hilltop. In Maggie's absence, he'd mostly taken over it, falling in as de facto leader of Hilltop. And he hated it. Jesus had never considered himself leadership material, and he'd been a lone wolf far too long to be comfortable around that many people all the damn time. There was rarely a minute to himself, people constantly interrupting him to solve their problems no matter how he tried to delegate.

Even at the risk to his life, he would have preferred to be out in the world, scavenging or recruiting as the case may be. He certainly wouldn't deny Daryl the right to wander freely as he chose, and he wouldn't hold him to that promise. His kind died in captivity. He wasn't one to dwell on it even when he was clearly struggling though, more interested in what Daryl had to say about his travels. "How are you doing? You find anything?"

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❛ Son of a bitch shot me. You believe that? ❜ (from daryl!)

"Must be nice to have bullets to waste. Lucky he can't aim for shit." A smile crinkled the corners of his eyes, an effort to lighten the mood from the very real fear he felt at one of the Hilltop guards taking aim at Daryl. They really needed to have another lesson in gun safety if something like that was still happening. He'd asked him to take off his shirt so he could clean and examine the graze on his arm.

"In his defense, you do look like something that crawled out of the woods," he teased, handing back his shirt once he'd cleaned away the blood. "Shower's working if you want one. I can't promise it's hot, but it'll do the job." He paused, a hand lingering on Daryl's shoulder a moment too long, a reminder to himself that he was here and he was safe. He missed him more than he liked to admit when he was away. "I'm glad you're back."

[thevulturesquadron]

TWD [ Daryl x Jesus] incorrect quotes (5/?)

[thecrossbow]

Well, the King is ready to see you.

THE WALKING DEAD S7E9 - "Rock In The Road"

[hyena-afton-deactivated20260131]

Crying and throwing up right now…I miss my gays tails

[k-wame]

TOᗰ ᑭᗩYᑎE 🎭 @TᕼEᗯᖇᗩᑭ · ᗪEᑕ. 2016

[mascot-mace]

polyamory could have saved them

[boopedbylucio]

for the remaining 4 diehard desus shippers out there

^^^

twd has taken over my brain and so have Daryl and Paul. (barely on s9).

do u know how devistated I was to find out that not only was Daryl supposed to be canonically gay but he was supposed to end up with Jesus but they scratched it? yeah. I’m like. super sad about that. They would’ve been the cutest couple there!! not to mention how nicely they balance one another out. Oh well :P we’ll just keep losing.

[tompaynesource]

Tom Payne by Leigh Keily for Attitude Magazine.

[thevulturesquadron]

Finally got the time to finish this. I’m feeling so so about it in the end, but eh, they have my heart in a chokehold even after all these years and deserve more content.

I just… miss them so damn much.