he’s heard different people call them different things. ash liked the word ‘ goons ’. bobby called them biters for a while, then walkers, after he’d come down through kentucky and georgia. dean called them dumbasses a few times, on account of how painfully unintelligent they were. walt and roy called them ugly fuckers, before pushing sam into rotting arms. he’d felt the teeth SINK into his back, and heard the pop of dean’s gun, and the fear that crackled betwixt the two of them–that was years ago, but it STILL haunts him, still keeps him moving. sam’s arms settle a beat after her gun drops from it’s target, a breath huffing from his teeth. he doesn’t intend on pulling his unless they manage to get pinned in by a lurker–and that’s only if he has to. the less noise, the better. her warning makes sam lift his brows. that kind of distrust leaves a sour taste in his mouth. like he’d ever hurt a person who didn’t hurt him, or his brother–there’s no reason. it’s wrong. doesn’t matter how the world has changed. he still has morals. being a decent human being is part of that.
if i wanted to shoot you, i’d have done it already, he thinks, though decides to keep it to himself. that wouldn’t do ANYTHING to make her relax. it’d just make her angry, he bets. and it’s not true–sam wouldn’t shoot unless she gave him a reason to. ‘ i’m not trying to hurt you. but, i get it — i’ve — had bad run ins with people like that. these couple guys who i thought were my friends. turns out they’re not. ‘ he decides not to elaborate. she doesn’t want to hear what he’s been through —- she doesn’t know him.
‘ uh. sam. ‘ he doesn’t offer up a surname. in a world like this, he’s sure “winchester” is just going to merit a ‘ like the gun? ‘ as it usually does. she doesn’t seem like the type to care, either. ‘ my brother’s dean. ‘ he only says as much because if his brother gets worried, he’ll come probing — and probably stick a gun in her face.
“ yeah. we all BEEN THROUGH THE SAME SHIT. ” god, she hates strangers. she can handle the ones rick brings back to the prison, or michonne, or even daryl ( who she sees as something of a LOOSE CANNON, a wild card, but easily as suspicious as she is ) --- they’ve asked them the questions, she knows, and she trusts their judgement. they haven’t brought back a BAD SEED yet, and that army doctor they picked up, bob, seems like a stand--up guy, sweet, if naive, unusually good for a chat in a world like this. but strangers, STRANGER OUT IN THE WORLD, not yet vetted by someone whose decisions she’ll stand behind --- she doesn’t always trust her own judgment. better to air on the side of caution, always, answer no even when her gut says yes. safer, maybe.
ty thinks otherwise. AIN’T NO WAY TO LIVE, sash. people are what matters, sash, now more’n ever. we gotta watch out for each other. all kindness, her brother. ALL LOVE.
“ sam. i’m sasha. ” her daddy drilled all kinds of good, strong manners into her head when she was younger. you know how you is, sasha. gotta work TWICE AS HARD to get HALF AS MUCH RESPECT. you look a man in the eyes when you meet him --- you give your full name, declare allegiance. you shake his hand firm and strong and you stand up right straight, you MAKE SURE HE KNOWS you ain’t the type of girl to be TRIFLED WITH. she rests her weight heavy on her left foot, keeps her arms at her sides. her eyes flick down to his hand, the gun at his hip, once, twice --- she sees the former so much as twitch towards the latter, and SHE’S DONE. “ my brother’s TYREESE. he’s around. ” will everything she say present a veiled threat? my brother, MY BROTHER --- big strong hulking man, he’s around, and since we were kids he never even liked to kill spiders, made me get a glass to trap them, but i ain’t saying that, and you, BIG WHITE BOY, you wouldn’t know it to look at him --- he’s around but i think i could put you on the ground just as easy. big white boy DON’T SCARE ME.
“ pharmacy’s that way. ” she gestures with her head. she’s NOT walking in front of him. “ you find any insulin, i got a thing of CANNED PEACHES you can have. ”
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