A week after Negan had to kill Spencer (Rosita wasn’t here to try and shoot him. (Also, Glenn’s alive. Because I want it.)), he comes back to Alexandria and Rick isn’t here to great him, yet again. Except he isn’t on another run. He is sick. Aaron and him both are. Probably because of something back at the lake. Negan doesn’t believe it at first but, finds Rick in bed, comatose under a pile of blankets. He takes a big decision. Maybe it’s because he likes Rick. Maybe it’s because he could have been him, had he not ended up ruling over a bunch cowards and murderers. (Don’t get him wrong, there was a few good people turned survivors amongst the Saviors but, not enough.) He sends most of his men back home. Doesn’t take Alexandria’s tribute of the week and tells Laura and Gary to get Carson 2.0 here. In the end, he stays behind, with Arat and a couple of her guys. Getting cozy in Rick’s kitchen anew, dealing with Carl non-stop glaring and cooing over Judith. The doc gets there in the evening, a little (really!) surprised and even through he says Alexandria’s leader is going to be okay, Negan asks him to stay. To use his free time to give everybody in the little town an overdue check up. During the next days, it becomes common knowledge, Negan’s staying at the Grimes house and most of the good folks take their distance. Carl and the Saviors leader get into a few fight (step-family fights, Negan like to call them, making the teen slams the door in his face, once or twice) but, strangely enough, Negan’s good with kids and can take care of a house. He gets up every night when Judith starts crying (and after the first two, Carl let him deal with her, knowing the man won’t hurt his sister - and probably wouldn’t hurt him either, if given the choice). He looks after Rick but, leaves the ‘taking care of’ part to Carson and Carl, knowing Rick wouldn’t want him to touch him. The second day, Tara comes asking for Rick and Negan refuses to let her see him but, goes with her to deal with her problem. She comes back day after day, multiple times a day. He sends Arat and her guys to help - mostly because he can tell they are getting restless watching him being Rick’s housewife. When Rick finally wakes up for more than a few incoherent minutes, the first thing he sees by his bedroom window is Negan helping Judith/learning her to walk on the grass, behind the house and being ridiculous (not adorable! nop!) doing it. When he manages to go downstairs, it’s to find both his kids around the table with the enemy. And if Carl does look a bit annoyed, it’s nothing compare to what it should be. Judith’s giggling at whatever Negan did and Negan… is very happy to see Rick. Rick thinks he may be dreaming or have fell into an alternative universe. It gets even weirder when Tara comes to ask Negan about some maintenance stuffs.
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