notes : so this is my first published fanfic! woohoo!
shoutout to my good buddy, CordeliaRose, for proof reading, editing, and suggesting the title for this fic! make sure to check her account out, because her fanfics are amazing!
also, this'll be a multiple chapter fic for sure! i'm always open to prompts and ideas, so please send some whenever to my tumblr (mags-rhee)!
Maggie had lived in the same small town just outside of Atlanta, Georgia, on her family's farm, for all of her life. She was a born and raised country girl who knew the land around her well, and the people even better. She rode into town frequently to shop at the same stores, and had gone to the same elementary school for all of her childhood.
She'd gone to the same high school, too, for the first year and a half of her teenage years, but due to multiple issues with the school (and the kids, and her own mental health, though she wouldn't admit that part), and had ended up transferring to a different school that was closer to the city. There she had met her boyfriend Glenn and their eclectic group of friends.
Almost every school day was the same for Maggie by now. Get up at the crack of dawn to feed the animals with Beth, go back to the house to shower, get ready for school, and then walk to school along with Beth. On most mornings, there was a good morning text from Glenn waiting for her somewhere in there as well. She rarely even had time to eat breakfast every day, which worried her daddy sick, but there wasn't anything she could do about it.
She'd drop Beth at the middle school she went to, seeing as she was only twelve, before keeping on up the street to her high school. It was her daily routine, and one she stuck to.
When she arrived to her school, a short five minutes later, her eyes trailed over the parking lot, street, steps; everywhere. People sat talking, reading, hanging out with friends, generally being pretty loud. As she made her way to the doors, she dreaded going inside.
She didn't mind school; if anything she rather liked it, now that she went to a school where she had a group of friends to hang around with (as well as a boyfriend, but she'd never admit to that being one of the reasons, because Glenn would never stop teasing her about it). But everyone and everything was so loud, so stressful. But that's just how it was.
She opened the double metal doors into the school, and she was practically hit by a wall of noise. The halls were louder than outside by a long-slide, as well as way more hectic. As quickly and inconspicuously as she could, she made her way to her locker, and unlocked it, before placing most of her things in it.
After a quick, deep breath, she closed the locker again and turned around, intending to go to Glenn's locker to greet him as she did every day.
However, when she turned, she just about smacked into someone, giving something close to a squeak in protest. She was about to apologize, when the person laughed. She'd recognize that laugh anywhere. It was Glenn.
"You scared the shit out of me! I was coming to see you," Maggie grumbled, though she slung her arms around his neck as she leaned into him.
"Surprise," he teased, pressing a kiss to the side of her hair as he wrapped his arms around her middle. Everyday, they met at (usually) his locker, spending a few moments 'all over each other' as Tara called it, before they started their day. It was their daily routine, and one they stuck to.
"You're an ass, I swear," she sighed, though there was no venom in her words as she leaned her cheek into his shoulder.
"Mhmm, whatever you say, Miss Grumpy," Glenn grinned, before reaching down to tilt her chin up and kiss her on the lips softly.
"You free this afternoon?" he asked after a few moments of comfortable silence (between them, anyway. The halls were loud as ever).
"Think so," Maggie mumbled against his chest, before looking up at him. "Beth has a sleepover with a friend tonight, so I don't even need to walk her home. I'd just have to ask my dad."
"Cool," Glenn started again, running his fingers through her hair lightly. "If you can - and want to - you should come over after school. I know we haven't spent any time together since I was gone," he said, referring to the trip he and his family had been on to Korea for the last two weeks, to visit extended family.
"We could study or work on homework if that's something you need to do, or I could show you the pictures I took on the trip, or we could just hang out, or-"
"Glenn," Maggie said, before quickly pressing a peck to his lips to stop his rambling. "I'd love to, okay? I just have to make sure I can. But I'd love to," she assured, grinning up at him.
Glenn looked as if he were about to say more, when the bell rang for first period. So instead he just nodded, before looking up and letting go of her. "We should head to class," he said, before taking her hand in his and walking to their home room.
While they had home room together, as well as History later in the day, the rest of their classes were apart, which sucked for both of them.
"I'll meet you afterwards, and we'll go to lunch, okay?" Glenn said to her as they lingered outside of the classroom, and she nodded.
"Got it. Now go, don't be late because of me," she said teasingly, swatting him gently.
"Right, right. Yes ma'am," he teased, before squeezing her arm and they parted ways. He couldn't help but glance over his shoulder to watch her walk down the hall.
The school day ended at 3:45pm and Maggie was exhausted by the time it finally rolled around. However, she'd gotten the okay from Hershel to go to Glenn's house for the evening, so instead of walking home, they were walking to his house together.
"Parents are out until 8," Glenn told her as he put his key in the lock of the front door, seeing she'd noticed the empty driveway. "We've got the house to ourselves. Well, besides Katie, that is," he teased, before pushing the front door open and stepping in, holding the door open for Maggie.
As they closed the door and took their shoes off, the Rhees' dog, Katie, came running up from the basement. She jumped on Glenn excitedly and licked him as he walked to the kitchen. He replied with a groan, which made Maggie laugh way too hard. Upon hearing Maggie, Katie turned around and bounded over, jumping up on her even harder and with much more excitement.
"Damn, Katie. Feeling the love from my own dog," Glenn said, pretending to sound hurt as he dropped his bag on the kitchen island, before taking Maggie's off her shoulder and putting it next to it, but considerably softer.
"She can tell I'm an animal person, unlike someone else. Right, Katie?" Maggie teased, kneeling down to scratch behind the German Shepherd's ears. Katie responded by leaning her head against Maggie's hand.
"Yeah, whatever," he said with a playful, pouting look, before walking over to the sliding glass door that went from the kitchen to the back deck, and whistling for Katie. "Gotta take her out. Don't want her doing her business inside."
Maggie nodded understandingly and stood up, patting her thigh for the dog to follow along as they both went onto the deck.
"I think you might need to take her home," Glenn teased as they sat down on the steps to the backyard, throwing a ball for Katie as he did so. "Clearly you're the favorite. And I feel like my parents wouldn't exactly mind. They're always complaining about how messy she is."
"Yeah, I don't think so. I have more than enough animals to handle, so I'll have to pass. I'll just get my puppy love in here," she teased right back, turning to press a kiss into his shoulder before letting her head lean against it.
"Mmhm. Whatever you say," he said, kissing the top of her head gently.
"I give up! This is just fucking impossible!" Maggie groaned, rolling onto her back and away from the notebook. "I give up on math. I'm done," she complained, though her voice was muffled by her face now being buried in a pillow.
"Oh please." Glenn grinned, leaning over to pick up her notebook off the bed, and pull her back to him to look at the homework with her. "One good thing about parents practically forcing you to get into honors classes, I guess," he said, before helping her through the math work.
(She was way too grateful for that, and planned to let him know that eventually).
"We should finish our work," Glenn muttered against the shell of her ear, though he made no move to do so. They'd spent easily an hour going through homework together, helping each other out, before putting it all away for some quality cuddling.
"Yeah, or we could just... not." Maggie laughed, tightening her grip on his shirt a bit. This is how they really liked to spend time together. Totally wrapped up in each other, skin touching skin, soft kisses and nice touches.
"Yeah, I like that idea," he said quietly, before leaning down to press a kiss to her lips, his hands under the edge of her shirt wandering along her sides.
A good hour or so later, Maggie and Glenn lay pressed up against each other on his bed, the slightest bit sweaty and just a little sore in the best way you could imagine.
Maggie hummed quietly against his shoulder; he pulled back and looked down at her questioningly. She was about to say something, when they heard the front door open.
"We're home!" Mrs. Rhee's voice called out a few seconds later. Glenn gave an unhappy groan.
"You've got to be kidding me," he sighed, detangling himself from Maggie to pick his shirt up off the floor, handing Maggie her panties and shorts as well.
"What, you aren't happy to see your parents?" she teased, pulling her panties up, and standing to do the same with her shorts.
"Shut up. I wanted to spend a little bit more time on you, but I guess that isn't happening anymore," he complained, pulling his own pants back on, as she hooked her bra back and pulled her shirt over her head.
"Well, maybe another time soon," Maggie said, before pressing her palm against his cheek, pulling him into a hard and passionate kiss.
"Definitely," he grinned as he pulled away, running his fingers through her hair, then his own, trying to look less messy and potentially suspicious.
His hair ended up looking as messy as it usually did when he was finished.
A few minutes later, his mom knocked on the door, before swinging it open to find them sitting on the bed innocently and finishing homework together like the good students they weren't.
After a good fifteen minutes of near begging from his mother while Glenn watched on in amused silence, Maggie had stayed for dinner, and then Glenn had offered to drive her home (he claimed it was so Hershel wouldn't have to come out, but he and Maggie both knew it was so they could spend just a bit longer together).
They spent most of the ride in comfortable silence, her hand over his on the gearstick, with occasional bits of conversation.
"And we're here," Glenn announced, after the good 15 minute drive from Glenn's house to the Greene family farm. Maggie sighed, reaching down to undo her seat belt. "I'll walk you up," he said quickly, scrabbling to undo his own seatbelt and switching the engine of the car off, before going around to grab her backpack out of the backseat.
When she got out, she took the bag from his hand and into her left, before linking her right hand with his as they walked up the steps of the front porch.
"Hold on," she said quietly, letting go of his hand to fish through her bag for the front door key. After a good thirty seconds, she gave quick a shout of accomplishment as her fingers found the key.
She took it out, fumbling with it for a moment, before putting it in the door and turning the knob.
"You down here, Daddy?" Maggie asked as she stepped in, gesturing for Glenn to follow her inside.
"I'm back here, honey!" Hershel's voice called from the back sitting room.
"I should probably go," Glenn said quietly, as Maggie put her backpack down on the stairs. She nodded, turning around to wrap her arms around his neck.
"Be safe, okay?" she asked quietly, pressing her lips against his cheek. "And remember to text me when you get home, so I know you're okay."
"Jesus, Mags," he laughed, and then rushed to explain what he meant when she looked up at him. "You're starting to sound like me," he teased, before pressing another kiss to her lips and letting go of her. "I'll text you," he promised anyway, before turning and pushing the back door open, waving back to her as he walked out to the car and she lingered in the doorway.
As she was falling asleep that night, Maggie couldn't help wondering how she'd gotten so lucky, and what she'd done to deserve Glenn.