God damn, he wanted to wipe that defiant little look off the kid's fucking face.

"You should go. Before you find out how dangerous we all are."

That one glaring eye (and he's got to remember what's up with the eye patch), the stiff body, pursed lips. Such a look of intense hatred all over that young face and clear disobedience as the kid - Carl, right? - holds a gun to one of his men. Clenching his jaw, that fuck doesn't even have stubble on it yet, and Negan can't help but smirk.

It's the attitude that is the problem. The threat means nothing - less than nothing - to him. Negan has at least 6 inches on Carl, 50 pounds, 30 years. The kid knows how to hold a gun, clearly knows how to shoot; he has some experience. But Negan knows he has more and could snatch the gun and break the kid's arm without a second thought.

But forcing is not the same as submission and that is no damn fun.

He can't let this scrawny boy think it's acceptable to point a gun at him or his men. Can't let him think it's acceptable to challenge him.

Negan laughs at the kid - shut the fuck up, Rick - and mocks him, reminds Carl of the night he watched Negan turn the brains of two men into scrambled fucking eggs.

And that look, that defiant look, drops with the eye contact that the kid breaks and Negan almost shivers. Carl lets out the breath that he was holding and lowers the gun, avoiding the gaze of the older man and shit, what a weird fucking feeling that causes.

Negan clicks his tongue. It's not so much submission as it is resignation. But it's a start. The kid might take some extra effort to break, but it would be worth it to watch the boy kneel at his feet and obey without hesitance.

The boy gives one extra glare and Negan just grins wider.

God damn would it be worth it.


352 words, not bad.

I actually know very little about The Walking Dead. I have a group of friends who watch it religiously and I've been invited to all of their TWD parties season the premiere of season 7. But I really like it, I love Negan so much and I love the power he holds over everyone else. Carl is a cutie and I love it when cuties are hurt, so I whipped this up. I'll probably continue it sooner or later unless this gets terrible reviews. This was all just taken from episode 4 from season 7, so being OOC isn't a problem...yet.