BEFORE I START: Okay, this is something I came up with earlier. There aren't many fanfictions featuring Shane x OC and I happened to mostly like his character.. I mean I hated some of Shane's actions, but I get that he was in a really dark place too and not thinking straight.. So I wrote this out and I'm not sure yet if I want to go beyond this chapter or not or what I'll do with it but I felt like I would share it and see where it leads. I do know that if I keep it going, Shane is not going to die. And most likely, he will be leaving the group with Carolina.
Here it goes. Let's see if this gets any response, shall we?
The group had come shortly after the two men and the little boy appeared walking up the dirt driveway. Maggie had told her there were other survivors out there but Carolina had been reluctant to believe her younger sister. And now that her father was opening the house up to perfect strangers, Carolina was wondering why in the hell she'd come back to the family home to ride out the end of the world to begin with.. Did her father not realize that people weren't all to be trusted now? The end of the world made people do insane things, hell, Beth was engaged, gonna marry some guy she had English class with just because they were 'in love' and it seemed like the right thing to do in the end of days.. Maggie was eying one of the guys already but Carolina kept her thoughts on the matter quiet.. Until she saw someone she never thought she'd see again.. And she gasped in shock.
Shane Walsh, this guy she'd met one night at a bar and hooked up with was standing in the middle of her father's den. She quickly diverted her gaze and busied herself with what she'd been doing when the group arrived and consoled herself with the thought that maybe he didn't remember her.
That one week of one night stands between them had been her one and only one night stand. And the way she'd seen him flirting, she was at least 90 percent sure that he'd forgotten her completely by the time the sun rose that Sunday and he woke up to find himself in bed alone. It probably hadn't even phased him. If only it worked the same for her.. It'd taken her a while, convincing herself not to go back, convincing herself that the way they fell into bed together wasn't right, nor was it a basis for a good relationship, but she'd managed to finally move past it.
She'd honestly never expected to see him again, after all, it wasn't like she'd told him her life story and he damn sure hadn't told her his either and he didn't even know where in Georgia she lived, just that it wasn't King County.
But now, here he was, standing in the middle of her father's living room.. She felt eyes on her and she looked up and right into his hypnotic dark eyed gaze. She bit at her lower lip, felt all the color draining from her face, and hurriedly, she stood up, practically bolting to the kitchen, spilling a glass of sweet tea in the process.
Shane studied the curvy and petite light brunette with a raised brow.. He felt like he knew her.. Like he'd seen her somewhere.. And then the old man, - her father he was assuming, he called her name and it hit Shane like a literal ton of bricks..
Rick turned his gaze to his best friend and Shane nodded, muttered something about needing to step out and get air and then he too bolted out of the room. Rick raked his hand through his hair and Lori looked at her husband with a raised brow and Rick leaned in, whispered, "Remember that girl he talked about nonstop for about a year? The one he tried to find so he could take her out on an actual date?"
"The one that was gone when he woke up after they'd been together every single night for a week? The one girl he didn't want to throw out the door after they were together? Wait.." Lori started to piece things together for herself and Rick nodded.
Shane quietly shut the screen door leading out to the back porch of the farmhouse and stood there watching as Carolina paced, kicking at dirt and rocks while swearing quietly to herself. He cleared his throat and spoke up, "Carolina?"
Carolina froze in her tracks and turned around slowly. Her eyes met his and she raked her hands through her hair. "You remember me?" she asked, a startled look in hazel eyes as they fixed on him.
"Remember you, darlin, hell.. I tried to find ya for almost a year after ya left." Shane admitted quietly, sitting down on the back steps of the farmhouse. Carolina's heart raced a little at his words and she bit her lip, sitting down on the edge of the back porch, staring off into the distant field. For a few minutes, neither one of them spoke but finally, Carolina answered quietly, "I had to go before.." she bit her lip, trying to think of the best way to explain why she'd left back then.
"Before what?"
"Before I fell for you and everything that was so perfect completely fucked up.. I mean you told me you weren't looking to settle down.. And we only knew each other a week but.. I was starting to get used to you, to get settled into this pattern and I… When I realized where we stood after we talked all night that last night, I realized I had to leave. I couldn't just settle for being someone's fling. Why'd you.. Why look for me?"
"Because when ya left I realized I wanted it to be more than just wild sex and no commitment." Shane admitted quietly, his gaze falling to his hands as he coughed a little. This whole situation was completely awkward.
His words had her heart racing against her chest and she looked up and over at him as she admitted quietly, " I drove back up two weekends before all the evacuations started.. I just.. I wanted to be with you.. I wanted to see you again.. I didn't want to face what I thought was a certain death without seeing you one more time, but then I saw you getting cozy with that woman in my dad's living room.. I figured you moved on and you were happy so I left and came out here."
Shane raked his hand through his hair and said quietly, "Wish you hadn't just left without sayin somethin."
"Would it have mattered?"
"I don't know.. Maybe."
Her father called her name and she looked up at Shane for a few seconds, clearly confused as to why any of it mattered to him.. Then she stepped around him and walked into the house.
Shane sat there on the back porch of the farmhouse trying to figure out what he was feeling at the moment.. Because when he'd seen her again after figuring out exactly who she was, all those old feelings from a year ago came rushing right back.
