Hello Everyone! So I must say that this is my first piece of writing on this wonderful site. I am a huge fan of this show I do love all the Daryl/OC stories, however, I do love Rick Grimes as well which is why I have decided to create a small piece for Rick lovers to enjoy. All characters belong to the show except for my original character.
(NOTE: takes place mostly at the end of the current season. My character, Olivia, is in her twenties and has already met Rick as you will find out)
Flashback
"Hey…can you hear me?" Slowly, Rick opened his eyes to see a young woman staring back at him. "We need to leave this place…let me help you". Eyes half closed, he could only manage to ask "what…what happened…who are you?
"Olivia and we have to leave now". She leaned over to pull him up slowly from the hospital bed.
End of Flashback (Olivia's POV)
I paced back and forth on the porch squinting hard to try and find Rick and his son in the overwhelming darkness that had swallowed the farm land. Lori was pacing and was yelling out for Carl. I couldn't stay still, my body was shaking. I ran into the house and up the stairs with speed I never knew I had to begin with. Hopefully, from the window I could see where the hell the two were. My heart was beating, my hands sweaty, please god show me where they are. Looking through one of the girl's rooms, I managed to see a blur of who I have been searching for as well as the massive group of walkers following. Yes, hell on earth indeed. "Rick…oh my god…Rick…Rick!" I left the room just as fast and nearly tumbled down the steps to get back outside. I took the small gun from my back pocket and prepared to shoot. From afar, I saw the small barn house go up in flames and I knew they were in there. Adrenaline shot through my body as it pushed me to run past a lot of the walkers coming towards me. Just as I thought I could get closer to find them, too many were surrounding me. Turning back quickly, I lost all sense of direction and with all that was going on I felt my body weaken. "Olivia! Olivia! Over here!" My eyes shot wide open to hear a truck coming towards me. Sure enough it was Rick who was sharing the truck with Hershel. Jumping into the back seat, he stepped on the gas and finally we left the farm for good.
My heart was still beating as if it wanted to burst but somehow my dizziness faded from knowing that Rick was here, he found me and that's all I could ask for. His son in the car as well I thought about where his mother could be.
"Olivia? Are you alright?" he asked while gasping. I looked up at him in the mirror and nodded. "Yes…you?" he didn't respond. His body was tense so I knew his answer. I rubbed my arms to comfort myself and began to think back on the days which lead to all of this. I never thought for one second before that we were all going to live merrily on that farm. No, I knew this day would come. I felt my eyelids closing down and before I knew it sleep took over.
…..hours later
We made it to the highway, where all the cars had littered the road. The one place we had all tried hard to hide from the herd of the undead. Through the cracked window, I heard Rick talking to Hershel.
"Have a little faith!"
From what I heard, Rick was giving Hershel reasons again to keep on living. From the day I had saved him from the hospital and later, he had always reassured me in a similar way. But he gave me comfort by telling me that I WILL survive. Yes, I have been attracted to him since day one. I have never met anyone who held such morals and had this much strength in this kind of world. Soon we heard the roaring of a motorcycle. My lips twitched up into a smile and chuckled as I looked at Daryl with Carol right behind. "What a hero" I thought. Everyone gathered here and Rick turned to see Lori coming at him. I smiled sympathetically but inside I couldn't help the stab of jealousy. It was not right to wish anything bad upon anyone but I had negative feelings mixed with my positive one. 'Some things will never change', I thought. Turning back around I climbed back into the car and wondered where our next destination would be.
….
We made it to a nice wooded area with what seemed to be remains of a stone building. As the group had settled down from their argument over the safety of the area, I had scavenged the area for wood to use for the fire we will make later. This forest area was not the best place to be but we needed to stop and I accepted that. Hearing Lori's voice, I slowed my steps. They were arguing and part of what I could make out, Shane's death was a topic. Truthfully, Lori could not be any more ungrateful to everything he has done and tried to do. My brows bent in anger over her voice, I slowly turned to walk away until she stormed off. His hands on his hips and face flushed red out of stress I didn't want to be seen, wishing to be invisible. Crrrrraaaaaaack! Damn twig.
"You know, even a deer makes less noise" he huffed out with only a bit of humor.
"Oh, I am so sorry…I…I was just looking for wood and-"
"No, no" he dismissed with his hand, "It's alright Olivia" He touched his face to wipe his forehead.
"I just…I just wanted to let you know that what you did back there…was right". He looked at me surprised but still stressed out.
"With Shane…I can't judge you on a single action because…because I already know what kind of a man you are"
He looked almost confused now not exactly knowing if what I said was good.
"You're a good man Rick…I wanted you to know that too…"
"Olivia…" he whispered out of his cracked voice "thank you…I just don't know what to do anymore…"
Walking up to him slowly but steady I reached around to hug him. In return he patted my back. Unlacing my hands, I let them brush down to his right hand and held onto it.
"If I hadn't met you back at that hospital, if you hadn't woken up…Rick, I don't know where the hell I would be, so thank you" with that last word I let his hand fall and walked back to where the rest of the group was. The sky was turning darker, night would soon follow.
….
The group members were silent out of shock by the way Rick had expressed himself. It was as if he was turning into Shane. A completely different side most of us had not witnessed until now. The fire was at its largest and I could make out all the faces surrounding it. I wasn't hungry or thirsty, not sure if I was even tired but I got up and left the group once things died down a bit.
"Olivia, where are you going?" Carol asked almost silently.
"Don't worry just need a bit of time alone…I won't go too far don't worry"
I felt eyes burn onto my back as I had left the group. I didn't want to go too far but just far enough to think for a few. Looking up at the pitch black sky I could see the most beautiful stars. It seemed that no matter how bad things were on land the sky always reflected the life we all had before. The wind blew across the grounds and hit my arms. I could finally breathe easily.
"Ya know, I don't blame ya"
Surprised I turned fast on the log I was sitting on to look up at Rick who was stepping over large rocks and twigs on the ground to get to where I sat.
"We need to stick together but I don't blame ya for comin out here to think…we all need time like this"
Now he was standing next to me and slowly crouched down to sit on the log. Thank goodness for the full moon tonight. Not being able to build my own small fire helped to have some natural light. We stared both straight out into the distance. Crickets in the background and the wind still making low whispering sounds as it swept by.
"Yes…I uh, I really need this…ya know star gazing was never a hobby of mine not even as a kid until now"
He then looked to the sky.
"It's perfect…"
"Yeah"
"Listen…what I said back there-"
"Yeah you did kind of scared us a bit back there…who were-"
"I, I really have no idea… when I lost Shane…when I killed Shane back on that farm-"
"what happened, happened…and to tell you the truth…and the ugly truth…we are far better off without him and I apologize but I can't cry over it and I cannot and will not let that cover the fact that we…we are still here and able to keep moving on coz in the end that is all we are going to have to do anyway"
Hugging my thin jacket to myself I looked over at Rick who was staring at me in awe.
"So that's your view of this…of all of this"
"Yes…it is"
He lowered his head and nodded accepting what I had said.
His presence was becoming unbearable. I took in everything more than before. Here he is talking to me, and my selfish feelings and stupid crush came back to me full force. I've been through so damn much with this man, from the hospital to the city and there on. The moonlight revealed his light jacket and dark shirt underneath. His face filled with fatigue but with or without blood the man was always handsome to me.I have seen all faces of him: tired, sick, anger, and stress.
"We ought to head back…we don't wanna stay here too long"
With that he got up and brushed himself off a bit and prepared to climb over the log.
"Yes, yes we should"
Snnnnnaaaaapcrrrriiiiick! I had gotten my foot stuck on a small opening of the log and in slow motion felt myself falling forward until a pair of arms had caught me around the shoulders. I looked down at the hands that gripped my arms strongly and then looked up. My breath caught in my throat as I had noticed how close our faces were at that moment.
"Be…be careful now" he panted out. Our eyes connected for a few minutes, just breathing and looking. The white part of his gleamed in the dark. I couldn't hold back anymore it was as if I just didn't care anymore. I pushed my face forward and caught his lips with such passion that he continued to hold on. After everything he has been through today it seemed like he didn't care either. Tongues met and we were now holding on to each other for support not even taking the time to know which way to turn. My hands gripped his jacket with desperation. My knees turned to jelly and soon enough I ended on the ground upright against a tree. Our kissing did not stop. My hands flew to his face to feel the stubs and could hear the light scratching sounds it made as we kissed harder. My heart was beating faster by the second. I pulled him closer; I needed to feel heat needed to feel the comfort. With both legs on either side of mine he knelt down to kiss me longer. We were both panting as if forgetting to take a moment to breathe again. The feeling of his warm breath and the sounds of our lips was arousing. I was living in the moment and got up on both knees to lace my hands around his neck. He put an arm around my waist to pull me flush against his body. I moaned a bit once I felt his erection. In return, I rubbed up against him slowly. It was now his rough voice I heard. My fingers scratched his arms to peel his jacket off. He took his jacket and laid it on the ground behind me. Pushing against my shoulders gently, I found myself lying down. The rough natural ground scratched my back but I felt no pain. He settled himself between my jean covered legs. I reached up to hug his neck with my arms to connect our lips once again. These were not soft romance filled kisses...no they were fast and sloppy. Our ability to make deicisions was gone as the sounds of our gasping breaths took over. The spit strings that connected our lips appeared like crystals under the moonlight. With minimal light, I could still see his lust filled gaze and the sweat that matted his forehead. We did not have time to take any of this slow so I pushed my pants as hard as I could down my thighs. Looking up at him he gave me a look of concern. Realizing what he wants to ask I replied,"Oh...dont worry...I uh..back at the farm I took-" He nodded and pulled my face gently to continue kissing. With my eyes closed I could hear the sound of a zipper and belt buckle. I hugged my legs around his waist to push against him closer. Lying my head completely against the smooth collar of his jacket I suddenly felt him enter. "OH...ssss.." It was quick and he gave me a moment before continuing. As if we only had a couple of minutes he began snapping up and down. Up, down, up...our bodies shook with need and desperation.
"Ooo..oh..oh god" I placed my chin onto his shoulder to look up at the sky. My skin was on fire as he breathed against me hard. My calves were digging into his backside edging him on. We may not have had our bodies completely unclothed but somehow being half exposed brought a completely new and intense feeling to all of it. His chest against mine as he moved, the sound of his shoes pushing against the ground and the sound of our pants creating friction was unbelievable. There was nothing around us and it felt like we had nothing in the world to worry about. My mind was turned to slush. I could feel myself tighten and I knew he did as well as he pounded my body against the ground furthermore. My fingers on his back helped to hug him closer, tigther and tighter. I threw my head back and before any sounds could leave my pouted mouth he quickly captured my lips. He collapsed on me with ease and slowly rolled to my side. Looking up at the night sky he fixed himself. I tugged my pants up and brushed my face off. No words were exchanged as we tried to regain our regular breathing.
I have no idea how long we had stayed out here but I knew we needed to head back. My face had to be flushed so I took a moment to let the cool wind hit me. I picked up his jacket to dust it off not wanting anyone to see the dirt stains. "Here..." he took it and slowly put it on. After what happened, I honestly dont know what I should be feeling. I was too tired to feel much of the worry and shame. Looking up at him once we gathered ourselves, I could not make out what he might be thinking.
"I...Rick, I dont know what to say...I will not say a thing about any of this...we can forget about this if you want"
He turned back to put his hands on his hips and swiped his face to calmly reply, "Olivia...I can never forget about what we just did-"
"Oh..I know...I-"
"And I dont think I want to"
My brows knit with confusion but I took what he said once he flashed me a small smile.
"K...lets get back, the others might be wondering and it's too dangerous"
He nodded in agreement and continued to walk past the trees as I followed behind.
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So my first post was without the love scene but I went ahead and added one in there because it was VERY WELL needed lol. I could add a bit more but let me know what you think. I hope you enjoyed it :)