Sasha stares at the lithe figure before them, his hand dripping blood from having saved Abraham from his brutal death, if this isn't all a ploy to mess with their Psyche. His eyes aren't even watering from the wound he has just received watching with trepidation as the two interact.
Negan's whole demeanor shifts as he tugs the smaller man's hand up trying to inspect the wound looking to Abraham she sees the weight of relief as he still breathes come out of him.
She is pulled back to the two foolishly looking away from the threat as the British tone placates the man who's had them on their knees trembling, despite herself in fear. "I'm fine, I've had worse," Negan's Angel speaks with a placating tone, causing the man to scowl.
"That's the thing, You shouldn't have to get used to it," she shivers at the tone, and she thought he had been angered by them.
With an obnoxious snort the angel responds, "you and me both, too bad fate likes to fuck me," he responds gently prying his slow steady bleeding hand from Negan's grip she flinches when droplets of blood flick on to her at the flick of his wrist, why isn't he trying to stop it?
Before she can think more on it the small man turns suddenly to Rick, his expression losing any sign of affection as he stares at their leader like he's a nuisance, a child who's disobeying their parents.
There's an almost static like pressure in the air as the man speaks to Rick while pressing towards him, the blood dripping from his hand as he walks, the drip making more noise than his steps.
"Rick, right?" Harry repeats Negan's words from earlier, she watches as he stops in front of Rick hearing a shift causes her to remember the other predator in their presence, looking to Negan she can see the way his eyes are zeroed in on his bleeding hand.
The look in his eyes is dark and makes her worry.
Hearing a wet snack as flesh meets her ears causes her to look back seeing the small man holding Rick by the jaw with his wounded hand, the grip he has making her wince just imagining the pain."Look at me when I'm talking to you." The man's soft accent contrasts the southern drawl they are all used to.
She can hear something in the air as he spoke, compelling her to keep her eyes on him as he held Rick in a bloody grasp.
"I'd listen to him, my Harry doesn't appreciate being disrespected" Negan pipes up making her jump as if broken from a trance to find he had walked up to the other man leaning his head onto Harry's shoulder, looking like a two headed Cerberus as he peers over the smaller man.
"Shush, Off you," The now named Harry says playfully shoving Negan off of him like the man isn't batshit crazy.
His light grin leaves as he returns his gaze to Rick who she can see is trying to keep it together.
"Why?" The simple question made her furrow her brows.
She sees him tighten his grip as he stares into Rick's eyes, "Why did you kill my people?"
She almost winces at the way he states it before the man lets go of Rick's face allowing him to speak.
Rick opens his mouth and then closes it, before finally stuttering out,"Y-your tyrants,"
Sasha closes her eyes at Rick's blatant statement.
"We are tyrants?" Harry asks, incredulous in his tone as he steps back before continuing with his words,"Your people are the ones who came into our homes while we slept and then proceeded to kill them."
"You practically salivated at the opportunity to do all this, didn't you?" The green eyes impose them all with dark mirth
Sasha sees Rick try opening his mouth, but Harry simply raises his hand as a sound escapes Rick not letting him get a word while pressing on,"Thinking you're the good guys saving the oppressed people from an evil villain"
"While I can understand how it looks, trust me when You haven't seen true evil." There's a mirthful look leaves as he stares hard into Rick's eyes, his humor gone, "do you know you made five children parentless?"
That makes her still.
"I'm sure you saw the cribb when you went and killed everyone there, fortunately the children weren't there or who knows what you would have done." She feels offended that he thinks they'd kill a child, they're the bad guys.
"I-we would never-!" Rick tries to deny his words, but is silenced with a single look making the hairs on her neck raise as the man scoffs.
"Sure, just their parents," that makes Rick silent.
"Look, the deal is simple, you pay us in way of resources and we protect you from the real threat. Your lot is ignorant too," Harry says, making her feel confused, protected from what.
"The only bad guys I see are you." Rick says with a glare.
Sasha doesn't understand why Rick is antagonistic towards them, when they're literally on their knees with guns to their heads.
——
Everyone including Maggie jolt as Harry let out a loud cackle startling everyone, even the man's people by the looks of it.
His voice cuts through the tense air as he scoffs at Rick.
"You can't be that naive, he's not is he?." Negan aks Harry the man's voice reminding them of his presence, as if they could forget.
"just because you hear the opinions of those who can barely keep themselves safe, those people." He pauses for dramatics.
"The hilltop, they don't understand how many times our people have either prevented a herd from wandering up the hill."
"I mean why did someone think it was a good idea to make a community where your only exit is and can be surrounded." She can hear what the man is coming from, but to subjugate groups of people, forcing them to give up resources it's inhumane.
She withholds a surprised gasp as the man looks to her and responds as if he had read her thoughts.
"Now I'm sure you're thinking it's cruel to demand resources, but can you honestly tell me you would risk your own for a group with nothing given in return?" She can see Rick trying to form words but seems to be too focused on trying to think of a way out by the way he flexes his fist.
———-
"You killed a kid." Rick speaks after a second.
"What?" He can hear the genuine confusion as Harry speaks.
"Your people, they came and killed a 16 year old for a crate of food, was that worth it!" Thinking of any way to justify his actions.
he's not a bad person, he just wants to protect his people and these people are dangerous, and Alexandria can't be ruined he's just found some sense of stability.
"Where?" Rick actually shivers at the steel in the small man's tone.
His eyes track back to the figure he is most wary of as Negan pinches his nose in what seems to be exasperation before turning towards his people while exclaiming,"Who the fuck killed a kid!?"
Rick feels trepidation as the fed up tone, but what freezes his veins and makes his heart flutter is the cold look that entered Harry's green eyes.
Turning his gaze back to Negan as he walks along his own.
Rick's thoughts fill with dread as he sees the way these people flinch away like a god is reprimanding them.
Negan continues walking until Harry suddenly says, "Don't bother, it's that guy, the new one that Simon brought back."
Rick notices how mustache seems to flinch l, but can see no genuine remorse, making Rick wonder if he found a weak link of their chain.
Before his thoughts can progress negan immediately walks up to the figure who was shunned the second Harry had raised his hand making Rick have a startling realization of just who's in charge.
Looking towards Daryl he can see the impatience on his face and hopes the man doesn't do anything drastic.
The trembling man stumbles before them all as negan mocks him with a rough shove, causing the man to kneel Before Harry, "Shit Jarry-boy, you've screwed the pooch on this one. My Angel isn't forgiving towards child murderers."
The man seems to attempt to speak but is silenced when Harry steps forward.
Rick struggles fighting to urge to take the smaller man as hostage, knowing it would be stupid.
"Negan, don't toy with the food now." Harry speaks, his voice holding a dark promise that makes his spine tingle in warning.
Negan seems to pout, the blatantness in their display of affection is quite cynical seeing as they are standing before their own who is trembling in terror.
"Aw, come on baby doll I'm just trying to lighten the mood." Negan tries leaning down only to lean back as his…lover swats at him.
"Negan, be serious." Though the smaller man's lip twitches showing his own immaturity.
Rick wishes he could wash out the vision before him.
"Alright love I'll leave it to you." Negan says bowing back as Harry circles the kneeling man, prowling like a lion that's been given a meal.
"I don't like people who endanger children, especially for no reason at all." Harry's voice barely reaching Rick's ears as he stops in front of the man, Jarry?
"Pleas-" the plea was cut off as the small frail looking man pulls out a pistol and proceeds to pull the trigger in the man's head interrupting his begging.
The silence is deafening as Rick listens to the lifeless body fall limp.
The kaleidoscope of car lights cast an ominous glow around Harry as he stands before the fallen body, his gaze seems to sweep over the whole area, causing a shiver crawl up his spine again.
"I don't tolerate senseless murder, and it seems I've gotten too lax if those under my domaine think they can just do what they please." Rick can see some of the saviors shift with uncomfortableness as the man speaks, even Negan seems sheepish though obviously not in fear.
"You call that reasonable?" Daryl mutters making Rick glance at him, only to focus on the two leaders as Negan spins towards them as if hearing that.
"Now, don't be shy!" The man speaks as he walks towards Daryl who scowls at being heard.
"Speak your mind." Negan purrs leaning into Daryl's face.
"Negan, stop tempting them, it's not worth it," Harry says as he comes up tugging on the collar of Negan, who surprisingly complies.
"Daryl is it?" Harry asks with a surprisingly gentle tone.
The scowl on Daryl's face deepens, making Rick wince hoping his friend doesn't explode.
"What cat got your tongue?" Negan taunts causing Harry to glare back at him.
"I'm sure you're frustrated, I don't think your people understand just what is going on in this world and I can see you're a good man." Harry tries only to be stopped by Daryl snorting.
"You can stop with ya' bullshit or your fake shitty ass pity." Here he spits in Harry's face causing Rick to close his eyes in dread.
"Now you little," here Negan pulls Harry away only to punt Daryl in the face causing their short tempered friend to shuffle up only to rush at Negan and swing at the man.
Only Harry happened to get in the way causing a eerie deafening silence to erupt as the small man stumbles from the force of the blow.
Rick can practically taste the rage emitting from Negan as the man spins towards Daryl growling, "we're are gonna shut this shit down!"
"Right now!" The man growls, everything happens in slow motion as Negan pulls out his pistol off the ground before aiming the gun and firing.
The silencer of the gun comes out as a microburst to Rick's ears as he watches their red headed friend fall listlessly with a resonancing thud.
"Dammit, Negan, I liked him." Rick can see the swelling on the man's face as he holds his cheek.
"Sorry baby, I had to make a statement." Negan's tone clearly stated he didn't care who he killed.
The hiccups coming from Sasha make Rick close his eyes only to open them as Negan slams on the roof of the Rv jolting him from recent memory.
The tale sign of a mass of walkers surrounding both of them brings him back to reality as he tries to regain his breath.
"Come on Rick, I want my damn axe." The muffled voice of Negan coming from inside makes Rick want to curl into a ball.
A/n:
Soo I hope I did both of them(Negan and Harry) some justice and still kept it unexpected, is Glenn dead?
Do you like this?
Will ~CORL~ still be used as a manipulative tool or will Harry cut that before it begins.
Do you want teddy? I can have a ex machina with Luna or Hermione dropping by;)