Chapter 17:
A/N: Sooooooo is anyone still reading this lmao. My last update was last year! First of all, I apologize. I started my last year of grad school in January and just finally finished a few days ago. This year has been cray and I've barely had time to finish my assignments so writing for fun has truly been taken alllllll the way to the end of my list. Anyway, now that I'm done and have no other bs to write I can get back to doing things I enjoy, so for those who are still reading thank you, for those who aren't I understand and thank you for reading the earlier chapters, and for those who are just beginning thank you. Apologize in advance if this chapter is rusty, ya girl is rusty in the fan fic writing. I truly missed writing for fun yall have no idea.
3 months later
"Okay Judy so this is Spider-Man and this is Green Goblin. He's the bad guy." Carl was currently slowly describing a comic strip to a 3-month-old Judith, as she laid her stomach and babbled as Carl described to her the current scene.
"We always choose Spider-Man because he's the good guy, got it?" As Carl was speaking Judith was giggling. She wore a light pastel yellow onesie. Three months later she had developed chubbier cheeks, her complexion now matching a cup of coffee with a splash of milk in it, and her features now more prominent, looking more and more like Michonne.
"Carl, something tells me she's not quite grasping the concept," Michonne said as she walked into the living room, still in her pajamas as she wore one of Rick's short sleeve brown shirts with her own cuffed pajama pants. Hair piled up on the top of her head, completing her lazy Sunday look. She scooped Judith into her arms, resting her on her hip. Judith smiled once she was in her mother's arm, swiping at one loc that had fallen from her mother's bun.
Carl sighed dramatically and nodded, "I think you're right. Next month maybe?" Carl said, as he visibly wondered how his sister was taking as long as his father to grasp these concepts.
Michonne chuckled and lightly kissed Carl's forehead and nodded. "Maybe. She's got my DNA so I believe in her. How about we put a pause on your comic teachings and we clean up a little, hm? Dad will be home soon." Michonne turned to Judith, "Are you excited for daddy to come home? Yes, I know, I know!" Michonne said with a grin as Judith excitedly babbled, evoking the same emotions her mother was giving her.
Rick had recently started night shifts, coming home in the mornings. The change included long phone calls with Michonne when nights at Kings County were fairly calm. Without Rick, at night Michonne made sure to have Carl in her bed as Judith slept beside them, not yet fully moved into her nursery. It was soon approaching 9 in the morning and Rick will be home soon.
"Mom, when will dad be back to regular shifts? He's kind of boring during the day." Carl said with a small pout. About a month ago Carl had begun calling Michonne mom, pointing out that if he says Michonne around Judith she may call her Michonne too. "You're a mom, so you should be called mom," Carl said simply. A month later and Michonne still had to stop herself from melting whenever Carl called her mom.
Michonne chuckled, "Well I know they have been looking for some new guys so maybe today will be his last day of working night." As soon as the words escaped her mouth, a lock turned and then a knob, Rick walked into the house.
"Dad!" Carl said as he jumped up excitedly, running toward his father and wrapping his arms around him.
Rick laughed lightly, kissing the top of his head. "Hey son," Rick looked up at Michonne, smiling at the sight of their baby in her arms. "Come 'ere, Momma." Carl, not being the only Grimes boy calling Michonne by her newly appointed name.
Michonne giggled a bit and walked over to Rick, giving his lips several small kisses. "Busy night Rocky?" She asked as Rick slipped Judith off of Michonne's hip, laying her on his chest.
"Not anything crazy. But I have good news...we got some new guys to cover the shift." Rick said with a smile.
"Finally!" Carl said dramatically and happily.
Rick chuckled and nodded, "Yeah, so I'll get 2 days off to adjust the sleep schedule. But um until then…." he let out a yawn, "I'm going to take a quick nap." As he spoke Judith let out a small yawn of her own and a quiet whine. "Oh, so you're tired too, huh? You want to take a nap? Let's take a nap." He spoke to Judith, lightly kissing her nose in between sentences.
Michonne smiled softly, "Yes go sleep. Carl, I think we have a mission to clean the kitchen."
Carl gasped excitedly, "Bye dad!" He said as he ran off to the kitchen.
Michonne and Rick shared a laugh, "Call me if she gets hungry. I'm glad you'll be back in bed at night. I missed you." Michonne said with a small smile.
"Mmm, what else you missed?" Rick said with a smirk, as he reached down to get a squeeze of his favorite body part of hers.
Michonne rolled her eyes playfully as Judith let out a louder whine this time. "Stop depriving my baby of sleep just because you want to flirt."
Rick chuckled, giving her butt a small tap before letting go. "Whatever you say Boss," He said, his eye lingering on her before he turned up the stairs.
Michonne shook her head as she watched him, his flirting never growing old. "Carl, you are so patient! Now let's get this mission started." She said as she joined Carl in the kitchen.
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Awoken by a cry and the bedroom door opening Rick was rubbing his eyes as Michonne picked up Judith from her crib, holding her in her arms. She sat next to Rick lightly shushing her.
"You're just like your daddy, cranky and hungry when you wake up," Michonne said with a smile as she began to breastfeed Judith.
Rick sat up, moving closer to Michonne as he chuckled. "Like father, like daughter." He said, lightly kissing Michonne's shoulder.
All three of them stayed in comfortable silence for a few minutes, Michonne feeding Judith and Rick lightly showering Michonne with kisses, taking in her scent as he did so.
"I missed you," Michonne said again, this time quietly to Rick, a small smile on her face as she began to lightly tap Judith's back so she could burp.
Rick smiled widely at her, now adjusting himself so his head was in Michonne's lap. "Happy I'll have a few days off?"
"So happy." She said with a soft smile, her eyes covered in love for him. She placed Judith on Rick's chest and he wrapped one arm around her as Judith lightly tapped his shirt.
"What you miss, momma?" Rick said smilingly as he bit his bottom lip. Even from below she was beautiful and if possible, since giving birth to Judith she seemed to glow even more.
Michonne giggled a bit, "I missed…. your arm around me when I slept. I missed...your snoring. And you do this thing when I wake up, I move your arm and you just put your arm right back. Like I'm not coming back." She smiled, remembering one morning when she woke Rick up by throwing a sock at him because he wouldn't let her go.
"I gotta say Boss having a baby makes you soft," Rick said with a wide grin as Michonne then lightly tapped him. "I'm just making sure you'll be coming back...the love of my life...I'm just making sure you ain't going anywhere."
"Never," Michonne said softly as she bent down to give Rick a gentle kiss.
"Mmm…" Rick said with a happy sigh. He loved his work and planned on working for a long time, but where he was most content, happy, was at home. His son, his daughter, and a woman who he thought his last memory of would be her parents driving her off to college.
"She fell asleep," Michonne noted, eyeing Judith who was now sound asleep on her father's chest. Rick gently picked her up, giving her to Michonne who put her in her crib.
"I'm going back to sleep too Boss," Said Rick who turned to his side and nuzzled his head in her stomach.
Michonne let out a small giggle tapping Rick on the shoulder. "Stop being annoying and sleep where you're supposed to."
Rick pulled away from her stomach slightly, "I don't know what you're talking about cause I'm meant to be sleeping right here." He said before nuzzling his head in her stomach.
Michonne let out another giggle, this time louder. She tapped him again, "Rick!"
"Michonne!" Rick mumbled back into her stomach. He nuzzled her stomach one more time, gaining his last giggle, before pulling away and laying at the head of the bed.
"About time Rocky," Michonne said as she moved towards the end of the bed. Before she could be out of bed she felt Rick pull her towards him. "Rocky, I gotta start preparing dinner."
"Just for a little bit. Carl's napping right?" Asked Rick and Michonne nodded. "Alright then come on...I missed you too, you know." He said with a small smile.
Michonne smiled gently, feeling herself melting for the second time today. She moved toward him, wrapping her arm around him and laying her head on his chest.
Rick squeezed her and kissed the top of her head. "I love you."
Michonne smiled softly, tracing her fingers on his chest. "I love you too, Rick."
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Reenergized after a nap and some sugar Carl was quite literally running around the house. Judith, on the other hand, was busy slapping her dad in the face and giggling at his reactions as the both of them sat in the kitchen as Michonne cooked.
"I think you taught our daughter how to hit at a young age." Said, Rick, as Carl came bolting in the kitchen.
"Is food ready yet?" He asked with a pout.
"Give it a few more laps around the house and it'll be done." Said Michonne with a smirk as Carl nodded and sprinted out of the kitchen. She then walked over to Rick and Judith, taking Judith from Rick's arms. "I remember the times your daddy was better at taking a hit." Said Michonne with a sly smile.
"Haha." Said Rick sarcastically. "I can already tell she's gonna have some attitude like her momma."
"Mmm, say 'dad, girls with attitudes get things done.'" Said Michonne to which Judith replied with a babble. "You heard that? She definitely agrees." Michonne said with a smile.
Rick chuckled, "Whatever you say, Momma."
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After putting both kids to bed Rick walked into the room to hear the shower running. Without much thought, he took the baby monitor and entered their bathroom. "Want some company?" He asked Michonne who was currently sudsy in the steam filled bathroom.
Michonne smirked to herself and turned to him, allowing him to fully take in her body shining from the water. "Did you bring the baby monitor?" She asked to which Rick responded by waving it and placing it on the bathroom vanity. "So what are you waiting for Rocky?" She asked with a sly smile, giggling a bit at the speed Rick removed his clothes.
Once in the shower, Rick wrapped his arms around Michonne's waist, pressing himself against her. "I missed you…" He said for the second time today as he kissed and sucked on her neck, one hand trailing up her back and the other hand trailing down to cup her ass.
"Mmm…" Michonne said lightly, tilting her head back for him. "How much?"
"More than I can take…" Rick said as his lips trailed down her neck and to her breast, lightly licking around her nipples. He moved one hand around, bringing his index finger to her increasingly wet folds, he smiled as he heard a moan escape her.
"Rick…" Michonne said, her breath quickening.
Rick quicken his pace at her moans, his hardening dick pressing against her inner thigh.
"Fuck...Rick, fuck…" Michonne's moans spilling out of her mouth as she felt her body tensing and releasing. Once she felt Ricks' fingers escape her folds she lightly brushed his dick that jumped at her touch. "More." She simply said her eyes locked with his.
Without another word Rick leaned Michonne against the shower wall, he gripped her left thigh raising it to him as he then slipped inside her. The both of them sharing moans as if it were their first time all over again. Rick buried his head in the crook of her neck allowing Michonne to lightly tug his hair as he thrusted into her.
Michonne followed each thrust with a small gasp and a tighter grip on his hair. "Ri...ck... Oh my god...fuck…" She said her words breathy and her eyes half closed.
"Shit…" Rick mumbled into her neck, now bucking faster and harder into her.
"Rick...Rick...Oh my god, oh my god…" Said Michonne her folds beginning to tighten around Rick as she could feel a rush of heat starting from her toes and rolling through her body.
"Michonne…." Rick moaned into her neck, feeling himself come soon after her, releasing himself in her. They both stayed attached for a few moments until their breathing and heart rate slowed and finally they separated, still remaining close.
"Tell your boss…" Michonne said in between soft kisses on Ricks lips "that if he ever puts you on night shift again…. I'm killing him." She said with a smirk.
Rick laughed lightly his nose brushing up against hers, "Will do."
Michonne chuckled a bit, "Good now let a girl shower Rocky."
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Michonne had a towel wrapped around her hair with one of Ricks shirts on as she finally left the shower, Rick already in bed.
"Took ya long enough…" Rick said with a smirk as he watched her apply lotion to her legs.
Michonne rolled her eyes with a small smile on her face, "Yeah, yeah." She began to crawl into bed beside him, "You know today 'Dre did the cutest thing he-" She stopped herself, realizing her mistake, a wash of confusion on her face. "Fuck...that was weird right?"
Rick looked at her intently, a familiar look from when Michonne would use to talk about Andre, "It's not that weird parents mix up their kids all the time…. But is he on your mind today?"
Michonne shook her head no, "No he just... popped up." She looked up at Rick noticing the look he was giving her. "Rick, I'm not sad okay? I can talk about Andre now and I'm not sad. It actually makes me happy thinking about him I just...wasn't expecting to say his name in that context, you know?"
Rick paused for a moment examining her expression for a little longer before nodding. Just a few months ago they wouldn't even be having this conversation however now she was able to give him so much more of her. "Tell me a happy memory of him."
Michonne thought for a moment and then smiled widely, "Dre was a hitter too, I think it's in my genes. Anyway, one-day Mike's brother was holding him. I didn't like his brother, I felt like he wasn't the best influence for Mike. But anyway, he's holding him, and I swear Dre understood exactly what I was saying, I told his brother to give me my baby because we were going to go soon. His brother basically said no that he wanted to hold him a little longer. And before I could do it my little fighter gave him the strongest whack on the eye." Michonne was now stifling her laughter as to not wake Judith. "His brother nearly dropped Dre trying to hold his eye. But I got my baby and he gave me the biggest smile…. You better watch out for Judith I already had one baby ready to defend my honor."
Rick laughed lightly at her story, enjoying seeing her happy when discussing Andre. "So you just raise fighters huh?"
Michonne shrugged and smiled, "I guess I do."
Rick wrapped around her stomach and gave her several light kisses on her cheek. "Thank you, momma."
Michonne smiled softly, laying her hand on top of his. "You don't have to thank me anymore when I talk about Dre, you know."
"But I always will," Rick said, giving her cheek another kiss. After a moment he spoke again, "You think you'll tell Judy about Andre?"
Michonne nodded, "Definitely. She's gonna ask one day about that third ultrasound on the mantle. I think it's important she knows that she has two older brothers looking after her."
"...Why are you so amazing?" Rick asked softly as if he was in awe of her.
Michonne giggled a bit, "Oh shush Rocky."
"No, seriously. Who gave you the right? Hm? Who allowed that? We need to have a conversation." As Rick spoke his kisses trailed down her neck, his nose lightly tickling her neck inciting giggles from her.
"Rick...you need to stop...before Judith wakes up." She said between giggles.
"You're gonna get her to slap me up too?" Rick said with a grin as he crawled on top of her, lightly holding her wrists as he continued to tickle her.
"Rick! Wait…" Said Michonne trying to speak in between her now full-blown laughter.
"Shh-" Rick began to say before he was cut off by a soft whine coming from Judith.
Michonne glared at Rick as they both remained still and quiet. She peered over at the crib, waiting to see if crying was coming. When she didn't hear any crying, she lightly tapped Rick on the forehead indicating that his fun was now over. "Wake up our baby again I'm gonna be training her for a lot more than a simple hit to the eye Rocky." She said with a smirk and a hushed voice as Rick cuddled up to her again.
"Yes, boss," Rick said with a sly smile, wrapping his arm around her again once she turned off the lamp on her end table. For several moments it was silent before Rick spoke again. "Do you want to get married Michonne?"
"... If this is you proposing Rick I'm gonna need to do better." Said Michonne the raised eyebrow and side eye implied in her words.
Rick chuckled a bit. "I'm not proposing. Just wondering. When we were in high school I knew the answer was yes but things changed. I've been married before; from what you tell me you didn't have plans on marrying Mike. So would you want to get married?"
Michonne was silent for a moment before turning to him so she was completely facing him, allowing Rick to see her face under the moonlight entering their room. "At some point in New York marriage just didn't feel important anymore. I told my mom that people can stay together for years and never marry each other and then when Dre died I was relieved I never got married." She paused again. "However, I think in some way, deep down I didn't want to get married because I knew I should be marrying you." Her voice became soft and a faint smile was worn on her lips. "It's not that I don't want to get married. I just that I don't want to get married to anyone else but you Rick."
Rick smiled softly, his cheeks slightly flushed under the moonlight. "That's good to know boss."
"... And I like a rose gold band with a princess cut diamond, Rocky."
"I don't even understand what that means Michonne."
Michonne chuckled, "So…. how are you gonna propose?"
"I don't even know yet!" Exclaimed Rick.
"Shh!"" Michonne said lightly hitting his chest. "Now...you expect me to believe that you…. Rick Grimes...Rocky...the sappiest boyfriend I've ever had doesn't know exactly how he is gonna propose?"
Rick paused for a moment then turned so his back was facing her, "I don't know what you're talking about...Goodnight momma."
"...I'm gonna get it out of you Rocky."
"Mhm…. Goodnight boss." Said Rick.
Michonne nudged Rick with her elbows, "Sleep properly."
Rick chuckled a bit, her insistence that she sleeps with his arm around her. He turned, wrapping his arm around her and kissing her forehead.
"Goodnight Rick," Michonne said softly.
A/N (again): Side note as I was reading this I noticed Rick and Michonne say I miss you a lot. This lowkey reminded me of how much I missed writing for my own enjoyment and missed yall. This story will be done veryyyyyyyy soon and it's definitely my personal favorite so I'm very glad I can finish it for yall, and if everyone stopped reading this at least for me. Also fyi Something About You will also get an update this week. Thank you for the faves/follows/reviews and for those who sent me pms during my break from writing.