A/N: This is a secret santa gift for Jana (haleyjscott on AO3)! Happy Holidays, Jana! 3
Prompt given: Time Travel Neggie AU.
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Maggie watched as Hershel taught Ginny how to draw. She was briefly confused on how they got here as the last thing she remembered was going to sleep after leaving Negan behind but she didn't question it too much, chalking it up to all the stress messing with her memories. She watched them, the sight of these kids having fun warming her heart. Then suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder and a kiss on her cheek. She jumped in surprise and the person responsible apologized. She looked up and saw that it was Negan. Her feeling changed from confusion to shock.
"Negan?" she said, bewildered.
"Morning, darling," he said.
Darling? Maggie questioned in her mind.
"You forgot your wedding ring on the bedside table," Negan told her and then handed a ring to her. Maggie took it, thinking it was her wedding ring for Glenn. However, upon looking at it, she saw that it was a different one. She then looked to Negan, who had moved to sit with the kids, and saw on his finger a matching ring. Realization dawned on her that these rings were meant for them. This was starting to get weird and the confusion was distressing her.
I must be dreaming, this isn't real, she thought to herself. But it felt very real. She sat quietly, trying to make sense of all of this. While she did this, she watched Negan, Hershel, and Ginny. They were all getting along and seemed to like each other very much. It was odd to Maggie but it also made her… Happy. To see them being friendly and acting like a family comforted her. After years of fighting and turmoil, it was nice to see some peace.
"Mom, come join us," Hershel spoke up, snapping Maggie out of her thoughts. Ginny smiled at her and Negan gestured with his hands for her to come over. "Yeah, come over," he said. Maggie was still very confused but she moved to join them. She sat next to Negan and he moved one of his hands to hold hers and she didn't fight it. They sat and all talked while Hershel and Ginny drew their pictures. Maggie felt very happy for the first time in a long time. She never thought she'd get along with Negan, let alone have any sort of happy family dynamic, but here she was with both of those things.
"Mom!" a voice suddenly said loudly. Maggie whipped her head to look at the sound of the voice and saw her son looking down at her. Then she looked around and realized she was laying in bed and had woken up from a dream.
"Finally, you're awake. Everyone is looking for you, you're late for your morning meeting," Hershel told her in an annoyed tone. His happy demeanor from her vision was gone, instead replaced with the angst that she was used to. He then left the room without waiting for her response.
Maggie blinked in confusion and then sat up. She then saw the drawings that Hershel did of the place he was taken to and the woman he was with and she realized she had fallen asleep looking at them.
So it was just a dream… Maggie thought disappointedly. Or… Was it? she then thought. She felt crazy even considering this but that "dream" had felt too real to her. She has heard of people having visions of the future in dreams. She always scoffed at it and thought it was a load of shit but maybe there was some truth to it after all.
Maggie looked down at the drawings again. Whether what she saw was just a dream or something yet to come, she was determined to make it a reality. She wanted to heal, she wanted her son and Ginny to have a happy life, and she even wanted Negan to be a part of it all too. She couldn't believe that they were married in the future, though there was a small part of her that was even happy about that. She would never admit that though… At least, not yet.
Maggie got up out of bed and began packing supplies. After she finished, she informed who she needed to of where she was going and headed out. She was going to get Negan back and make everything right.
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A/N: Thank you for reading! 3