bestie can I just say I still haven’t moved on from the kiss they had in ep 2 between the trucks 😩😩 like why is it so hot ??
It's so sexy!!!
The way Rick gently grabs Michonne's arm and guides her to the... garage? Whatever that place was! Lol. And her smirk upon recognizing his touch! The way he essentially runs up to kiss her. You can REALLY tell it's been 8 years for both of them, especially Ricky Dicky. His moans?!?!?! The way his mouth covers her entire lips??? The way he chases her lips when she pulls away???? The way he cuts her off when talking to kiss her???? Not to mention the secrecy and danger of it all 👀
It's so horny but also so beautiful. Rick has not been touched in that loving way for 8 years and you can really see how comforting it is for him every time Michonne touches him. Michonne also hasn't had her man's comfort in years so while she may act confused on why he is acting the way he is, she still finds peace with him the way he does with her. I love at the end where they seem to get a little overwhelmed with the kiss and just rest their heads against one another. Their touch is so healing for one another. I am missing them so badly right now! I went back and watched the scene to answer this and started tearing up a little lol. This show truly gave us everything.
As promised, here is an illustration of one of the scenes from chapter nine of A Slight Return Home, by @mdgart! I thank her so much for putting her time, effort, and talent into this. I appreciate and love this art and her more than she will ever know, and hope all of you will, too. You can also find her on Twitter at @ms_doomandgloom!
I want to thank all of you who have stuck by this story, through all the delays and long waits for updates. I know how frustrating that can be, and I cannot properly express my gratitude and affection towards each and every one of you.
Here are links to each chapter, in case you want to start reading or read again.
read chapter one on tumblr, archive of our own or ff.net
read chapter two on tumblr, archive of our own or ff.net
read chapter three on tumblr, archive of our own or ff.net
read chapter four on tumblr, archive of our own or ff.net
read chapter five on tumblr, archive of our own or ff.net
read chapter six on tumblr, archive of our own or ff.net
read chapter seven on tumblr, archive of our own or ff.net
read chapter eight on tumblr, archive of our own or ff.net
read chapter nine on tumblr, archive of our own or ff.net
What The Ones Who Live has made abundantly clear is that finding Rick and bringing him home was a mission fit for Michonne, and Michonne alone. Because Rick didn’t just need to be brought back home - he needed to be brought back to life.
Sure, other characters could have located him and tried to rescue him from the CRM, but Rick needed more than a rescue…he was in need of a resurrection. And there’s only one person on the planet capable of doing that for him and it’s his wife, the love of his life, Michonne Grimes.
Rick is a man who for all intents and purposes chose to die because he couldn’t see her face anymore and started to believe he never would again. He was only ever going to come alive again when her eyes, her presence, her heart was back in his life. He was only ever going to be free from not just the literal but mental shackles of the CRM when he could hold her in his arms again and reconnect with the woman whose heartbeat he shares.
I love how this story stayed consistent to the message that was true in the main show as well, and that’s that Rick needs Michonne. And Michonne needs him too. Rick’s relationship with Michonne is the one dynamic in his life where he’s poured into as equally and deeply and lovingly as he pours into her. Where he doesn’t have to be anything but himself. It’s the one relationship that can bring him back time and time again no matter the circumstances.
Richonne is a love supreme because they are two halves of one heart. So saving him - not just in body but in heart, mind, and soul - it could only ever have been her. 😌