I fucking love Cody Rhodes’ little lisp; like sir…you look so tough and gorgeous and then you say France with your tongue against your upper teeth and it is so endearing.
This is a multi-fandom masterlist that’s part of my larger anthology series. None of these stories are connected (unless otherwise stated) but all of them are based on songs from Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department.
I just imagine nuzzling into rick grimes’ s neck after a long day and him just stroking my hair.
Birch - Rick Grimes
Summary: just some escapism featuring Rick being soft and dreamy.
A/N: Thanks for being so super patient. I know this was requested eons ago and I so apologize. Feels like life is knocking me around a lot lately and I haven't gotten to write like I want to.
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✰ so I cannot leave, yes, I must here stay ✰
There was no sure way to determine exactly what hour of the day it was, probably mid-evening given the warmer temperature and the just setting sun. If daylights savings still existed and the sun was still setting at the time that it used to before the entire world fell apart then you had to wager a guess that it was sometime close to 7pm...maybe 7:30pm even. You had stayed on Eastern Standard Time, not that stuff like that even mattered anymore. Really the only thing you could be certain of was the ache in your joints and muscles and the fact that the sun was setting. Blue hour was upon you.
Alexandria still felt relatively new, even after the few months that you'd been living inside the walls, but you had already gotten used to the possibility of a shower after a long day. It was impossible to tell accurate time and you made do waking up with the sun and trying your hardest to go to bed with it too, unless you found yourself the unlucky candidate for night watch. Tonight you had no responsibilities once you crossed the threshold into your house though, just a shower and food and sleep. You had planned it in that order but the moment you turned off the water and changed into clean clothes you were collapsing on the bed, your body sinking into the soft surface. You were halfway to being completely out of it when you felt the bed sink down behind you and you shifted onto your other side, coming face to face with Rick.
"Well if this isn't the best sight in the world," you mumbled, moving in as close as possible, pressing a kiss on the underside of his chin.
"I asked Carl where you were when you weren't at dinner, he said you came up to shower."
"Hoping to catch me in a compromising position?" You teased though you were only half-aware of what you were even saying, still far too tired to be completely awake.
"Oh most definitely," Rick laughed and you could feel the sensation of it. "You doing okay?"
"Just tired," you replied, nuzzling further into his neck, bread tickling your skin, as he ran a hand up and down your back soothingly. "You got stuff to do?"
Rick hummed in response. You couldn't see his face, but judging by the way that his hand had slowed its monotonous movements and his breathing was starting to even out you were certain that his eyes were closed and he was on the way to sleep. He mumbled something, too indiscernible in both your tired states for either of you to be confident in what it was.
"What?" You chanced asking, lifting your head just enough to see the underside of his chin, beard thick now that it had grown back in.
"Got dinner," he managed, eyes still closed, "downstairs."
"We should get up then?" You asked, slowly coming back to the living.
He hummed again, shaking his head just slightly, enough to let you know that he disagreed with that suggestion. This was the first time in two days that he'd even managed to lie down in bed. Lately he'd been falling asleep sitting up on the couch and then staying up for watch or because Judith was restless or any number of other reasons that drew his attention away from the bed in the upstairs bedroom that the two of you shared.
"Rick," you whispered, kissing his jawline as gently as possible, reluctant to really wake him unless he wanted to be woken up.
"I'm getting up," he promised, though he made no move to actually get up.
"I can see that."
"I am, just give me like, five more minutes of this," Rick replied.
You tucked yourself back into his side, closing your eyes against the fading sunlight coming through the window. No doubt someone would be coming upstairs, knocking on the door and disturbing your peace soon; there was always something that someone needed Rick for. But at least for five minutes (or just right now) you could pretend like all that didn't exist and it was just the two of you.