No Means Yes (Negan x Reader)

Chapter 6: Out Of Line

- The new deadline of the Saviors forces Y/N to act, but actions lead to consequences. Time is up but she manages to save her people in the last second - or does she?-

BAM! BAM!

The metallic sound echoes through the corridors of the Sanctuary. Negan leans against the wall next to the door of the cell, lowering Lucille again. "Rise and shine, Dwighty-boy."

Muffled shuffling can be heard from the other side of the door. And after a moment, Negan leans his bat against the wall to open up the cell. A smile spreads over his face at the sight of Dwight's sorry state, crouched into a corner, avoiding the sudden light in his eyes. His face and arms are still covered in black and blue colors, which faded only slowly over the course of the last few days.

"Have you missed your own four walls, are they still as comfortable as you remember?" Negan asks with sarcasm coloring his words.

Dwight doesn't speak, nor does he look up at his boss. His eyes are fixed to the ground.

"Brought you breakfast," Negan says, carelessly throwing the dogbowl in his hand next to Dwight. Having nothing to eat, but dog food once a day is enough to break anyone. If Dwight wasn't as useful as a Savior as he was, he wouldn't even have gotten that.

"Do you even know what day today is? Bet it's not so easy to keep track of the time in the cozy pitch black corner of yours." Dwight only shakes his head slightly. "Today's pickup day for Alexandria."

Even after a long moment, there is still no vocal response from Dwight. Negan narrows his eyes at him, starting to get irritated. "You know, I thought about hanging you on the fence, but as of right now I can't afford losing more people. Not at the moment anyways." Dwight is still not looking at him and it's starting to really piss him off. "So I came up with another solution."

This makes Dwight finally look up at him.

After a long moment of silence, Negan eventually asks "Who are you?"

"I'm Negan," Dwight answers in a hoarse whisper, lowering his eyes again.

Not quite satisfied yet, Negan keeps pushing. "Do I kill people who don't deserve killing?"

Dwights eyes suddenly shoot up, "They deserve it."

Negan frowns at the other man, "Who? "

Dwight looks away again, taking a deep breath, "Rick's-" He stops himself at once, afraid of saying too much.

"What, his friends?" Negan looks at Dwight expectedly. "When you did, what you did, who where you hoping to fuck over, Dwighty?" Negan asks, already damn well knowing the answer. "Sure wasn't Rick, you two have nothing to do with each other as far as I can tell. Maybe their fat lady? She's without a doubt damaging their stock, not to mention quite the burden on the scavengers. Or maybe Daryl? God knows you hate his guts for some reason."

Negan crouches down, coming to an almost eye level with Dwight. "No," he whispers, his face as stern as can be. "It's the daughter, right? Their scout."

Dwight's eyes meet Negan's for a split second, before moving to the ground again. Yeah, just like he thought. Negan narrows his eyes at the other man.

"You've fucked up a lot of times already, D." He states. "First you stole meds from me, then you slithered through the gate with Sherry 'n Tina. Got my hot ass hell soon to be fiance killed during your escape and what happened then, Dwighty?"

Dwight's eyes dart up to meet Negans again, but he stays silent.

"You spent a few weeks in here and got your shit together." Negan says. "You worked your ass off and impressed the shit out of me. So much so, that I offered you a position as one of my lieutenants, privileges and all!"