don't hold on | rick grimes, twd

06

she felt a switch flip inside her, and anger overtook. she roughly wiped away her tears, and began a determined march across the dry field towards him. nikki had enough of crying, she'd done enough of it. now it was time to hear the truth from the culprit himself. will shane deny it? or will he go silent and do that dumb stare when he knows he's caught?

once she got closer, he was able to hear her walking towards him. shane turned his body around to look at her, and flashed her a small smile, "hey baby, what's-"

her knuckles connecting with his strong jaw brought on a searing pain in her hand right after, but nikki didn't care, she thought it relieving, deserving, considering what he did to her, to lola.

shane stumbled, and let out a shocked breath, holding his jaw in pain as he stared at his wife, there was only one reason for her to look as crazed and emotional as she did, and his heart stopped. she knows.

nikki scowled at him, and sniffed, wiping away the snot from her nose. "will you even deny it?" she fought her tears back like hell, her voice wavering and ready to crack.

the husband stayed silent, and the wife laughed at him, "you serious? rick finally tells me what's going on, shane. while i'm out fighting for my life in a city infested with walkers, you decide it's a good time to go fuck my best friend? who is also ricks wife? the mother of his child? who might i add is now pregnant with your child?"

the whole situation in general was fucked, if her knuckles weren't burning with pain after punching her husband she'd have settled on this being a dream, but no, this was real, truly.

"goddammit shane! we have a child together! we're married! married for eight damn years—"

shane took a step towards her, putting his hand up, "baby, look i know you're angry—"

"i blame you both." nikki screamed, her lungs feeling like they were ready to give up on her, "i blame you and lori. about a month after she thinks her husband is dead, she moves to her best friend's husband." she couldn't help but shake her head in disbelief, "and while i'm out fighting for my life, you decide to fuck her too."

"god you're such a piece of shit." she added on, she was no longer crying, all nikki could feel was animosity for the man standing before her. "you know how i am, how i was when you first met me. our promises, our plans. all of it. was it not enough for you, shane?"

he was quiet, at a loss for words. he didn't know what to say, now that his wife was aware about this lori situation. nikki had just predicted this, that he'd stay quiet after making her accusation, it's what he always did.

the distressed woman scoffed, and shook her head at him. she turned to stomp away, when she felt the tight grip of shane curl around her forearm, "now hold on a minute-" in an instant, she yanked her arm from out of his tight grasp, she could feel the after burn of it aching on her skin. "did you kill otis?" the words simply spilled from her mouth, her eyes wide and searching for answers in the man's dark pupils.

he did not answer, only staring at the woman he loved, the man had wounded her, he knew this. "shane." nikki began, her tears desperate to pool down her fair-toned cheeks, again, "tell me the truth, please. i need to know, shane."