moonlight (rick)

Rick was doing his normal round around the prison. He did it to keep his mind off everything that has happened, the fact he both hated and loved his wife, to hide the betrayal he felt when she turned to ignore him after he killed Shane. The walks kept him distracted, made him feel somewhat normal. He was far from the man he once was before the Walkers came in some aspect but his marriage has always been strained and would continue to do so with the extra stress.

His wife was heavily pregnant and he was not even sure if he was the dad. He put a brave face on, declaring the unborn his but it made him feel sick to think his wife laid with his best friend, like the walkers weren't the most twisted evil in the world. He decided to call it a day, he was just tormenting himself. He was heading back to his own cell when he heard Lori moving around. As much as he could not be bothered with an argument he stopped and walked towards her.

He looked for a while, sharp blue eyes into her brown ones wondering what she was thinking about. He leant his left shoulder against the open cell door and had his hands in his pockets. He licked his bottom lip before he spoke, trying to calm himself down. "How is the baby?" He asked in his serious tone, he was not up for a casual chat.

Lori looked Rick over, hands in his pocket and an almost unreadable face. It took a moment for Lori to register what he had asked before she nodded slowly. "ya, it's fine" the explanation was simple. Swallowing to moisten her dry throat she gave a groan as she shifted in the bed and pulled the covers over her more. Her brown eyes shifted to Carl asleep in the twin bunk next to their own before looking back to Rick. "How was today?" she asked, trying to cut the silence in the cell.

Lori could only nod slowly when Rick stated that no one had died today. She remained silent as her brown eyes watched him, he was thinking she could tell just by his body. Lori remained quiet to take in her husband's words. Her eyes wideend when he started to speak of the marriage, Carl and then finally Shane. Then he took a breath before continuing, Lori agreed they were acting like they did before the outbreak and she didn't like it. But finally Rick was opening up to her after weeks, she needed to take this opportunity and say what was on her mind.

"Ya I do, I think we can work on this...." she paused her voice was low and she struggled not to cry. Taking in a deep breath she calmed herself "I-I still love you... that will never change and I want this to work for Carl, this baby and us" those words were never more true then now. It took her a moment to realize what she had just said to him, but she didn't regret it. Lori shifted on the bed so Rick had room to join if he wished, he looked tired "did you want to get some sleep?" she asked her eyes remained on him to see what he did or said next.