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Imagine Merle falling for you and saving you from your abusive husband, Shane

WARNING : ABUSE IN A RELATIONSHIP

(Great I made myself tear up writing this 😢omg…Sorry again to you Shane lovers out there XD but this was the request…Hope it is as requested and you all like it :3 Gifs not mine/found them on google/credits to the original owners.)

From the day he met you, Merle couldn’t help himself but be attracted to you. He just had a good feeling about you and for once thought to himself that his attraction to you might be a good thing for him.

You had arrived at the camp after a few days that the group had strayed away from the highway. As you had joined them, he noticed a few of them seem strangely close to you and just instantly helped you out.

However, while they had thoughts of helping you, he just couldn’t get over you and had to do something about it.

~~~~

He went as far as to introduce himself to you as he met you and had instantly tried to make efforts to get to know you. In the few instants, he managed to make you smile and laugh, and it stunned him.

Most women would’ve insulted him or even worse hit him or something but you didn’t. You simply smiled coyly at him and laugh before shaking your head.

You bite your lips before looking down at you feet and back up to him. You shrugged and in your soft tone told him, “I’m flattered…Merle, was it? I really am…However, as kind as you are, i’m a married woman…I don’t think it is appropriate for you to say such things…”

He thought you were so cute, he hadn’t really register what was being said and simply nodded. He grinned and said, “Flattered? Visit me by my tent and I might flatter you even more…”

As he got closer to you, he suddenly felt his shoulder being grabbed and noticed your warm smile disappearing.

“What the fuck are you doing, Merle?!”

It was Shane, oddly pissed and he just couldn’t understand why. He got angry to feel him and just raised his voice as well.

“What the Fuck are YOU doing?!”

He stared the other man in the eyes and was ready to throw a punch at him for bothering him in such a crucial time.

“What i’m doing? Keeping MY WIFE safe and away from you!”

Shane looked over at you with a glare, making Merle follow his gaze. He couldn’t believe it, you and him?

He was in a major disbelief, especially as he noticed how close he and another woman were together, Lori, was her name. He could recall seeing them kissing each other a few times or so, in secret. For the few days, he thought they were a family with the little boy, Carl.

Never for an instance, he would’ve thought he was a married man to someone else. He didn’t knew what to say and reluctantly let it go.

“Really? Oh shit…I didn’t knew…”

He stared at him knowingly of his little secret, only for Shane to nod and just walk over to you. As Merle looked back at the both of you, he noticed how your attitude had seemed to change.

You looked down at your feet just as earlier but none of the innocence was there, only fear and nervousness seem to be apparent.

Your husband was whispering something that seemed to worry you and just eventually grasp a hold of your arm.

Merle tried to figure as to what was being said but the voice was so low he couldn’t hear much, but that wasn’t the case for you.

~~~~

You were getting another scolding from him and realized how you shouldn’t have smiled to another man so easily.

“What the hell, Y/N?! I thought I was clear…You have me…You don’t need to act like a slut anymore…”

Quickly, you whispered your apology and nodded in agreement.

“Also…What took you so long? You know how many days has passed…”

“I’m so sorry…The people at work-”

“I don’t care…I told you to leave that place…Lori even had time to pick up her son, Carl, before leaving…You have no excuse…”

You nodded again and just took it as usual, not knowing he had actually went to help her first when it all started.

It wasn’t the first time he has compared you to Lori. You hated it but you learned the hard way to not go against his opinion on her.

The first time, he had said something of that nature, he instantly raised his voice and you ended up with an unwanted bruise around your forearm.

It was something new for you to have your husband mistreat you in the last few months. You wondered what would suddenly cause him to be this unkind but your questioning would only serve to get more bruises, so gradually you just learned to keep your thoughts to yourself and just agree to whatever he had to say, to avoid getting any more bruises.

You had thought of leaving a few times but each time you’d bring it up, he’d beg you and act sweet to win you over. He was your husband, you had fell for him for who he was how could you deny it.

“Alright…Stop trying to look pitiful…My tent’s over there…Go unpack your stuff inside…don’t leave it until I make sure you did it right…And don’t talk to Merle…He’s an asshole…”

You understood his order and nodded to him but in the back of your mind, you just couldn’t believe what he just said.

Sure, the man earlier seems cocky, but an asshole? He was the first one to greet you without a gun to your head and just asked you how you were feeling, sure he added some comments, but they made you laugh, something you had nearly forgotten.

Your husband’s expression only worsen and you realized it must’ve been because of you rethinking his statement about Merle, so you quickly apologized before making way towards his tent.

You walked pass Merle without looking at him and he just didn’t want to believe what was happening.

~~~~~

He could see the terror in your eyes and the slight tears that came after your husband said something and it really rubbed him the wrong way and he just had to say something.

“Hey! The fuck you doin’ treatin’ your woman like that!”

Shane only sighed and shook his head as he walked pass him to go join you presumably. He ignored Merle’s comment and simply laid out some facts.

“What I do to her is none of your business…”

~~~~

With that, Merle didn’t see you come out of the tent for the rest of the evening. It worried him strangely and he just couldn’t help but keep a close eye to you.

And that sense of protectiveness stayed with him since. As you all traveled on the road, he’d do whatever he could to get close to you, whether it was emotionally or physically as way to keep his eyes on you.

For once, he tried to approach a woman to befriend and not just for his own pleasure or anything and it felt good to him.

He’d grown to enjoy each time he found himself with you and seem to forget the world.

To join and help you with the daily laundry, was the funnest and most lighthearted moment of his days. He would talk to you about anything he could find and you would spend more time to wash even more just to stay a little while.

Even you became more playful and would just enjoy to tease him a little just to be able to laugh for a moment.

~~~~~

“Great, more dirty clothes from the Dixons! Unbelievable! How do you even get it this stained!”

You exclaimed loudly one day as you were washing and they both brought to you their clothes. Merle could only laugh at you and just crouched next to you to help.

“Walkers are dirty business, Sweetheart! That’s why! Tell you what i’ll help you out…again!”

You laughed at his remark and just couldn’t help splashing water at him. He laughed as well and both of your happiness resonated through the camp, until Shane showed up.

Instantly, he walked closer to looked down on you and scolded you, not caring for once if the others could hear.

“Hey! Stop messing around! Hurry up and get the work done! I need you in the tent…and you, I thought i was clear on minding your own business…”

Merle didn’t care for his words and simply glared at him. He did so until he walked away and suddenly, once again your smile was gone.

You were quiet and didn’t look at him anymore. He tried to talk to you but in response, only got you to take away some of his clothes he was about to wash from his hands.

He knew at this point exactly what was happening to you, you were being abused. Your teary eyes, clenched jaw and the few bruises he noticed it all and knew too well what was happening to you.

As your hand approached his, he suddenly grabbed you and whispered.

“He’s hurting you, isn’t he? He pretends to care for you but behind everything…He’s hurting you, right?”

No answer, you simply froze and looked at the water.

“Y/N you can tell me…I’ll help you-”

“Stop! Merle, stop…He isn’t…It’s me…I’m the one starting things with him…”

He was in disbelief and just wanted to argue about the facts but you left before he could say anything else.

~~~~

Since, he just wanted you to be free and smile around him so he knew he couldn’t bring up the subject of Shane with you and stopped.

Instead, he focused on making you laugh and would just be unable to resist to just flirt with you on certain occasions and to his surprise, you would still be your usual self.

He loved how you would just smile at his advances and just blush at his compliments before just shaking your head and telling him to stop, reminding him your marital status.

As he’d remember, he found himself keeping an eye on your husband as well and just grew to hate him even more.

He hated how fake he was with you in front of everyone, making you smile and laugh, only to then whisper something in your ear and make your smile disappear.

That and not to mention, the few bruises he started to see on your body. Although, he’d voice his concern for you subtly, you’d deny it instantly and push him away, avoiding him for the rest of the day.

It hurt him to see you like that and he knew he had to do something.

~~~~

You were all about to set camp in a new place for the evening. As you were busy setting up your tent and everything else on your own, Merle approached to help.

“Y/N…Sweetheart, you shouldn’t be doing this kind of work alone…Where’s your husband?”

You got nervous to hear him call you that, especially considering you had no clue where Shane was. You actually didn’t mind when you were both alone, it was comforting to have someone to show tenderness with their words for once but the idea of it at a time like that not so much.

He could just be behind you or something and just get into a fight with Merle, only to then hurt you for letting yourself being called that way in front of everyone.

You looked around carefully and answered him, “I-I don’t know…But you need to stop calling me that Merle…Especially while we’re all in the camp like this…”

He could hear your voice getting smaller and just couldn’t handle seeing you so beaten and fearful. He just wanted to find to Shane and just had to beat him senseless to make him realize you aren’t his to torment that way.

He helped you for a good long while but still it bothered him that your husband was nowhere near.

“Y/N…Can you give me a minute? I’ll go look after him…”

You wanted to stop him but he was already too far.

~~~~

Merle look around the camp and noticed the obvious, Shane was missing. He walked to check the other tents casually and eventually came across the children sitting by a table and coloring some drawings.

As he looked at them, only Sophia’s mother, Carol, was there, no signs of Carl’s mother, Lori, as she usually would be.

He approached the young boy and just bluntly asked him.

“Hey kid…Where’s your mother…”

The boy simply answered him, “She’s out in the woods. Looking for food.”

Merle nodded and continued his search quietly. He knew something was off, only the two of them were missing.

So he walked towards where the woods were and eventually came across some sounds. He followed it and had a feeling he knew who were behind all of it.

And he turned out to be right. It was your husband, laughing and smiling, all while fucking another woman.

Your smile and your laughter and everything with you just seem to come to him. He thought they were everything a man could wish for but instead, you were stuck with someone that obviously made you miserable and that thought hurt him as hell.

Merle felt his blood boiling instantly and quietly made his way towards them.

~~~~~

Back in camp, you wondered what was taking Merle so long and started to worry over him, even more than you did for your husband, you admitted.

The past few weeks or so, you couldn’t deny you were falling for him. His odd charms and the way he would flirt, just made you laugh so much, it was hard to not appreciate him.

He was also kind to you, well in his own way, but still it just made you feel all warm to see him act that way.

As you thought about it over and over, you envisioned yourself with him and just couldn’t stop wondering how happy at least you could be.

You then went out to search for any of them and as you walked, only shrieks and muffle sounds of beatings could be heard.

Faintly, you heard someone calling Merle and Shane, as well as the words “Stop” being said.

It worried you and you quickly made your way towards it.

~~~~~

There you saw Lori half dressed and Merle beating your husband to a pulp. As she saw you, she avoided your gaze and ran back to camp, presumably going back to get help.

You didn’t understand but seeing Merle all bloodied worried you more and you just wanted to take him away from any of this.

As you approached him, he noticed you in the corner of his eye and simply turned to look at you as he kept a grip on Shane’s neck.

He saw the tears in your eyes and smiled to reassure you.

“I-It’s alright Y/N…I’m not hurt…I’m just teaching good ol’ Shane a lesson about messing around with your feelings…and everything else he did to you…”

You stared into his eyes and only felt reassured about everything. You felt it, you felt Shane wasn’t going to hurt you anymore from his words and the beating he was receiving.

You walked closer and Merle stopped you with his hand up. His cocky smile back, he took a deep breath and continued, “After this…You get in my tent…and stay there for the rest of this shit trip…Alright…He ain’t gonna hurt you anymore…Right?!”

He punched Shane again and in that instant, you got closer and told him, “Thank you for everything…”

You knew he was going to keep you safe and away from any harm. You knew at that moment, he meant all of it and that for once, you remembered what love was and just said those simple words, “I love you, Merle…”

At those words, Merle felt his heart skip a beat. It was unreal to him and slowly, he turned to look at you and realized you were being sincere to him.

It felt great, amazing even. He smiled again, softening his eyes and reaching his hand over to hold yours.

As you grabbed it, he squeezed your hand and said, “I love you too, Sweetheart…”

You felt exactly what he would’ve felt and finally smiled at him with no worries in the back of your mind, only for him to nod, pointing at you to go wait back at camp.

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