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1. Backseat Ghosts by Intangible7

   Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead (Comics)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   26 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Rick Grimes/Negan Smith
   • Negan Smith
   • Lori Grimes
   • Simon (Walking Dead)
   • Rick Grimes
   • Alternate Universe - High School
   • Secret Relationship
   • Angst
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Unresolved Emotional Tension
   • Suicide
   • Character Death
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Domestic Violence
   • Unhappy Ending
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Cheating
   • Anal Sex
   • Rough Oral Sex
   • Semi-Public Sex
   • Hate Sex
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Self-Hatred
   • Regret
   • Explicit Sexual Content

   Summary

   They were never honest.
   They weren’t even close.
   They weren’t anything, not really.

   They met in secret, used each other in the backseat, and went their seperate ways.

   The bruises kept piling up though, the limp never faded, his lip never quite healed.

   Rick wanted to believe Negan could handle himself, wanted to believe the lies and stories the older teen spun. He waited too long to start asking the right questions. By the time he was ready to face the truth, Negan was already gone.

   And Rick is left with guilt, grief, and the weight of everything he didn’t say. Now it's too late to say them.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,305

   Chapters:

   2/5

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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