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1. He was already dead by Anonymous

   Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   04 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Rick Grimes/Negan Smith
   • Rick Grimes
   • Negan Smith
   • Simon (Walking Dead)
   • Negan Smith's Wives (Walking Dead)
   • Carl Grimes
   • Laura | Savior (Walking Dead)
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Murder Husbands
   • Soft Negan Smith
   • But also
   • Negan Smith Being Negan Smith
   • BAMF Rick Grimes
   • BAMF Negan Smith
   • Walker Rick Grimes
   • Love at First Sight
   • Possessive Negan Smith
   • Negan Smith Has a Crush on Rick Grimes
   • Sad Rick Grimes
   • Touch-Starved
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   Negan is besotted the moment he first sees the feral beauty that is Rick Grimes, covered in blood and ripping out a man’s throat with his teeth. He only falls more in love with each passing day, figuring out just how special he truly is.

   OR: Rick doesn’t die when Shane shoots him in the chest, already dying and turning at the hospital, the coma saving his brain from being destroyed when the virus activated. Betrayed and alone for months, he latches onto the first kindness he gets.

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