Better? Better.

Better? Better.

Carl Grimes, son of Lori and Rick Grimes, future soulmate of Aphrodite Hart, and friend of many was at a friend's house. They were playing video games, as usual, when he kept feeling his soul mark in different ways. First it hurt as a bruise quickly developed on his skin, then pleasure as his soulmate stroked their mark and he did it back. Then nothing, but the bruise remained. He stayed for a bit longer then went home after a few hours later. He saw his father wasn't home and that he was missing a flannel. Odd...

Carl shrugs and plops in his bed to read some comics, Michonne found him some new ones that he was excited to read. He pauses hearing the front door open, he goes down stairs, comic in hand, and sees Michonne. He greets her,

"Hi"

"Hello Carl" she smiles softly at the boy she calls her son and he asks her

"Have you seen one of my flannels? It's missing"

"No I haven't, this is the first time I've been back all day" Carl nods as a thanks and goes back upstairs.

Rick watches as Maggie and Glenn help Aphrodite to their house, the girls bag on Glenn's shoulder. Rick decides to head to his own, he's greeted by Michonne at the door. The share a small kiss,

"Guess who we found while on a run?"

"Who?"

"Carl's soulmate"

"Really?"

"Yup"

"Is she here?"

"She's with Glenn and Maggie, her name is Aphrodite and she's Glenn's niece" Michonne looks shocked

"Really?"

"Yup, also she got attacked by another human" he pauses and gives her a look which made her face drop

"So we told her that she can meet Carl when she's back to full health" Michonne nods.

"Carl was asking about his flannel"

"Oh yeah, I grabbed it for Aphrodite. What she was wearing was ruined so we gave her one of Maggie's sports bra, a shirt of Glenn's, and his flannel." Michonne nods again.

Aphrodite was helped into the bathroom by Glenn and Maggie. They were going to try and wash her hair since it felt heavy with blood and it was matted. She sat her down on the floor and laid her head on the side of the tub. Glenn undid the braid and took the bow out. He gave it to Dite to play with again, as he and Maggie worked on her hair. They unmated it and washed it the best that they can, the young girl has to wait a few days before taking an actual shower so this was the best that could be done for now. After an hour her hair was fully cleaned and brushed. They sat her up slowly and Maggie redid her hair to a braid. Her hair, now fluffy and curly, created a fluffy braid that Glenn put the bow back in at the top of the braid and the two adults help the teen up. They go to the living room and Maggie speaks to Glenn

"I'm gonna make us something, any requests?" Glenn shakes his head and Maggie looks at Dite, who does the same as her uncle. Maggie smiles at the two before going into the kitchen.

Glenn sits next to Dite, his arm around her. Dite leans on him as she grows tired again, this is the first time she's felt safe in a long time. Every since the day she had to shoot her parents. Dite curls up the best she can and snuggles against her uncle. Glenn grabs a nearby blanket and puts it over his niece. He holds her close as she slowly falls asleep. Glenn stays awake until Maggie reenters the room.

Maggie comes back after an hour with 2 bowls in her hand, she made some pasta since it was simple and in case Dite was picky she knew she would eat it. Maggie puts the bowls down then goes back for the 3rd bowl and sits on the other side of Dite. She notices the two's position and looks at Dite, noticing she was asleep. She looks at Glenn almost melting at how relaxed the two look and Glenn smiles at his wife. He opens his arms inviting her into the snuggle session. Maggie goes onto the other side of Glenn and leans against his arm happily. She helps Glenn eat while his two girls hold his arms hostage.

Rick decides to go to the Rhee house after a while to check on Aphrodite, he knows the young girl will bring his old son back. The less stoic and more carefree kind, he knocks gently on the door and hears a soft,

"Come in" before opening the door. He enters and closes the door behind him before looking towards the little family on the couch. He sees Dite sleeping on Glenn and Maggie feeding Glenn with a motherly smile on her face. He goes over and notices that Dite's hair looks more clean.

"Hey guys, how is she?" Rick sits on a separate chair facing the family

"We washed her hair" Maggie tells him but is cut off by Glenn

"She was raised to always look perfect. After what happened to her I thought it would help her feel better to have one thing look perfect" The two listening nod at him and take note. Rick sees the girls bag on the floor by the door,

"We found some dresses in her bag, maybe that would help as well and maybe knowing she's wearing Carl's flannel." The couple nods and both look at Dite. The girl was awake, she woke up while Rick was speaking and is staring at Rick.

"This is his?" She picks up a bit of the flannel and smiles softly at it. Her smile only grows when Rick nods. Aphrodite curls up in it and stuffs her face into the soft fabric making Rick smile at the young girl.

"When should they meet?" Maggie asks Rick

"I was thinking of telling Carl about her first, he was asking about his precious flannel apparently, and I'll see his reaction first then we'll go from there." The small family nods at the words.

...same

girls are like "I miss my boyfriend" but actually they're talking about carl grimes

After Math

"Bub," Lyre points to Belen's wrist. There was a large cut on it going down, it was fresh so not self inflicted. Lyre gets the first aid kit, which was always in the car, and starts to clean the wound trying to be careful. Belen stays quiet knowing to not make a noise once she gets concentrated. Once Lyre is done she looks up at him and puts the first aid kit away.

"It didn't hit any veins luckily but there will be a mark there for a while. Luckily with no scar. Now let's go home, want me to drive?" Belen shakes his head and he starts the car starting to drive home. After the long ride home they pull into the driveway and Belen turns off the engine making the two sit in silence. Lyre turns her head to her brother and she takes the keys out of the ignition putting them into Belen's hand. The two get out of their car and go inside. Before going inside Lyre grabs their bags and goes inside locking the door behind her. She puts their bags on the kitchen counter as Belen sits on the couch in the living room a few feet away. Lyre empties their bags putting everything where it goes while Belen turns on the TV and connects Spotify to play their shared playlist of music they listen to after filming a video like this.

Lyre puts the folder and teddy bear in front of Belen on the table since she doesn't know where he wants to put the items. Belen looks at them and stares, Lyre can tell he's zoned out so she leaves him alone. She goes back into the kitchen and puts their bags by the door on the stool that is there in a specific order. Belen is first closer to the door then Lyre's beside it. She enters the kitchen again and makes a small snack platter for Belen, she grabs a glass from the top middle cabinet and fills it with water. She brings it to the table and sets it beside the teddy bear. She sets down the plate as Belen comes back to reality. A small light and movement catches her eyes. She straightens up still with the glass of water now looking down into the hallway that contains the shared bathroom and the rooms that are. Another movement is seen by her and she drops the glass as she makes eye contact with a woman in her brother's room. Everything feels like slow motion as the glass falls. Lyre doesn't move and Belen seems to move too fast. He grabs the glass as the water spills on the ground. He puts the, now empty, glass on the table and stands. Lyre's hand shakes as she keeps eye contact with the girl.

The girl moves from her sight and farther into Belen's room. Belen grabs her shaking hand and moves around the table

"What's wrong sis?" Her free hand points towards his room and Belen starts to walk to his room. He lets go of her hand as he walks signaling her to stay where she is. Lyre follows him and they go into his room. There is no girl but his room is trashed. Lyre goes into her room to check, she thought she saw a shadow by her closet but ends up ignoring it as she looks around. She goes back to Belen's room to see him just looking around. He goes to his window to see it is shut and locked since Belen hates having his window open while he's gone. Belen starts to pick stuff up and puts it back

"Where did she go?" Lyre whispers to herself as she helps Belen pick up items around his room.

"I don't know Lyre," Belen whispers as well. They both go silent with the only thing in the background being the music Belen turned on earlier. Lyre picks up a broken picture frame and turns, bumping her hip into Belen's bureau making the broken glass shift and cuts her hand. She ignores the cut until she begins to bleed. Neither of the twins are Hemophiliac so she didn't worry about it. As she continues to help clean, wiping her hand with a tissue every now and then. As they finish cleaning Belen's room, Lyre's hand has yet to stop bleeding. She leaves the room and goes into the bathroom to clean and bandage it. Belen follows her and shows her the picture he took of his room before they started to clean. He points out the shadow in the corner that wasn't him or Lyre.

"I'm gonna start to edit the video once I stop bleeding, send me that photo and I'll add that to the video." Belen does as told and sends her the photo and the photos he took of his room. An hour or so later her hand finally stops bleeding, she finds it strange but doesn't dwell on it that well. Belen sits on the couch as Lyre sits on the floor with her laptop and the cameras to edit the video. She puts her blue light glasses on and transfers the videos from the camera to the laptop. She opens her editing software as Belen moves the coffee table away from the couch for Lyre to fit comfortably with space on the floor. Lyre moves to the spot he made for her as Belen puts on Reign knowing it was one of Lyre's favorite shows because she belittles it for how wrong it is. She starts by editing the intro and putting the clips together. She starts to watch the clips from Belen's camera first, she puts in the clips from her camera as well with transitions. The more she watches Belen's camera view the more she notices how different their experiences were. 

Thighs

Remus Lupin was known as the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, with some admires from 7th year females, due to his gentlemanly habits and soft looks that seems to stay permanently in his eyes. But of course, he was taken, by you. A sibling of James Potter, best friend of Sirius Black, and teachers aid that travels between classes. You and Remus have been married for a few years now, having been together since their 5th year all that time ago.

At the moment, Remus is teaching a class with you sat all nice on his desk, with your nose in a book. You had some admirers as well, some male and female students that had a small school crush on you. Only because of how parental you could be and how much you related to them in some ways. As the older man teaches, his eyes keep flickering over to you, your legs crossed and thighs looking so nice in your pants. Your teaching Cape short and a nice violet color, a color that looked amazing on you.

Two nights prior was the full moon, so the love-sick werewolf was still on the tired side, luckily the full moons aren't to bad with you nearby. His wolf side loves you and luckily, you are an animagus, a cat to be frank. The fur matches your hair, with the same eyes your human form holds. You also stayed in his classroom before and after the full moon for a week straight, of course the other teachers know, and know of your relationship so no one minds. Except for Snape, but... He's Snape.. so... Anything that has to do with Remus he hates. Moving on!

As the class ends, Remus was done for the day. It was about 2 hours before dinner so this class was his final one for the day. He waits patiently with his usual soft smile, hiding his pain, and watches as his final batch of students leave. You raise your head from your book, your quill between your pointer finger and thumb from underlining important sentences in your book as the children file out of the room quickly. You give them all a smile at they leave and get off of Remus' desk, ready to help him relax.

The tired man turns to you and his smile falters slightly showing how hard he's fighting to stay standing with his perfect posture.

"Come here my love" Remus does as told and goes to you, his hands finding solitude on your hips.

"Let's go to your room, so you can relax a bit before dinner."

"I have to grade papers Dove"

"You can do that tomorrow, it is Friday after all" you speak softly to your love as he nods. You lead him up the creeky stairs up to your shared room. You both move through his office and into a door to the side, your bedroom. A moving photo of Sirius and James sat beside the bed. The room held earthy tones that you both loved, it was slightly messy with the bed undone and some book piles laid through the room. You help Remus get more comfortable, helping him take his shoes off and his belt off. His eyes watch your hands, knowing of the innocent handling you're currently doing to him.

You do the same, getting more comfortable before laying on the bed, him following you. Remus lays his head in his chest but can't seem to get comfortable for a long period of time. He slowly moves down, resting his head on your stomach, with your breathing his head moves up and down. So definitely not.

His head reaches your thighs and he goes between your legs laying on his back with your thighs on either side of the head. He lets out a small sigh, a sigh that sounded similar to a dog after a long day of naps.

"Comfy?"

"Very comfy my dove" you reach down and begin to gently play with his hair.

Carl Grimes

Key

🌶️ ~ Spice/Smut

💢 ~ Angst

🩷 ~ Fluff

What's a Soulmate?

Out 💢

Found 💢

Niece?! 💢🩷

Better? Better. 🩷

Carl<3 🩷

Before 🩷

Finally 🩷

TW:

-SA

-zombies

-aNgSt

-simpy Carl<3

One shots

Teddy🩷

Sign💢🩷

Niece?!

   Maggie went to get Glenn while Daryl goes off and Rick stays by the door. He feels like he has to protect the girl because of Carl, he keeps thinking of what their future would look like and if Carl would be happy. His thoughts get interrupted by Glenn running over and almost inside, Rick grabs him before he can and moves him away from the door. Maggie comes jogging over and stops with a hand on her back and stomach.

   "Let me in there Rick."

   "I can't... You have to calm down first"

   "My niece is in there! I need to be in there!"

   "Your niece just had something horrible happen to her. When she wakes up and sees a man all over her, no matter who he is, how do you think she'll react?!" Glenn pauses and looks at Rick almost murderously,

   "What happened to her?" Rick glances at Maggie then back at Rick

   "Someone.." he pauses

   "Was she?" Glenn trails off softly as Rick nods. The uncle of the girl puts his head down and puts a hand on his head and starts to pace. Rick and Maggie watch him,

   "Can I please go inside.." Glenn asks Rick, Rick nods and the three go inside. They go in and see that Aphrodite is awake but staring up at the ceiling. Rick and Maggie pause by the door as Glenn goes deeper inside and to the girls side.

Glenn gently puts a hand on hers and the girls eye move to the side to look at Glenn. Her head slowly moves as well

   "Unkie?" Glenn smiles at the familiar name and nods

   "Hi Dite" Aphrodite smiles a bit and tries to sit up. Glenn stops her

   "Don't. Not yet Dite"

   "Everything hurts..." Her eye tear up making everyone in the rooms tear up as well. Everyone noticed that she only has one eye, but didn't want to ask any traumatizing questions after what happened to her,

   "I know Bear, but it'll stop soon" he gently pets her head the familiar nickname making the girl chuckle. Aphrodite looks down and raises the blanket slightly

   "I'm naked under this..." The sentence makes everyone in the room chuckle,

   "Let's get you changed then" Glenn looks at Maggie and Rick

   "Can one of you guys go get a shirt of mine" the two nods and Rick goes to get it, Maggie stops him before he can go,

   "Get one of Carl's flannels and a sports bra of mine as well" Rick nods at the idea and goes off. He runs to his house first and grabs one of Carl's flannels, since Carl wasn't in the house at the time he grabbed it quickly. He then runs to the Rhee house, owned by Maggie and Glenn, and grabs one of Glenn's shirts and a sports bra of Maggie's. He runs back to see Maggie with a hand over her heart watching the scene in front of her.

Rick comes inside and sees Glenn petting Aphrodite's head as she smiles at him softly, they were talking in whispers so no one could hear them.

   "I got her new clothes Glenn" Rick holds up the shirt and flannel. Glenn goes over and grabs them. He goes back to Aphrodite

   "Want me to help you?" Aphrodite nods and Glenn helps her sit up. Maggie turns around and Rick does the same. Glenn helps her dress,

   "You two can look now" the two turn back around and see Aphrodite dressed and sitting up. Her legs still covered by the sheets and the bow on the back of her head showing a bit. Glenn reaches to the back of her head and takes the bow out and hands it to Dite. She plays with it while Glenn fixes her hair knowing how his sister raised her. He braids her hair kind of messily then takes the bow back, he puts the bow on the back of her head where the braid begins.

Aphrodite moves the braid to be mostly in front and tries to smile at Maggie and Rick

   "Hi..."

   "Hello sweetie" Maggie speaks in a motherly tone to her

   "That's Maggie, my wife. And that's Rick, a good friend of mine" Aphrodite nods and puts her hand up like she was going to wave but keeps her hand still.

   "Wanna try to walk?" Dite nods and twists to stand. Glenn helps her as much as he can and holds her hands as she stands on shaky legs. Her feet have been bandaged from the cuts so it hurt a bit to stand. Glenn helps her take a step then fixes the shirt to cover her more. Their height difference made the shirt more if a dress, it ending right under her butt. Maggie looks her over, she's very skinny and pale. She has some attributes of Glenn though. Same hair color, and same nose.

   "Let's get her situated before meeting him" Rick tells the room. The two adults nod while Aphrodite looks confused,

   "Who is him?" She asks softly, her accent matching Glenn's. Glenn looks at Rick and Maggie while the women looks at Rick as well. Rick looks at Glenn. Dite looks between everyone in the room

   "The other person who has your mark.." Glenn speaks slowly

   "He's here? Where is he?"

   "He is somewhere within the walls at the moment, probably at a friend's house" Rick answers her

   "Can I go meet him?"

   "Not yet honey, we gotta get you to full health first" Aphrodite pouts a bit and looks at Glenn with puppy dog eyes. Glenn closes his eyes quickly knowing he can't say no to them, the actions making Rick and Maggie laugh softly.