Nothing else Matters

Hello this is a song prompt for the 4theloveof Caryl tumblr site. The song I chose is Nothing Else Matters by Metallica. For some truly incredible pieces of song inspired fiction, I highly recommend DarkAngelsShadow and Definitely Walker Bait (DWB if you have read any of my other stories). Both have done some amazingly haunting and beautiful work. Special shout out to SOAloving mom for getting me hooked on FF, giving me some great stories to read and for all of her encouragement.

Brightest Blessings

I don't own the Walking Dead or this song... Enjoy

So close, no matter how far

Couldn't get much more from the heart

Forever trusting who we are

And nothing else matters

It's been a hell of a week, a month, a year, a life.

Two damaged souls sit back to back, heads resting on the others shoulder, cheeks pressed together. Two pair of blue eyes gaze into the sky, seeing nothing and everything.

Fire crackles, flames dance while wisps of smoke spiral towards the heavens.

Closer they have drifted over the tremulous sea of pain, fear, isolation, loneliness.

Draw together from the start, they circled each other.

Every step forwards had a half step back.

He watches, always watches over her, keeps her safe, whole. He teaches her the skills to survive.

She offers comfort, friendship. Words to encourage, build confidence, self-worth.

Needing each other in more than a simple primal way, there is desire between them, yet this bond between them is so much deeper.

Never opened myself this way

Life is ours we live it our way

All these words I don't just say

And nothing else matters

Neither has felt comfortable within their skin or around others.

People can hurt you, break you, and damage you in many ways.

He learned to cloak himself under a blanket of anger and rage. Never needing anyone who wasn't blood, even then to be honest. Foul mouthed, dirty, intimidating.

She became quiet, buried deeply within. Her passion for life, her caring ways, her voice, her intelligence, her humanity, her everything locked down oh so deeply.

Learning to live, laugh, love was a process, a road they started to travel together.

Finding courage in themselves, each other, they traveled those roads, mastered that process.

Only as one could they find their way.

Trust I seek and I find with you

Everyday brought us something new

Open mind for a different view

And nothing else matters

Life is different for them now. They have thrown of the shackles that had bound them to their previous hellish existence.

At the end of the world they are finally allowed to live, to be.

Learning about each other, while learning about themselves.

With hard earned trust, they share their pain, sorrow, loss.

They also share their hopes, dreams and love.

Their minds opened to what was new in the world, stripping them of their cloaks, their fear.

He learned to channel his demons. Become the man he always was inside and in his heart.

She learned to speak up, to fight. Letting her passions for life and love soar free, sharing those gifts.

Stronger, happier, they belong.

To themselves, the group, each other.

Always to each other.

Never care for what they do

Never care for they know

But I know….

They have each come so far in this new life. Yesterdays are pushed aside, tomorrows are not promised. There is only this moment in time.

Their essence wraps around the other, joined.

They have both found acceptance, love, themselves within the others arms, the others hearts.

Minds focus with laser like precision, they see no one else.

They speak without words.

Glances and small gestures convey all they need to share.

As long as they are together,

Nothing else matters.