Rick pulling away Michonne the moment he gets a chance for the most hungry fervent kiss is on brand for him.

RICHARD GRIMES HAS

ALWAYS BEEN

INSATIABLE

AND REVERENT WHEN IT COMES TO MICHONNE

“There’s something rather moving about these two warriors getting together….It makes complete sense.  It was kind of that domesticated, familial relaxation between old friends and then we look at each other….It’s been right in front of me the whole time….Danai was brilliant and so funny on set and said, ‘Let’s just go for this; I don’t want to talk about it too much.  Let’s just go for it.’  We wanted it to be these two grownups and warriors who love and respect each other.  That’s a given.  And then they get completely surprised in this moment.  And then they look at each other and say, ‘Of course.’  That was the transition we wanted: for it to be sexy, committed, and key.  We wanted it to be different, and grown-up, and very relaxed and natural.  That’s what we were fighting for.  It’s that kiss.  It’s the kiss.” Andrew Lincoln

“When the scene starts and he gets home, she’s waiting for him to get home.  He’s out, it’s dark; she wants him home.  The idea that he gets home and the one thing she wants to do is go plop on the couch next to him and spend time with him - in my head I was laughing, because she’s in love with him and she doesn’t even realize it.  That day finally allows her to be emotionally available enough to find out what’s behind that wall.  Honestly, I don’t think she realizes it until that moment….That was the one day her heart finally got in the driver’s seat and was allowed to navigate the moment….It just felt - the word that Andy used, and I totally agree with - natural.  It really did feel like the natural progression of where our characters were to be next….The reason why there are these expressions of joy when they’re kissing is because there’s something bursting out of them that’s new, and they realize, ‘Oh my God, this is a really special friend of mine that I actually want to be intimate with in a whole other way, and it makes total sense.’…She knows she’s in the safest place in the world with the person she wants to be with most in the world.  It’s just joy.” Danai Gurira

So we’ll piss off the neighbors. In the place that feels the tears, the place to lose your fears. Yeah, reckless behavior…

Had Jesus not bothered Rick and Michonne after their first time being intimate, and not taken them to Hilltop, how do you imagine their first morning/day after would have gone?

Thanks so much! Really happy to hear you’re enjoying the page 🩷 And good question. 😊 That time in Alexandria seemd to be one of the most calm seasons of life, apart from the food & resources dwindling down. So I’d like to think that the next morning, Rick and Michonne already didn’t have a whole jampacked itinerary beyond standard stuff, and they would have had some time to linger in bed for a little while.

I can picture Rick wakes up ready to shower Michonne in more affection which she welcomes. But then she suggests she should head back to her room before Carl wakes up and discovers they spent the night together. But Rick says he doesn’t think it would be bad if Carl knew about them. And then that leads them to talk about how they both have had feelings for each other for awhile and they want this to be a lasting thing. And if they know they have some time before Carl and Judith wake up…I think they definitely resume some of their activities from the night before.

Then I think they’d get the day started with the kids and be struck by just how much isn’t different now that they’ve taken their relationship to a new level. Like eating breakfast with the family and tending to the kids that day would make it extra clear to Rick and Michonne that they’d been operating like they were married long before they even held hands. And I think they’d find that comforting, knowing this coupling really can work because it’s been working.