Merle was an asshole. Everyone knew that. Every single person in Cell Block C knew it. The only person he was nice to was Daryl. And even then, nice was relative.

But then there was you. Don't mistake, he wasn't nice to you either. He was still a dick, but there seemed to be something behind it, a little less...hate behind his words.

"Step aside and let a man do the job, sweet thing." He said, his voice dripping with some underlying meaning. Again, asshole. It wasn't even a hard task. You were just fixing the gear. But he insisted so you just gave him the screwdriver and let him do it since you didn't wanna argue. "Thank you, Sweetheart. So, how have you been, Sweetcheeks?" He said as he fixed the gear.