you and Lydia have known eachother for a while unlike the others you never really cared about the fact she was once a whisperer she wasn't a threat to you and didn't seem like one to anyone else so it just didn't bother you but after a while you noticed how the others bullied and blamed her for the things that had happened with the whisperers like it was her fault so sometimes you would defend her and just started to grow closer to her because you felt bad she was so alone

eventually you guys became good friends you helped her cope with some of her trauma and got her to trust you one day you were sitting on the ground in Alexandria watching the water from the pound and fiddling with your knife it was a nice sunny day and you had your back against a tree enjoying the cool breeze

Lydia walked up to you "hey- I wanted to thank you for... well standing up for me earlier"

earlier that day you had punched one of the guys that was bullying her before you could respond she took out a bracelet made from old scraps of fabric

"I made this for you" she mutters holding it out to you

as you reached up and grabbed it your hands brushed against eachothers and your eyes locked on one another's hers were golden in the sunlight it was beautiful it was the look of love