Regan

Regan is the slash ship between Rick Grimes and Negan from the The Walking Dead fandom.

Canon
Rick and Negan first meet at the end of Season 6 when Rick's group is traveling to Hilltop, they get stopped by Negan and the Saviors and are placed in a line-up to be exectued by Negan. Negan kills Abraham and Glenn and Rick threatens Negan. Negan taunt Rick and asks a Savior what weapons Rick had. The Savior says Rick had a hatchet. Negan then tells Rick that having a right-hand man is important, and asks Rick if he has one. Negan grabs Rick's axe and then grabs Rick by the collar of his jacket and starts dragging him to an RV. They enter the RV and Negan then mocks Rick and tells Rick that if he wanted to kill him, then would be the time to do it. Rick grabs the axe and Negan stops him by brandishing an assault rifle and hitting Rick with it.

Negan starts driving away before stopping the RV later and goes to sit next to Rick, telling Rick "you are mine," and he opens the door while looking at Rick. He throws the hatchet out and sends Rick to retrive it shortly before throwing Rick out. Rick climbs up the ladder that leads to the roof. Rick later returns the axe after some struggle with walkers and being saved by Negan twice. Negan arrives back at the place where they had been previously starts cleaning off the hatchet while mocking Rick again. Negan kicks Rick out of the RV once again and grabs Rick by the collar of his jacket and kicks him.

Negan asks Rick if he knew what the trip was about and Rick doesn't reply. Negan then tells Rick to speak when he's spoken to. Rick says okay and Negan tells Rick that the trip was about the way Rick looked at him. Negan asks Rick if he should get a second chance. Rick replies saying yes and Negan tells the Saviors to put guns at of everyone's heads. Negan then asks Rick's son, Carl to come over. Negan tells Carl to get on the ground and he then tells Rick to cut Carl's arm off or the group will die. Rick eventually picks up the axe and holds it up before Negan taunts Rick again and the Saviors leave. Negan tells Rick that they will be back in a week.

Negan comes back earlier than Rick expected and he and the Saviors start stealing things from the community while Negan forces Rick to hold his baseball bat, Lucille. After the Saviors and Negan take what they please, Negan takes Lucille away from Rick while getting a few inches away from Rick. The Saviors and Negan then leave Alexandria. In the next couple episodes, Negan returns to Alexandria and he bonds with Rick's children before a conflict breaks out and results in Negan taking a member of Alexandria back to the Sanctuary and leaving. Another few episodes later, Negan comes back with the Saviors and Negan threatens to kill Carl before being ambushed by the Kingdom and their members. In season 8, they don't have much direct interaction until the last episode when the communities are at war with the Saviors. Rick gets Negan to trust him before slitting his throat and asking people to save him while Negan looks up at Rick. Negan is saved and taken back to Alexandria as a prisoner.

Fanon
The ship is fairly uncommon in the fandom due to Rick's hostility towards Negan and Negan killing Rick's friends. But people still began shipping the two after Negan's debut in, "Last Day On Earth." There are articles about Negan and Rick's relationship with titles such as, "Negan and Rick Should Just Kiss Already." Negan shows a liking for Rick throughout the series, even though Rick openly shows his dislike towards Negan. Negan also seems to care a lot about Rick's family, and he often shows this by doing nice things for Rick's kids, which seems to be Negan trying to get Rick to like him. Towards the end of Rick's storyline, he shows not much of a liking, but rather a semi-liking to him as he saves Negan instead of letting him die. Negan seems to miss Rick and his son Carl after they are gone, but he doesn't often say or show that. The two seem to have a mutual respect for one another, but it is mostly on Negan's side.

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