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To the end and back | Daryl Dixon x reader

Chapter eight - this love

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Summary - after the world ended you were sure you’d never find love again but a certain archer catches your eyes and changes the entire trajectory of your life.

Warnings - regular twd warnings

'Save the last one.'

Season 2 ep 3

Glenn and t-dog are about to leave. T-dog is already in the car waiting for Glenn. Glenn is saying his goodbyes like he's about to die, even though we're probably going to see him tomorrow. "You sure you want to stay?" Glenn asks as he wraps his arms around me in a hug. I nod. I'm still hesitant about staying but Daryl said he'll protect me. "Make sure carl is alright for me" I whisper. I still want to go just to make sure carls okay. Ever since I found out Carl was hurt, I couldn't stop worrying. I want to go and find out if he was alright, but I also wanted to find Sophia. I was stuck between and rock and a hard place. Both kids were in trouble and couldn't find it in me to pick between the two. "Love you" Glenn whispers as I pull away "love you too I'll see you later."

Glenn, and t-dog left a few hours back leaving us just with the rv to sleep in. The rv was tiny and three people alone made me feel claustrophobic so I choose to sit up on the rv's roof with Dale.

"So, what made you decide to change your mind?" He asks. He's stood up with his binoculars keeping an eye out while I'm sitting on the edge. "Daryl" I whisper.

"Ah, are you two like..." he trails off as I shrug. "I dunno, I really like him though" I say as I fidget with my fingers in my lap. There's nothing but cars for miles. Nothing, not one Walker, or a person. Just cars.

"If you really like him, you should ask him about it" he says.

I can hear carols cries from inside the rv. I can't help but think I was being too harsh earlier. Her child did just go missing. "Dale" I whisper, "hm?" He hums. "Do you think I was being too mean earlier...y'know with Carol." I ask as I turn my head back so I can see him. He shakes his head "no you were being logical that's all."

The rv door opens and then closes. We both look down to see both Andrea, and Daryl coming out. They're both holding flashlights, and Daryl has his crossbow.

"I'm going for a walk. Shine some light in the forest. If she's out there, give her something to look at. You wanna come with me sugar?" He says looking up at me. I nod shyly, the nickname making me flustered "yeah sure" I whisper as he helps me off of the roof. "You think that's a good idea right now?" Dale asks. "Dale" Andrea warns before walking past Daryl and I. We follow after her, Daryl's hand still holding mine tightly. He doesn't let go until we get closer to the forest.

"You really think we're gonna find Sophia?" Andrea asks. Daryl turns his head towards Andrea and shakes it. He scoffs "you got that look on your face same as everybody else. What the hell's wrong with you people? We just started lookin'" Andrea turns her head towards Daryl and asks "well, do you?" He scoffs again. She's a smart girl, just because she's little doesn't mean she's not going to be found alive. "It ain't the mountains of Tibet it's Georgia. She could be holed up in a farmhouse somewhere. People get lost and they survive. It happens all the time."

"She's only twelve" Andrea says. I stuff both my hands in my jacket pockets. it's cold. If my estimation is correct, it's November, so the weather isn't far off.

"She's a smart girl" I whisper. "That doesn't make a difference she's still twelve" replies Andrea. "Hell, I was younger than her and I got lost. Nine days in the woods eating berries, wiping my ass with poison oak." Daryl has a point he may have been younger than that, hell I got lost in the woods behind my grandfather's farm several times, but we didn't have to survive with walkers all around us. I'm just hoping and praying Sophia paid attention to at least one bit of the survival skills Shane tried teaching Sophia, carl, and Morales's children.

"They found you?" Andrea asks "my old man was off on a bender with some waitress. Merle was doin' another stint in juvie. Didn't even know I was gone. I made my way back though. Went straight into the kitchen and made myself a sandwich. No worse for wear. Except my ass itched something awful." Both Andrea and I let out quiet laughs. "that's disgusting" i mutter "I'm sorry." Andrea says trying to hide another laugh "I'm sorry, that is a terrible story." Andrea says but ends up laughing again. "Only difference is Sophia's got people lookin' for her. I call that an advantage."

"Yeah, but you didn't have the risk of getting bitten by a Walker" I whisper. Daryl nods "you're right I didn't." We continue walking until we hear a bush rustle. We all jump back a bit. Daryl pushed me behind him as he pulls his crossbow off of his shoulder, and ready to shoot. Daryl continues into the forest keeping Andrea, and I behind him. We continue through towards the rustling until we come across a little campsite with a Walker hung from a tree.

"What the hell?" Daryl mutters. There's a note pinned to the tree. The Walker is thrashing around, trying to get out of the noose it's hung from. "Got bit. Fever hit. World gone to shit. Might as well quit" Daryl reads aloud. "Dumbass didn't know enough to shoot himself in the head. Turned himself into a big swinging piece of bait. And a mess."

Andrea covers her nose as she bends over placing both hands on her knees "you alrigh'?" Daryl asks. "Trying not to puke" Andrea replies through coughs and gags "go ahead of you gotta." The Walker does stink. I don't think I will ever get over how terrible a Walker smells. I cover my face with the top of my shirt. It barely even masks the smell. "No, I'm fine. Let's just talk about something else for a minute. How'd you learn to shoot?" She asks. Daryl simply responds with "gotta eat."

"That's one thing these walkers and us have in common. I guess it's the closest he's been to food since he turned hangin' up there like a big piñata" the walker is sticking its arms out and thrashing around trying to get to us. Its legs are practically gone, well at least the meat is only leaving its tibia and fibula bones left. "The other geeks came and ate all the flesh off his legs." Andrea vomits, maybe it was because of Daryl's comment mixed with the smell of the Walker cause now I feel like I'm going to puke. "I thought we were changing the subject" she says as she coughs. "Call that payback for laughing about my itchy ass."

"There wasn't a lot that came up" Andrea says through heaving breathing. "Hm, let's head back" Daryl says as he turns around and begins walking back the way we came. "Aren't you gonna..." Daryl looks up at the walker and shakes his head "no. He ain't hurtin' nobody. Ain't gonna waste an arrow either. He made his choice. He opted out. Let him hang" Daryl says as the Walker continues to groan, gasp, and thrash around. Andrea continues to walk towards the Walker. She stares up at it, pointing her flashlight up at it. Daryl walks over to her. I stay near the tent. Hoping and praying there's nothing inside that'll grab me. Their conversation is hushed but at the end of it daryl shoots the Walker before we start our walk back towards the highway.

When we arrive back at the rv Dale is down off of the roof. "Andrea. Wait." He says as Daryl and I walk into the rv. The door closes and Dale and Andrea stay outside.

"Come on ya needa go to sleep" Daryl says as I take a seat at the table. I shake my head. I haven't been actually able to sleep more than a few hours in days. Maybe it's the stress, or it's sleeping in cars. "Can't" I whisper. He sighs "just C'mere" he says as he sits down on the pallet of blankets, he's laid down on the floor of the rv for himself. I hesitantly get up and walk over to him. He gestures for me to lay down next to him and I do. He wraps his arms around my body pulling me closer. He's warm, so warm, and comforting. Human touch was comforting. His arms wrapped around me, and his chin resting against the top of my head. The warmth that emitted off of his body was better than any blanket.

I'm getting too attached, I know that. I'm falling in love. I can't do that, definitely not now. either of us could die any day now. it's just not right. but it's just so hard not to, I've never felt like this before. I don't even know what we are! I really like him, and he told me he liked me at the CDC, but did he like me enough to consider me his girlfriend? I definitely liked him a lot, but did he like me that much. did he just like me in a sexual matter? did he just want someone to hug and kiss? these times were really lonely, even with the group around, I guess I still longed for normalcy. a normal life, with normal friend, and a normal house. I really wanted that not people I'm forced to live with, not being forced to sleep in tents and cars. maybe he wanted that too, maybe I'm overreading the relationship. maybe I'm overreacting.

I fell asleep fast though, maybe it was the warmth, maybe it's because I feel safe, like actually safe. I've noticed that I've felt safer around Daryl ever since we came back from the city. I feel less tense around him, like I can actually relax and not worry. I know I'm safe around him, I know he'll protect me. I've never felt safer than I am right now, with his arms wrapped around me, his chin pressed against the top of my head, his heartbeat, his thumb rubbing small circles against my back.

i need to talk to him. I'll kill myself with anxiety if I don't. I need to know what we are, i need to know if he likes me just as much as I like him. I need to know.

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