He listened, listened to the woman try and lay claim to the kid, so much like the Claimers that he had been forced to join forces with, until he found Rick, Michonne and Carl. Hatred filled him; his blood ran cold. Daryl reached out as Noah started to step towards the cop, and laid his hand firmly on Noah’s chest, pushing him back slightly. Daryl stepped forward, barely containing the growl behind his words. “No, he ain’t staying,” Daryl moved to flank Rick on his left side.
Takes place in S5, Beth was taken by the Grady cops but got away. The funeral home was just the beginning. Daryl almost lost her so he’s not wasting any more time. Survival is about more than fighting the dead. It’s about living too.
Finally, safe(ish) behind the walls of Alexandria, Beth & Daryl warm up after getting caught in the rain.
Daryl is at a point in this life where he can reminisce, and maybe even look forward to the future.
The five-times Beth reached for Daryl, and the one time she didn’t
Daryl hasn’t truly seen Beth, not even since she came back from the dead. Until one night he does, in the clearest way imaginable.
Beth and Daryl have lived what feels like a lifetime together. It won’t ever be enough, but with what they have, Daryl’s living for every goddamned day.
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She doesn’t remember all of it. Looking back on it now she remembers the weight of Beth in her arms, the shock of how strong Beth’s arms around her were, the way her hair tasted in Maggie’s mouth when she took in a ragged breath and half swallowed Beth’s ponytail. She remembers the vague echo of Rick’s soft exclamation somewhere behind her, and the way, once she’d finally let go of her sister, that Daryl an Beth had crowded around Carol – Daryl’s forehead tucked into Carol’s shoulder, Beth’s arm curled around Carols other side as Judith reached for lock of Beth’s hair and tugged, the brilliant tinkle of laughter and the way Beth’s hand and Daryl’s both curled around Judy’s little head, palms stacked one over the other as their fingers slipped through the wisps of hair. – Maggie meets Beth and Daryl on the road to Alexandria
Beth blew Daryl’s mind by coming back from the dead – and then she blew something else. But now, when he’s ready to give her anything, she wants something new. New, simple, and maybe not so simple at all.
After far too long in her own, Beth Greene stumbles upon a member of her old group who takes her back to what is left of her ‘family’.
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