Ever since Beth walked out of Grady to reunite with her family things have been different between her and Daryl. When Deanna announces an impromptu celebration of Valentine’s Day in ASZ, will Daryl and Beth be able to take the opportunity to pick up where they left off?
“It is his wishful thinking that her skin felt warm to the touch under his lips, just as it is his imagination that had him hearing her voice in his ears, a wistful lilt.” Beth Greene survives, but there is a long road to walk before she can find her family again.
Just a cute little Bethyl one-shot because the holidays might be over but I miss New Year’s already and this turned out pretty good I’d say. – Beth Greene just wanted to have her first New Year’s kiss, with whoever it happened to be with…
Merle was on trial but this time it was for something bigger than he’d ever done before.
Daryl doesn’t know if it’s bad luck on his part, or karma on Merle’s, when he gets wind of a rumour that the local sheriff is looking for a hunter. He decides to move on. Stay as far from this kingdom as he can, where thoughts of Merle and his plans for greatness don’t make his heart hurt. He can’t rely on anybody for anything.
It’s in the quiet hours after Judith is born, when she’s sitting in his arms and everything is soft and quiet and warm, that Beth looks at Daryl and he knows the time has come for them to decide whether they’re going to speed up or slow down.
Over time finding her family had begun to take a back seat to just surviving and living to see another day. She had to face the fact that she may never find them. She had to put herself first. Over time the hope she’d carried deep in her bones eventually dwindled until she could hardly feel it anymore.
She wanted romance.
3rd Place Best Fix-It Fic for 2016 Moonshine Awards
With nothing but a hole in her head and a shredded nightmare of a life left to her, Beth goes back to the beginning, following ghosts. Meanwhile, Daryl keeps a fragile hold on reasons to live, and returns to what he left behind, following the light.
“Always got time to appreciate the pretty things, Daryl,” she said when she finally started slowly toward him. The leaves rustled beneath her old scuffed boots; there was a bramble stuck in her hair and a jagged hole in the sleeve of her sweater.
He watched her come and knew she was right.
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