#IF YOU'RE GONNA ACT LIKE A CHILD I'M GONNA OUT-CHILD YOU DARYL

[dixons-sunshine]

Saw your birthday post and I’m here to say dad!daryl especially during pregnancy would be act like a caveman. You’re growing his child? He’s hunting for a mounting of food (more specifically animals especially deer) and presenting them to you like he’s at an altar. You want something. He’s already got it. Craving something that’s lots to the old world? Don’t worry he’ll do his best and if not he’ll find a suitable replacement. Dad!daryl would do anything for you already, and now you’re with his child… you really get to see how far he’d go.

Let’s not mention if you were ever in a position where he thinks you’d be in danger because he’s animalistic ensuring that you and his baby are okay.

Thank you for listening to my ted talk

Also happy early birthday!!

No because I think about this on a daily basis. You'd think I'm lying but I'm not. The amount of times I think of Daryl as a dad should be illegal lol. My own thoughts under the cut. (Sorry this isn't a proper fic. I didn't know how to write this in a way that would be in a way you deserve, but I loved this so much and didn't want this to go to waste, so I'm doing this. Hope it's okay!)

Basically everything you said is so freaking true. As far as I'm aware, aka on what I've seen in movies and what my mom has told me, the correct meat is an essential part to a pregnant woman's diet. Oh, boy, once you're pregnant and the doctor says that you need protein? You be rest assured that Daryl is not resting until he finds you the best goddamn venison he can. No rabbit or squirrel meat for the love of his life and his unborn baby. Y'all deserve only the best. He'd even fight tooth and nail if he could only find a small deer and there wouldn't be enough venison for everyone in the community and everyone wanted some. You needed it more than they did, and he'd hold someone at gunpoint if he needed to.

I've also wondered a lot about Daryl finding whatever you're craving. A few nights ago, I was really craving chips (fries) but I couldn't go buy any, so I had to make my own. While making it (at 3am if I may add) I thought about Daryl making you what you're craving during your pregnancy. If he can't find what you're craving outside the walls, he's gonna try his damn best to make it. Fries? He's picking potatoes out of the community's garden to make you that. You want a sandwich? He's gonna make you a sandwich. You want some crisps (chips)? He can't make it, but he's not gonna rest until he finds you some. It may be stale, but he doesn't care. Anything for you.

I've seen a couple of videos where the guy stands behind his pregnant partner and raises their belly to relieve some pressure. Daryl would do that! I read it in my favourite dad!Daryl series (Blood Ties by @celtic-crossbow. If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it!) and I was like “yes, he would totally do that!” Anything that would help make you even the slightest bit more comfortable, he'd do it. Also, I feel like it would bring a sense of comfort to him when he does that. It'd make him feel more connected with his baby before they're born, y'know?

Don't even get me started on Daryl being extremely overprotective of you. He doesn't want you to be in any sort of danger in general, but the need to keep you safe when you're carrying his baby increases by a tenfold. Your escapades beyond the walls are put on a hold for the foreseeable future. Anything you need beyond the walls, he'll get it for you. And if you don't want him to leave you, he'll get someone else to do it for him. He wouldn't ever let you willingly put yourself in danger, and if you ever were in danger, the people responsible for it would pay dearly.

I have a lot of thoughts on this but my brain isn't working with me right now. Thank you so much for sending this in! I really loved this so much.

[ghostboneswrites2]

I think you're literally the only person I've ever see show common sense regarding shipping and adult and kids. Like fr if I say it's wrong I get hit by barrage of it's fiction, it's not real, it's a coping mechanism, it's ship and let ship, pro shipping is valid. I see so many posts going round saying it's not ethical to criticise a fictional ship that's problematic because it's not real. But for example using Cegan faces via the actors is JDM and Chandler Riggs who is a child. Like I feel like I'm going insane sometimes. Also people who deliberately write incest or stuff like that because they are into it or are drawn to it like... I've had people say it's only fictional incest they're obsessed with. It's not like it's part of a plot like house of the dragon where it's also looked down on and hated in their fictional world. It's like people are writing it for their own gratification and that worries me. I wrote JDM x OC because I'm heavily into JDM and writing Negan is living vicariously. I project on to an adult oc. But to ship Cegan is to project you're sexually attracted to either children or the idea of an adult and kids together which is just hugely gross

Absolutely NO hate to this anon bc I fully agree but do want to both answer this ask and use it as a quick little PSA that I will no longer respond to shipping discourse on this blog. This will be the last one! I don’t want any of this drama to deter my followers and cloud their feeds. Henceforth this blog is Daryl fanfiction only! 💚 ((If you do want to talk about this feel free to use my other blog @crxss-bxw))

Anyways, yeah I fully agree. Writing adult x child content is incredibly sus and so is consuming it.

I like to assume (for my own mental health) that most of them are kids and they just have the hots for an adult character so they think it’s okay but the sad reality is that a lot of the people participating in these pedophilic ships are adults and it’s a form of grooming imo to put that sort of content out there and normalize it.

It desensitizes the reader to things like pedophilia (or in other cases incest or beastiality).

They can say “minors DNI” all day but that’s not gonna stop a minor from interacting.

They can call it a coping mechanism all day but if you’re a victim of CSA then you need therapy to help you learn real healthy coping mechanisms. You don’t need to seek out adult x child content that romanticizes the very behaviors that traumatized you in the first place. That is doing way more harm than good.

And the “it’s fictional” argument is flimsy and made of straw. Lolita was a work of fiction too, and the entire purpose of that story is to show how sick and twisted the mind of an individual who is attracted to children is. It wasn’t meant to be romanticized. Yet, here we are today, where people regularly romanticize it as if it’s a romance novel when it is indeed quite the opposite.

Not only that, but sites like ao3 literally exist for problematic ships to be posted without backlash, so why act surprised when people on a platform like this one express discomfort with things like pedophilia or incest within their fandoms???

And since you mentioned the actual actors behind the characters, it does feel incredibly harmful for a child actor or an adult actor to have their faces used for content that is literal pedophilia.

Anyways, thanks for the ask & if you wanna continue the conversation or talk about anything else feel free to pm or use the asks on @crxss-bxw. (That goes for anyone. If any of you ceganers show up in my inbox behind an anon on this blog I’m just gonna block u xoxoxo there’s literally nothing you could say to make me change my mind)

[biggerbetterbat]

WITH YOU [20] LOST AND FOUND

Daryl Dixon x OC!Charlie Reed

Summary: Glenn makes a confession, which brings tension to the group. Daryl gets mad. It turns out that not only walkers are in the barn.

Warnings: character death, language, violence

Song: Gone Too Soon Daughtry

A/N: Hello :) I’m glad that we’re almost done on the farm, so we can enter another act, but prison era is not my favorite to be honest. Please comment, like and share to give me feedback. ENJOY AND SE YOU SOON!

Charlie really disliked the atmosphere in the camp that morning. Everybody looked like something just ate their insides and made them watch. Rick was in his own world and probably didn't get much sleep last night. Glenn was sighing from time to time, looking from Dale to Maggie as both of them were looking at him from different ends of the farm. Dary, T-Dog, Carol, and Shane were trying to ignore the tension, acting as if nothing was in the air.

And let's not mention Andrea who was accompanying to all of this with the sound of sharpening her knife.

When Glenn stood up, Charlie knew it was going to end up bad. That's why she looked at Maggie and shook her head, gesturing that the secret was not safe anymore.

"Uhm...guys. So..." he said. Charlie was waiting for how he would play it out. She didn't know that he wanted to announce that to everyone, so she didn't know what was the plan. "The barn is full of walkers."

He said it straight just like ripping the band-aid off. It was like the axe that was hung above their heads all morning was just dropped right on their necks. Charlie put away the food and sighed, not hungry anymore.

It's gonna be a long day...

"You cannot tell me you're all right with this," Shane said as they all were standing in front of the barn.

"No, I'm not, but we're guests here," Rick answered calmly. "This isn't our land."

"Oh, God." he rolled his eyes. "This is our lives, man!"

The doors moved as something that was inside leaned on it and Rick saw it. "Lower your voice."

"We can't just sweep this under the rug." Andrea tried to back up Shane.

"It ain't right. Not remotely. We either got to go into there, we got to make things right, or we just got to go." Shane argued. "Now we have been talking about Fort Benning for a long time..."

"We can't go." Rick interrupted.

"Why, Rick? Why?" he asked.

"Because my daughter is still out there," Carol answered to Walsh, which pulled the wrong strings in him.

"Okay." he scoffed. "Okay, I think it's time that we all start to just consider the other possibility."

Charlie opened her eyes wider. Realization hit her right in the face. Shane didn't believe that Sophia made it and he didn't try to find her. Maybe he was doing funny business with Andrea all this time in the woods, but he wasn't trying hard enough to find her.

Another thing is that he shouldn't say things like that to a mother whose child is missing. He could think that, but not say it to her face.

"Shane, we're not leaving Sophia behind."

"I'm close to finding this girl." annoyed Daryl stepped in. "I just found her damn doll two days ago."

Shane chuckled sarcastically. "You found her doll, Daryl. That's what you did. You found a doll."

"You don't know what the hell you're talking about," Dixon screamed.

"Man, look," Shane also stepped closer to him. "I'm just saying what needs to be said here. Now, you get a good lead, it's in the first 48 hours."

"Shane, no," Charlie said in a warning tone, trying to calm the cop.

"Let me tell you something else, man." said an even angrier Shane. "If she was alive out there and saw you coming all method out with your buck knife and geek ears around your neck, she would run in the other direction, man."

It was too much for Daryl as he jumped, ready to fight Walsh. Maybe a good old punch in the face was what Shane needed to calm down. Maybe. But it wasn't safe to do it right here right now, so Charlie pulled Daryl's shirt- as if it would stop him.

"Back off!" Rick yelled and got in between the two men. "Now, just let me talk to Hershel. Let me figure it out."

"What are you gonna figure out?" Shane asked.

"Enough!" Lori yelled.

"If we're gonna stay," Rick said calmly again. "If we're gonna clear this barn, I have to talk him into it. This is his land."

"Hershel sees those things in there as people." Charlie decided to confess.

"That's what Maggie told me," Glenn added.

"Sick people." Dale backed her up. "His wife, his...his stepson. Yesterday I talked to Hershel."

Shane looked at Charlie with fire in his eyes. "And you waited a night?"

"Oh, I waited a little bit longer." she snapped at Shane. "I thought we could survive one more night."

"And we did." said the old man.

"I promised someone not to tell you and I didn't. It was not my job, anyway." Charlie crossed her arms on her chest in a defensive gesture.

"And I was waiting till this morning to say something, but Glenn wanted to be the one," explained Dale.

"The man is crazy, Rick." Shane tried to make his point. "If Hershel thinks those things are alive...No!"

The barn doors started to rattle as something that was inside found out about dinner arguing just under its nose. Mmm, human flesh. Better than chicken. And with that and Rick's: Just let me think, the fight ended and everyone just parted their ways.

Since coming to the farm there was one place that she visited more than any other. And it wasn't the porch or the rocking chair- which by the way was coming with her if Hershel actually kicked them out. The place was stable. The smell was not her favorite, but what was inside really mattered. The horses calmed her nerves and if there was needed help she was down. Also, it was a little dream coming true for her.

So now it was the same. She wanted to take a breath after the fight that took place just moments ago, but to her surprise, there were people inside. First, she heard the groan and then Daryl's voice. "I don't care."

Charlie decided to hide and listen to the conversation.

"Well, I do," she could hear Carol's voice."Rick's going out later to follow the trail."

"Yeah, well," he snapped. "I ain't gonna sit around and do nothing."

"No," Carol said in a stern voice. "You're gonna go out there and get yourself hurt even worse. We don't know if we're gonna find her, Daryl. We don't. I don't."

"What?" he asked and stopped moving around.

"Can't lose you too," she whispered.

Charlie opened her eyes wider. So it was true then? Carol and Daryl were together? The woman was truly scared about the hunter and her voice was betraying her true feelings. Her heart dropped again. Maybe that's why he didn't want her to go with him that day when he was shot? Maybe he didn't want to give her another reason to be sad.

Then she was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard something falling to the ground. She walked out of her hiding spot and saw that Daryl was bent in half.

"Are you all right?" Charlie asked touching his back.

"Just leave me be!" he stepped away and almost made her fall as he passed her by. "Stupid bitch."

Charlie was standing there, looking after him as he was slowly disappearing from sight. "Asshole."

"Don't be mad at him." she heard the quiet voice of Carol.

She looked at her finally.

"He's just..."

"Asshole." she interrupted her. "You are not his mother, you don't have to justify his behavior. He can be worried about Sophia, but we all are. That's on him."

"She's not his daughter," Carol said. "He shouldn't worry like that."

"And how do you feel?" Charlie asked and the eyes of the other woman widened. "You're the true victim. You should throw things."

"That won't bring me back my daughter." Carol smiled sadly and as she was passing Charlie, she squeezed her arm. "But thank you for your care."

So she was still mad. Horses could have probably sensed that because they acted nervous around her. That made her leave the stables and she targeted another place to spend the day. As soon as she left it, she was immediately stopped. "I found you." she heard Rick's voice. "Are you coming with us to look for Sophia?"

"Right now?"

"I have one thing with Hershel to do before we go," he said. "But stay in a visible place. We'll go as soon as I go back."

"Yes, sir." she nodded.

Charlie didn't know any more visible place than the RV, so she climbed there after talking with Rick and looking at the woods and at the barn, thinking about Daryl and Carol, but mostly Daryl who touched all the wrong spots making her this angry. After hours of drinking she felt her bladder almost exploding, so she decided that it was the moment to stretch her bones and walk for a bit, to empty it. It was the exact moment when Andrea entered the car together with Dale, the atmosphere tense between them.

"You see where he went?" Shane asked, storming out of the RV.

Charlie came back to her spot next to Glenn but looked down to see an angry cop.

"Who?" asked confused Glenn, making Shane even more angry.

"Don't even try to shit me, okay?"

"What?"

"Dale, Glenn." Shane sighed. "Did you see where Dale went?"

"Yeah, he asked me to run and get some water," Glenn answered. "He said he's covering me on watch."

"And he was gone when you got back, huh? And where were you, Charlie?"

"Getting my nails done, of course." she scoffed. "You know Shane, some of us are still living and breathing creatures and from time to time have to go and pee."

"You think he's okay?" Glenn asked.

"Oh. He's fine."

"Why'd he bail then?" he still couldn't understand what was going on.

So you wouldn't tell me which way he went." Shane answered and to Charlie, it was just mad man talking.

"I don't get it." Glenn turned to Charlie.

"No man, you don't." Walsh scoffed and walked away.

"What the hell that was about?" the Asian boy asked in the most confused tone.

"I don't know. I stopped following him since we came here." she sighed. "Men are so dumb."

"Yeah." Glenn nodded and looked away, still thinking about what happened seconds ago.

She was sitting on a railing. watching around, just like the first night. Glenn obviously made up with Maggie as they were sitting next to each other, talking quietly.

"Do you know what's going on?" Charlie asked as she saw T-Dog and Andrea.

"Where is everyone?" she asked back.

"You haven't seen Rick?" Glenn asked.

"He went off with Hershel. We were supposed to leave a couple hours ago." Charlie said to Glenn while pointing to Andrea and T-Dog.

"Yeah, you were. What the hell?" Daryl said angrily, and looked at the faces of people who were supposed to go- Charlie included.

"Rick told us he was going out," Andrea answered.

"Damn it. Isn't anybody taking this seriously?" he asked in an insulting manner. But Charlie was quiet, she didn't want to hear whatever he had to say. "We got us a damn trail," he added, but then he saw Shane walking towards them with a bag full of guns. "Oh. here we go. What's all this?"

"You are with me man?" Shane asked, handing him a gun, which Daryl took. "Time to grow up. You already got yours?"

"Yeah. Where's Dale?" Andrea asked.

"He's on his way."

"Thought we couldn't carry," T-Dog said.

"Yeah, well, we can and we have to," Shane answered. "Look, it was one thing sitting around here picking daisies when we thought this place was supposed to be safe. But now we know it ain't," he said and faced Glenn. "How about you, man? Are you gonna protect yours? That's it. Can you shoot?"

Glenn looked so guilty that he bent under a cop's gaze. He didn't want to compromise himself and look like a coward, but holding a gun on the farm felt wrong. Like a child who was told not to eat candies before dinner, but did that anyways.

"Can you stop?" Maggie asked, trying to put some reason in a coo.

"You do this, you hand out these guns, Hershel will make us leave tonight," Charlie said to Shane.

She was talking with Hershel, she and Rick were trying everything to make him change his mind. And now Shane's gonna ruin it with one stupid action. Why did she even care about them?

"We have to stay, Shane," Carl said and stopped when he was right next to Charlie.

"What is this?" Lori appeared out of nowhere, hugging her son.

"We ain't going anywhere, okay?" Shane said. "Now, look, Hershel, he's just gotta understand. Okay? He...Well, he's gonna have to. Now we need to find Sophia. Am I right?" he kneeled in front of Carl. "Huh? Now I want you to take this. You take it Carl, and you keep your mother safe. You do whatever it takes. You know how. Go on, take the gun and do it."

Charlie stood in front of Carl, keeping him away from Shane, shoving his hand away. "Rick said no guns. This is not your call. This is not your decision to make."

"Oh, shit." T-Dog interrupted that scene as he was watching something on the verge of the woods.

If Rick waited just a moment. If whatever he was doing out there took him a little longer, things could have probably ended up differently. But he didn't, so everyone was now running after even more pissed off Shane. She just knew it couldn't end well, especially when Walsh was screaming like that. "What the hell are you doing?!"

"Shane, just back off," Rick warned him, holding a pole with a Walker attached to the end of it.

"Why do your people have guns?" Hershel asked when he saw that some of them were surrounding him with weapons ready to fire.

He looked at Charlie, but she wanted to make it clear that she wasn't involved in this, so she held her arms up. There was no way she would leave the farm. Hershel might kick out the others, but she was not going anywhere.

"Are you kidding me? You see?" Shane snapped. "You see what they're holding onto?"

"I see who I'm holding onto." angry Hershel answered.

"No, man." he shook his head. "You don't!"

"Shane just let us do this and then we can talk," Rick demanded, trying to be calm.

"What do you want to talk about, Rick?!" Shane screamed. "These things ain't sick! They're not people! They're dead! Ain't gonna feel nothing for them cause all they do, they kill! These things right here, they're the things that killed Amy! They killed Otis. They're gonna kill all of us! "

"Shane, shut up!" Charlie yelled at him, a little scared of the man as anger was taking the best of him.

"Hey, Hershel, man, let me ask you something," he said, drawing out his gun and shooting a walker three times in its chest. "Could a living breathing person, walk away from this?"

"No! Stop it!"

"That's three rounds in the chest," he said, ignoring everyone. "Could someone who's alive, could they just take that? Why is it still coming?" he asked and shot again. "That's its heart, its lungs. Why is it still coming?"

"Shane, enough!" yelled nervous Rick.

"Yeah, you're right, man. That is enough." he put a bullet right between the eyes of the Walker. Hershel dropped to his knees. "Enough risking our lives for a little girl who's gone!" Carol gasped. "Enough living next to a barn full of things that are trying to kill us! Enough! Rick, it ain't like it was before! Now, if y'all want to live, if you want to survive, you got to fight for it! I'm talking about fighting right here, right now!"

Shane was acting like a madman. Pacing around, waving his gun, screaming. He ignored everyone who tried to stop him and when they all saw his back, moving towards the barn, they knew it was over. The group probably didn't expect this to happen, as Charlie met the surprised eyes of Daryl. He was making sure that the walker on a pole wouldn't try to break free. Then she looked at shaking Carol, who was standing opposite to her, a couple feet away.

"Take the snare pole!" Rick screamed.

"Rick!" Lori called her husband's name.

"Hershel! Hershel, take the snare pole. Hershel! Listen to me, man, please! Take it now. Hershel! Take it!" Rick was trying to get to the old man who dropped to his knees. He was just watching what was happening. Then Rick turned to Shane. "No, Shane. Do not do this, brother!

It was chaos. Rick yells at Shane, and Lori calls her husband and Shane. Maggie begged them to stop. And the snarling of the walker.

There was a moment of silence before Walkers started flooding out of the barn. So shooting began. Bullets were flying in the air, and everyone started to fire in that direction. Even Glenn moved forward and tried to help the rest of the group after Maggie pushed him and told him to do it. Charlie was watching more and more of them walking out of the barn, growling and trying to get to them, but soon dropping dead on the ground.

"Stop!" Rick yelled.

About twenty Walkers were lying dead on the ground. Some of them were members of Hershel's family- even though they weren't them anymore, they still had their faces, so it must have been really painful for the family. But soon the group was punished for the reckless behavior.

It was quiet for a second, as no more Walkers were inside. Nobody moved, even when they saw a little girl that they tried to find so desperately. It was as if the time stopped until Carol started running forward, crying and screaming her daughter's name.

"Sophia! Sophia..." she cried, but was stopped by Daryl's arms holding her middle. "Oh, no. Sophia."

Charlie didn't even know she was moving with loud banging of her heart in the chest. In front of her eyes, she had a movie of memories with Sophia in the quarry. Doing origami. Making flower crowns. Painting. Listening to school stories. Hearing her laugh after Carl said something silly.

"No." Charlie gasped when Shane wrapped his arms around her. Warm tears ran down her cheek. "No! NO!"

Then she saw the girl's body falling to the ground dead after Rick shot her. All Charlie could hear was the sobs of the mother who was on the ground, still held by Daryl's strong arms. He was trying to calm her down and turn her body away, but she just pushed him and walked away.

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[sheriffgrimes-archerdixon]

Hey everyone! Sorry for not writing for so long. I'm sorry it took ages to write this request but here you go! Thank you for 118 followers. I really appreciate it. You're all my world ❤️

Request: can I have one where rick and Daryl save the reader? Like y/n is rebellious and doesn't really understand the dangers as she's still young and quite immature and she has to learn the hard way? Thank you.

Belief

You slowly paced around, your hand brushing gently against the barrel of Daryl's gun. Your finger tapped the trigger carefully. ”we gonna leave at any point?” you asked not meaning to sound so rude. ”five minutes” Maggie said looking at you a small smile on her face. You nodded before putting Daryl's handgun back into his bag. Rick walked around the broken down car and stopped in front of the whole group ”all of you stay here. Daryl and I will go get us all some food to last us for this long walk. Settle yourselves down and stay alert” rick said his voice thick with authority. ”I'm coming with,” you said shifting your weight onto your other foot. ”no you're staying here. We need numbers not more, walkers” Daryl said staring you straight in the eye ”but I want to help,” you said frowning. ”y/n look... You're very good at combat but we don't have the time to lose anyone else” rick said calmly. ”but-” he held his hand up shaking his head ”end of conversation” you sighed throwing your hands into the air ”whatever” you turned around and started to walk off down the abandoned road. ”where are you going?” Glenn shouted and you shrugged ”somewhere!” you continued to walk at a fast pace wanting to make your group proud. ”get back here” Daryl shouted the concern in his voice evident. You ignored him continuing to be oblivious to the dangers. ”you're going the wrong way” rick yelled his hands resting on his hips. You turned around looking at all of them before sighing and walking back towards them with hunched shoulders knowing you had disobeyed the main rule. Respect. ”you’re clever y/n! But you need to understand that you are not invincible!” michonne said and you sighed softly stopping in front of rick and Daryl your head down in embarrassment. ”I just want to learn” you whispered under your breath earning a few glares. You were very smart. Kind. Loving. But a bit too ambitious. You did think you were untouchable and that's what the group worried about most. ”fine. Y/n you come with us. The rest of you stay here and stay alert” the group nodded and you looked up smiling a little bit. ”cmon then” Daryl said starting to walk away slowly. Rick walked with him and you followed close behind your eyes dancing with happiness. ”rick what are we getting?” you asked struggling to keep up with how fast they walked. ”food as I said... And maybe some gas” he suggested looking towards Daryl who nodded before making his way into the forest and you followed as quick as possible. Daryl suddenly stopped putting his hand out to stop you from walking. Rick kneeled down followed by Daryl who pointed his crossbow at a walker. You froze in place watching as a walker fell over completely lifeless.

After a long time of walking, you noticed the shop and looked at rick and Daryl smiling ”jackpot” you whispered rushing towards the shop but before you could get very far a hand wrapped around your wrist pulling you back ”hey! Why you stopping me?” you asked looking at Daryl annoyed. ”if this is going to work you need to grow the hell up! Children. Immature children end up dying in a world like this and to be quite honest you're acting like a child who is a spoilt little brat!” you frowned glaring angrily at him ”screw you!” you ripped your arm out of his grip before storming off towards the smashed doors. As you got closer you noticed what looked like a invisible wire and you shrugged not really thinking much of it ”y/n!” rick shouted his hand resting on his gun. You turned around looking at them both ”yeah?” rick held his hand out his hand shaking ”stay still” you frowned looking around concerned ”why?” rick took a step forward his hand still out ”its a trap” you rolled your eyes ”how do you know that?” you asked thinking it was some sort of joke. You lifted your foot hearing what sounded like an empty can hitting the ground ”run!” rick and Daryl yelled towards you causing you to look around confused ”run!!!” rick shouted and I watched as rick pulled his gun out starting to fire at someone hidden behind the building. You looked down finally noticing what looked like oil making a trail on the floor and that's when you knew it was serious. You started backing away slowly your eyes wide. You looked to the side noticing a man dressed in all black a balaclava on before he stepped forward before lifting his hand up showing a odd looking red button. ” I would run sweetheart” you could hear the smirk in his words and you felt a cold shiver run down your back just by the tone of his voice. You felt a rough hand grab your wrist before you were dragged away from the man. You watched in horror as the whole building exploded almost in slow motion. You were pushed down to the ground before Daryl sheltered you from any rubble his breathing heavy. Loud bangs started going off and you started to shake not knowing how to handle this. You were immature and you regretted not being more tuned in on the problems in life.

After the sound of explosions died down the only sound was your heavy breathing and the crackling of angry fire. Daryl was stood up with rick and they were both discussing quietly. You rested your head on the concrete trying to calm down. After it went silent again you tried to stand up pushing against the concrete just wishing it had arms to help you up. You stumbled slightly before getting up slowly but you couldn't hold yourself up. You fell back down your legs jelly. You stared up at the sky trying to define any shapes that the clouds made. You smiled as you found a heart shape one before you sighed resting onto your elbows before pushing yourself up into a sitting position. Rick stood in front of you before holding his hand out his eyes swarming with thousands of emotions. You grabbed onto his hand and he pulled you up resting his hand on the top of your shoulder before smiling tightly ”you good?” he asked and you nodded ”thanks” you whimpered barely being able to get your voice back. You staggered struggling to stay up ”why did they...?” you asked not being able to find the words ”theres more evil out there than good y/n. We told you that but I don't think you were listening” you looked down nodding slowly. You started to walk with them knowing the explosion would've destroyed everything inside. You trailed behind the two men who were mumbling to themselves ”guys” you uttered almost embarrassed. They both stopped and turned around ”yeah?” Daryl asked and you sighed looking down ”i-i apologise for my actions over the last few months... I've been very I-immature,” you said clearing your throat to try and keep your voice calm. Daryl stepped forward his hand resting on your shoulder ”its okay. We forgive you” he smiled and rick holstered his gun ”thank you for apologising.” he held his hand out towards you and you reached forward slowly and gently shook his hand. ”no thank you for teaching me. I've learnt now” you looked down letting go of his hand before turning around quickly as gunshots began to fire again and you looked at rick a worried look on your face. ”hey” you looked at Daryl and he was holding a gun out towards you ”really?” he nodded and rick rested his hand on your back ”we trust you” you slowly took the gun and Daryl leaned down beside you loading it for you. He wrapped his arms around your shoulders holding your hands and pointing the gun in the direction of the gunshots ”lets go do this” you whispered feeling a bit nervous but knowing you had two people who now believed in you.