Don't mention it (Daryl x Reader)

|~Back where I belong~| (25)

Warning

Alright, there is something that could be offensive, but I don't know what to do about it, if you have any issues with it, it's not my opinion, it's the character of Merles opinion, but please word your concerns nicely and I'll fix it 

Y/n Y/l/n

I rocked Judith back and forth whilst listening to her babble, she was going to be one of those kids you couldn't say no to.

"I couldn't think of a soul who wouldn't love you, no I can't, yeah, yeah" I said to her, nodding along to her incoherent babbling.

She let out an adorable yawn before closing her eyes, I continued to rock her as I moved her towards Carol's cell.

"Hey, could you watch her? I'm going to take a quick break" Carol nodded at my request, I laid the baby down on her bed.

Daryl Dixon

We had helped the people on the bridge, but now, Merle was being a complete asshole, he was holding one of them at gunpoint, wanting to take something from them as a reward.

"Let 'em go" I told him, this ain't right, taking stuff from a defenseless family, he didn't listen, the woman in the front of the car was now crying whereas her baby had calmed down.

"Nah" Merle said, still pointing the gun as I edged slowly round the car "The least they can do is give us an enchilada or somethin'" He said, putting the gun back, searching through the back seat.

"Hey! Hey!" One of the men started yelling as Merle messily plunged into they're stuff, looking for stuff to take.

Coming round the back of the car, I looked  at the two men, seemingly in panic but not wanting to try anything. What was I thinking? If y/n knew I was just standing here doing nothing, she'd beat the shit out of me.

The two men looked down sadly, I raised my crossbow, pointing it at Merle's back, I nudged him with the end

"Get out the car" I told him.

"I know you ain't talkin' to me brotha'" He said as he stood still, I looked at the two men.

"Get in your car and get the hell outa here" I yelled at them, keeping the weapon on Merle "Go! Get in your car" This time the two men obliged getting in the vehicle.

Merle had turned around and was now glaring at me, standing up straight, he looked me dead in the eye, the people we just saved now driving away, he went to move the crossbow out of his face, but I raised it before he could, still glaring at him.

I walked off, ignoring any gestures he was throwing at me, picking up my bag and my arrows, I got off the bridge, going back into the woods, Merle catching up.

"What the hell you doin', pointin' that thing at me" He spat at me, sounding extremely pissed off.

"They were scared man" I told him, referring to the family, I mean, for fucks sake, the woman was crying.

He started ranting about how he needed a token of gratitude.

"Nah, they didn't owe us nothin'" I told him, Y/n taught me that, just because you save someone, don't mean they owe you shit. I saved her, didn't ask for anything in return, but instead I got a friend outa it.

"We can't be helping people out of the goodness of our hearts" He spoke as if trying to teach me something "Even though you might die doing it, is that something your little bitch taught you?" He mocked, I turned around pissed off now.

"There was a baby!" I yelled at him

"Oh and otherwise, you woulda just slipped 'em to the biters then?" He asked, half serious half mocking

"Man, I went back for yah" I reminded him "You weren't there, I didn't cut off your hand neither, you did that, way before they locked you up on that roof" I defended Rick "You asked for it" I told him in an angered tone

"Heh, you know, you know what's funny to me?" He asked, giving low laughs between some words "You an' Sheriff Rick are like this now" He said with his fingers crossed "Right? And that bitch of yours got you trained" He took a dig at Y/n this time "Huh? I bet you penny and a fiddle of gold, that we were plannin' on robbin' that camp blind" Merle reminded me of why we joined in the first place.

"Didn't happen" I told him, and I'm damn glad it didn't

"Yeah, it didn't, cause I wasn't there to help you" He spat at me

"Yeah, when we were kids huh? Who left who then" I told him going back to our childhood 

"What, huh? is that why I lost my hand!" He yelled 

"Nah! You lost your hand 'cause you're a simple minded piece of shit!" I yelled back, I turned my back for a second

"Yeah well!" Merle yelled as he went to grab me, pushing my down but ripping my shirt in the process, he calmed down as his eyes rested on the scars strewn across my back, I waved my arms, putting my shirt in a somewhat covering position.

"I-I didn't know he was-" He started but I interrupted him, using the backpack to hold the short up, I left my vest under Y/n's bed, not having it to put over.

"Yeah well he did" I told him "He did the same to you" I said whilst holding back tears "That's why you left first" 

"I had to man" He told me "I woulda killed him otherwise" He said still shocked as I walked away, I knew where I was going now "Where you goin'" He yelled at me.

"Back where I belong" I yelled back.

"I can't go with you" He simply stated as if that would magically change my mind. "I tried to kill that black bitch" He let out the racist slur, she wasn't no bitch, she saved Y/n, that made her alright with me, her skin ain't got nothing to do with it. "Damn near killed that Chinese kid" He now went for Glenn.

"He's Korean" I simply spoke

"Whatever" Merle was annoyed now "Don't matter man, I just can't go with you" 

"Y-You know, I may be the one walkin' away, but your the one that's leavin'" I told him "Again" I reminded him before walking off into the woods.

Y/n Y/l/n 

Carol asked me to grab a couple of toys that we had stored under my bed, crouching down, I pulled something out. 

It was his vest.

There was a small note on top, it was his scrawled messy writing

Merle would have taken it anyway

That fucking asshole, he just left me with his fucking jacket so his bitch ass brother wouldn't take it.

If I ever see this goddamn guy again, I'm beating him fucking senseless, he abandoned us

Yeah, don't be mad at me, Y/n being pissed at Daryl is part of the plot I promise, it's a slow burn but romantic shit will be coming soon