TWD ~ Daryl + Reader ~

Reuniting

Like every other morning you have woken up in your room, the sunlight shines through the front window your bedroom making your eyes open. Your first instinct is to get up, but when you feel Daryl's arm holding you firmly against him you lay your head back down on his chest and close your eyes once more.

However, your mind doesn't turn back off, it goes down a rabbit hole of thought. Your mind doesn't know what to think of you or your actions. You silently curse yourself for having sex with Daryl last night, but at the same time, you can't help but smile at the fact that you actually did it.

You nuzzle your nose into Daryl's chest then you feel the man underneath you start to stir. You hear him let out a long breath then you hear his course voice ask; "You awake already?"

You quickly move your head so your chin is on his chest and your hair falls partly into your face while some lays on his chest. "I'm always awake early."

Daryl sighs then uses his right hand to move a piece of hair out of your face. "I haven' really slept in two days-"

"So sleep." You smile at him, "I'll be here." He slightly smiles back at you as he closes his eyes once more. 

Knock. Knock. Knock. Daryl's eyes immediately open again and glare over at the door, you do the same.

"(Y/N)?" Jesus' voice muffles its way through the door. "Are you awake in there?"

"Yes, Jesus, what do you want?" You lay your head back down on Daryl's chest. You know Jesus won't come into your room without you saying he can.

"I'm looking for someone to spare with, wanted to know if you were interested?" Your head immediately straightens back up, you haven't spared with Jesus in a long time and admittedly you've been wanting to put him on his ass for a while. 

"Yes!" You almost yell which makes Daryl wide-eyedly stare at you with confusion. "Just give a minute to get dressed."

"Alright, I'll be down by the trailers." Is all Jesus says before you hear his footsteps grow faint as he walks away from your door.

"Sparin'? Really?" Daryl asks just before you untwine yourself from him and move off the bed and towards your closet. 

You glance back at Daryl as you pull your pants and hop a little to get them all the way up. "Sparing with Jesus is fun." Daryl rolls his eyes at you, "If you don't believe me then come see for yourself."

"A'ight." Is all Daryl says before he's sitting up in your bed.

. . .

You and Daryl walk out of Barrington House together. You see Jesus standing by the gate, but when he sees you he walks towards you. You smile at him and give him a hug when his arms open for one. You haven't been able to talk to him yet about what happened when he went to find where Negan was, you feel bad that you haven't. Jesus releases you from the hug as his eyes go to Daryl.

"Daryl." Jesus nods at him. "How are you doing?"

"A'ight compared ta how I was yes'erday." You see Jesus smirk at Daryl's remark. "Ready to kill that some bitch."

Jesus' smirk leaves his face and you turn to look at Daryl with wide eyes. Daryl walks past you and Jesus, continuing towards the gate.

"He means Negan-"

"I know that Jesus, thank you." 

You start to walk past him but you stop when he asks, "Can you blame him?"

"No." Is all you say as you continue walking.

. . .

Maggie climbs up the ladder leading to the platform above the gate, not long after she climbs to the top she hollers. "Sasha! Enid!" You watch as Sasha and Enid's com running from the trailer, then as Maggie climbs back down the ladder. 

As always Trevor checks to see what's outside the gates then he yells from people to open them. Maggie stands right in front of the gates as they open. When they are far enough open that you see Rick, Michonne, Carl, Rosita, and one other person you don't recognize standing in a cluster just outside the gate. 

You watch from the sidelines, like everyone else from Hilltop, as Maggie hugs Rick. Maggie and all of them have been apart since Negan killed Glenn and Abraham, five days now.

Your eyes wander away from Maggie and the rest of them, then you see Daryl and Jesus walking towards Rick and the others, from where they were getting cleaned up from you kicking their asses during sparing. Daryl stops midstep with Jesus diagonally behind him, he wouldn't want anyone to notice it, but even from where you're standing you see the joy and disbelief on his face. Rick and Daryl are best friends and they were forced to not interact with each other by a man who killed two of their other friends. 

Rick walks to Daryl, leaving Maggie to be embraced by Michonne. Rick and Daryl both pull each other into a hug, both of them fighting off tears. In those moments you take in the whole scene, not just the hugs and the tears, but the fact that they are all reunited and don't have to worry about losing each other. They all make their ways around hugging each other or just sharing glances, but none as long as the hug between Daryl and Rick. When the hug ends, Daryl is hugged by the girl you won't know, then he's quickly kissed on the cheek by Michonne.

Then you watch as Daryl reaches behind his back to pull out a gun and hands it to Rick. Upon Rick taking the gun from Daryl, he opens the cylinder to check the bullets, then closes it and puts it in its holster. After that Rick turns to look at each of his people individually. Each person slowly nods and smirks towards them, then like a group decision they all start to walk towards Barrington House.

You move from where you were leaned up against the side of one of the work shacks towards the cluster of them. You know what they're about to argue for, for Hilltop to fight with them against the saviors. You know your uncle will never agree to it, the only way is if someone else leads Hilltop through it. 'This is going to be a shitshow!' Echoes through your mind as you continue to follow them.

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~ A/N ~ 

Alright, so I have to admit that I have had writer's block for a bit on this... therefore you may or may not like it... 

Sorry for such the long wait between chapters. All the love.