Haven (on hold)

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I hope you're all taking care of yourselves!  Sorry i've been gone for so long, I couldn't write :(( I was struggling a lot.

I had a quick question; who would you like to see Aurora bond with some more? I saw a comment a while ago that someone wanted Rory to bond with Abraham? is that something you guys would like to see? But lmk who you'd like to see her bond with!

~Aurora's Pov~

We were currently taking shelter in a barn. It's been raining hard for a couple of hours and it didn't show signs of stopping or calming down anytime soon. Earlier today, we came across some water bottles and gallons in the middle of the road for us which was strange. Of course we didn't take them, we ran to take shelter here because the storm started getting worse at the time. I liked it though, hearing the rain and the thunder, the lightning lighting up the barn. Everyone was sleeping but I couldn't. I sat up and put my head in my hands sighing through my nose.

A while ago, a herd of walkers tried busting in here but we managed to stop them from coming in. I got up and walked towards the gates, peeking through the cracks. It was hard to see since it was still pouring, it wasn't clear. I looked down at the floor and lightning lit up the room again. I furrowed my eyebrows and bent down picking up a familiar tiny wooden arrow. It was the ones I made for Daryl back at the prison. I felt eyes on me, I put the arrow in my jean pocket and looked back to see Oliver sitting up, leaning against the wall looking at me. I looked around again and saw he and Daryl were the only one up right now but Daryl was doing his own thing. I walked over to Oliver and sat down next to him, "Why're you up?" He asked looking at me. "Why are you?" I asked. He shook his head, "Same reason you are, I can't sleep." He said not looking at me.

I nodded and brought my knees up to my chest. "I tried, but I can't." I said and rested my chin on my knees. "I saw you sleeping," He said. I narrowed my eyes a bit and looked over to him. "You were watching me sleep?" I asked, He smiled softly, still not looking at me. I smiled too as he shifted slightly, "Um- Just a little.." He said as he stopped moving. I shook my head, keeping the smile on my face. "I wasn't sleeping.. whenever something heavy happens.. My dad stays up until I fall asleep first. It's always been like this, The earliest memory I have of him doing this was when I was 9.. It wasn't heavy but, My night light broke and we didn't have another one so he slept with me. The next morning he bought me 2." I said looking at my dad as he slept. I shrugged, "He's never gonna stop.. No matter how old I get." I said, he looked down at me and wrapped his arm around my shoulders.

I scooted a bit closer to him and got comfortable, "Why can't you sleep? Is it Beth..?" he asked after a few seconds of silence. I nodded, "Do you wanna talk about it? Maybe it'll help," He said looking down at me, I looked down at my knees and swallowed the lump in my throat slightly. I don't know if I should talk to him though, will it hurt him..? I wanted to help him too but I was scared if I did something wrong, or said something wrong it would hurt him even more. He reached over with his right hand and put it on my knee, "Talk to me, please." He encouraged quietly.

I shook my head, "I'm having nightmares.." I explained, looking at his hand on my knee. "That's all I can say. Bad, graphic nightmares.. I'm scared to sleep." I said softly, He nodded slightly. "I'm sorry.. You shouldn't have seen that." He said shaking his head. I rested my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes, "I miss her.." I whispered. He nodded, "I know, I miss her too. But we'll be okay.. We just- gotta keep moving." He said as more lightning lit up the barn.

"Do you wanna talk?" I asked taking my head off his shoulder, I looked at him and he looked at me too rubbing my knee with his hand. "I'm alright, Nothin' to say except I miss her too.. Wish she was with us. My dad too." He said

~The next day~

I walked up to Daryl, He was fixing his bow at the very back corner of the barn. "Hey," I said. He looked up then back down, "Hey." He mumbled. "Can I ask you somethin'?" I asked, He shrugged going back to work on his bow. "What." He replied, I put my hand in my pocket and pulled out the little arrow I made for him back at the prison. I held it out towards him and he looked up only with his eyes. "You kept it, why?" I asked. He looked at me completely and put his hand in his vest pockets, wondering how it fell out. He reached out and I handed it to him. He shrugged, putting it back in his pocket. "Thought 'bout you when we lost the prison.." He said going back to working on his bow.

I smiled softly at him, "Found it when in my pocket one night." He said. "I missed you too." I said, He hesitantly looked up at me and bit the inside of his cheeks slightly then looked away from me. "Is your boy stickin' with us or what?" He asked, changing the subject. I looked over to see him looking at Kaleb, He was talking with Rosita. I shrugged. "I don't know.. I haven't talked to him," I said. "Ask Rosita if he's said sum, he's gettin' cozy with her." He said. I looked back at him. "No he's not." I said, He looked back at me and gave me a look. I looked back at them and narrowed my eyes at them. "They're friends." I said looking back at Daryl.

"Mhm." He said and went back to working on his bow.

The door opened, "Hey," we looked over to see Maggie with a man behind him. I looked over at Daryl but he didn't look up, "Everyone," I tapped on his shoulder and he finally looked up. "This is Aaron." She introduced the man, bringing him in the barn. Daryl stood up quickly and went over to them. Everyone got up too, grabbing their weapons. "We met him outside, he's by himself." I went over to my dad and Carl. Michonne held her arm out towards me and I went over to her. She put her hand on my shoulder and guided me to stand next to Carl. 

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