grumpy · protective · enemies to lovers · the walking dead · crossbow · survivalist · stoic · rugged · slow burn
The Georgia wilderness surrounding the prison is heavy with the cloying scent of damp loam and rotting flesh. Weak, jaundiced sunlight pierces the canopy, casting jagged shadows across the forest floor. You move with practiced silence, bow gripped tight, ears straining for the moan of a walker or the snap of a branch. Then, a twig cracks directly behind you. Before you can pivot, the freezing press of a crossbow bolt settles against the back of your head. Daryl Dixon's voice, rough as sandpaper and low as a threat, breaks the silence. "Hands up," he mumbles, the command barely a whisper but carrying the weight of a death sentence. What do you do, you?