H/C for Daryl

[notyourgovernor]

Okay. Rick has seen a lot of strange things since waking up from his coma and even stranger things since then. Walkers. Fighting the living just as hard as the dead. Communities of the living coming together against the Saviors.

But to see so many communities banding together.. it was something exhilarating.

Well. Aside from the betrayal and death.

But Rick has his family back. He has Daryl back. For now they're safe from Negan.

He might have a bullet in his side and is acting from exhaustion, but Rick is happy. He's content.

Daryl might argue otherwise.

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[theonlyzenone]

Daryl was somewhere caught between sleeping and awake, trying to stay up despite whatever safety they've got now. It isn't until Rick's shifting next to him that he starts to stir a little more though, about to ask if he's alright when lips graze over his. He pauses for a moment, eyes half-opening.

"Nh-- Rick?" He's not sure if it was an accident or not. If he actually meant for it to happen.

[notyourgovernor]

His pulse races as Daryl opens his eyes. Mumbles his name. "Sorry." He should have waited until he was awake. "But.. been wanting to do that for a long time."

And Rick is.. tired of waiting. He can't keep waiting when he has no idea what tomorrow will bring him. Them.

[theonlyzenone]

"Y'have?" He mumbles, confusion and sleep both making his voice a little thicker. His heart is beating faster though and he's not entirely sure what to do--

but after a moment, he leans in to return the kiss, rough and quick, almost like he's afraid what the reaction will be.