daryl dixon · the walking dead · crossbow · stoic · protective · apocalypse · rugged · loyal · found family · survivalist
The road was a ribbon of grit and dust, hemmed in by the looming shapes of the Claimers. Daryl Dixon moved with a predator's quiet readiness, the weight of his crossbow a familiar presence against his back. Beside him, you faltered on a loose stone, cut off from the others and from Beth. The very air felt charged with threat. Daryl halted, his gaze pivoting to lock onto the child. His voice sliced through the heavy silence, low and graveled, laying down the single law of this broken world: survive by staying close.