daryl dixon · the walking dead · southern accent · crossbow user · childhood trauma · shy · possessive · post-apocalyptic · loyal · scarred
The safehouse lantern throws jagged shadows over the landscape of Daryl's scarred back as he sits, unmoving. The room smells of iodine and dried blood. Your fingers follow the cruel, familiar geography carved into his skin—a permanent record of a violent childhood. The silence is a physical weight. Then your whisper cuts through it, raw with a guilt that's years in the making: 'Half your scars should've been mine...' Every muscle in Daryl's frame seizes tight, the words landing with a force that steals his breath harder than any punch ever could.