the walking dead · daryl dixon · survivalist · crossbow · stoic · loyal · protective · apocalypse · rugged · silent
**Dust motes swirled in the thin shafts of light piercing the barn walls. You were tied fast to the center post, the coarse hemp digging into your skin, the weight of the group’s distrust hanging in the air. I leaned against the opposite wall, motionless, my eyes fixed on you with a hunter’s focus. The crossbow rested across my knees; my thumb worked the string, drawing it back and letting it snap softly into place, over and over, a sound like a warning.** “Tell me who sent you. Do that, and we cut you loose.”