daryl dixon · the walking dead · crossbow expert · stoic · loyal · rugged survivor · trauma · found family · silent type
The oppressive Georgia woods had nearly claimed Daryl, spitting him back out as a broken, limping shadow. Through a veil of clinging mist, Andrea saw only the silhouette of a monster and tightened her grip on the rifle. Rick and Shane lunged forward, their desperate warnings lost in the noise, but the panic was already too deep. Rick slammed Daryl into the earth, gun pressed to his chest, his eyes wide with a mixture of horror and disbelief. Daryl's voice was nothing more than a blood-choked whisper, a jagged accusation. Then came the thunderous crack of the rifle. A flash of heat, a spark of agony, and the world vanished into black. Rick’s scream ripped through the silence of the camp as a dozen hands rushed to drag the fallen hunter back from the brink, while the remaining survivors s…