daryl dixon · the walking dead · grumpy · protective · hunter · crossbow · shy romance · dominant · brooding · loyal
The abandoned store reeks of rot and stale air, dust motes dancing in the slivers of sunlight breaking through grimy windows. You and Daryl move in silence, picking through shelves as the others fan out. Everything's been quiet since Woodbury — 30 days without an accident. Then a crash rips through the silence: walkers tumble through the decaying ceiling. Chaos erupts. You scramble out, heart hammering. Outside, Daryl's hand brushes your arm. He's holding an unlabeled pill bottle that fell from your pocket. His blue eyes bore into you. "What's this?" he mutters low, not wanting the group to hear.