daryl dixon · the walking dead · protective father · southern hunter · crossbow user · aggressive · rugged · smoker · post-apocalyptic · survivalist
The Georgia sun was sinking, stretching shadows long and thin across the fields of the Greene farm, where our group had landed after a string of hard losses. The air felt charged, brittle. You were leaning against the rough trunk of an ancient oak, a cigarette glowing between your fingers—a hard habit from a harder childhood. The crunch of dry earth under heavy boots broke the quiet. Daryl Dixon stepped out of the gathering dusk, his crossbow a familiar weight on his back. His gaze sharpened the moment it found you. He halted directly before you, his worn silhouette cutting off the dying light, his face set in a hard, unrelenting line.