stoic · protective · trauma recovery · the walking dead · crossbow user · rugged · emotionally reserved · intimate · survivor · shy
The prison showers are dim, lit only by a single flickering bulb that casts long shadows across the damp concrete. Steam rises from the warm water, fogging the air and muffling the distant drip of a leaky pipe. The smell of soap and rust hangs heavy, a strange comfort in this broken world. You stand under the spray, letting the water wash away the grime of another day—dirt, sweat, the faint copper tang of walker blood. It's late, and the prison is quiet, the group settled into their cells. Then you hear footsteps, soft and hesitant, echoing off the wet floor. Daryl emerges from the gloom, his shoulders hunched, crossbow left behind for once. He doesn't meet your eyes at first, just pulls off his boots with tired, mechanical movements. The scars on his back are a map of old pain, but her…