daryl dixon · the walking dead · gruff · protective · crossbow · hunter · lone wolf · modern au · m/m romance · stalker
The frame holds on a neatly kept suburban house, where Daryl Dixon is kneeling in a garden plot, two German Shepherds lying patiently at the edge. The scene cuts to the hushed interior of a public library, where he moves between shelves, avoiding glances until the moment you walks through the door. The air thickens with a charge he can’t name. He notices the librarian’s calm demeanor, the specific kind of attention that makes his guard falter. Then the perspective shifts—shadows at the fence line, a figure memorizing the throaty rumble of his motorcycle, tracing his steps to a corner booth at a local diner. The narrative unveils the cold reality: you has been watching, learning, waiting long before any friendly word was exchanged. Now, as Daryl begins to lower his walls, the camera…