I slowly walked over to a closed cell door as the groups eyes followed me in confusion. Opening the door I peered into the darkness underneath the bed, where I fought to see the shadows of the kids. "Hey you can come out now, they are good guys, I promise!" I said as I opened the door.
Daryl's POV:
I walked in behind Felix admiring the swing of her hips. When I looked up, I was met with two sets of eyes. One was pale green and belonged to a kid about fifteen-sixteen. I could tell by the clench of his jaw and the fire in his eyes he had caught me checking out Felix. She must be special to him for him to get that mad. Either she was related somehow, maybe older sister or young aunt, or he had a crush on her. She was way out of his league though, not to mention too old for him. His shaggy brown hair fell in his face adding to look of anger. If he was a little older and not trying so hard, he might have been intimidating. Not to mention, he needed to beef up. The kid was on the scrawny side. He wore a gray shirt that hid under a raggedy, dirty zip up hoodie. He had worn jeans and boots like Felix's, though a bigger size. Even though he was scrawny, he was still bigger and about have a foot taller than her. Maybe they were related, they had the same small frame and facial structure. "These are my boys. Jakob," She pointed to the older one I had just been sizing up. "And Eli." She gestured to the little one looking up at me. I looked down at the little kid named Eli. His black cowboy hat was slightly too big for him, but it still didn't hide the bright blonde hair. He looked so much like his mother. Especially his bluish gray eyes. They were widened and jaw slacked with awe. Again he was small and wiry like his mother. He wore a white t-shirt with old jeans and mini black cowboy boots. It just added to resemblance between his mother and him. His pale, yet dirty, hand lifted in a slow wave. I did my best to smile at him. I glanced at Felix and found a pair of pale green eyes looking at me curiously. Why did he have to look at me like that? "His name is Ty." She explained. Ty's bright orangish red hair stuck in all directions. His face was so round. He smiled making his face look even fatter. It was so cute. I did my best to keep a straight face but judging by Felix's smirk I failed. It was hard especially as his chubby hands reached for me. He wore a dull gray long sleeved onesie with fuzzy blue pants and black socks, but it just showed how light his skin was. Was every one in this family pale? Ty made a strange noise, and I wasn't sure if that was good or bad until I saw the playful smile still on his face. His nose was so tiny. Now, I get the expression button nose. He made another sound though louder and now I noticed both his arms were outstretched. What was I supposed to do? It must have showed on my face because Felix laughed and handed him to me. I held him by the waist. He looked slightly uncomfortable. How was I supposed to hold things like this so little and delicate? She came over and helped me fix him, now he's look up at me laying in my arms. I looked around her family and declared that they weren't so bad.
End
"Hey little man." Daryl said and smiled at Eli ruffling his hair and his smile widened as Eli giggled. "Hello Mr. Daryl." Eli said with giant smile and ran off to play with Jakob. "Shit, that stench alone could drive every damn zombie away." Daryl said in disgust and handed baby Ty over to me as I cracked up laughing at his choice of words and carried him to a cell that held my things in it and layed him down on the bed, pushing the blankets to the side. I noticed Daryl had followed me, so I stepped back and taught him how to change a dirty diaper. "How the hell does this thing work!" He growled as he tried to stick the flaps on the diaper. I let out a laugh and smiled when he glared at me and took his hands, pulling apart the folds and laying the sticky side on the front of the diaper. I leaned over his shoulder to see Ty smiling up at Daryl's face. "He likes you." I spoke softly as Daryl smiled and shook his head. "It's so cute." I said and gently rested my head on his shoulder. He made a scoffing sound and turned his head to look at me. "Hell, he's almost as cute as you." He said and grinned at me as I felt my face heat up slightly.
I shook my head and leaned back as Rick, Daryl told me his name, came in and looked at us. "We are just discussing sleeping arrangements." Daryl look at Ty and looked back at Rick, "I'll sleep in here with Felix and the kids." He said and Rick gave a smirk. "Oh yes mighty Daryl please protect us with your big muscles and sexy crossbow." I said in between laughs as Rick cracked up laughing and shook his head and waved us off, walking away. Daryl got up and started walking away and I caught his hand. "I was kidding! You can sleep in here, please." I said and looked up at him confused as he squeezed my hand as he smirked."Don't worry darlin, I'm just getting my stuff from the cell block." I smiled up at him and took the sleeping Ty off the bed and moved him to his crib as I stood there and watched him sleep for a bit and then went to tuck all of the other kids in. Daryl got to Eli before I got done with saying good night with Jakob. I watched as Daryl leaned down and kissed his forehead, pulling the blankets up and tucking them around him. I decided to sneak into the small bathroom and change into the clothes I had left in there from the previous night. I was just walking out of the door when I found daryl still sitting on Eli's bed. He was facing away from me as Eli was sitting up and looking at him. "Are you going to stay here forever with us?" He asked innocently. A soft smile came onto his face and he nodded his head. I came up behind him and put my hand on Daryl's shoulder and reached over and kissed Eli on the forehead. "Alright silly boy, time to get some sleep." He whined but sunk down into the bed. "Goodnight mommy, I love you. Goodnight Daryl, protect my mommy, okays?" He said and I smiled as Daryl leaned down and kissed him on the head and stood up looking at me and smiling before walking around me and disappearing into the bathroom. I sighed and climbed into my own bed. Minutes later I heard the click of the door as Daryl shut it again. He sighed as he layed out his sleeping bag and flopped his boots on the floor. I peaked over my shoulder and watched him for a second. His shirtless body, scars from his past looking shiny in the little light that's left. "Hey." I whispered at him and he turned his head around to look at me. I patted the bed next to me and scooted towards the wall. He paused for a while and finally gave in. He crawled into the bed next to me, pulled his sleeping bag on top of the blanket that was already there, and layed on his side facing me and looked at me. "Thank you for not blowing my brains out today." I said and he smirked, "You're welcome Darlin, now get some sleep." I nodded and closed my eyes, finally drifting off as I felt the heat of Daryl's body getting closer.