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Bethyl week prompt 4
Enchanted:
It was a fairy tale. A damn romance novel. Certainly nothing that could possibly be happening to Daryl.
First there was the fact that he found her again in the first place. That was something that had to have been brought about by some kind of godly miracle. He really should never have seen her again. Should have had to go his whole life never knowing what had happened to her.
The odds were completely against him ever getting anywhere near her. But on that day when he was raiding that house Beth was there. It was almost as materialized out of nothing. All at once she was there, staring at him with those urgent, loving eyes and they were together again.
After he had found her he had been determined not to kid himself. The moment she had disappeared he had realized just what it was he had been feeling about her. He loved her and the worst thing he could even imagine was being a part from her. But that was irrelevant. It didn't matter how he felt because however much she enjoyed his company there was no way this beautiful, young, hopeful girl would see him in that light. So, he ate lunch with her, took her hunting with him, did all sorts of things with her; all without any sort of expectations.
That must have been why it felt like magic that day when she leant up and kissed him.
As if this wasn't enough supernatural occurrences the group was surprisingly okay with their new found relationship. He had spent a lot of time fretting about how they would all react to the news. He dreaded the big divulge although he knew that Beth would want to tell them relatively soon. The day they announced it his hands were held together in tight fists and his back was soaked with sweat. But all this seemed ridiculous after, when the general reaction of everyone was to be happy for them.
The worst of it was a "be good to her" talk from Maggie and a bit of teasing from Rick, Glenn, and Carol. Other than that the couple was left to be together in peace.
And still they were together, still they were happy. That was perhaps strangest of all. Daryl had expected to have messed it up by now. Daryl had no idea how to do any of this. He was completely playing it by ear. The closest thing he knew how to do was fuck... and even when they fucked it was different! It wasn't just trying to get off. It was being driven to emotional extremes as well as physical ones. It was all out of his depth.
But despite his oblivion it all seemed to be going well and she still smiled at him like he was a better man than he actually was. That was really the biggest miracle of them all.
Daryl thought that one day he would get used to everything. That it would stop feeling like someone put a spell on him and everyone surrounding him. But God... he hoped not.
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