Chapter 9

"I'm sorry." Daryl felt like it was all he ever said to her. It was yelling or doing something stupid and then apologizing and today, for the first time since he started interacting with her, he was able to see very clearly, that she was getting fed up with it.

"I figured as much. Want some wine or something else?" her voice was dull and it didn't help Daryl much in keeping his hopes up that they might be able to work this out.

"Nah, didn't come here to drink." he declined her offer.

"Sorry, but I'm gonna have some. This day could not have gone worse." Teddy poured herself a glass of red wine, just when the microwave signaled that it was done heating up her bowl of soup. She got it out, holding the hot bowl between her red potholders and set it on the table next to her glass of wine. She got some bread out and then finally sat down opposite Daryl. "Why did you leave? I've been trying to make sense of it, but all I can come up with is that it must have been the worst sex you've ever had."

"That ain't it. It wasn't. You know I ain't good at talking. I don't know how to explain it. But I'm real sorry for what I did. I didn't mean ta hurt ya. I knew it was wrong the minute I left."

"Then why didn't you come back and tried to explain?"

"Dunno. It was all a big-ass clusterfuck in here." he pointed to his head. Teddy sighed and took a big sip from her wine glass.

"I like you Daryl. I really, really do, but I'm just a human being like everybody else. I wish I had the patience of a saint, but I don't. There is only so much of this back and forth that I can take. I know trusting me doesn't come easy to you and I am guessing talking about feelings and relationship-stuff and everything is extremely uncomfortable for you, but we are just reaching a point here where you have to make an effort. I get where you are coming from most of the time and I try my best to accommodate you and stay calm and patient, but we can't keep doing this. You can't keep doing this to the both of us. This up and down, happy one minute and then all of a sudden you do a 180 and go off on me and then you apologize and the whole cycle starts over... it just won't work, if we keep that up. Yesterday wrecked me. That was just devastating, Daryl. I felt like a goddamn prostitute and I have no idea what happened with you. So do you think you could at least try to explain?"

"I wanna try, but it might come out wrong." Daryl was nervous, because he really didn't know where they stood in that moment and it made him jittery about opening up, because he might be pouring his heart out in vain. "I... " he started and then stopped again. Teddy saw that he was trying to find the right words and just left him alone while she ate some of her soup. She was almost done before his voice caught her attention again. "Fuck, Doc... I just don't know..."

"Then I think we might be done here, Daryl." she told him, trying to keep her voice steady even though she was dying a little bit inside.

"I don't want that. I wanna stay with ya." he said with determination, but Teddy just shook her head.

"I would love that, Daryl. Don't think this isn't hard for me, but it's like I said. We can't keep going like this. And it just won't work if you can't talk to me about things. I know it's hard, but if you can't bring yourself to do it... if you don't want this enough to be able to get the words out, then it's already doomed anyway." Teddy leaned back with her wine glass in hand and watched him struggle. She could practically see him struggling internally. She knew that he wanted to tell her, but it was like the words got caught in his throat.

"I got overwhelmed." he tried again. "Stuff happened when I fucked ya. Like, inside ma head... 'nd ma chest." he mumbled and felt utterly stupid saying it, but he knew it was necessary or this whole thing with Teddy was over.

Teddy's eyes widened. Sure, it wasn't the elaborate speech one would hope for in this situation, one that explains every single little thing that had happened, but his admission offered enough information for her to glean what might have happened from context.

"Something good or something bad?" she asked him, trying to get more out of him.

"Good. It was good. It happened... like, in a rush?" he looked at her carefully, trying to see if she got what he was trying to explain. Teddy nodded, telling him to keep going. "I ain't ever had that happenin' before. It was so fucking much that crashed down on me in a second... Freaked me out. Didn't know how ta handle it."

"But now you do?" Teddy tried hard not to sound too doubtful.

"It fucking surprised me yesterday, my head was too full, I ain't been able ta think straight. Now it's better 'gain."

"It's better? But not back to normal? You're still confused?"

"Yeah, guess so." he shrugged and looked at her worriedly. He could tell it wasn't going well. Teddy squeezed her eyes shut and rubbed her temples hard with her fingers, trying to make sense of it all.

"Daryl, I think you need to take some time to think about what you want."

"I know what I want. I want this. Ta be with you."

"But if you know for sure that that's what you want, what are you so confused about? What made you run off like that? I don't understand."

"I was running on instinct. I didn't know how ta act, what ta do, so I ran. Like I said, I didn't know what to make of all this stuff inside of me. Things are so damn different with ya. More intense. Way more intense. I can barely control myself around ya, in case ya hadn't noticed. Ya just do stuff ta me, that's new and I like it and I'm fucking scared of losin' it all again, alright?!" he was starting to lose his temper and his voice rose in volume. He wasn't mad at her, he was mad at himself, because he just wasn't able to explain it all right.

"Okay, that's good, that gives me something to work with." Teddy said smilingly, making Daryl calm down again.

"Really?"

"Yes. I feel the same. Things with you are so very different than they were with other guys. It is more intense for me too. When you look at me, I get this rush, too. I get so happy, it's insane. And the things you did to me, the way we had sex, I never ever would have let another guy do that." Teddy was shut up by the horrified look on Daryl's face.

"Ya said you'd stop me if it was too much... that you wouldn't let me hurt ya, but you didn't. Damn, Doc, that can't be happening either. Ya can't let me do shit like t-"

"Stop! I let you explain, now let me explain, okay? Just shut up for a moment and let me finish. Don't freak out, this might come out wrong, too, but I'll try to explain as best as I can. Yes, you hurt me a little when we slept together, but I didn't mind." she blushed and cleared her throat before she continued. "I liked the way we did it. It turned me on to really feel all of you, every inch, all your strength and your masculinity. It's hard to explain. I never liked guys who were rough or dominant in bed, but I love it with you. You have an inner animal, no doubt about that and it's great and I guess that's why I don't mind when you go alpha male on me, because it comes naturally to you. It's not forced and you do it in a way that is not intimidating or threatening. It is a part of you, not an act. I enjoyed what we did immensely. It was a lot to take, but it wasn't too much, that's why I didn't stop you. You challenge me and you can really trust that I'll say no when the challenge is too much for me to handle. That being said, there are still things we will need to talk about where sex is concerned. I liked it, but we can't do it like that every time-"

"Don't wanna do it like that every time. I didn't wanna do it like that yesterday, not really, jus' wasn't able to control it." he quickly cut her off, wanting to assure her that he didn't plan on ravaging her like that all the time. He felt bad, even though she kept telling him that she had enjoyed it, it didn't change the fact that he hadn't done anything to help her finish.

"Okay." Teddy finished off her wine and smiled. "So, are we gonna give this whole thing another try?"

"I'd like that." Daryl nodded enthusiastically.

"Me, too. But this is really the last chance, okay? No more running off and leaving me to wonder for a whole day what the fuck happened and if I'll ever see you again. I understand that things might be overwhelming, that is perfectly fine, but instead of running off, just give me a sign or tell me that you need to take a moment to figure things out. I'd be the last person to deny you that time to get your head back on straight. I just need to know that we are okay and you just need some time and space to think. I'd rather have you blow up at me and get it out of your system than that running off shit. That fucking hurt."

"I'm sorry. Won't happen again. I promise. I'm gonna work on all that stuff." Daryl promised genuinely while he looked into her eyes.

Teddy got up from her chair and walked over to where he sat and planted herself on his lap. Daryl sighed in relief and wrapped his arms around her midsection while hers went around his neck. Teddy pressed herself against him hard and kissed his neck before she buried her face against it. "I've had the worst day. I just wanna lay down and sleep for a month."

"I'll get outta your hair, let ya sleep." Daryl mumbled against her shoulder. His hands were rubbing her back and legs comfortingly and Teddy felt tears well up in her eyes. She'd been strong all day and now she was finally crashing at feeling his gentle touch she had been longing for since yesterday morning.

"No, please stay. Lay down with me. I'll order something nice to eat for you, but please don't leave already. I missed you." Daryl frowned when he heard her voice waver and break and pulled away a little, trying to see her face.

"Look at me." He ordered softly. Teddy looked up at him and quickly wiped her tears away.

"I'm sorry. It's been one of the shittiest days I've had in a long time."

"I'm sorry."

"Wasn't just you. It was everything." she took a deep breath to calm herself and slowly got off his lap. "What do you wanna eat? Let's order you something, I just wanna be on my couch as soon as possible."

"Burger's fine." he didn't care much about food right now, he was just happy that things were looking up again and that she still wanted to be with him.

Teddy picked up the phone and called the burger place and ordered something for Daryl. A half hour later she was curled up on the couch while Daryl quickly ate his food. When he was done he chugged back his iced coke and took the trash to the kitchen so Teddy wouldn't have to deal with the mess later.

"Good, now come here." she smiled and scooted over until her back was pressed against the back of the couch. She had a big L-shaped sofa, there was enough room for her and Daryl to fit on it together comfortably. Daryl kicked off his boots and laid on his back next to her, letting her put her head on his shoulder. Teddy closed her eyes and breathed him, her hand slipped underneath his shirt and drew lazy circles on the bare skin of his flat belly. Daryl groaned inwardly when that little touch made him yearn for more. Something was seriously wrong with him. She needed comfort and he was thinking about her hand slipping into his pants and jerking him off.

"This couch might be more comfy than ma own bed." he said, trying to distract himself from the lust that was spiking inside of him.

"It's nice, isn't it? I fall asleep here a lot. It can be pulled out to be a bed, too. It's bigger than my actual bed when I do that. The only thing that sucks is that it creaks when I move and it wakes me up. That's when I move into my bedroom."

"Ya pull it out when yer by yerself?"

"Yeah, I like it, it's comfy. I like to roll around in a big field of coziness."

"Sounds good, so it makes sense I reckon." Daryl smiled while he stroked his fingers over her arm.

"My parents know." she murmured next, making Daryl tense up momentarily.

"'Bout us?" he felt Teddy nod against his shoulder and sighed. "Lemme guess. They ain't happy."

"No, they most definitely are not. Told me that I couldn't be seen with you anymore." Teddy told him and even though Daryl had known they would be against them being together, it still hurt. He could just imagine what they had said about him.

"What did ya say when they told ya that?"

"I told them to go fuck themselves and left." Teddy giggled when Daryl bellowed out a laugh and squeezed her tightly against him.

"That's ma girl. Ya really said that? Literally?"

"Yeah. They said that they had a reputation to uphold and that I can't see you anymore and I said fuck you and go fuck yourselves. My mother said some very hurtful things about you. She doesn't even know you. I told them how great you are, but they didn't want to hear it. Fucking bourgeois assholes."

"What did they say 'bout me?"

"I'm not gonna repeat it. It was bullshit anyway. When they were done with you they told me that I was ruining their lives and that they wouldn't give up what they had worked for so hard because of me again. I just walked out of there. Saw my dad later when I was done with my last patient. He's no longer talking to me."

"Sorry."

"It's not your fault, Daryl. I don't even care about them ignoring me. Only means I'll get some peace and quiet and won't get roped into stupid artwork projects or stuff like that."

"Can't believe ya stuck up for me after what I did ta you."

"They were being assholes. And it's just not fair, you know? People judging you because of your family? You didn't choose your father or your brother. You are nothing like them, you make a conscious effort not to be like them and yet, people hear your name and they assume the worst."

"Always been that way. I mean, I get along with a lot of people, but the higher ups, the ones with the suits, they think they're better and just judge."

"My mom said you look like a serial killer." Daryl scoffed when she said that, smirking in amusement.

"Guess she's not entirely wrong about that. I don't look like a nice person." Daryl had to agree on that one.

"Not when you are scowling, no. You look mean as fuck when you scowl. But when we are alone, like now, you look so young and sweet. Especially when you smile. You have the nicest smile... You're so gorgeous. Scowl or no scowl, you're a handsome devil."

"Ya seriously gotta stop that compliment shit. I ain't much to look at."

"I told you that you have to get used to it. It's part of this nice little thing we have. Accept it." she smiled against his shoulder and gently tickled his ribs. Unfortunately he wasn't ticklish, but the sensation still raised goosebumps on his flesh. Teddy lifted her head and gently kissed along his neck up to his ear. Daryl took deep breaths in response and squeezed her tighter.

"How you doing on your control?" Teddy breathed quietly against his ear.

"Not as good as I'd like." Daryl pressed out between clenched teeth.

"Really? This is enough to get you riled up?"

"Not just that. Ya had yer hand under ma shirt the whole time. Don't know what the fuck is wrong with me." he groaned, embarrassed that he was acting like a 15 year old teenager instead of a 35 year old grown-ass man.

"It's probably just because everything is new and exciting. I'm sure it'll pass after a couple of times."

"What if it don't. I had new and exciting with girls before. Never turned into a fucking animal with any of 'em. Just you. It's fucking strong."

"There's nothing wrong about that, like I said, I liked it, but we still gotta work on getting you to control yourself better. I don't mean to pile on here, but I am sore as hell after doing it twice like that in a row."

"Fuck. I ain't that selfish, usually. I didn't ever wanna treat a lady like that."

"It's gonna be okay. We can work on that. It's gonna be fun working on that, don't you think?" she giggled and looked up, seeing a grin spread on his face.

"Hell yeah it's gon' be fun. Maybe we should come up with one of 'em safe words." he suggested.

"You know what, that might not be a bad idea. What should we use?" she shifted and moved to lay half on top of him, putting her hands on his chest and resting her chin on it.

"Gotta be something we don't say much."

"Okay, so Sex God is out." she laughed when he smacked her butt with a mock serious expression on his face.

"Be serious. Gotta be something I recognize immediately. Something that'll make me stop right away."

"How abouuuuut fire alarm?"

"Yeah, that might work. That'll definitely get my attention. You gon' be able to remember that?"

"Sure." she giggled. "Hey, seriously though, we don't need a safe word. I trust you. I trust you to stop when I tell you to and I trust you to stop as soon as you notice that I'm uncomfortable. And so will I if you tell me to stop or I notice you're not into something. A couple should know each other well enough to notice those things. If they don't, well then they shouldn't even be doing things they might need a safe word for anyway."

"Guess that's right, but do ya honestly think we're there yet? That we know each other that good?"

"Of course not. But we'll get there and I don't think that we'll be doing things we might need safe words for until we get to that point. Do you?"

"With the way I've been..."

"Daryl, if I shout no and shove you off of me, I'm pretty sure you'll get the message. Just relax, okay? Don't stress yourself out. Everything will be fine." she smiled and moved to straddle him. "I'm gonna kiss you now and we won't be doing anything else tonight, because I am seriously tired. Might be a nice little exercise for you to not let your urges win right now."

"That's just fucking evil, Doc." he grinned, but already put his hand on the back of her neck and pulled her down to meet his mouth, but Teddy quickly traced her tongue along his soft lips before they had the chance to press down on hers. Daryl groaned and tightened his grip on her neck. "You're making it harder on purpose."

"You'll survive. Relax." Teddy giggled against his lips, before she shut him up with her lips. Daryl did pretty well while they exchanged soft kisses and enjoyed just being close for a while, but when their kisses deepened and their tongues roamed and caressed each other it got really hard for him to stay in control. The heady rush of primal lust shot through his veins, leading him towards his animalistic high. Teddy felt it when his breathing and his grip on her changed. His hands wandered down to her hips and pushed her down hard against his loins with a growl. He groaned in frustration when she didn't move against him, so he pushed and pulled at her to get her pelvis moving. Teddy didn't stop kissing him while she put her hands on his arms and traced them down until she was able to take his hands into hers. She gently bit his tongue while she moved their linked hands up over his head.

"Easy, honey. No funny business." she said against his lips and almost laughed when he shot her a pouting look.

"This really ain't affecting ya at all?" he asked frustratedly.

"It does affect me. I want you, trust me I do, but I was serious about being tired. And you need to learn to get a grip on yourself when we're together like this. But see? You're doing really good. You stopped immediately. No safe word needed." She was smiling so big it was impossible for Daryl not to reciprocate. He slowly wrestled his hands free from her grip and rubbed them over her sides.

"Ya do look tired. I should go and let ya get yer rest."

"You just wanna get out of this little exercise." She smirked and kissed him again. "Why don't you stay? I'd love to have you next to me tonight."

"Yeah? Sure?"

"Absolutely."

"Okay. Let's get you into bed then." Daryl effortlessly got up from the couch while holding her in his arms and carried her into her bedroom and Teddy almost changed her mind about being too tired to have sex with him, because him being able to do that like it was nothing was seriously hot. Nobody had ever carried her, not in her adult life anyway. She could definitely get used to that.

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The next morning Wade was sporting a huge, face-splitting grin when Daryl hurried into the auto-repair shop over half an hour too late. Teddy had forgotten to set her alarm and they only woke up because the receptionist from her office called to ask where she was.

"Well, well, well,... that's a first. You being late? What's the matter? Had a physical scheduled with your new doctor girlfriend?"

"You do know that's my sister you're talking about, don't you?" Billy arched his eyebrow at Wade, giving Daryl the opportunity to just quickly walk by them to get to the locker room to get changed, without having to respond. It was obvious how uncomfortable the statement had made the shy redneck. Billy figured that it had to be weird for Daryl to see him there not knowing where he stood on Daryl dating Teddy.

"Sorry, man." Wade grinned, showing that he wasn't sorry at all. "I had that line waiting to get out for half an hour. I just had to say it. It was a good one, you gotta admit that. Physical... with the doctor... get it?"

"I'm not an idiot. And again, that's my sister your talking about, so shut it and back off Daryl, alright?"

"Yeah, fine. Didn't mean no harm." Wade held up his hands in surrender before he went back to work. Daryl soon came back out in his work overall and stood next to Billy to help him with an engine they've been working on.

"So, I guess you and my sister are kind of official now, huh?" Billy asked Daryl, keeping his voice neutral and his eyes on the engine.

"Yeah." Daryl cleared his throat uncomfortably. "Sorry."

"No, don't apologize. I ain't one of those brothers. If you guys are happy together, then that's fine by me. My parents are gonna give you more than enough trouble. No need to pile on. And this doesn't have to be weird okay? We're all adults and as long as you treat her right I'll have your back, don't worry." Billy sent a reassuring smile Daryl's way which made the redneck relax visibly.

"Thanks."

"Don't mention it. Needless to say, if you hurt her, not even the woods will be safe for you to hide in."

"If I hurt her I won't hide. I deserve everything I got comin' ta me then." Daryl said earnestly.

"My parents are on a rampage. Called me yesterday and threw a fit. Teddy's gonna say that she doesn't care, but don't let that fool you. She'll be sad and hurt if they keep it up, which I guess they will. They can be the sweetest people on this planet if they want to be, but they can also be the biggest dickheads in history. I wish they were different, but they aren't. They hear your name and they expect the worst and because of that they won't even give you a chance or give themselves a chance to get to know you. That's their fault, not yours. I know you're a decent man. Eventually they'll crack, especially if Teddy shuts them out of her life. It may take some time but someday they will wanna meet you, but until then you two gotta keep your heads up and stay strong. We gotta take care of her. She has to go to work with our father every single day. It won't be easy for her."

Daryl just nodded, not knowing what to say. He felt like a jackass, because in his mind, he was majorly fucking up Teddy's life now. Her life is going to get a lot more stressful because of him, she's fighting with her parents because of him. He was being selfish, maybe he should just let her go, leave her alone and let her go back to her old life. Daryl was startled when Billy chuckled next to him.

"Don't even think about it, dude."

"What?" Daryl looked at Billy skeptically, wondering if the guy was able to read minds.

"I can see it on your face, man. Don't think you'd be doing her a favor by breaking up with her. She thinks you're worth fighting for. She is nothing if not fiercely loyal. She likes you, so she will do everything to defend you and protect you from all evil bullshit that might be coming your way. If she'd think you weren't worth the trouble she would have dumped your ass right after the first sign of trouble from our folks, but she told them to go fuck themselves. She's all in, dude." Billy grinned at Daryl's blush. "I'll stop talking now, but I just thought you should know before you do something stupid."

Another nod from Daryl and the conversation was over. Daryl was glad that Billy had spoken up, though. He hadn't even thought about Teddy WANTING to fight for him. It was still so surreal to him, that she really wanted to be with him and that she thought he was worth something. Enough to let him screw up her life. She deserved so much better than him, but still she chose him and from now on he would make sure to be the best he could be for her.

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Teddy had a really bad day at work. Her father wasn't even looking at her and whenever they had to discuss something patient-related, they would pass messages back and forth via their receptionist, who of course wasn't happy with having to play messenger pigeon. Two patients she had treated on Friday and who had to come in for a check-up, even refused to be treated by her and opted for waiting an hour longer to see her father. A person who was having relations with a Dixon obviously could not be trusted, according to some stuck up idiots. Thankfully there were others, who thought it was some kind of cute romance novel shit. They had just kept going on and on about how romantic it was and how amazing for two so very different people to meet and fall in love. Teddy had just smiled and laughed quietly. It was good to see that not everybody was being a close-minded ass.

Her lunch break she spent on the phone with Billy, who told her about the call he'd received from their parents the night before. He reassured her once more that he was on her side and he'd defend her and Daryl until he'd get blue in the face. After he teasingly reminded her to set her alarm to half an hour earlier if she insisted on giving Daryl a physical in the morning before work.

"God, that was not what happened. We just talked and fell asleep and I forgot to set it. No physicals involved, gutter head." Teddy laughed.

"That's what everybody here thinks, though. And so did I, but don't stress, I had your boy's back and distracted Wade from talking any more shit."

"Thanks, I'm sure he appreciated it."

"Yeah, I think he did. He's a good man. I'm happy for you, I really hope you guys can make it work. This way I won't have to listen to you girls chattering on about girly stuff anymore, I'll have Daryl to talk shop."

"Already planning double dates, I see." Teddy grinned with amusement.

"Hell yeah. Still wanna see my sis regularly."

"You're sweet. It's time for me to go back to work. Talk to you later."

"Want me to kiss your boyfriend for you?"

"Shut up." She laughed and hung up. Boyfriend. Was he her boyfriend now? She should discuss that with him later, she decided before she threw out the rest of her lunch and got ready to see her next patient.

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"There you are, I was just about to call you." Teddy was incredibly happy to find Daryl standing in front of her apartment door upon opening it after she had heard a knock.

"Hey." he smiled a little and walked past her into her apartment while she closed the door. "Sorry I didn't call before I came here."

"Don't worry about it, you can come over anytime." she walked up to him and slung her arms around his neck and kissed him hard. "Mmmmm,... hi."

"Bad day?" he smiled and rubbed his hands over her shoulders and down her back.

"Oh yeah. And I guess there will be more of that to come." Teddy sighed and brushed her nose against his neck, relishing in his smell and his warmth. He grasped her butt in his strong hands and gave it a firm squeeze before he lifted her up. When she had wrapped her legs around him he dropped down on the couch with her.

"Yer daddy givin' you shit?"

"Kind of. By giving me the silent treatment. He won't even talk to me about patients. I have to use Judy, our receptionist, to pass on messages or get questions answered or whatever. It's bullshit. How was your day? Did you get in trouble for being late?"

"Nah, boss didn't even notice. He often don't come in until like noon."

"That sounds heavenly." she smiled and started nipping on his neck. He smelled delicious. He must have taken a shower before coming over, he was dressed in a black t-shirt and a pair of black jeans and his hair was soft and fluffy again. "Did you eat?"

"Yeah. All done." he sighed, his eyes falling close when Teddy sucked on his earlobe.

"Good." she kissed her way along his stubbly jaw until she reached his scruffy chin. The tip of her nose ghosted over his lips when she moved higher towards his mouth, tickling him, causing a little grin to part his lips.

"Miss me today?" he asked. He'd liked when she had told him the day before that she had missed him. It made him feel needed and secretly he really craved that feeling of somebody needing him.

"Oh yeah. I can't tell you how much." she smiled and pressed her lips to his gently.

"Try." he murmured against her mouth with a smile.

"Okay, I missed you like Winnie the Pooh misses his honey when he is out and about in Hundred Acre Wood with Piglet." she chuckled and got a soft kiss from Daryl as a reward for the explanation.

"One more." he grinned.

"I missed you as much as it rains in Seattle."

"That's a lot, ain't it?" his cute little smile was endearing. Teddy couldn't help but kiss him deeply before she answered.

"That's a whole lot, yeah."

"Works for me." he grinned, making Teddy laugh. She adored this side of him, she wished he would always be this happy and carefree.

"Good, now shut up. I have plans for you, honey." She kissed him and let her tongue roam inside his mouth to help along with shutting him up. The day had been emotionally exhausting for her and she wanted to get lost in Daryl and his wonderfully strong arms.

"Sounds good." he rasped when they came up for air. "Maybe we can combine them with my plans for you. Bedroom. Now."

Teddy stayed put on his lap and giggled while she nipped at his neck. "You know the way."

"Lazy ass." Daryl chuckled when he got up with her still wrapped around him and went to the bedroom, kicking the door shut behind him, relishing in her happy giggle, when he dropped her on her back on the bed with him on top of her. Tonight he would do his damnedest to make her feel good, even if it killed him.

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AN: Thank you for reading, following, favoriting and reviewing! Please don't ever stop, your feedback is absolutely amazing and has given me some great ideas so far.

Sorry for the smut cliffhanger,so to speak, but that episode was seriously distracting. My head is just not able to work through it all just yet.

SPOILER ALERT:

How great was that episode last night? Heart-wrenching, but oh so hot, hot, hot. The hottest moment for me? The crossbow practice! The way he grabbed her, slung his arm around her and said "Come here?" the second time? God my ovaries are fried to the point of no return. Rough Daryl, more of that please.

Also that preview with them holding hands? Like full on, intertwined fingers handholding? Thank God somebody screencapped that and I can stare at it and imagine it being Teddy and Daryl, lol. Awesome, just awesome, I can't get over it.