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Chapter 11

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Show me how it's supposed to be.

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Daryl gulped his eyes greedily taking in Carol's naked form, as she stood there, before him. Offering herself. She was beautiful, long and lean with curves in all the right places. A part of him wanted to go to her and throw her down on the bed and pound himself into her. But he was definetly not what she needed at that moment.

A lifetime of abuse and issues had made him have a need to always be in control. When he was with a women he couldn't suppress it. He needed to feel in control or he couldn't handle being touched.

Carol had been different though, he touched her so many times, since they had found her. He'd never flinched, not once. Most times he found himself longing to touch her. An ache, to feel her skin, along his. The possibility of losing control with her scared him. The possibility of being a controlling dick with her terrified him. He longed to be with her, to be gentle, and soft and be everything she needed. He wasn't sure he had that in him.

He sighed picking up a throw off the bed, taking a few steps he wrapped the throw around her shoulders, holding it too her biceps.

"It's not that I don't want to...because I do. Fuck...I want you so much. But not like this" he whispered staring into her eyes. "We ain't taking you to Neagan...we're letting you go."

Her eyes filled with tears and his heart basically broke, into a million pieces on the floor.

"If it will help that girl, Perez's sister...I'll do it." She said.

He squeezed her biceps, a surge of anger hitting him before he spoke. "You think, you're any less important?" He growled incredulously.

"My life's not worth more than a child's." She whispered.

He brought his hands up, cupping her cheeks. She made no move to hold the blanket on her shoulders and it slid down, pooling softly around her feet. Both hands on her cheeks he pressed his forehead to hers.

"We'll find another way." He murmured and she nodded, wiping a tear away.

Her lips surged up to met his and he pulled away. He could see the look of hurt in her eyes.

"Not like this" he whispered again, lowering his face to her neck, wrapping his arms around her body before he spoke again. "Ya ain't thinking straight, you're not going to Neagan, so you don't have to worry about it, I don't want you doing this for the wrong reasons." He murmured. "Trying not to be an asshole here." He grunted even as his hand trailed down her soft smooth back.

She was silent for a long time. Letting him hold her. He half wondered if she'd fallen asleep, so when she spoke suddenly it startled him.

"What if I want it for me?" She murmured.

"Carol..." He started.

"No...all my life, I've done what was expected. I never reached out and took what I wanted. I want this. I want you. This is me, taking what I want." She said softly, her face flushing brightly. "Unless you don't want me." She said, a grin fluttering across her face at the growl that left his lips at that.

"Carol...I ain't good, at this. I ain't what you need. I'm fucked up. I need...I.." He stopped unsure what to say.

"What do you need?" She prompted.

"I need to be in control...when I'm with a women. I always have. I've been told more than once,...I'm an asshole in bed." He flushed

She stared at him, her mouth open then a giggle erupted from her lips. "You've been trying to convince me for the past ten minutes not to have sex because, because you think you would be taking advantage of me. You've done nothing but care for me since you found me." She pressed her lips to his, rising up on tip toe. "You're the best man I've ever known." She panted into his mouth. "Show me how it's supposed to be." She whispered her earlier request again. "I don't want anyone else...I want you..I'll give you what you need, I want us to both get what we need. That's the point. Show me how it's supposed to be." She whispered.

He hardly recognized his voice as he hoarsely answered.

"Ok"