Across the Universe(s)

by UA

The obligatory collection of Caryl drabbles. Multiple ratings and I won't rule out multiple universes, even though most of the ones I've written so far could conceivably fall somewhere within the show's timelines if we had nicer show runners, lol.

38. You leave whenever you feel like it

Season 7. 7B, to be precise. A little angsty what-if for episode 10.

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He shows up on her doorstep, knuckles battered and bruised, blue eyes haunted, and he crushes her in his desperate embrace.

She feeds him dinner, nurses his wounds, offers him a guarded smile, holds him at arms' length. "Maybe you should go. Before it gets too late."

Softly, he asks, "That what you want?"

Doesn't matter what she wants, never really has. Painful, pretty lies fall from her lips. "It is. I'm just gonna…"

"Carol."

Her heart seizes, her lungs ache. "Daryl. Don't, okay?" She sighs. "You leave whenever you feel like it."

"I know."

"You don't."

"Feel it, too."

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