People build up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. Truer words have never been spoken where Daryl Dixon was concerned. He never expected anyone to care enough, until someone did. Starts out AU with 20 yr old Daryl, but from Ch. 22 on we'll be in ZA-world. M-rating for smut, language, adult topics, descriptions of abuse & attempted rape.