* Please Review! By the way, I did write Daryl a little unDaryl like at the end of the last chapter but that's because, based on how damaged Reedus is making him, I think if Daryl found someone he really cared about and knew that person cared about him, Daryl would completely throw himself at her. I think he would latch on and hold tight because he has never had anything to himself. He would protect her and want things with her that he never had as a child, ex: the family. Does that make sense?*
The first time she saw him completely naked, she had come into the bathroom when he was showering. She stripped down outside the shower with him not even knowing she was there. She pulled back the curtain, startling him. He had jumped, yelled out and covered his chest and stomach with his hands. They had only been having sex for two days.
But she didn't looked disgusted at him. She didn't look at him with pity in her eyes. She didn't even knowledge the marks and scars. Instead, her smile stayed tight as she climbed into the tub with him. She took a hold of his hands. She brought one to her right breasts while the other she placed between her legs. Her own hands then came to rest against his chest. They moved up him to his shoulders. Feeling the tight, hotness of her core, seeing her body with water streaming down it, had made him forget he was supposed to be ashamed of himself. She touched her lips to his and his male instinct took over.
Then she had spend the day not asking him about the marks, she carried on like she did every day. Harmony didn't look at him differently. In fact, it seemed like to Daryl that Harmony couldn't keep her hands off him and that was fine by him. He liked how it felt to have her touch him. That night, after they had gone to bed, he had opened up to her on his own. He told her about his painful childhood while she snuggled against him.
The next day, three days into their new found relationship, she had repaid him for trusting her. Harmony wasn't stupid. She knew how hard it had been for Daryl to open up to her. While he was resting against the steps to the house, Harmony had strolled up to him, opened his pants and taken him in her mouth. Right on the steps, in front of the fields, the animals and the dead world. He had been powerless to stop her. With his elbows resting on the steps on either side of him, Daryl's head threw back and his hips moved out of control. When he came, it was a hot rush straight down her throat.
For two weeks they were blissfully alone. She kept the house while he worked outside. They ate lunch on the porch steps and dinner at the table. Harmony let him take her in any room he wanted in every position he could image. He didn't think things could get anymore more perfect between them. They talked and laughed together. She made him smile and he worked hard through the day to make her proud of him.
At the end of the two weeks, during the evening, Daryl was sitting on the porch with Harmony leaning back between his legs. Her arms were resting against his knees and his arms were around her shoulders. They were talking again while they watched the sun set. He loved that time of the day. They were unwinding together. He loved that part of the day almost as much as he loved the morning where he watched her before she woke.
" Daryl, do you hear that?" Harmony asked as she stared at him. He frowned and listened hard.
" Sounds like cars." He commented. She turned towards the road as he looked up. They pulled away with Harmony standing up and Daryl making a grab for his gun and cross bow.
" It is a car!" She said as she reached for him. " Two of them! Do you think it's the group?" Daryl took a hold of her side and pulled her up to the stair he was standing on.
" No. Don't know those cars besides, there was to many of them left to fit into two cars. Get behind me." Daryl ordered.
" So it's a new group of living people." Harmony said without moving.
" Woman, get behind me." He growled out, finally making her look at him. " Please. We don't know who's in those cars."
Harmony looked back at the cars then at him again. She took a hold of his arm and moved up to stand behind him. Her hands came to his sides. She clutched his shirt in her hands. Daryl checked over his gun, making sure it was locked and loaded. He clicked up the safety of his gun and made sure it was ready for action...just in case. The cross bow was resting against his left leg.
" You don't think they are going to hurt us, do you?" Harmony asked.
" Don't know, Woman. Stay right where you are. You're mine to protect and I aim to do just that." He said, making her smile.
They stayed on the porch, watching as the cars continued down the road towards the farmhouse. Daryl's entire body was tense and ready for action. The cars didn't stop until they pulled up in front of the house. Daryl could see the first car held four men inside of it. The second car was directly behind the first so he couldn't see who was there but it didn't matter because the first four men made him nervous. Women were hard to come back, sex was even harder. He was going to have to work to keep Harmony safe and to make sure she didn't find a better man then Daryl. He didn't want her looking at the other men, seeing or thinking they were a better mate for her. Daryl's stomach hurt at the thought of her wanting to be with someone else.
The doors to both cars opened up and men started to file out. Daryl's hands tighten on his gun while he made sure he was standing straight up. His eyes were narrowed as he watched and waited. He was tense and ready for anything. needed. If this got bad, he would yell for Harmony to run and hide. Those Men had to be desperate right about now. There wasn't a woman with them. He'd be damned to hell before he let them get their hands on her.
" Daryl?" They heard a familiar raspy voice a second before they saw him. Merle came out from the passenger side of the second car. " Is that you, brother?" He started to make his way pass the cars towards them.
" It's Merle." Harmony whispered from behind Daryl. She was peering around his arm.
" Who you got there with you, lil brother?" Merle asked as he continued walking. His bulk made his sway slightly side to side. " Is that Harmony? Hot damn! You two alone?"
" Who is this, Merle?" A man from the first car asked. Merle was all smiles as he climbed up the stairs.
" Well this here is my baby brother, Daryl. And that's..."
" My woman." Daryl interrupted. He was staking his claim on her right away.
" Your woman?" Merle asked. " Well I'll be. Bout time you started fuckin her!" He smacked Daryl hard in the arm. " Told you to go after her, I told him, Harmony. Man been pinnin after you since we found you. So you two just fuckin or she just your common law wife?"
Daryl glanced back at her then at the men, then Merle. He knew this game. She would only be off the market if she was his wife. Merle would consider her fair game if she wasn't. He didn't understand girlfriends or relationships. Merle had hit on her with nasty sexual comments and gestures before he disappeared from the group. Daryl hoped Harmony wouldn't be mad when he answered,
" Wife."
" Well good for you." Merle said. He faced his new group and placed his hand on Daryl's left shoulder. Harmony came up on Daryl's right side. She placed her hand against his lower back. Daryl looked down at her as he started to lower his gun. " This is my new group, Daryl." The man that had spoke started forward. Daryl tensed up so Harmony placed her other hand against his arm.
" Name's Sean." The man said. He walked up the stairs with his hand out. Daryl narrowed his eyes but shook the man's hand. " We saw the house in the distance and thought we'd see if it was safe."
" Where's everyone else?" Merle asked.
" We don't know." Harmony answered. " Something happen and we got separated from them."
" So it's just you two then?" Merle asked.
" For now." She filled in. Daryl watched as five other guys started making their way towards them.
" Would you mind if we rested up here for a bit? We have tents so we won't bother you two." Sean said. "We have been on the road for a while and are low in supplies."
" I'm sure my brother and his wife won't mind, right Daryl?" Merle asked, looking at his brother. Daryl's mouth was tight as he took everyone in. Harmony tapped against his arm, making Daryl look down at her.
" Daryl?" She asked softly. He looked back at Sean and the others.
" Yeah. There's clear spots across the field, under the trees." Daryl said as he pointed to the spot their group used to camp. Harmony suddenly felt the stab of sadness. The past two weeks with Daryl had made it easy for her to forget about them.
" Thank you." Sean said. " Let me introduce everyone to you." He stepped aside as the men climbed the steps. Daryl's right arm shot around Harmony's waist as he pulled her against him. His gun was still locked down in his right hand. She put one arm around his waist with the other around the front of him.
" Name's Craig." A blond haired man said.
" Vincent."
" Eric."
" Bill."
" James."
" We'll just head over there and set our stuff up. If you don't mind, we could use something to eat." Sean said.
" Sure, I can make something for everyone." Harmony said.
" That would be mighty nice of you." Craig said with a smile. Harmony smiled in return and moved to pull away from Daryl so she could whip something up but Daryl's arm tighten around her.
" Y'all got room in there for me, don't ya?" Merle asked. " Since you two are a married couple now, we're all family."
" Sure." Harmony said when Daryl didn't answer.
After the men climbed back into their cars and started towards across the field, Daryl finally let Harmony go. She went into the house, knowing Daryl was directly behind her. Merle was chatting away but neither Harmony or Daryl were talking back. When Merle asked where the bedrooms were, Daryl pointed to the upstairs while he stared at Harmony's back. Once Merle hit the stairs, Daryl quicken his steps.
" Harmony." He said as they both came into the kitchen.
" MMMM?" She asked.
" I had to tell him you were my wife so he didn't try and hit on you and shit." He said. He came to lean against the island with his hands on it. He was nervous. Harmony opened the fridge with a smile.
" It's fine." She said, reaching in and taking out the bowl of eggs she had collected that morning. " I understand."
" You ain't mad?" He asked. Harmony looked at him and shook her head.
" Why would I be mad? You're protecting me. Besides with the way things are now, who's going to fight over titles like boyfriend/husband." She said. Daryl dropped his eyes to the counter.
" Just didn't know how you'd feel about it." He said. Harmony set the bowl down then walked over to him. She ducked down under his arms and came up between him and the island. She started to rub his chest.
" It's okay." She reassured him. Daryl tilted his head but kept it down as he looked at her.
" Better go and see if Merle needs anythin." He said. Harmony smiled and pushed her hips away from the counter. She started to rub her hips back and forth against him. His eyes narrowed as they darken. A sure sign of what he was thinking about.
" This means no more sex wherever we want. We have to keep it in the bedroom." She said softly. "Remember when you fucked me on the dining room table? I was just eating dinner and you just pushed everything off the table. You grabbed me and threw me on it. You made me turn so I was on my hands and knees."
" You best knock that off." He said through gritted teeth as she slowed her pace of rubbing against his crotch. Harmony laughed and turned around. She pushed her ass against him and started to rub him hard. Daryl grabbed her hips and thrust into her as he growled. " And you weren't just eatin dinner like it was nothin. You were naked and strokin a damn cucumber like it was my dick." His hands tighten down on her hips as he groaned. " I said you best knock it off." He said with his hardness pressing into her.
" I'm just swaying to music in my head. You're the one thrusting against me." She pointed out.
" You got that ass on me." He said. Harmony laughed and leaned back so her entire back was against him. His arms went around her waist and his mouth came to the side of her head. " Don't want you alone. Don't be without me. We don't know these men, you hear me? I don't trust them."
" You don't trust anyone." Harmony said.