Wow that was an amazing season finale. Thankfully, no one died! (Besides Reg R.I.P)Can't wait for season 6 and what happens with who. Maybe Daggie happens! (Not really) Enjoy!
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The night passed slowly, and Daryl found himself awake for hours. The light of dawn hit him in the eyes. He groaned and looked around the room. Maggie was here with him. Her arms were tied over his waist, and her forehead on his cheek. Her chin rested on top of his shoulder. He could feel her lips on the side of his neck. Daryl turned to look at her.
Maggie made a soft noise, gibberish. Daryl smiled down at her and took a mental photograph of this beauty in front of him. Her hair short but falling down her neck. Her nose straight with a curve at the end and her whole face was small and beautiful. But her eyes were just gorgeous, they stuck out the most. Being emerald, he'd seen nothing like them. They're eyes that showed no danger, but completely romantic eyes. That's what he saw, that what she wanted from him was companionship. And Daryl couldn't find it in him but he knew damn well if it wasn't love, it was crazy.
Maggie opened her eyes, happy Daryl was there. She gave him a smile "Thanks again" Maggie ran a hand through her hair. "Mhm" was the response and Daryl began to stand. "How long?" Maggie asked. "Couple of hours" Daryl lied. "Bullshit, your eyes are drooping. Sleep" Maggie demanded, pushing one hand on his chest. Maggie pushed Daryl into the mattress, he didn't have it in him to fight back, he let her soft small hand press feel his chest.
Maggie trailed her hand through Daryl's enlarged, muscular chest. He made no move to stop her so she continued admiring him. "Ain't touchy girl, told ya' that" Daryl whispered. Maggie ran her hand up the side of his neck then to his lips. "Shhh, just go to sleep" Maggie whispered.
Carl and Sophia walked over to Maggie's room. The wooden door was slightly open, and they saw the affectionate display before then. Silenced snickers were exerted and they'd left.
Carol and Rick stood by the truck where they could see Maggie's window. He'd seen she was putting him to sleep and holstered his Python. "Postponed, we'll give it two hours cause we need the both of them. Can't get nothin' done if they're asleep"
"When's that man gonna have the guts to tell her he loves her?" Carol smiled at them. She always found the man attractive but thought he and Maggie were perfect for each other. They were both young looking and beautiful as well as strong. Rick looked back "We see it, we all do and since we lost Merle, this is how to get him opened up" Rick said. "Maybe something that makes him care to keep moving on, a getaway. Maggie"
"Whatcha' doin'? Gotta help Rick" Daryl tried explaining but failing at the feel of her hands running through his now growing hair. Her attempt to soothe him was at a high, having him almost fall asleep. And he kept his mouth shut when he felt her soft hair running over the top of her head on his neck. She lay with him now. Daryl shortly fell asleep and Maggie sat up looking down on him. "You're a beautiful man Dixon" Maggie moved the growing bangs from Daryl's forehead and kissed his forehead.
Glenn walked outside to find Rick and Carol talking. T-Dog and Beth were taking guns out of the trunk of Hershel's Ford. "Need some help?" Glenn asked standing by Beth. "No thanks, T's stronger than you" Beth teased and T-Dog laughed. Glenn couldn't help but smile, T and Glenn were close friends since this outbreak.
"I'm the toughest one here" Glenn jokingly stuck his tongue out at Beth and T-Dog. Glenn wasn't weak but he'd lost his baseball cap when doing some push ups and sit-ups. Still he was about 5'9 being smaller than Daryl Rick and Shane by height at least three inches and a ton by muscle. After his remark, Rick looked over at him with the 'You're cute' look and chuckled.
"Okay, after Rick" Glenn hoped they thought he was tough. "Okay, after Daryl" he kept receiving disapproval. Glenn shut up and grabbed a duffle bag and headed inside. "Wait" Beth called and he stopped by the door. She closed her lips on his and muttered against his mouth . "You're the toughest to me" she smiled and walked back.
Lori lay in her bed with Andrea beside her, "Everything okay?" Andrea put a hand on Lori's shoulder. "I'm fine, just a stubborn baby I feel kicking in" Lori giggled. Andrea smiled, "I can't wait to see it show! Looks cute in there" Andrea joked playfully. Tears began to well at Lori's eyes, "I just don't know what'll happen to me, to us." A couple of tears slipped through Lori's eyes. Andrea gripped Lori and pulled her close. "Lori, don't you worry about a thing, Carol and Hershel are gonna deliver this baby and Rick and Carl, they'll be right with you. We'll all be around. We'll make sure you and the baby stay and we'll make sure walkers won't" Andrea promised, now holding her hand.
Maggie lay beside Daryl watching the rise and fall of his chest. When Daryl was asleep he looked so peaceful. He actually looked like an angel with that winged vest and his innocent face. She never knew eyes like those existed. They were so deep and petrifying and the most outlined beautiful shade of blue. She couldn't put a color in. Cyan or Teal or something but they were just beautiful. She'd noticed his light goatee growing darker and thicker, but did he look rugged that way.
Maggie played with the facial hair on Daryl's face, thinking of the consequences if he woke up to her petting him. But she couldn't help it, she was attached to this man because how he was. Why did he have to be so damn closed off? It angered her that he acted like they didn't have sex and share their emotions physically.
It was way too easy for Beth and Glenn, they were totally in love and Beth was only seventeen. Glenn was obviously in his early or mid twenties. The couple didn't have much of an age gap. It was told that Daryl was thirty five or thirty six. Well Maggie would be turning twenty nine soon so that kept them close.
But why would it matter? He doesn't seem to be pursuing a relationship with her. And it didn't make sense to her. She knew she loved Daryl, he was hers and no one else would fill his spot. He had to think the same. He'd already proved that he cared for her. That's all that mattered but Maggie just wanted him. She didn't want to wait anymore. Maggie didn't want Daryl to ever have enough. Beth was right, she wanted to be a momma and she wanted his love. She wanted to bear Daryl's children. His children. Their children
Maggie was out of thought when Daryl was looking up at her. She had her head carried by her hand on her elbow and the other hand on his chin. Her fingers playing with his beard hairs. He didn't say anything, only lay careless, letting her pet him. "Hey, where we at?" Daryl asked and Maggie stopped playing with his skin. "Mid day. I'm gonna keep watch with Carol while you and Rick plant the fences" Maggie answered.
Daryl yawned and rolled over to get out of bed. Maggie stood and watched him go towards the closet and grab a towel. "Gon' take a shower, feel shitty" Daryl smirked at Maggie and she smiled at him. "Okay, I'll be with Carol" Maggie quickly nodded, walking outside.
Daryl was in the middle of his shower when he began to think about Maggie again. For once, she never acted sexual or made a joke out of he and she doing it. In fact, he can't remember when they fooled around and had fun for real. Man he was missing that right now. Maybe it was time Daryl stopped acting like a child and owned up to his feelings. Yeah, that was it. Daryl had to be the one to pursue this relationship, he was the man and she was gonna be his beautiful woman. But that's what he hoped.
"Uh okay, Maggie and Carol you guys should get on top of the first cabin, here" Rick went to the duffle bag and handed Maggie and AR-15. Shane have Carol his Mosseberg since the other guns were inside. Daryl exited the house in his winter apparel. He took a breath and saw his own cold breath forming a gas compound. "Brrr, let's get this over with" Rick said. Shane and T-Dog were going to be paired while Daryl and Rick would be paired. "Okay, change of plans, we can't find fences so we brought empty cans, cinder blocks, and barbed wires until we find something else. This is an empty fortress, small and no walkers I've heard" Rick lied of the last part, he was there for the walkers.
Maggie and Carol hadn't seen any walkers and it had almost been nine. Rick and Daryl set up cans tied to barbed wire tied to a cinder block from the fourth cabin to the second closest tree aligned with it. Shane and T-Dog had done the same and figured tomorrow to do the front and back so they'd be done for the week.
Carol handed Shane his gun back and climbed down with Maggie. "Alright, who wants first watch?" Rick looked around. "I'll take it" T-Dog was handed the AR-15 and walked up to the top.
Maggie walked over by Daryl. "How was it?" She asked. "Eh nothin' special, wanna head on hunts again. Can't be eatin' all this canned shit no more" Daryl wrinkled his nose. "I was thinkin'.." Maggie started as she closed the gap between the two. "Maybe I could go with you, and you can teach me" Maggie purred starting to lean in and Daryl made no move to stop what was going on. Until an amplified screech had them both turning and running towards Rick's cabin.
"Hell's goin' on?" Daryl said out of breath looking at Andrea beside a shriveled up Lori. "Baby?" Daryl panicked. Rick was nowhere to be seen. Dumbass went into the woods for a stroll. "Daryl, please help" Carl cried. Daryl nodded and ran outside, "T, any sign of walkers, call us up!" Daryl shouted running back to Lori. He was in front of her, hastily observing. "It'll be too loud in here, we need to get to a quieter place" Carol said. Lori let go of Andrea and gripped Daryl's hand.
"The second cabin has a study down a small flight of stairs instead of ascending. We gotta go there. Now. The baby's coming" Hershel ordered. Daryl nodded, he and Andrea were helping Lori walk. They were taking a step every two minutes and this would attract walkers in two seconds.
"Shit!" Rick took out his silenced pistol with three clips and his knife as a herd came approaching. It was quite the pack and T-Dog could hear them over Lori. "Uh Daryl, we got a herd!" T-Dog started firing bullets at the walkers. Shane and Glenn busted out, "What's going on!?" Shane asked for the two. "Lori's having a baby and there's a herd."
Rick was doing his best to fend off the walkers and didn't let them enter the perimeter. Daryl didn't seem to hear T, he was trained on Lori. "It's a'right no pressure jus' breathe Lor' " Daryl held her tight. She wouldn't admit that Daryl had quite the comforting touch. A warm person in there. And then heard T's call. "Rick!?" Lori panicked. 'Uh oh' Daryl thought, he was about to carry the weight of the team here. "Hold on" Daryl lifted Lori and cradled her, walking towards the second cabin's basement.
Lori was in the basement now bawling in pain and fear. Daryl grabbed his crossbow and let his adrenaline rush take effect. Lori gripped his arm. "Please be safe and bring Rick back" she whispered. Daryl gripped Lori's shoulders and bent down. Everyone averted their attention to Daryl. A moment of hope and fight. "I'm bringin' Rick back and makin' sure ya' both have that kid and stay together. We can't lose anymore and I'll make sure that doesn't happen, even if it mean I.." Daryl's voice trailed. He couldn't promise his chances. He was gonna fight this herd alone. His eyes started to get a bit glossy, then went stone hard as his demons took over.
'For Rick' Daryl thought. They needed Rick, he was gonna fix this. Daryl rushed out and was in the perimeter. "Daryl!" Maggie cried running to him. "Maggie" He grabbed her and pulled her to him and squeezed her letting go. "I'm comin'" Maggie argued. Daryl didn't have time, he shoved her so she stumbled back and Daryl ran off into the woods. Maggie slipped on her ass. "Daryl!" She cried again and he was gone there.
Everyone was inside the cabin with Lori, Hershel and Carol began the procedure so everyone made their space by the doorway.
Daryl found Rick and over twenty walkers by the road and trees. "Shit! Rick get out of here!" Daryl yelled stabbing a walker's head and pushing another one. "Can't leave you, I'm the leader and I'm not letting one of mine die" Rick sternly reminded him. "Baby's comin', Lori's waitin' on ya' and so is Carl. We need ya' alive and Shane's there" Daryl said.
Rick ran over to Daryl and saw as a wave was going to come. "Hurry they're comin'!" Daryl yelled. Rick stared at him "Daryl you're my right hand man, my most trusted. I need you, this group can't get by without you. You're better than Shane can ever be and we need you" Rick started to tear up. "Which is why I'm doin' this. I can't watch them take this place Rick, I'll come back" Daryl promised.
"No matter what happened before, now, you's the hero. You saved everyone Rick" Daryl patted his shoulder. "Take care of Maggie, now go!" Daryl pushed Rick as the herd approached. "C'mon you son' bitches!"
Rick's eyes glossed and a couple of tears slipped through his eyes. He coughed and and grunted slamming his fists on a tall tree. Behind him was Daryl, maybe gone. But then Rick thought, Daryl Dixon couldn't be taken down easily. Daryl could've made it. Maybe.
Rick ran to the cabin's basement, "Daryl, he ran off. He's fighting them. He implied that I would've gotten them killed" Rick tried explaining, tears welling up. He immediately noticed Maggie put her face in her hands. "Maggie I'm so sorry I.." She cut him off "No, it wasn't you. There's nothing we could change" Maggie shook and left the room.
A silence of prayers filled the air and Hershel looked back at Lori. "Oh here we go" he whispered looking at a broken Lori. Rick had rushed to her side and held her hand in both of his, kissing it. "I love you and I love what we have. I know it hurts, I can't even begin to imagine how you feel. But remember, it'll be worth it in the end. When that lil' baby comes out. Our baby." Rick looked her in the eyes and Lori cried a bit harder.
"I love you so much Rick, I will try. For us" Lori looked over to Carl who stood by her and smiled.
Daryl was beat, he'd killed eight walkers. Jabbing their heads with his knife. Twelve remained and he did the only thing he could've. He ran down the road and lured them into a blue house which was torn open. Once he'd gotten inside, he ran up the stairs while they just entered. Climbing out the window, Daryl safely escaped while the walkers were inside.
It had been almost two in the morning and the baby had been welcomed about an hour ago. When everyone settled, Rick found the alcohol Daryl scavenged. "Everyone here, just a couple of words" Rick said with the whole group around him. "I'd like to propose a toast for who we've gained and lost." Rick choked a bit thinking of Daryl.
"A new member to our group" Rick pointed to the unnamed baby in Lori's arms. "And to the one we've lost, who remains in our hearts. A true leader and someone who put us before him to risk his own life. The man we'll always love" Rick teared. Rick felt like he'd lost a part of himself without Daryl.
Maggie bit her lower lip and began to cry silently while others on the room tried to console each other and had their heads down. "Our guardian, Daryl Dixon" Rick finally said as everyone raised their glasses and began to drink.
Daryl was about a mile away and had been taking a short cut from the woods. Feeling tired, exhausted, Daryl walked into a shed full of shovels and saws. He didn't care, it has been past two in the morning, the sky told him. He lay on the floor and close his eyes. Just before he thought of Rick and hoped he Lori and the baby were okay. And Maggie..Daryl shot up and ran out through the woods. He changed his mind, he wouldn't wait. He was going to come home. Now.
Maggie thought Daryl was dead for sure. Rick said there was a whole pack and that they'd closed in on Daryl. The thought of Daryl in that pain just struck Maggie's heart. She never got to tell him that she loved him. He saw it in her eyes but she wanted to tell him directly. Now it was just too late and Maggie began to grit her teeth. Daryl wouldn't want this, he wanted her to be strong and safe. That's why he sacrificed himself in the first place. Maggie slipped another tear for Daryl and rolled over to realize there was so much space in it without him.
Maggie didn't want that though. She wanted to be pressed against Daryl. To have them in each other's arms. To feel happiness again. Without Daryl, she didn't feel safe anymore. He was her guardian. And she knew half the things Rick said about Daryl were directed to her. He knew about those two and he would make it up to her.
Daryl was on his way home now. It was three by now and his legs couldn't carry him much longer. But he was trudging down those woods and felt himself close in on them.
Shane and Glenn were on watch together. "I do miss the guy, it was different when he was here. Felt much stronger" Shane looked into the woods. Glenn still had teary eyes and looked at Shane. "He thought me a lot of things. I didn't know how to strum a damn guitar and he showed me. He took the time out of his life to show me. And I couldn't fire a gun in Atlanta without him stopping by and forcing me to fight and threw walkers at me and made sure I killed them" Glenn sniffed thinking of when Daryl saved his ass with Rick from the rednecks.
Maggie couldn't sleep. All she did was look up at the ceiling. "Maggie" Rick came in. She smiled at him. Fake smile. Rick could only return and look at her with compassion. "I'm so sorry Maggie, I know you two loved each other and I'm sorry it broke off the way it did. He asked me to make sure nothing ever happens to you" Rick's voice was going ragged.
"He meant so much, he still does" Maggie began tearing.
Shane looked around when he thought he heard rustling. "I heard that too" Glenn whispered. "Ain't walkers, steps are graceful. Walkers are limp" Shane looked deep into the woods. He'd seen a figure pop out of the woods. Crossbow in hand. Glenn and Shane both set their weapons down.
"The reason I said he was gone was because I didn't want all of them to believe there was a slim chance. I didn't want them led on. But Daryl is a tough bastard so I can't guarantee he's gone. And that's why we're gonna form a search group again"Rick promised to Maggie. Maggie's face lit up. "I don't think he could be dead, we'll find him" She smiled.
They were both cut off by a yell. "Rick!" It was Shane. The two ran outside to see them looking forward. "What is it? Wha-" Rick choked on his words as a failing Daryl entered the camp. Maggie wiped at her eyes and blinked again. "Daryl?" Rick said in disbelief. "Forgot me already huh?" A faint Daryl teased. Rick laughed and smiled.
Daryl had an intense stare in Maggie. He'd been gone only 7 hours but it felt like a millennium without him. He limped to her and his legs gave in. "I missed ya'" Daryl collapsed on her. Maggie almost crashed into the floor until Rick grabbed them and had her help bringing him into his cabin. Shane and Glenn couldn't believe how the man they were grieving over appeared right in front of them.
Rick checked him for bites and scratches and he was clear. "Night Maggie" Rick smiled squeezing Daryl's shoulder. "Night Rick, thank you" Maggie said. Rick nodded and left them alone.
Daryl lay beside Maggie and she couldn't help but feel his face. The fell of him again made her feel much more hopeful. He was her optimism. She removed his bloody vest and saw the scratches on his back. 'What?' Maggie looked over his back. She was with him shirtless but never saw his back.
Did he really have life that hard before? Who could hurt such a beautiful man like Daryl. Maggie kissed the deep scar trailing up his neck and put her hands on his broad shoulders. "I can't believe I have you now. You're here with me and this is where you belong Daryl." Maggie kissed Daryl's lips and lay beside him. She wanted to know of his scars. They were sexy but terrifying, a weird mix.
Maggie wrapped her arms around Daryl and pulled him to her. She put her face into his hair and whispered into his left ear. "I love you" She kissed his head and fell to a sleep with him.
Phew what a world! Enjoy!