Fight

They'd had arguments before but nothing like this. Not to the point where Beth had slapped him and stormed out, tears in her eyes. He felt like an ass but he didn't know how to say he was sorry, more to the point, he didn't think he needed to. She's the one who'd nearly gotten herself killed, bitten by a walker. She'd been reckless, jumping between them like that, tackling the walker to the ground. It had gotten on top of her and its teeth had been centimeters from her skin before he was able to put an arrow through its head. That's what they'd fought about; he'd told her he didn't want her on runs anymore. Not after that, not with him. The fact that they loved each other made them too emotional, too reckless, one of them was going to get hurt.

He swore and kicked an empty bottle across the ground. "Daryl?" Rick walked over and looked at him. "You need to go after her." Daryl swore again. That was just perfect, of course everyone had heard them fighting. "You can't just leave it at that."

Daryl shook his head and started to walk off. "We both need to cool down first." He started towards their tent when Glenn and Carl stopped him. "Oh, come on. Mind your own business."

"Beth is my business," Glenn pointed out. "You can't yell at her for doing what she did."

"Especially since you would have done the same thing," Carl pointed out, crossing his arms.

"They're right." Daryl rolled his eyes as Michonne walked up too. "You need to go apologize."

"Why? I didn't do anything?" he snapped.

"Yes, you did." Rick looked at him, his hand on his shoulder. "You yelled at her for doing the same thing you would have done."

Daryl sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He knew they were right. "Where is she?" Carl pointed him in the right direction and he stalked off. He found her picking up firewood around came. "Can we talk?" he asked softly.

She looked up at him and sighed. "Are you going to yell at me again?" she asked.

Daryl shook his head. "No." He walked over to her and took her hands, making her drop the firewood. "I'm sorry I yelled, okay? You just scared the crap out of me."

Beth sighed and looked at him. "Yeah well, you scared the cram out of me, it had you."

He nodded his head and kissed her temple. "I know." He hugged her close. "I lost you once, I just…I can't do that again."

She slowly wrapped her arms around him. "You're not going to lose me again."