His wound was finally healing, but they all watched him nursing it into the evening and trying not to let anyone know it was hurting. He was trying to play on the floor with Sophia, she was grabbing her feet looking up at him. He couldn't pick her up only sit on the floor against the couch watching her move around the floor watching her. She was nearly due her bath and feed and bed. He was watching and trying not to move or breath as it hurt.
'Daryl, you need to take something for your shoulder?' Carol asked him she come out from the kitchen. She held his pills and a glass of water in her hand. She had sleeping pills and pain meds, she knew she was going to have trouble making him take a sleeping pill. He didn't like to be not in control, however everytime he come home from there he was in pain and tired. Not to mention normally in the foulest moods ever because he didn't want anyone to know so they had to put up with him being grumpy.
'No I'm fine,' he tried to turn to look at her. She could see it on his face. She could also see he wanted to hold her and cuddle the baby, he wanted to do lots of things that he wasn't allowed to. Mostly he could only watch Carol playing with Sophia and he also had been cut off from sex, and that seemed to make him more cranky than anything else.
Carol come and sat on the couch holding the glass and the pills watching Sophia. She yawned and was tired, everyone was tired and they all needed to go to bed early. If he didn't take his pills they would be in for another night of him tossing and turning. Whinning that if he had sex everything would be so much better. Carol had had enough of him today and she wondered if she could trick him into just taking the pills.
'You need to have a shower, you smell,' She told him.
'I will soon,' he told her, she knew he was having a stand off, he told her in his grump on the way home he was never showering again because there was no point he was going to die a virgin and probably with cobwebs on his dick. Carol actually snorted when he told her that. He complained about it so much Carol though sometimes she should just give in and climb on him.
'You had physio today, and your sore, you need to take them or your not going to be able to sleep. If you don't sleep I don't sleep,' Carol told him. 'I need to bath Soph and get her to bed, you need to sleep.'
Andrea and Merle had gone out to visit with Rick and Lori and would be gone for another few hours. Carol was tired, Sophia was cranky. She put the pills beside him with the drink and picked up Sophia to take her to the bathroom. She bent over with just enough lean so he could see right down her top. He was baited on her hook and he could see him watching her arse as she moved about.
'If I take them do I get sex tonight?' Daryl asked her as she was leaving the room. Carol had been sticking to the no sex diet that Andrea had suggested. It had been working Daryl was healing really well but he was grumping about not being able to have sex.
'If you take your pain pills, I will have a spa with you and I won't put on a suit,' Carol told him, he had the pills in his mouth quite quick. Drinking down his drink. Carol stared at him shaking her head. 'Ok, we need to take a rain check on the spa babe, you took them all, including your sleeping pill,'
'The fuck! Carol, did you trick me?' Daryl grumbled trying to stand up and make it to the bathroom to take a quick shower before the pill took affect. Carol just shook her head, turning her head so he wouldn't see her grin.
'No, I said just take the pain pills,' Carol told him, 'Not my fault if you didn't notice the great big sleeping pill, now quick shower because you stink,'
Carol moved about she had Sophia on her hip and turned on the shower. She moved about running Sophia's bath. Daryl struggled to get his clothes off. She ended up putting Sophia on the ground to help him out of his shirt. She shoved him in the shower and gave Sophia the quickest bath ever. She Wrapped her in a towel and run through to get her dressed into her sleep suit. Then she left her in the cot to go get Daryl out of the shower.
Sophia burst into tears thinking she was going to bed without boobies but she could hear Daryl calling her. She turned off the shower and helped him out. Sophia was still crying and she moved with him through to their bedroom. He was swaying on his feet. The heavy dose sleeping pill was starting to take affect. She dried him the best she could and pulled on some boxers. She sat him on the edge of the bed, pushing him back to lie down. She tucked him down a little with his head on the pillow. She went to go get Sophia who was still crying.
Daryl's eyes were half shut as he tried to watch her feed Sophia. 'You tricked,'
'I know, I'm tired, your tired, but I will skinny dip in the spa shortly, and you will be sound asleep and will miss it,' Carol told him.
'Nooooo,' Daryl slurred. His eyes shut and his mouth fell open. Carol sighed and turned on a movie to watch on tv. She finished with Sophia and tucked her into bed. She went about the house checking everything, locking the doors and then went to shower. She checked Sophia and then climbed into bed beside Daryl and snuggled into his side to go to sleep, relieved that Daryl would sleep all night because she tricked him. They were both sound asleep by 9pm.