I've done smut. I hope I did it well.

Beth was willing to risk her death of cold because she snuck in a shower. Her teeth was chattering and she was shaking by the time she went to stand beside the heater with Maggie. Most everybody had turned in already.

"New hair tie?" Maggie asked.

"Present from Daryl."

"He coming to your cell tonight? I noticed you broke the rules to shower. So did he. There's only one reason both of y'all would do that, 'specially in this kinda chill."

"Excellent deductive work there, Dick Tracy."

Maggie smiled.

"You ain't gonna tell?"

Maggie shook her head. "Nope. I taught you what you need to know. Daryl's a good man."

"People won't think like you if they found out."

"I'm still your big sister. I've got your back if folks complain."

"Even if it's Daddy complaining?"

Maggie shook her head. "I think he knows but yeah, Daddy too. My advice is be quiet. Keep your business yours."

"Tell that to Henry and Mary."

"No kidding," Maggie replied.

Beth was dry and warm so she went on to her cell. She pulled on a sleep shirt and some socks and decided she wouldn't put on anything else. She made sure she placed a condom under her nice new fluffy pillow and saw Daryl was standing in the doorway, watching her. He looked nervous but also closer to smiling than usual.

"Come on in."

He had his new quilt. He spread it out on the bed and covered her bare legs.

"What's that for?"

He sat on the edge of her bed. "Temperature's dropping fast. It's probably gonna be really cold tonight."

"You'll keep me warm won't you?" she teased.

Daryl thought it over for a long time. Long enough to worry Beth.

"Oh no, mister, you ain't backing out," she told him. "I been looking forward to this all day."

She kissed him and felt his hand at the back of her head pulling her ponytail down. She sat back and let him finger comb her hair until it was loose and draped over her shoulders and framing her face.

"I like your hair like this," he said softly.

Beth kissed his hand and held it between hers. "This world is so bad. Let's have something good together."

"What do you want?" he asked.

Beth shrugged. She'd never had a talk like this with a man before. She liked it.

"In the long run? For us to be happy, together. Tonight? You. Your mouth against mine, your hands on me."

She wondered if she should be embarrassed instead of excited like she was. He flushed but she knew it had nothing to do with embarrassment. He was excited by what she said too.

"Lay back."

Rather than question him, like she thought to do, she trusted him and laid back. When she did Daryl lifted the comforter and slipped his hand in. He very gently ran his fingertips up the inside of her thigh and the feeling made her heart take off like an eager greyhound fresh out of the gates. She was wet before his fingers found her. Beth opened her legs wider. Her eyes fluttered shut while he rubbed between her legs.

She tried to remember what Maggie said about keeping quiet but it was really hard to. Jimmy had just sorta rubbed at her. He'd never circled that sensitive nub and stroked her lips and teased her by running his fingers through her slit. He never made her have to bite her lips to hold back moans like Daryl was making her do now.

Every time his fingers hit her bud she'd feel the pleasure ripple through her. It got more intense until she felt heavy pressure inside. Then, when he'd teased her as long as she could stand, her hips lifted off the bed at each stroke of his fingers, he pushed his thick middle finger into her pussy. She whimpered and Daryl stopped. He listened to see if anybody was gonna come make sure she was okay.

When everything stayed quiet he went back to slowly fingering her. It was like torture how he built her up. Her belly was a fireplace and he was stoking a fire deep inside. She ground against his palm while sweat built up on her skin and he added pressure. She was close and desperate for release and Daryl didn't stop until he felt her walls start to flutter around his finger. When she opened her eyes he was smiling at her. It was the first time she'd seen him smile since he'd fed Judith the day she was born.

Beth threw the covers back and pulled Daryl toward her. She was glad he didn't argue about it. He slipped under with her and that's when she felt his erection. She fumbled with his zipper and unbuttoned his jeans and he scooted them down until they were out the way. He reached for the condom while Beth looked at his member. It was long and thick and looked too big to ever fit inside of her but that didn't scare her either. It just made her ache to feel him. She wrapped her small hand around his hardness and stroked him. Every small sound he made only made Beth wetter and made the ache in her pussy throb harder.

Daryl rolled the condom on. They were breathing so heavy she was worried somebody would hear. She reached up and took the little sound machine she was given for Christmas and flipped it on. She was sick of real rain but there was no storm tonight to cover them. The noise filled the cell and she relaxed, no longer worried somebody would hear. Daryl relaxed too and kissed her. He rested a hand on her hip and slid it down to lift her leg while he eased her onto her back.

It was weird having a man so big and heavy and good looking atop her. All she'd ever known was a skinny teenager. This was a lot different. Daryl had a man's body, muscled and hairy and strong. She guided him to her entrance and he started pushing in. She couldn't believe how easy it was to take him in. It was a tight fit but there was no pain. And Daryl didn't just haphazardly hump her. He rolled his hips in a slow rhythm that stoked the fire in her belly again. He filled her up buried his face in the pillow beside her and made sounds that excited her and made her slick and wet and made her throb until she was thrusting her hips to meet his and gripping his ass and biting his shoulder while she clenched around him and felt wonderful ripples of pleasure surge through her. He stiffened and his dick pulsed inside her when he came.

Daryl said he needed to leave before everybody woke up and then fell asleep with Beth in his arms. She listened to the rain sound a bit longer before switching it off to save the batteries and dozed off herself. The room was cold but under the blankets, with him, it was nice and cozy and warm. It was perfect.

Neither of them woke until a real clap of thunder hit so close it rumbled through Beth's cell. Daryl kissed her forehead and then climbed out to put his shoes on. Beth sat up and watched him. She could smell him on her skin, still taste his kiss, still feel the ghost of him in her body. She stroked his back and then lay back down. It was five thirty in the morning. It was about time to get up and start their day anyhow.

"Come back tonight?"

Daryl nodded and leaned against the wall. "I'll come back whenever you want."

"Every night then," she said. He rewarded her with another smile. She knew that wasn't easy for him but he did it anyway. Just for her.

"Okay."

"Don't worry about people finding out," she told him. "We'll deal with it together. Maggie knows. She said she's got our back."

He gulped at that news but at the same time some of the tension seemed to melt from his shoulders.

"I uh…I"

She smiled. She knew what he meant even if he wasn't really ready to say it. "I know. Me too."

"See you tonight," he said.

She watched him leave before she lay in the dark and listened to the rain and enjoyed the smell of him in her sheets and her pillow.

Daryl came back that night. And every night after.

I'm biting my nails. Feedback, maybe? This is the last chapter. I hope this was a good story for you guys.