A/N: This is a Christmas gift for my lovely girlfriend, Gaby (tudorregina on AO3). Merry Christmas, Gaby! :] I love you. 3
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Beth stood watching everyone mingle. Her family had some relatives and friends over for a Christmas party. It was a fun gathering and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Beth thought the party was nice but she was hoping to see a certain someone here and she hasn't yet. She hoped that he didn't decide not to come.
Looking around more, she finally spotted him in the corner of the living room. He seemed to be alone. Beth walked over to him and when he spotted her, she swore she saw a small smile on his face.
"Hi, Daryl," Beth greeted him and smiled at him. Daryl had been a friend to the Greenes for a while now. He wound up here on the Greene farm one day when he was looking for work and ended up getting a job on the farm. He's moved on to other things now but he has become good friends with the Greenes and still helps out and hangs out with them occasionally.
"Hey," he greeted back in his grumbly voice.
"I was looking for you," she told him.
"You were?" he questioned.
"Yeah. I like hanging out with you," she told him. And because I have a massive crush on you, she added on in her own thoughts.
"Oh… I like hanging out with you too," he told her. It was a small thing but it made Beth blush.
"Are you enjoying the party?" she asked him.
"It's… Interesting," he simply said and Beth frowned. "Sorry. You know me, this stuff usually isn't my kind of thing," he explained.
"I know, I know, you and your 'lone wolf' shtick," she said and he chuckled at that. "But you should know, I- We love having you here."
"Thanks." He paused for a moment, seeming to contemplate what he wanted to say next, and then spoke up. "To be honest, I guess I'm also not used to the whole 'happy Christmas' thing. Never really had one of those myself."
Beth frowned again. He never really told her or anyone else much about his past but from the small details he's let slip, she knows that he's had a tough life and his family wasn't so great.
"Well… Now's your chance to have one," she said to him. Daryl smiled.
Beth's eyes suddenly noticed something above them that she hadn't when she came over here.
"Hey, look, Mistletoe," she pointed out. Daryl looked up to where she was looking and saw the item in question.
"Huh," he simply said. They both looked back down at each other. Beth tried to search his eyes for what he was thinking but he was hard to read. But then she noticed that he was slowly leaning towards her. Slowly, his lips connected with hers. It was a soft, sweet kiss, definitely not something she expected from Daryl considering his seemingly tough demeanor; it was lovely. After a moment, they separated and looked at each other. Beth smiled and Daryl did once he saw that she was.
"Maybe I do like this happy Christmas thing after all," Daryl said.
Beth giggled at that. "Me too."
They were both filled with joy and enjoyed the rest of the party together.
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A/N: I had never written these two before so I hope that wasn't too OOC lmao.
Thank you for reading! 3