Disclaimer: I don't own AMC's The Walking Dead or any of its characters, wishful thinking aside.

Authors Note #1: This story is meant to fit into the canon events of the episode, and to explore what might have happened when the storm died down some and they nodded off to sleep before Daryl took his turn on watch where Maggie relieving him come dawn near the end of the episode.

Warnings: Spoilers for 5x10. *Contains: self-harm, reference to self-harm as a coping mechanism in both past and present tenses, adult language, adult content, deals with vague aspects of past abuse (childhood and adult), references to drug use, violence and the usual emotional baggage.