There's too much to say and no words to begin, so she utters the only thing she can and hopes that somehow he understands. And then, she holds out her hand. Set after 3x10, Home. (Caryl)
Reunited at the prison, Daryl, Carol, and Merle search for their footing on unfamiliar ground. Inspired by a season three deleted scene with Caryl undertones throughout.
He wishes she'd hold on even tighter than that. Wishes he could feel her nails dig deep in his skin. That she'd leave behind evidence of her very life.
"Pretty hot," she mused with a teasing grin. Carol shielded her eyes and innocently surveyed the sun rising high overhead. She didn't miss, though, the way his face reddened just a little too much to blame on the heat.
"Daryl?" Her fingers reached thoughtlessly for the rounded firmness of his shoulder before she remembered and snatched them away. It wasn't like it used to be, and some cruel part of her wondered if it had ever really been anything at all. Still, he found her. He always did. Set two years after the events of 4.08.
"You don't interrupt a moment like that! Especially when half of the moment uses a crossbow!" Glenn tries to explain the importance of letting a moment run its course. Slightly cracked conversation with a focus on Caryl. Spoilers for 5x01.
