Five things Daryl never knew about Carol, and one thing he did.
Mrs. Neudermeyer's got a secret.
(Written for the Unlikely Hero challenge!)
"You want me to babysit your boy?"
Daryl meets Henry while Carol takes him to Hilltop. (Season 9, episode 7: "Stradivarius")
Daryl had never really considered much to be beautiful.
He doesn't know where he belongs, until he does.
(A look at Daryl's head during those ten months. Season 10, episode 18: "Find Me")
The blood on her jacket is his worst nightmare.
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"You think I need a chaperone?"
Henry meets Daryl on his way to Hilltop with Carol. (Season 9, episode 7 "Stradivarius")
Carol's sick of not having choices.
(AU where Carol leaves Ed and Sophia's placed in foster care.)
Daryl and Carol cross paths after the prison falls.
She can taste his words in her mouth, smell the sweet scent of them on his breath as it bursts hotly across her collarbone, feel their softness in the sheets he lays her upon.
Carol enjoys two things in life: baking and making that cute new customer blush.
He has no idea what she can't say.
(Season 10, episode 9: "Squeeze")
Daryl finds a woman with a baby not far from his cabin.
(Takes place in the same universe, but instead of canon, Sophia's an infant, and Daryl, Merle, Carol, and Sophia meet before the quarry.)
Daryl finds out that Rick left Carol behind.
(Season 4, episode 8: "Made to Suffer")
Timestamp to Choices.
Five times they weren't married, and one time they were.
The Grimes gang is on the run from both the Saviors and the law, and take a woman under their wing along the way.
“Henry’s an idealist, just like Ezekiel. I love that about him, I do. It’s important. But it can be dangerous too.”
Carol introduces Henry and Daryl on their way to Hilltop. (Season 9, episode 7: "Stradivarius")
"I can't stay at Hilltop, we've got problems of our own at the Kingdom, and I'd just feel really a lot better if you were there with him."
Carol introduces Henry and Daryl on their way to Hilltop. (Season 9, episode 7: "Stradivarius")
Carol's a little craftier than she gets credit for.
"We have a future. Don't let her take that too."
Carol tells Daryl.
(Starts right after season 10, episode 8: "The World Before")
Maybe keeping everyone at arm's length isn't all it's cracked up to be.
(High school AU)
***On hiatus
"We ain't dead. And whatever happened, happened. Let's start over."
"I want to."
(A fix-it to season 5, episode 6: "Consumed.")
"Remember the storage units?"
They've been looking for Maggie, but Leah finds more than she expected.
The soulmate phenomenon isn't well understood.
(A soulmate AU in an otherwise identical universe)
Daryl always says, "Stop."
Daryl and Carol make good use of the empty guard tower.
"If anybody deserves to be happy, it's you."
(Season 9, episode 1: "A New Beginning")
Hard work deserves a good reward.
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