#aaryl

We Sink

Daryl Dixon/Aaron - The Walking Dead

Summary: Daryl and Aaron are in love and scared to do anything about it. Plus things keep getting in the way.

From the fic:

Aaron and Daryl in the promo for the S11 mid-season finale.

We’ve already established that Jesus is kind of mischievous and crafty, and he has said to Maggie, when he came out to her, that he’s always had trouble being like, emotionally available or something, with boyfriends. And Aaron is such a Trust Me, Open Up To Me type of character, so that’s like, certainly a juicy dynamic to hope for.

We have also firmly established Jesus as a Good character who cares about building a peaceful society in the aftermath of conflict, which really vibes with Aaron’s core values, so I’m down with this. I’m open to it.

I do think that if you’re going for this kind of dynamic with these kind of characters it makes more sense for it to be Aaron and Daryl, not Aaron and Jesus, and moreover Aaron and Daryl are already friends, and Daryl was even sort of friends with Eric, Aaron’s dead husband, which seems important and full of poignant potential. I always got a romantic friendship vibe from Aaron and Daryl anyway, and Daryl can’t bear to see someone he loves in pain, so he’d go get drunk with Aaron and let him reminisce about how great Eric was, how they met, what their hopes and dreams were, all the highs and lows of their time together. That wold be a fantastic Daryl scene! Norman Reedus is so good at looking stoically crushed and trying not to cry.

But like, Daryl’s probably never gonna be queer in canon, and if I want Daryl/Aaron times I’ll probably have to write it myself. I think Ive lost the touch when it comes to finding fic that suits my specific little desires. I keep trying to read TWD fic and I keep being like “hmm I don’t know about this” and it’s not that it’s poorly written! It’s just not my style! Maybe I’m just out of sync with the fandom as a whole, maybe I’m just looking in the wrong places

I mean I looked up Daryl/Dwight fics on ao3 (complete works only, sort by kudos descending lol) and there were only seven of them! That much Shadow Self sexual tension, that much erotically charged BDSM torture, and Dwight even had a redemption arc! For Christ’s sake! What a vibe! Anyway I’m gonna try to read those seven fics because I need them, but I’m surprised at how little interest there is in the ship. Hardly any Michonne/Andrea, too! I finally just looked up all of the fics for that pairing, regardless of date posted, and there were a lot of results but it’s almost always a side pairing :(