#darylseries

This is my first time writing, feedback would be very nice if possibly:)

Summary: Daryl and Athena have known each other since the outbreak. Being very loyal to each other, but what if there was more to their friendship, lust maybe?

Warnings for series: angust, smut, cursing, blood, torture, sh, mentions of ED.

Warnings for chapter:Angust, cursing, killing of walkers, threats, Shane being a bitch

Walking through the forest she scanned the place for threats, the katana hanging loosely at her fingertips. Sudden movements behind her alerts her. Flipping around, holding the sword straight forward, pointing it at the threat.

Rolling her eyes she drops the Sword to her side. "Jesus Merle, you're lucky I didn't slice you redneck ass in half."

"Come on sugartits, you know you couldn't kill me."

"Merle," Daryl says glaring at him. He throws his hands up in the air, "So what if I call her sugar tits. It's a compliment sweetheart." Throwing her a wink she responds with rolling her eyes.

"You're the reason God created the middle finger." She says flipping him off. Daryl lets out a small laugh.

"Hey, that ain't funny."

"Whatever, Sugertits." She says smirking.

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"Officer Shane Walsh." She studies the man, looking down at his hand than back up.

"Athena."He stared at her, already annoyed she didn't take her hand.

"What kind a name is that?"

She squinted at him, "I could say the same about yours, officer."

Daryl places a hand on her shoulder, "Alright, we're done here." He motioned for Athena to follow, them beginning to walk away as Shane yells out, "Now now, didn't get your name."

"Daryl," and huffed, pointing to Merle. "That's my brother Merle."

"You guys got a last name?" She turns to Shane, furrowing her eyebrows. "What, ya gonna do a background check on us?" She smiles.

"No," He grits his teeth.

"Then why are you all up in our fucking business, Shane."

"Look, I ain't tryin-"

"Looks like you fucking are. So tell me officer, do ya got a warrant?" He stood there silent, getting more agitated at the second. Crossing her arms she speaks, "So get off my dic-" Seeing a young boy out of the corner of her eye, she stops before correcting herself. "Just get out of my business, Shane."

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Walking through the forest, Daryl and Athena walk in a comforting silence.

"Still don't like that Shane dude." Looking over at him, she nods. "Preechin' to the choir buddy."

Daryl snorts at the comment. "He acts like his shit don't stink. Bossing people around."

"Yea-"

"Hey look." Stopping, she squats down, running her hand on the imprint in the dirt.

"Gotta be only bout 20 minutes old."

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"Never got to ask, what did you do before all this?" Daryl turns to her,

"Nothin' really, just followed my brother, didn't do much." She nods, "What 'bout you?"

"Assassin." Daryl stops and turns to her. Giving her a confusing look.

"What?"

"An assassin?" He says smiling

"I'm bein' serious Daryl."

"Alright alright, to be honest it makes sense." She smiles looking at him. "Makes sense?"

"Yeah, I can tell by the way you carry yourself. Especially by the way you handle that." He points to her Katana that was hanging loosely on her back.

"Though to be honest I thought you were in the military." She snorts at the comment. "Nah, fuck that."

"Why'd you go into it though, did it pay good?"

She sighed, starting to walk again, motioning with her head for him to follow.

"Got paid with food and water, and a roof over my head. It wasn't really a choice. I was picked at a young age," She turned to him smiling . "Was best one of my group. Had the highest rank, Which means I could easily beat your ass." She playfully punches his shoulder, teasing.

He lets out a small smile, "Yeah well, do me a favor and beat Merle's instead." She lets out a soft laugh. "Been gettin' on my nerves."

"I'll make sure i'll do that." She says, flashing him a small smile. They both continued to walk in silence. Starting to pick up that Daryl wanted to say something, but didn't want to offend her.

"Spit it out Katniss." Turning towards her, he gives an amused look. "Katniss?" He smirks.

"Yeah, you know with the crossbow and everything." She says pointing to it.

"Katniss had an bow and arrow."

"Same difference."

Daryl smiled at her, his eyes softening at her smile and the way her cheeks got slightly red from laughing. "How'd you get out?"

She turned to him, scanning his face. "Got lucky," she looked down at her feet while walking. "People got infected at where I stayed, all the guards were running from each other. One dropped a key," she looked up at him, "Like I said, got lucky."

He nodded at her response, beginning to reply until he heard the sound of yelling and crying. As they both approached the hill, they saw the group looking at the deer that they both been tracking for hours, half eaten by a walker.

She groaned walking up to the deer, pulling her blade out from behind her back and stabbing the decapitated head. "Don't ya'll know you have to go for the head?"

Daryl grumbles as he walks up with her, "Summabitch, that was my deer!" He stepped up, examining the deer. "We was tracking this deer for miles.. was gonna cook us up some venison." He squatted down. "You think we can cut that chewed part right here?"

"Nah, shouldn't risk it."

Daryl grumbled some profanities before speaking again. "Well we caught a few squirrels so that will have to do for now."

Daryl and Athena walked towards the camp in sync, Daryl looking for Merle so he can bitch about the deer.

"Daryl wait up a minute." They both turned to look at Shane. She knew that look that Shane was giving them, the look of someone died.

"Who died?" She spoke, breaking the tension. "No one died…but it's about Merle, we had some trouble in Atlanta." She glanced over at Daryl, even though she was not fond of his brother, it was still Daryl's brother.

"He dead?"

"Not sure."

Daryl shifted towards Shane, "Either he dead or he ain't." He said clearly getting pissed off at the lack of information.

Athena turned to the direction of another man walking up, rolling her eyes. "Great, another sheriff," She mumbled.

"Look, there isn't any easy way for me to say this so i'll just say it." Daryl turns his focus to the man speaking.

"And who are you?"

"Rick Grimes."

"Rick grimes." Daryl repeated, becoming more and more annoyed by the second. "You got something you wanna tell me?"

Rick took a step closer, "Look man, your brother was a threat to all of us, so I handcuffed him to a piece of metal on the roof. He's still there."

Athena turned towards the man, now getting angrier. Stepping forward she yelled at him. "I get that Merle can be a handful, but you handcuffed his ass to a roof, in a place that is surrounded by fucking walkers?!"

Daryl placed his hand on her shoulder, standing in front of her. Making a gesture telling her 'He'll handle it.'

"Nah hold on, lemme process this shit man, you handcuffed my brother to a roof and left him for dead?!"

Rick stood there, taking in the anger that Daryl was throwing at him. "Yeah." He mumbled. Hanging his slightly.

Daryl threw the squirrels off his shoulder, preparing to launch at Rick. Shane came in and wrestled Daryl to the ground, pulling him into a choke hold. Athena walks up to him, taking her gun out and points it at Shane.

"Drop him." She hissed.

"Or what? What are you gonna do sweetheart?"

"You might think just because you got the badge Shane, that you're the all mighty or sum shit. But you ain't. Look around." She motioned her hands around the area. "There ain't no fucking government no more, which means whatever fucking status you had all before this, doesn't mean shit. Now," She cocks her gun, "Let him go before I shoot your fucking brains out."