An Accident
Warnings: Shooting, blood mentioned, swearing
Word Count: 731
Writer: Jill/Savannah @mistersourwolf
Pairing: Daryl x Reader
You didn’t quite remember, but what you did know, was that it hurt. It hurt like hell.
It was supposed to be simple. Get food, get medicine, get anything you could find. And go home. Go home to Daryl. But, then again. No simple run ends pretty.
The first thing you remember was gun fire going off, the confusion on your face turning into horror as you watched them, every single one of those damn walkers burst through the door, the rest was more of a blur, but the sudden feeling of warmth over through you as you furrowed your eyebrows and glanced down at the sight of blood. Was it yours? Or someone else’s? But all of a sudden a feeling of pain overwhelmed you along with confusion. Did someone shoot you? You didn’t know. What you did know, was that it was becoming more painful by the minute. Your eyes looked up, meeting with Glenn’s who suddenly panicked and rushed over towards you, your knees giving out as you collapsed onto the solid floor. Thanking the stars that the walkers around you were dead instead of alive and eating at your flesh. “Y/n! Y/n, hold on, it’s gonna be okay. See? It’s gonna be okay just hold on!”
Feeling the pressure on your wound made you groan, glancing as others ran over towards your aid, though, after that everything else was a blur. In and out, you remember small pieces. Like being in the back of the car with your head in Rosita’s lap, telling you everything was gonna be okay.
But after that, it went dark.
The bright light was blinding as your eyes slowly opened. Daryl rushed to your side, squeezing your hand to let you know he was there. Your vision was blurry but soon your eyes adjusted. A small but yet visible smile formed on your lips. Daryl’s eyes were bloodshot and it was clear that he had been crying.
“Baby,” you whispered, it was hard to talk as your throat was dry and scratchy.
Daryl knew immediately, handing you a glass of water that had been sitting on your nightstand.
You sat up, sipping at the water. The cold water soothed your throat and Daryl took it putting it back where it was.
“Imma kill whoever did this to you,” He huffed, Daryl was always protective of you. It took everything he had just to let you go on this run without him and of course something had to happen to you. “Who did it?”
You squeezed his hand, disagreeing, “Daryl, it was an accident, you-“
“It don’t matter!” He walked away, starting to pace the room. “Nah, they’re peachy fine while you lay up in this bed, it ain’t right.”
Your heart warmed because you knew this probably hurt him more than it did you. And it was extremely painful, a burning sensation had taken over your body but that was most of what you could remember.
“Daryl, baby I need you to listen to me.” You called out, hoping he’d come back to your bedside. All you wanted to do was hold him, but he was too pissed off to take into account that maybe that’s what you really needed.
You watched as Daryl mumbled swears under his breath, looking angrier than you’d ever seen. Within a few minutes he was able to calm himself down, rushing back over to your side and sitting down on the bed. His green eyes stared into yours, and you could how much pain he was in.
“I’m here and I’m not going anywhere.” You explained, tearing up. You reached out your hand, touching the side of his face and trailing your thumb back and forth.
“You scared the hell outta me.” You pulled him down, laying his head on your chest as he began to cry. Your fingers combed through his hair, trying to calm him.
“I know, baby, but I promise I’m not ever leaving this Earth without you.” You said, staring up at the ceiling, counting your blessings.
It killed you knowing how much this upset him. You wish you could just get out of your bed and continue your day around Alexandria. And you knew that’s what hurt him the most, seeing you be bed ridden. He continued crying and you started to as well. You rubbed his back, wishing to stay that way forever. Nothing else mattered when he was in your arms.
