I Still Love You (Daryl x Reader)
Y/N's POV:
"Y/N...Y/N.....Y/N!"
I jolted up from my once peaceful slumber looking around frantically. My eyes soon fell upon Michonne looking at me with her hands rested on her hips. "Ughhh it's too early," I said as I plopped back down onto my sleeping bag. I heard Michonne smack her teeth before I felt a slight tap on my calf. I didn't react knowing that it was one of Michonne's annoying attempts to get me up. Soon another kick came but this one was followed by a sharp pain causing me to wince in pain. "Ok ok, I'm up" I whined finally rolling out of the warmth of my blankets. "Why did you wake me anyways" I grumbled as I started to get dressed.
"We need you for a run," Michonne said, smirking at her victory. "We" I questioned changing my shirt. "Me and Daryl," Michonne said as her smirk grew and I froze, turning to look at her. She happened to be one of the few people that knew about my long time crush on the 40-year-old redneck. I could feel the blush rise to my cheeks as I thought about him but those thoughts were interrupted by Michonne's laughs of entertainment. "We leave in 5," She said, finally exiting my tent leaving me to my own thoughts. "This should be fun" I sighed as I continued getting dressed.
When I finished getting dressed I took a good look at myself in the broken mirror I had in my tent. "I look good," I said admiring my reflection. I wore a pair of black ripped jeans, a white crop top, and black combat boots. After I brushed out my hair I grabbed my machete and headed outside. When I stepped outside I took a deep breath of the warm breeze that flew past my face, surprisingly it was a nice day. I looked around smiling at everyone at camp when I spotted Daryl and Michonne taking among themselves by the pick-up truck we used for runs. I quickly made my way over causing them both to look in my direction. " Hey guys," I said cheerfully while Michonne gave me a nod as if to say 'hey'. "It's about damn time," Daryl said, giving me a look that I couldn't read. "Shut up Dixon" I spoke rolling my eyes as I walked to the passenger side of the truck. "You betta watch your mouth sunshine," Daryl said with a slight growl which sent a tingle down my spine.
The drive to our destination was completely silent and It was me driving crazy. Without thinking I started digging around in the glove box looking for some type of CD. "Hey! What are you-" Daryl started but didn't finish as he saw me pull out my favorite CD with a wide grin on my face. "Don't. You. Dare" Daryl said already knowing what I was implying. I quickly slipped the CD in as my favorite song started to play.
Seasons change and our love went cold Feed  the flame 'cause we can't let go Run away, but we're running in circles Run away, run away I dare you to do something I'm  waiting on you again, so I don't take the blame Run away, but we're running in circles Run away, run away, run away
I sang as I playfully caressed Daryl's face with the back of my hand. He scoffed, turning his head but I could see the slight blush that he tried to hide. I smirked as a light-bulb went off in my head.
I said so, I knew that this was doomed from the get-go You thought that it was special, special But it was just the sex though, the sex though
As I sang those lyrics I let my hand travel down to his thigh inching closer and closer to his groin. He quickly grabbed my hand stopping it from moving any further as he swerved the truck nearly driving off the road. "What the hell" Michonne yelled from the back seat as she held on for dear life. Looking at Daryl's face, I couldn't contain my laughter as I could tell he was still processing what had just happened. When we made it to our destination we all got out and grabbed our weapons and duffle bags. We were at some type of grocery store that was definitely zombie territory but nobody seemed to care as we walked towards the glass doors. Before I could open the door I was yanked back causing me to yelp. I turned to see it was Daryl and Michonne gave him a look of confusion. "Daryl what the h-" I started but was quickly interrupted, "Wait," Daryl said banging on the dirty store window. I looked at Michonne who just shrugged until we were greeted with the loud moaning of walkers pressed against the glass.
"Doesn't look like there's too many of them. You guys ready" Daryl said looking back at us before swinging open the door. Five walkers came limping out and I smirked unsheathing my machete. I ran up to the first walker I saw as I sliced off the top of its head with no effort. "Y/N behind you" I heard Daryl say as I turned around stabbing a walker that was creeping towards me. When we took out all the walkers we each gave a nod as we entered the store. After seeing that the coast was clear, we each went our separate ways looking up and down the isles for supplies.
Daryl's POV:
When I was finally alone I let out a huge sigh that I didn't even know I was holding in. 'What the hell was that back in the truck? Why the fuck did Y/N-' "You ok" Michonne said stripping me from my current trance. "I'm fine" I mumbled making my way around her but she quickly grabbed my arm causing me to look at her. She was..... smiling? That was new. "You like her" she simply said with a devilish smirk. My eyes widened and my breath hitched. "I-I don't know what you're talking about" I stuttered uncontrollably. This caused her eyes to go wide "I knew it" she laughed shaking her head as she walked away. Now it was my turn to grab her. "Listen. If you say a word about this-" I started to threaten but she quickly put a hand up. "I won't but you will," Michonne said escaping my grip and walking off leaving me a bit confused. 'What did she mean by that'. Â
Y/N's POV:
My bag was almost filled with supplies when I came across an aisle that had packs of ammo scattered across the floor. "Oop bingo," I said to myself smiling as I started tossing them into my bag. In the midst of me doing so, the back door of the store slammed open as walkers started piling in out of nowhere. "WALKERS!!" I yelled, grabbing my machete swinging it every which way. "C'MON" I heard Daryl yell as we started running towards the front of the store. Before I made it out the door I realized I left my bag, we needed those supplies. "I have to go back for my duffle" I quickly said, not giving anyone a chance to stop me. " Y/N NO" I heard Michonne scream but I didn't care. I ran back to where I left my duffle bag making it there with no problem, getting back to the front was gonna be the issue. I looked around and started to slowly panic. I was completely surrounded by snarling walkers and they were all making their way towards me.
"I ain't going down with a fight," I said once again pulling out my machete. Just when I was about to start attacking, I saw a smoke bomb roll towards me as it started to dispense. "RUN!" I heard someone yell. It was Daryl! I wasted no time as I ran out the front doors of the store with Michonne slamming the door behind me. I crumbled to my knees trying to catch my breath feeling proud of myself. "What the hell were you thinking?" I heard Michonne scold as I started laughing a bit. She looked at me like I was crazy until I showed what was inside my duffel. "We needed this stuff," I said looking up at her and Daryl. She looked at me and then opened the bag causing her eyes to widen at the stash. "Woah" was Michonne's only response as she dug around the duffle bag full of supplies and ammo. I had a huge smile of accomplishment on my face until I made eye contact with Daryl who was clearly pissed.
"What kinda stunt were you trying to pull huh? YOU COULD'VE GOTTEN YOURSELF KILLED" Daryl yelled causing me to flinch. 'What the hell was his problem?' Before Michonne and I could respond to his outburst he stormed off towards the truck mumbling something that I couldn't hear. I looked at Michonne confused and she gave me a soft smile. "Go talk to him, I'll finish sorting through this," She said gesturing towards the supplies. I gave her a nod in response and ran towards the truck to see Daryl doing something with his bow. "Daryl..." I spoke making him look at me as he gave me an eye roll. "What the hell do ya want" He spat with venom laced in his tone. This is what ticked me off. "What do you mean what do I want? What the hell was that back there" I questioned getting closer to him. He balled up his fist and flared his nose as he looked at me with such hatred.
We stood in silence staring each other down for at least 2 minutes before I had the nerve to speak again. "I'm waiting" I huffed, crossing my arms over my chest. Daryl ran his hand over his face and he laughed, still clearly angry. "YOU wanna know what my problem is? The problem is YOU. Because YOU made me fall for YOU. YOU MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU" Daryl yelled swinging his arm around in agitation like he always does.
Shock overcame my body and I just stood there. 'In love?' He looked like he wanted to say something else but I quickly stopped him by pressing my lips against his. At first, I felt him try to reject me but he soon kissed me back with just as much force. He slowly wrapped his arms around my waist and I had never felt so safe, this felt right. The kiss started to get a bit heated but before anything could progress, we both heard a laugh making us jump away from each other. We were both blushing like crazy looking up to see Michonne holding all three duffel bags. "If y'all are done sucking each other faces off, I would love some help with these," she said setting the bags on the ground. Me and Daryl made eye contact and quickly looked away from each other as we started to load the truck again. When Daryl wasn't looking Michonne grabbed my arm with a smirk. "Looks like someone getting fucked later" she whispered in my ear causing my cheeks to burn. I gasped and playfully slapped her arm making her laugh. "What's so funny," Daryl asked when he was done putting everything in the truck. "NOTHING" I yelled before Michonne could speak and I quickly hopped back in the passenger seat. Daryl and Michonne joined me a few seconds later as we pulled off driving back to camp.
Once again the ride was quiet leaving me to my thoughts. I smiled as I looked out the window at the passing trees as I thought about today's events, then I remembered something. I slowly grabbed Daryl's hand in mine and to my surprise, he squeezed it gently. "I love you too" I whispered just enough for him to hear. I saw him smile a little at my words as he kissed my hand gently, never taking his eyes off the road.
"I know Y/N"















