Angel (Daryl Dixion x Reader)

~33~

   After the farm fell, that first night was scary and unsettling to say the least. Especially for everyone else in the group. All you remembered was being on point watch all night long after the red truck ran out of gas on Rick. It was rough on everyone, especially after Shane let it slip that Randle had turned without being bitten. That the gun fire to put him down was likely the cause of the herd over taking the farm. Tension hit an all time high after Rick was forced to explained what Jenner had told him at the CDC. Again when asked if Jenner had said anything else, he didn't exactly say no, but he didn't exactly say anything thing else about it either. Some wanted to leave that night, and some wanted to have Daryl or you lead the way instead of Rick and Shane. Yet both of you knew that it was Rick and Shane who'd gotten everyone this far in the first place. Others argued that it was both of your brothers and you who'd gotten all of you that far. Some argued that you were the only reason there were so many of them left in the first place. At the end of the day, nobody dared leave on their own, knowing they probably wouldn't last till the end of the week on their own. Even after Rick announced that it was no longer a democracy within the group. That it was strictly a dictatorship with him in charge from that moment on. Nobody dared argue with him either, even more so after that first week on the road. It was very rough, to say the very least. Even more so for the Greenes, who had to had to get used to living on the run with walkers all around at all times. You'd never admit it, but it wasn't just the Greenes who missed the safety of the farms fences and four house walls to sleep in. You hated to realize that you'd grown used to it all, and most of all the safety of it.. Though you'd always known deep down that it was only a matter of time before it would inevitably get snatched from you and your family.

Month One On The Road:
Everyone had slowly gotten down how to move around in such a large group. Glenn thankfully found an abandoned bass pro shop and got enough supplies to help the group survive on the run in search of the next "safe" place. You and Rick decided it was safer to not stay in one place for more than a night or two. Simply to avoid walkers or worse strangers. Though at this point, the group thought you were becoming paranoid by the thought of strangers on the road. None of them really heeding your warnings about the possibility of other humans. They thought you were losing it when you were adamant that people were far more dangerous than the walkers could ever be. Daryl definitely helped conserve rations of the canned food you'd come across by hunting as frequently as possible. Though it began to get even more rough on everyone as the cold weather came with a bone chilling quickness. Lori quickly began to get intense morning sickness every single day. Just another reminder that the dire need for a place to hold up permanently was desperately needed. It was your main priority to keep your brothers sane and to keep this group alive. Everyone could see it too. The raw dedication you held for them all individually. The love and loyalty for them as if they were all your blood. It truly made those who previously doubted your mental stability begin to love you as much as your blood family always had. Yet it quickly became clear to everyone that Rick was basically letting you co-lead with him, considering you held his ear on everything major. All the while, Shane became a genuinely valued protector of the group who held Ricks other ear. The group looked to all three of you for literally everything.

Month Two:
Shockingly to absolutely no one, Shane and Lori absolutely despised each other now. It was like her pregnancy hormones had honed in her hatred for him specifically. Twisting that dislike into a dangerously sharp blade of out right hate. Especially after Rick made it plain and clear that he'd forgiven them both for their past mistakes while still keeping his brotherly love for Shane. Oddly, enough was like Lori's attitude towards Rick, in always wanting to fight had somehow shifted towards Shane with a nasty vengeance. Everyone thought it was strange when she was seemingly overly nice and sweet to Rick, and down right spiteful and hatful to Shane. A behavior she could display in the very same breath. Even after Shane continued save her life so many times since the farm fell that you'd genuinely lost count. However, her bipolar attitude and switching up of opinions had eventually backfired on Lori. Rick eventually snapped from it and as a result, he had stopped speaking to her all together. Only really speaking to her unless it was about "his" baby, whom was finally beginning to barely show in her now slowly swelling belly. Though her constant morning sickness from the pregnancy forced her to take in more food that the group really didn't have to spare. For whatever reason, you always were the first one to give up your food rations for her. Only to not risk your future nephew or nieces life because of starvation..