Broken ~{Book Two}~ Daryl Dixon ZA

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Tina almost knocked Daryl from his feet when he came home when she wrapped herself around his body like there was no tomorrow. He already knew roughly what happened as Heath and Denise informed him, Rick and the others as they opened the gate for their return.

"Sounds to me like this prick is becoming obsessed with you" Daryl spoke quietly and bitterly as he lent, arms folded on the stairs as the pair went over the events. "This guy means business Daryl, I dont know what to do! Someone could of been killed tonight. It was a threat I know it was!" Tina panicked bolting up from the stairs and paced the living room running her hands through her hair "I dont think anything would of happened to you" he scoffed which frustrated Tina as she narrowed her eyes at him "are you not listening to me? He thinks you and Rick are selling him short! This, all of this is a warning. I do the supplies I know whats there I double check again and again! Guys like Negan will say its short when it isnt and we will have to pay!" She snapped gesturing with her hands, Daryl stepped from his position and tried to hold Tina by the wrists to reason with her, she wriggled from him at first and then relented to his touch "he aint shit. The whole time you are here he wont hurt you" he began "me and Rick can handle that bastard, he aint getting away with his little games, and this bullshit he has going on with you is stopping" he added pushing her from his grip. "He came to make sure I was okay" she added reliving it, making Daryl scowl and shake his head "of course he did" he snapped with strong sarcasm "he was always going to be here for that" he added heading for the door. "Where the hell are you going?" Tina snapped dashing to the attempting to block his exit, he sighed with impatience "when you get de-lobotomised, let me know" he quipped gently nudging her arm away and opening the door, Tina pulled a face, she was confused by his comment just then "and whats that supposed to mean?" She spoke in a demanding tone, with folded arms she watched Daryl pace down the three steps to their porch before turning to face her way "I know you like him T, the guy sent people in to scare us all, any of you could of died, including your daughter and you cant help jump to his defence, I aint stupid Tina" he harshly admitted before turning away and heading away from her. Tina gulped, with teary eyes she couldnt deny he wasnt onto something there and it pained her knowing he was cottoning on, nothing had happened like that that Daryl wasnt aware of but Tina was crushing on Negan and she was crushing bad.

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Tina and Daryl were never going to agree on Negan, of course she was standing by Daryl she had more loyalties to him after all than Negan but something inside her felt protective of Negan and she found herself coming to his defence more often than not. In the few weeks that had passed since the break in, Tina and Daryl had had an almighty disagreement at Father Gabriel's chapel as Rick described how Negan was going to be killed in great detail and Tina stupidly stood up for him resulting in Daryl dragging her outside and reminding her what he was, Tina couldnt help it, she had started to think this could be solved another way, without killing him. She never admitted it but the thought of him being killed upset her. "What the fuck is with you T? He's got you brainwashed or something!" Daryl snarled forcibly pushing her away from the chapel "go get your head tested you stupid bitch" he snapped aloud as he slammed the door behind her. "Such a child" Tina sighed, rolling her eyes, she headed back home.

As she walked inside she dashed upstairs and scrambled to the back of her wardrobe where folded up in a pile of towels she reached for her hidden letters, all from Negan. Ever since the day the Wolves came in to attack Alexandria and failed, Negan and Tina had kept in contact, passing letters through a small dug out hole under one of the metal fences each morning. It all started when Negan came back for more supplies in the days after Tina had asked him to leave her house, he left a note handed to her by Ethan stating his need for her and his need to see her. Tina originally intended to ignore him but after replying just the once she became hooked, every morning she scribbled on paper she had hidden in a cupboard, how she was falling for him and how she needed him too and then she would sneak out in the early hours and pass the note through and come back in a few hours when a reply would be passed back. One note in particular she couldnt help read over and over.

I cant wait to hold you in my arms tonight

Tina was going out tonight and she was going to see Negan. It was all planned, Tina, armed with a screwdriver was going to unscrew one of the panels in the fence at the back of Alexandria and re screw them on the other side, leaving her a means of getting out and in without anyone noticing or her having to lie or look suspicious.

Carol peering round the bedroom door startled Tina "jesus dont you knock?!" She snapped taking Carol aback "im just checking you are alright sweetie you have been off lately" Carol sighed, Tina pulled a sarcastic smile "oh everyone says im acting this or that lately! Been talking to Daryl have we?" Tina snapped in response, Carol didnt know what to say instead she walked away from the stroping Tina.

When Daryl came home Tina overheard him and Carol discuss her changing behaviour "you know her better than anyone" she heard Carol tell him "not anymore I dont, she has changed, she is more cold, she is so determined to protect that screwball its like she is a warped clone" Daryl replied, Tina heard the worry in his tone of voice but remembered a letter Negan wrote a few days before informing her Daryl would pretend to care for her only so he can control her. "I wont be satisfied until I've shot an arrow in his head" Daryl added, this hurt Tina but she walked downstairs playing it cool, Negan also told her to not rise to Daryl cussing him down.

"You been de-programmed yet?" He growled at her as she came into view, Carol looked awkward as she held Poppy waiting for Tina to react "grow up Daryl" she muttered walking past them both and out the door, she heard Daryl yell something as she shut the door but Carol made him calm down.

As Tina walked the streets of Alexandria she noticed a lot of the residents were staring at her, she knew why, because of her protests to not kill Negan and very public arguments with Daryl over it. By now Maggie was forming a very visible bump, Tina wanted to speak to her to offer her advice and talk babies but Maggie wouldnt even look at her, nor Glenn and she knew it was because of how she was behaving. But if they were going to be on Daryl's murderous side then so be it, she thought to herself.

Tina sat alone in the back yard of an empty house within the safe zone, she was on her 7th cigarette, just passing time before she could get out. The sound of the residents going about their day was slowly quietening down where they were going home for the night.

When it was time Tina removed the screwdriver from her pocket and quietly began twisting each bolt and slipping through the gap, as she bolted them back on the other side she heard Negan's truck slowly pull up. Opening the door she was greeted by his charming smile "boy have I missed you girly" he grinned almost making her knees weak. Tina blushed at his charm and her stomach flipped when he placed his hand on her thigh as he drove her away from Alexandria