Norman Reedus Imagines

Daryl meets Buttons -- PART 5

Kieran stripped her clothing off as she stormed through the streets of Alexandria. She no longer cared who in this wretched trap cared what she truly was. She was leaving. Gone. Never returning. Humans could not be trusted. She knew that, and couldn't remember why she was trying to convince herself otherwise.

She threw the large gates open. The two guards looking on in shock at her naked form. With a deep breath she transformed into the majestic mare she preferred being and ran from the community.

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Three days. I had taken Daryl three days but there she was. Even if part of him was able to entertain the idea there were other horses in the area, he knew in his heart the black mare sunning itself in the field before him was Kieran.

Slowly he stepped forward from the woods. Desperate not to startle her and have to watch her run off again.

'It's alright, Daryl. I won't run this time.'

Daryl sighed as the words played through his mind. He hadn't even realized he'd been holding his breath. With a renewed confidence he strode through the high grass toward the beautiful fae laying among it before him. When he reached her he took her head in his hands, kissed her between the eyes and rested his forehead against hers.

"Can I talk to ya as my girl?" He said, never moving.
'Am I not your girl in this form too?' She asked.
"Ya are. Course ya are. And this is fine." He replied, sitting down next to her front legs and leaning back into her strong shoulders.
"I know why ya left. An' I don't blame ya. But I'll talk to Rick and Carol. Hell, Rick already said he wasn't gonna tell anyone else. What's it gonna take to get ya to come back?" He asked.
'I'm not going back, Daryl. And everyone saw me turn at the gate. They know anyway.' She replied.
"I can't be without ya, Kieran." Daryl said.
'Then stay with me. Out here.' She replied.
"I can't leave ma family neither." He answered. "Please don' make me choose. I thought ya were seeing they are good people. Everyone beens nothin' but nice to ya."
'They thought I was just a girl. That's going to change now they know I'm more. They'll want to use me. Humans always want to use the fae to their advantage. They'll use you too, if they ever find out.' Kieran said.
"I already told Rick." Was all Daryl had to say in response.

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"How long are you going to let him stay out there with some shape shifting horse-woman?" Carol asked and as she walked up behind Rick in the garden.
"As long as he wants." Rick replied. "You and I both know Daryl can take care of himself out there. And he obviously cares about her. He's probably trying to convince her to come back."
"I'm not sure I want her back. I mean, if she hid something this big from us, what else is she hiding?" Carol asked.
"Everyone here has their secrets, Carol. I'm sure a few would be just as appalled by some of yours." Rick answered.

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Daryl sat on a rocky outcrop watching the sunset paint the sky gold over the valley below him. He had been trying for nearly two weeks now to convince Kieran to come back to Alexandria. That is wasn't a bad place. It wasn't someplace she needed to fear. It was, in fact, the first (and until recently only) place he ever felt home. The recent second being anywhere he was near Kieran.

She had further explained the Anam Cara to him. Telling him, the more time they spent together the more they would never truly be apart. They would be able to feel each other for vast distances. He smiled softly at her rightness, turning to look behind him at the foot hills she was currently running wild through. He knew she was several miles away, but he could still every thrum of her muscle as though she were right next to him. Could feel the joy in her energy as though he were moving in her instead of her moving though the trees.