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You kneel along with everyone else, your knees digging into the gravel underneath you.
The lights shine on you all in the dark like spotlights at a game... That's what this is to them. Their very own game. And by the looks of it, they're winning.
Lifting your head at the sounds of more people pushed to the ground, your eyes are drawn instantly to the one person who you needed the most right there and then. Daryl.
Except instead of him saving the day, he kneels there just like you. Bleeding, sweating with a thin blanket around his shoulders. His long sweat drentched locks hanging over his face. Almost covering his eyes.
Gasping at his apperance his head lifts slowly, meeting your gaze.
"Lets meet the man." One of the saviors says, looking around as a man steps out of the trailer your expression is the same as everyone else's. Fear.
Looking back at the tall man in leather, tossing his bat back and forth. An evil grin spread across his face.
It's like your underwater, the words seeming distant and messy. Your head spins as you try to listen but all you can really do is stare at Daryl. He looks at you from time to time, and his eyes almost plead with emotion. Saying the things he needs to say before this goes so wrong.
"Well what do we have here?" Negan leans down in front of you, bringing your eye contact from Daryl to his. "What's your name beautiful?"
You stay silent as fear begins to paralyze you.
"Calm down," He laughs. "I'm not going to be killing you. I have other ideas for you."
How he's able to smile the way he is in a moment like this only proves his sociopathic personality.
Right as the words leave his mouth, Daryl lunges. Screams escape your lips as you cry for him to stop.
Holding him by his jaw, his barbed wire lined bat touching Daryl's head. One swing and it could all be over, the picture makes your heart beat faster.
"She's yours isnt she?" Negan asks him, and only gets a glare back.
Biting you bottom lip watching Negan drop him, he looks at you. And in that split moment, that short glance... His eyes... His heart... His soul are all shouting "I love you."
A/N: this has to be one of my favorite ones I've written. It's a longer one and I'll probably write a similar one in my new longer one shot book that'll be up soon! :) I also just watched this episode today!
