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Rickyl-I'll be back

"You sure you'll be alright? I can go with ya." Daryl offered.
"Not a chance. Ya need ta stay here. I can't let the saviors catch you or else-" Rick stopped mid-sentence as he watched the hunter's eyes fall to the ground. "I..." Rick tried to form his words but he couldn't. He couldn't just say I'm sorry. I love you and I want you to be safe. That's just risking it.

Rick put a hand on Daryl's shoulder finishing his almost-sentence with empty words. "I'll be back soon." Rick walked towards the gate leaving a silent Daryl behind.

-End of flash back

Rick lay on the cold earth, the blood drying up on his battered body while a gust of wind swept by his face almost feeling refreshing. "Why did I even go on this run in the first place anyways? And why...why was Daryl so worried?" Rick thought aloud to himself. He put a hand to his face as he recalled the painful memories that took place just before he was in such a state....

Flashback~

Rick walked for hours and hours, having the car he had found run out of gas. He didn't have much food or water left but this was what supply hunting for the saviors really was. He refused anyone's offer to help but he might just think he regrets that decision. He ran into a few walkers, fighting them off with his knife careful not to make such a commotion out of it. He continued on a long path when eventually, that was a mistake to. Gun shots fired and he had to flee. He got shot in the shoulder and stumbled away into the woods. And now here he is laying helplessly on the ground like a piece of fresh road-kill.
-End of flash back

"Hey dumbass. I thought I'd never see you like this. Took quite a hit, huh?"
Rick knew the voice but he didn't want to look up. Not one bit. "I'm dreamin', I'm dreamin', I'm dreamin'." Rick mumbled to himself repeating the same words over and over again. The familiar face was now staring down at him.
"Maybe you are, maybe you're not." Glenn said with a soft smile.
"You tryin' ta tell me somethin'?" Rick raised an eyebrow while Glenn sighed. "No Rick, you're not gonna die. Promise."

Rick sighed in relief. "Thank god, I can't leave yet." Glenn sat down next to him chuckling. "That hurt ya know? One minute you're perfectly fine, and the next, you're getting your head bashed in with a baseball bat."

Rick closed his eyes guiltily from the terrifying words his friend had spoken.

"'M sorry Glenn, I am so sorry. You saved my ass, yet I couldn't save yours." Glenn shook his head. "Shit happens, Rick. You did everything you could."
"But it wasn't enough. I didn't try hard enough." Tears started to form in Rick's eyes. He could feel light taps on his chest and looked up to see Glenn grinning. "What really matters is right here. That your heart is still beating, and you're still alive. I didn't save you for no reason, after all." Rick couldn't help but let up a weak smile. "Thank you, Glenn." Glenn nodded and looked up at the sky which was beginning to grow darker as the minutes went by. "You're a good guy, Rick. You really are." Glenn muttered while glaring up at the sky as if it were a curse.
"It's going to rain soon and it wavers my spirit, so I can't stay much longer."

A question burned into Rick's mind as he looked over to his friend. "Of all people, why me? Wouldn't you visit Maggie? She was your wife."
Glenn turned with a serene look drawn on his face. "If I do that, then I'm getting in her way. I'll slow her down, and she'll want to stop. She may even want to join me. And I can't do that, not when my baby has a future."
Rick nodded in understanding. "I...should get back." Rick mumbled while slowly and weakly getting up.

"I'm sorry I can't do much, but I just really wanted to talk to you." Glenn said sadly. "It's okay, I'll make it back. But I appreciate you comin' and sayin' hi. It means a lot."
Glenn beamed and nodded. "I'll be there to watch over you all. Maggie, the baby, you, Daryl...everyone. Abraham's always doing just the same. We both hope the very best for you." Glenn put his hands up and gave Rick an enthusiastic thumbs up. "So take down Negan for us, alright?"

Rick blinked."Oh, we will. You'll see." Picking which way Rick was going to take back to Alexandria, he began to walk off when he heard Glenn's voice behind him.

"Hey Rick, when you see Maggie, please tell her hi for me okay?" Rick looked back at his friend for one last emotional glance, then continued to leave while nodding. "I will." He replied.

The last words could be heard only faintly as if they were whispered in his ear. Thank you, Rick. Good bye.

Rick grinned to himself as he made his way home. Halfway there, he could feel little droplets of water start to fall on his face. Looking up towards the sky, Rick sighed. "Welp, Glenn was right." He kept his hand near his wounded shoulder in protection as he strongly kept going.
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Daryl sat down on the porch. Two days. It's been two days since he had last seen Rick and was beginning to lose his patience. "Daryl, are you alright?" Maggie asked, worry clear in her voice.
'M fine." Daryl mumered. However, Maggie could see right through him. "It's Rick, isn't it. I've been watchin' you pacin' around like a sick dog." When Daryl didn't answer, she knew she had found the golden ticket. "He'll be back."

"An' how do you know that?" Daryl could feel his own voice rising. He felt ashamed. He hadn't meant to yell.

"My dad always makes it back."
Daryl and Maggie looked up to see that Rick's son, Carl, had come over to join them.
"He's right Daryl. If anythin', Carl knows his dad better than anyone else here." Daryl only grunted in reply. Carl looked at Maggie as she excused herself leaving the two guys to talk it out. Carl began to play with the sleeve of his flannel once he sat down. "To be blunt, you love him don't you?"
Daryl squeezed his eyes shut hoping he could block out the question, but a few moments went by and he figured he had no choice but to answer. "Yeah. Yeah, I do..."

Carl sighed with pity. "But...you know he's with Michonne." Daryl stayed silent, avoiding the eyes Carl inherited from his father. "Hey, it's okay. If you guys ended up being in a secret relationship, I wouldn't tell anybody. I promise." Carl did his best to cover everything up. "It won't happen." Daryl replied through gritted teeth. "Even if Michonne died, he ain't like that." Carl's eyes went soft. "You never know." We're the three words he said before being intterupted by the loud gates that begun to open.

Slowly walking through, was Rick. He looked tired and hurt. And his arm...

"Shit." Daryl hissed racing along with Carl and the others toward their leader. "Are you bit?" Maggie asked anxiously.

"No, no. 'M okay. Just got shot."
Daryl had had it. He quickly hugged Rick but not enough to hurt him. "Dammit, ya should've let me go with you. I knew you weren't fine on yer own. Don't ever do that again."

Rick chuckled. "Geez Daryl, you sound like a mother. But I'm terribly sorry I worried ya."
"You worried all of us." Carl piped. The others just laughed. Finally, both men (reluctantly) pulled apart.
"Maggie." Maggie looked up, curiosity in her blue eyes. Rick smiled. "Glenn told me to tell you hi." Normally for everyone, talking about Glenn and Abraham after their death was always a touchy subject. But something in Rick's tone told Maggie this actually meant something. Holding back tears, Maggie gave a shaky nod of gratitude. After that exchange, Daryl and Carl took Rick to their house and patched him up. "I'm glad yer okay." Daryl whispered. "Thought I lost ya." You worried me so much Grimes-"
Daryl was intterupted as Rick placed a soft kiss on Daryl's forehead. He could feel his face heat up as Carl tried so hard to restrain his smile.

I'm back and writing again, yay! So, I wrote this as a huge apology to ReedusFam for my long-ass absence. Don't worry, you mean the world to me❤(Sorry again for being such a terrible editor😢) Anyways, I hope you enjoyed. Glenn was in this specific chapter because it's been 11 chapters since I last put him in a fanfiction to play a specific role. Also because I miss that smol pizza delivery man so much ;-; Anyways, thanks so much for reading❤

-WritingTrash1296