When I was a child, I heard voices

[dirtyredneck]

WHO: Daryl & Beth
WHERE: Warehouse
WHEN: Wed 16 (backdated)
WARNINGS: emotions
SUMMARY: Daryl apologizes to Beth

Daryl hadn't seen her since he yelled at her. He'd been avoiding her. Scared of going near. But he knew the general schedule she'd been keeping to. It's how he'd been able to keep out of her hair and keep her out of his. It also meant that when he was ready, he was able to find her.

She was in one of the apartments on the second floor. He couldn't tell if she was cleaning it up in an attempt to claim it, or just to have something to do. But she was there, and he was... he was there, too.

He stood in the door for a while before clearing his throat and waving, "Most of us are sleeping on the other side of the building. Places here don't got a lot of walls between beds, but we managed to get some screens made."

Daryl didn't look at her, kept his head down, arms crossed, but he was talking a lot more casually. Forced as it may have been.

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[dirtyredneck]

"Don't know," he answered truthfully and in a quiet voice. "He seemed happy with the idea of you being real. But I don't know if he'd want to go out with you. Or have you go out."

Not that it was Glenn's call to make. That was Daryl's. But Daryl didn't want to be at odds with Glenn over Beth and what she was allowed to help with.

[peacekeep]

"It's not his choice to make." Her voice trembled slightly, but she tried to be firm on the sentiment. After Dawn, no one was going to tell her how to make herself useful or what she could do ever again. Her daddy was long gone and Maggie wasn't here, and Beth trusted Daryl to make the right choices to keep her safe. But she was going to decide her own fate.

"I just want to be able to see him up close and hug him again, that's all." She missed him, and had been lonely since arriving. She didn't want to make him upset with her presence, but also wasn't sure how much longer she could keep her distance.

[dirtyredneck]

"Gotta work that out with him," Daryl said, keeping his tone calm. Soft. "But he does want to see you."

[peacekeep]

She nodded in response, turning her head to try and hide a smile. "Good. That's...that's real good. I was worried he wouldn't want to."

[dirtyredneck]

Daryl straightened up, taking a deep breath, "Come on. Get your shit. We'll move you in with the rest of us."

[peacekeep]

"I don't have anything." The smirk she gave him was most definitely cheeky, and she laughed as she moved past him, grabbing hold of his hand to drag him along after her. She knew exactly where everyone else was staying, and was more than excited to get to be a part of them at last.