𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄

𝟑𝐱𝟏𝟓

AFTER Rick told us that the Governor wanted us all dead, we had all went to our respective areas and slept on it. I was in the guard tower with Daryl, nothing happened, we just talked and slept afterwards. We didn't exactly know what tomorrow would entail, we were all scared but we didn't want to show the others. We may be family, but there are things that we still want to keep to ourselves.

I was laying on Daryl as he held me close and kept his arm gripped around my waist. He was asleep and I was looking at him. He looked peaceful and even more beautiful, just lying there without a care in the world. I traced my finger along his jaw and his cheek. I then pushed of his hair out of the way to get a better view.

"What you staring at?" He asked as his eyes fluttered open catching me staring. I smiled as I felt my cheeks begin to grow hot. My tawny brown eyes met his beautiful blue ones.

"You."

"Why?"

"Because you're beautiful to me. I can't just admire you?" I asked jokingly.

"It's weird."

"No it isn't." I argued smiling like an idiot at his cheeks turning red, when I called him beautiful.

"Are you blushing because I called you beautiful?" I asked while chuckling and poking his cheek lightly.

"I ain't blusin'."

"Whatever fibber. You can't lie to me."

"I can't, but you can't either."

"You're right. I can't." I confessed softly while looking up at him. He tucked my hair behind my ear before he caressed my cheek. I leaned into his warm hand contently while closing my eyes. Those three words lingered in my mind, at the tip of my tongue, yet I was nervous to even spit it out. Every time I had doubts about confessing my feelings to Daryl, I would think of T-Dog and how for those eight months out on the road, he would hound me about how we looked like a bad rom com.

I was eating the food we had managed to score all thanks to Daryl. I was so starving I thought I'd chew my fingers off. We were all sitting in a circle in an abandoned house, keeping a fire close to us since it had been freezing. I was sitting next to T as he was going on and on  about one of his favorite childhood memories. We had been going back and forth with silly stories. When he had been telling this one though, I had spaced out. My attention had been elsewhere, taken up by something else, someone else.

"When are you gonna admit you've got feelings for him. This is just a sad thing to watch, y'all are like a bad rom com." T-Dog grimaced as he stopped talking about his memory noticing my lack of focus.

"One, I don't want to get rejected because believe it or not T, rejection is still very much a thing, even during the end of the world. Second, which rom com are we talking here?" I raised my eyebrow and leaned my head against my hand.

"Ara, Daryl would kiss your shoes if you asked him too. Believe me, the feeling is mutual. You aren't getting rejected and that wasn't the point, y'all are just a bad rom com, alright?"

"How would you know that?"

"It's a guy thing."

"I knew you were going to say that. I knew it!" I pointed my finger at him, exclaiming and smiling simultaneously.

"You walked right into that one." He laughed holding up his hands in defense.

"Thank you."

"Anytime kid." He responded as I leaned my head against his shoulder watching the fire aimlessly.

"I love you." I said quietly, coming to terms with what I was confessing, while sighing softly. I sat up from the position we we're just in, sitting crisscross applesauce.

"I love all of you, every scar, every freckle, every wrinkle, every flaw, all of your quirks and your imperfections. I know that you haven't experienced it and you may not know how to return my feelings for you, but know this, no one is ever going to love you the way I do. And you don't have to say it back or anything. I just wanted you to know that I do because I do and I have for a long time." I confessed softly while not making eye contact and fiddling with his jacket. The air had gotten thicker, and the silence was deafening.

He then sat up and grabbed my face with his hands. I hesitantly looked at him to see his eyes were already trained on me. He pulled me into him, planting a kiss on my lips before placing his forehead against mine.

"I love you too. So much." He stated softly as my eyes grew glossy at him sharing his feelings. I connected our lips again, kissing him passionately. He grabbed my waist with one hand and the back of my neck with his other hand pulling me into him. I swiped my tongue against his bottom lip, slyly asking permission. He granted it, slipping his tongue in my mouth, feeling it collide with my own.

"You alright with this? Cause' I don't wanna stop, so I need ya to be okay with this." He asked pulling away breathing heavily. I nodded answering his question.

"Need to hear you say it."

"Yes." I said. That was all he needed to go further. He kissed along my jaw before sucking on my neck occasionally using his teeth here and there. I started to breath heavily and moaned lightly when he found my sweet spot. His rough hand that had previously laid on my waist had moved to my shirt and started to unbutton it as he laid kisses between the valley of my breasts. He explored the top of my body fervently and meticulously. He took off my bra and wrapped his mouth against each breast giving them both an equal amount of attention. My muscles contracted and quivered underneath his touch and a rush of indrawn breath passed my lips as his tongue led a trail all the way down to my naval.

His hands unbuttoned my pants as he helped me remove them. I was ready to get them off, I was a little too eager. He used two fingers to slide my underwear down my legs in an antagonizingly slow manner.

"All this for me?" He asked looking at me with such an intense and hungry expression glistening in his eyes. They had this fieriness to them that made me melt like butter. He then laid a new path of wet kisses up my legs and on the inside of my thighs, then he pushed my legs apart as wide as he could and placed them on his shoulders. My breaths quickened as I writhed underneath him. He then swiped his tongue along my folds making me buck my hips upward involuntarily. He sucked and licked vigorously, putting me through unspeakable torture with his mouth. I gripped onto his hair and threw my head back. He pushed his tongue inside of me making me gasp at the intrusion.

"Oh, god, don't stop!" I cried out breathlessly as he continued to nibble softly and suck hard on certain areas. When I would move too much, he would hold me still keeping me in one spot, gripping onto my thighs. He then slides a finger inside me while simultaneously sucking on my clit. I groaned and tried to pull away, but he held me there. I felt that familiar bundle of nerves pool in the center of my stomach, yet I didn't want to cum yet. I wanted to pleasure him first.

"Wait wait wait." I placed my hand on his chest making him stop immediately. He looked concerned for a second, thinking that he had done something wrong, but I quickly told him that that wasn't the case. I moved my legs off of his shoulder

"I want to make you feel good." I told him before pulling his vest off of him along with unbuttoning his shirt. I saw the scars that adorned his chest and had the urge to kiss all of them, assuming that it would ease the pain. I sucked on his neck first leaving new bruises along his neck before moving down and kissing every one of his scars. I licked a trail down his stomach feeling him shutter and groan beneath me. I slid his boxers and his pants off simultaneously, seeing his hardened and throbbing bulge come out. I practically salivated at the sight, but I controlled myself, well, attempted to anyway. I took the tip in my mouth first, licking it before pressing a kiss against it. I then took in as much as possible while my hands wrapped around the other half that didn't fit in my mouth.

"Fuck." I heard him mumble as I licked up and down repeatedly before taking him back in my mouth. He then grabbed my chin softly, pulling me away from his dick.

"C'mere." He grumbled panting as he pulled my lips closer to his. I tasted of him and he tasted of me. The kiss was passionate and enticing, pulling me in under a spell that I never wanted to fade away. He then grabbed his dick with one hand and teased my entrance with it, rubbing it in a circular motion that had me a moaning mess.

"Please." I begged helplessly as I bucked my hips, creating more friction between us. He then slowly slid it in inch by inch as I bit my lip and arched my back in pleasure. He then filled me up to the brim making me moan his name in complete ecstasy. His thrusts were deep and slow, making a long string of moans come out of your mouth. He was groaning and grunting as he continued to kiss my neck and suck on my breasts. I begged and whined asking him to go harder and he complied, drilling into me. My legs were wrapped around his hips pushing him into me while my arms were wrapped around his neck.

He then grabbed a hold of both of my hands with his own, interlocking our fingers together while pinning them above my head. His head was in the crook of my neck as he continued pounding into me. He was moaning along with me, but muffling them while keeping his head where it was. Then one of his hands trailed down my stomach all the way to my clit. His fingers messaging over my sensitive bud making me gasp at the double stimulation.

I was so glad in this moment that we weren't in a cell doing what we were doing because my screams and my moans were loud and pornographic. I didn't need the other's hearing me call out to Daryl telling him to give it to me harder...that just wouldn't be good.

My knees felt week as I came close to my orgasm yet again. His fingers started to move faster sensing that I was close. He thrusted harder making me scream out in pleasure and finally release. I was dripping all over him, while his thrusts started to get sloppy, telling me he was about to cum also. As he felt himself growing closer, he hurriedly pulled out of me, cumming all over my inner thigh. We were both panting and breathing heavily attempting to catch our breath. I leaned my forehead against his chest while he was still on top of me before he lied on his back.

"Didn't go to hard did I?"

"No, no it was good, it was perfect." I answered. He grabbed my waist and pulled me into him. He kissed my forehead ands I got settled into his chest. I was tired now, my eye lids had started to grow heavy.

"I love all of you too, you know that right?" He asked me gruffly.

"I do now." I answered him honestly while closing my eyes and letting the sleep takeover.

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I woke up feeling cold, and not literally cold but metaphorically since Daryl had been gone. I cleaned myself up and put my clothes on, while grabbing my sword along with my handgun. I placed the sword in its scabbard before putting the handgun in the waistband of my jeans. I walked down the steps that led to the door leading out of the guard tower. I heard shouting from outside and quickened my pace. I saw Maggie and Carl shouting, making as much noise as possible to distract walkers while some of the others in one of the trucks drove back in. I walked over to Rick who was closing the gate. I greeted him and he greeted me back before patting my shoulder as we walked over to the truck.

"They try to drive up to the gate again, maybe some blown tires will stop them." Glenn told Rick . I had no idea what was going on right now, but I tried filling in the blanks. They needed to get some stuff to barricade some stuff shut maybe? I just knew that whatever it entailed, it had to have something to do with the Governor.

"That's a good idea." Rick agreed.

"It was Michonne's." Daryl stated glancing at Rick. There was something in the way that Daryl looked at Rick, but I couldn't put my finger on it.

"We don't have to win. We just have to make sure their getting at us more trouble than it's worth." Michonne stated to all of us but kept her eyes on Rick. I looked at Rick then looked back at Michonne and raised my eyebrows. I then looked at Daryl, who was already looking at me, saw what was going on in my head and shook his own. I smiled at that before tuning back into the conversation. Then we all heard the gate close behind us and saw Maggie and Carl walking toward us.

"Let's go." Rick said as we all followed him back into the prison. I wanted to talk to my brother especially since we hadn't talked in a while and I don't like that. I was looking around to find out where Glenn since he hadn't followed us inside. I walked outside to see him and Daryl talking. I guess I had just missed all the juicy stuff since Daryl was walking away. I passed him and I patted his shoulder before walking toward my brother.

"Hey stranger." I greeted from behind him. He turned around and gave me one of his lopsided grins.

"Hey man beater." He greeted back as I started laughing.

"One of these days your gonna stop calling me that." I smiled before walking beside him.

"Never." He shook his head.

"I just wanted to talk to you. It seems like it's been forever since we last talked and I don't like that. You're my best friend and we tell each other just about everything. I don't want to lose you, I love you too much." I told him seriously. He looked at me and sighed before hugging me.

"You'll never lose me. I love you too. I'm sorry for being such a dick to you, it's just the Governor, I want him dead, Ara."

"Believe me, I do too. You don't have to say sorry, I understand." I told him before letting him go and putting my hands on his shoulders.

"So, what's been going on with you and Maggie?" I asked smirking at him. He scoffed and shook his head at me.

"We're fine, we're good, we um..we talked and everything."

"Mhm."

"I want to marry her."

"What?!? You do? Oh my god that's adorable! I'm so excited! Did you talk to Papa Greene?" I asked a series of questions not being able to physically and emotionally contain my emotions.

"Woah, Ara, slow down." He laughed at my five different series of expressions.

"I didn't talk to Hershel yet, but I am going to. Speaking of talking, have you finally told Daryl how you felt about him?" He asked me. I felt my cheeks grow hot at the mention of Daryl. I was thinking about our confession earlier.

"Wait, you did?! T-Dog would be so proud. Took you long enough." He wore a big smile on his face.

"You know T used to call us a bad rom com, the way we would pine over each other and not say anything."

"Sounds like something he'd say and he was right. It was painful to watch."

"Yeah, yeah, thank you for your honesty Glenn, I really appreciate it." I complimented him sarcastically.

"That's what I'm here for. Seriously though, I'm glad you told him and judging by the look on your face when I mentioned it, he must feel the same way too. You're glowing, not like twilight glowing, but you know what I mean. You look happy and in love."

"I am. I really am. I'd die before I let anything happen to him."

"I know, I get it believe me, I feel the same way about Maggie."

"Speaking of Maggie, you need to go talk to Papa Greene."

"You've gotta stop calling him that, you already know how he feels about it." He laughed.

"Yeah yeah whatever. He loves me anyway, he's awesome like that. I'm gonna leave you to it. I'll see you later."

"Bye man beater."

"Bye nerd."

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Rick called us for a meeting. All of us were there except for Merle, Daryl, and Michonne and I was concerned. I was standing by Carl, Maggie, and Glenn, waiting for Rick to tell us what was going on. I knew that there was something going on from the way Daryl looked at Rick earlier, something in my stomach felt unsettling.

"When I met with the Governor, he offered me a deal. He said-he said he would leave us alone if I gave him Michonne. And I was gonna do that...to keep us safe. I changed my mind. But now Merle took Michonne to fulfill the deal and Daryl went to stop him and I don't know if it's too late. I was wrong not to tell you."

"Your goddamn right, I thought we were done with that shit Rick." I interrupted.

"Ara." Hershel said with a warning tone at my vulgar language. I ignored him to take a look at Rick to see him with his head down, looking at the ground.

"I'm sorry. What I said last year, that first night after the farm...it can't be like that. It can't. What we do, what we're willing to do, who we are, it's not my call. It can't be. I couldn't sacrifice one of us for the greater good because we are the greater good. We're the reason we're still here, not me. This is life and death. How you live...how you die, it isn't up to me. I'm not your Governor. We choose to go. We choose to stay. We stick together. We vote. We can stay and we can fight or we can go." He told us before he turned around and walked away leaving us to our thoughts. I knew one thing, I needed to get Daryl back. That was my only priority.

Guys I tried to make this long I really did, but there were so many scenes where Ara didn't fit and I wasn't going to push her in anything she wasn't supposed to be in so this chapter is mainly of my original work. On another note...how about that smut folks😏. Was it good? was it bad? Let me know. I listened to sex therapy by Robin Thicke on repeat to get me in the feels and I hope it worked. Also this is known as the penultimate episode because it is the second to last one. I might give you the last chapter today because this one was short. Also, the fc is Claudia Kim now, just in case you guys didn't know. Anywho, I love you guys 3000. We'll see each other one last time in this book.
-brayla❤️❤️