You were never sent on night patrols, mainly because you're not a night owl. It takes less than two hours for you to start getting tired.

Today, however, things are different. Daryl's patrol partner is sick, a few others are out on a run, so you're the only one left.

You've already had some coffee, you slept during the day so you'd be fit at night and as an absolute emergency measure, Aaron managed to find you an energy drink. So you were well prepared.

Or... at least you thought so.

Four hours into the patrol and you notice your head and eyelids getting heavier. As Daryl and you sat in a raised hide and were no longer actively on the alert, you felt the tiredness spread through your whole body.

Your head dipped once..

Dipped twice..

And the third time, your head landed on Daryl's shoulder, your eyes closed, your breathing calm and relaxed... a clear sign that you had fallen asleep.

Daryl's eyes widened, he looked down at you and let out an annoyed sigh. "Of course, I always get the special ones... fallin’ asleep on watch" He murmurs and grumbles

But despite everything... he kept still, moved as little as possible, and let you sleep. He had to admit that the feeling of your head on his shoulder wasn't so bad, but of course he would never admit that; he had an image to maintain.

As the night went on, he found his arm wrapped around your waist, the reasoning in his head being that he didn't want you to fall off the raised hide.