you and daryl had recently gotten into a fight, and a BIG fight that probably all of alexandria knows about, he gets angry mid fight and leaves alexandria...for a week or two

a couple days later while you're making breakfast for yourself, you hear a knock at the door, and when you open it you see rick

"someones at the gate for you" he says knowingly, and leaves

when you get to the gate, you see daryl standing there, looking back at you as you freeze in your tracks, staring at him