takes place between s8 and 9 of the walking dead age-gap your older then him

you and daryl have known eachother for a while you were one of the men in Joe's group the claimers somehow the only one that wasn't a complete asshole or monster and so you and daryl became friends dispite you being older then him you two hit it off having a good amount in common but you figured it was just that a friendship.

till you started to noticed the way he'd watch you longer then most would the way everytime you two were in a room together he'd stand a bit too close to you the way he seemed to idolize you and get flustered around you small things like that. Things you just couldn't ignore after a while.

after Carol got with Ezekiel he started to spend more time with you practically following you around like a lost puppy even if he would never admit it. he loved being around you hell maybe he even loved you

but daryl himself hated that fact the way he feels around you it wasn't the way he was raised it made him feel weak he knew if his father or maybe even merle were here they'd kick his ass or something for feeling like this for another man even though he never cared about that kinda stuff or had a problem with it himself he couldn't shake the feeling

one day you were smoking a cigarette and fixing his motorcycle since for the life of him he couldn't figure out what was wrong with it atleast pretended not to well fixing it up you could feel his eyes on you checking you out a little even by accident

you took a puff of your cigarette and looked up at him "what's your deal lately. you've been like obsessed with me- and this is an easy motorcycle fix I know sure as hell you coulda did it yourself" you confronted him

daryl scoffs and blushed not making eye contact with you he wasn't really sure of a good excuse either so he just blew it off

"i ain't obsessed with you...I just needed mah damn motorcycle fixed!" he swung his arm well talking "and i couldn't figure it out this time alright!" he grumbled