Daryl almost snaps the word out in response to Do you?, eyes boring into Rick's. Yes, of course he wants it to work out. No matter how uncomfortable he is right now, he'd rather be uncomfortable-- hell he'd rather be in active, awful pain-- than have his people and those kids be out in the open world without shelter. He doesn't matter. Daryl's not going to leave, he's not going to wander off into the wilderness and abandon his family (because they really are his real family), he's going to deal with it and stay, because them being safe is more important to him than anything.
He just... feels an awful lot of ways, personally. It's not a problem that has to impact anyone but him. Certainly not Rick, who he knows damn well needs this break. Rick is so strong and resilient but he's human. Daryl just wants him to be okay, even while he understands if he's not and doesn't hold it against him.
"She won't." --is a little sassy. Daryl half-hopes she will, but something about their dynamic has shifted from the almost-something-maybe at the prison to Carol kissing his forehead, motherly. He's aware that something's escaped him, but he doesn't quite get what. "Am I finally too gross for you, Officer Grimes?"
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Daryl almost snaps the word out in response to Do you?, eyes boring into Rick's. Yes, of course he wants it to work out. No matter how uncomfortable he is right now, he'd rather be uncomfortable-- hell he'd rather be in active, awful pain-- than have his people and those kids be out in the open world without shelter. He doesn't matter. Daryl's not going to leave, he's not going to wander off into the wilderness and abandon his family (because they really are his real family), he's going to deal with it and stay, because them being safe is more important to him than anything.
He just... feels an awful lot of ways, personally. It's not a problem that has to impact anyone but him. Certainly not Rick, who he knows damn well needs this break. Rick is so strong and resilient but he's human. Daryl just wants him to be okay, even while he understands if he's not and doesn't hold it against him.
"She won't." --is a little sassy. Daryl half-hopes she will, but something about their dynamic has shifted from the almost-something-maybe at the prison to Carol kissing his forehead, motherly. He's aware that something's escaped him, but he doesn't quite get what. "Am I finally too gross for you, Officer Grimes?"