[ Creative. Daryl would argue that if there's one thing he's never been, it's creative. Or imaginative. What he is, however, is a resourceful problem-solver, though even that has only gone so far. Getting Gabe to shower, to get undressed and now dressed again. It's only bought them a stay.
But maybe that's all they can hope for. ]
I won't.
[ Daryl is aware of what he's promising but the alternative is just as unacceptable. More. He knows what it means to refuse to beg. To kneel to someone. If Negan hadn't enjoyed playing with him so much, enjoyed repeatedly trying to break an unbreakable thing, it would certainly have gotten Daryl killed.
He'd survived it only because he had help. People who saved him from that. ]
Alright. C'mon.
[ He doesn't want anyone else to see the two of them like this so Daryl reaches out to touch a guiding palm to the center of Gabe's back and when they leave the bathroom, Daryl heads straight to his own room. He doesn't like being cooped up in here, but it's easier when it's the best choice for someone else. ]
Sit on the bed.
[ It's where Daryl sits, too. If Gabe had his faculties, if he could handle himself better right now, Daryl might have tried to find a way to give Gabe commands outside the hotel - exploring the perimeter of the land they're confined to, rebuilding with the others, maybe, just to have something to do. But whatever is happening to Gabe doesn't leave them with a lot of options.
Daryl doubles over to start to take off his boots and stops. ]
Can you... unlace these for me?
[ He nudges Gabe's foot with his own. He doesn't want to actually have to say boots out loud to him but Daryl is grasping at straws. ]
no subject
But maybe that's all they can hope for. ]
I won't.
[ Daryl is aware of what he's promising but the alternative is just as unacceptable. More. He knows what it means to refuse to beg. To kneel to someone. If Negan hadn't enjoyed playing with him so much, enjoyed repeatedly trying to break an unbreakable thing, it would certainly have gotten Daryl killed.
He'd survived it only because he had help. People who saved him from that. ]
Alright. C'mon.
[ He doesn't want anyone else to see the two of them like this so Daryl reaches out to touch a guiding palm to the center of Gabe's back and when they leave the bathroom, Daryl heads straight to his own room. He doesn't like being cooped up in here, but it's easier when it's the best choice for someone else. ]
Sit on the bed.
[ It's where Daryl sits, too. If Gabe had his faculties, if he could handle himself better right now, Daryl might have tried to find a way to give Gabe commands outside the hotel - exploring the perimeter of the land they're confined to, rebuilding with the others, maybe, just to have something to do. But whatever is happening to Gabe doesn't leave them with a lot of options.
Daryl doubles over to start to take off his boots and stops. ]
Can you... unlace these for me?
[ He nudges Gabe's foot with his own. He doesn't want to actually have to say boots out loud to him but Daryl is grasping at straws. ]