[ Daryl's only strategy is to avoid uncomfortable confrontations like these but Jesse rounds on him and brings him to a stop like he's a damn cop cruiser. Daryl pulls up short and straightens up, blinking at him when Jesse looks down the street right after calling a halt to traffic.
He relaxes, rolling his eyes because yeah, he hadn't made much of a thing of it before the the walkers had changed everything. Drinking was better, drugs were the best, and if Merle had ever caught him with a book, that would have been it for Daryl - all he would have heard about for a year. Darlina, the book worm. On and on.
Nah, he's learned to enjoy it. So he just shrugs. ]
You learn to like a lot of borin' stuff durin' the end of the world. And after, when there's nothin' left.
[ And then he just steps past him and walks on, like he hasn't just opened an insane door wide for Jesse to walk through. ]
(cw: feminization, family abuse)
He relaxes, rolling his eyes because yeah, he hadn't made much of a thing of it before the the walkers had changed everything. Drinking was better, drugs were the best, and if Merle had ever caught him with a book, that would have been it for Daryl - all he would have heard about for a year. Darlina, the book worm. On and on.
Nah, he's learned to enjoy it. So he just shrugs. ]
You learn to like a lot of borin' stuff durin' the end of the world. And after, when there's nothin' left.
[ And then he just steps past him and walks on, like he hasn't just opened an insane door wide for Jesse to walk through. ]