Change(DarylxReader)

Chapter 1(Atlanta)

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Merle was handcuffed to a roof and left there. It pisses me off and it's gonna piss Daryl, my boyfriend and Merle's brother, off even more. I decide to get up for the day, get dressed and walk out to the rest of the group. Well actually I go into the RV to get some extra ammo for my pistol. When I walk outside I notice nobody is there, to which I figured they just went to get a walker, or something, so I just sit down on the steps, and look around. As I'm sitting there people start coming back and I hear a familiar voice yelling.

"Merle. (Y/N)." It's Daryl. I see him and walk over to him to which he smiles at me, as I wrap my arms around his neck, and kiss him.

"Hey babe, how was hunting?" I ask, smiling.

"Good got us some squirrels. Would've had a deer if those disease bastards didn't get to it first." He says, his smile faltering.

"Well, at least we have something." I say, smiling and kissing him again. I pull away, and unattach from him, for him to put his hand on the small of my back. I know I should tell him about his brother but I feel Rick should tell him.

"Merle! Get your ugly ass out here! I got us some squirrels. Let's stew 'em up." He yells, as he sets his crossbow down.

"Daryl, just slow up a bit. I need to talk to you." Shane says, but he shouldn't be the one doing this.

"About what?" Daryl questions, hand still on the small of my back.

"About Merle. There was a, uh, there was a problem in Atlanta." Shane says, as everyone gathers around. I feel Daryl immediately tense up, as he looks around.

"He dead?" Daryl asks.

"We're not sure." Shane says, to which I know'll set Daryl off, he wants a yes or no answer.

"He either is or he ain't." Daryl says, moving from me and closer to Shane.

"No easy way to say this so I'll just say it." Rick finally steps in and says.

"Who are you?"

"Rick Grimes." Rick says.

"Rick grimes, you got something you want to tell me?" Daryl pushes.

"Your brother was a danger to us all, so I handcuffed him on a roof, hooked him to a piece of metal. He's still there." Rick finally gets out, to which Daryl turns around clearly upset.

"Hold on. Let me process this. You're saying you handcuffed my brother to a roof. And you left him there!?" Daryl yells, with tears in his eyes.

"Yeah" is Ricks answer. Daryl paces for a sec before throwing the squirrels at Rick and goes to hit him when Shane body slams him to the ground. I go to step forward when I see Daryl pull his knife out and stand back up. T-Dog tells them to watch the knife as Daryl try's to cut Rick. Rick deflects it, as him and Shane detain him and take the knife. Shane gets him in a head lock, and at this point I intervene yelling at Shane to let him go before I kick his ass.

"Nah I think it's best if I don't." Shane says, to which I go at him only to be held back by T-Dog. As I try to get out of T-Dogs grip Rick and Shane try to calm down Daryl.

"Let me go! Let him go! I'll kick both of y'alls asses if you don't let us go!" I yell, beyond pissed. Finally Shane lets go of Daryl as T-Dog keeps ahold of me.

"What I did was not on a whim. Your brother does not work and play well with others." Rick says, as T-Dog finally lets me go and I run to Daryl, who's on the ground trying to catch his breath.

"It's not Ricks fault. I had the key. I dropped it."

"You couldn't pick it up?" Daryl questions, T-Dogs confession.