âş max
âş 20 yrs
âş trans man, gay
âş he/him
âş freak
i mostly just run a norman reedus fanblog here. sometimes its just yap about his characters and usually its me being gay about him. my favorite characters of his are murphy macmanus (the boondock saints), daryl dixon (the walking dead), and van (floating).
feel free to interact, send asks, dm, whatever. i do write fanfics rarely (ive also written like three novels in my lifetime so i think im decent at it) so if anybody has requests im so happy to do them. lord knows the gay community needs more to work with. but ill also do gender neutral easy.
norman reedus media ive watched so far:
âş the boondock saints
âş the walking dead
âş floating
âş until the night
âş the beatnicks
âş night of the templar
âş sand
âş air
âş six ways to sunday
hope you enjoy it here, im just here to be gay and talk to others about our lord and savior norman while doing so.
a/n: back at it again with some trans daryl. wrote this one-handed for @themastergat0r because their brain is the bomb dot com. love ya with my entire dick, brother.
summary: daryl mentions offhandedly that he's scared he'll die a virgin. rick offers to help with that. so they fuck in an abandoned camper van.
oh, and rick doesn't warn him first about the monster cock he's packing.
tags: trans!Daryl(ftm), Rick has a massive cock, loss of virginity(Daryl), virginity kink(Rick), PWP, feminine anatomy terms(Daryl), bratting (Daryl), p in v sex, barebacking, primal play(chasing), belly bulge, creampie
wc: 9.6k
Despite the whole ending of the world thing, autumn still comes on time.
The leaves change like they always have, trees bleeding rust-red and amber while the world beneath them rots. Some mornings, the wind smells like woodsmoke and wet earth, and for a blink, it almost feels like before.
Kids waiting for school buses. Grocery stores with bins of pumpkins out front. People still alive enough to complain about the cold creeping in.Â
Getting wasted by bonfires was a particular favorite.
But now the roads stay empty, save for the occasional abandoned car gone skeletal from scavenging.Â
Same season. Same chill in the air to warn of winter coming. Same golden light pouring through shedding trees.
Just shining on a different world.
Rick and Daryl left on a run that afternoon, scattering leaves in the wake of the car. Now that the sunâs about two hours from set, they agree they should probably head back to the prison before nightfall.
They enter the last room in the home together for the final sweep. Itâs a study. A real damn nice one too. Full sets of dusty encyclopedias, mahogany desk, ornate filigree and shit.
Daryl rolls his eyes.
Academics.
Daryl and Rick toss gestures at each other, nod, then go to work. Daryl scans the shelves, and Rick searches the desk. They rummage for a while, searching for anything useful.
Daryl just finds more and more encyclopedias, stuffy novels without sleeve covers, and like, four dictionaries the size of small children.Â
So honestly, whatever. They should just head backâ
Rick gasps. Loud.
Daryl spins around, hand at the ready on his knife. Only to see him holding up two Playgirl magazines like heâs struck gold.
Daryl rolls his eyes for a second time, but that doesnât stop him from snatching one from him to thumb through.
They perv out for a while, ogling their respective porn.
Dicks, dicks, and more dicks.Â
Thatâs all fine and dandy. Pictures donât really do it for Daryl. He has a hard time taking corny porn like this seriously. All the posing and posturingâ
Oh.
But, actually.
Daryl stops flipping. He stares down at the page as his pulse kicks up. Itâs hard to deny that this one does rile him; because this model in particular bears a striking resemblance to the man standing across the room from him.
It surprises Daryl when words float out with a deep breath. âI donât wanna die a virgin.âÂ
âŚWhat?
Daryl can feel Rickâs eyes on him instantly. Always knows when heâs looking at him. Daryl feels it on the back of his neck like warm breath over cold skin.
âYou know, I could help with that,â Rick provides.
Darylâs heart leaps into his throat. He turns and squints at him, face alight like kindling. âFuck you. Donât mock me.â
âIâm not.â
âBullshit.â
Rick heaves a loud and dramatic sigh. âDo you want me to take your virginity, or not?â
Now heâs just taken aback. âFuck you.â
A breeze drifts in through the window that haloes Rick in gold. The curtains dance around behind him. Rick simply tosses his own magazine on the desk beside him and turns to look at Daryl straight on.
Mouth flattened out. Eyes locked on hard.Â
Daryl squirms a bit when he sees the flicker of muscles tightening in his jaw. Most folks mistake this expression for anger, like heâs two seconds from snapping a neck. But Daryl knows better.
This is when heâs being earnest.
Regardless, he still waits for Rick to laugh and admit his joke.
He waits some more.
Waits.
And waits.
Daryl scoffs. âSeriously, quitââ
âAnswer me.â
Itâs devastating, really, because Rick isnât trying to charm him. He isnât performing. The yearning sits too close to the surface for that, glowing through and burning like lanternlight under cloth.
The longer he waits, the more obvious it becomes that Rickâs potentially being serious.
âMan,â Daryl mumbles, one hand coming up to fidget with his crossbow strap, âdonât need a pity fuck if thatâs what youâre doinâ right now.â
âDoesn't have shit to do with pity. So let me rephrase with your own words." Rick takes a slow step toward him. âDo you want me to fuck you?â
Daryl's ears burn now, heart hammering against his ribs. Every instinct screams to say no and run, but Rick holds him in place with that fucking stare. The same one that always gets confessions in the end.
Daryl swallows the dryness in his throat. "Ain'tâ" His voice cracks. Clears his throat. Tries again. "Ain't built like them magazine guys."
"Didn't ask you to be."
âRickâIâmââ
âDixon,â Rick snaps, âjust answer me before I get pissed.â
A pause. âYou seriously wantâ?â
âYes, dammit. I want to fuck you.â
Those words bounce around in Daryl's head. His teeth gnaw on the inside of his lower lip, hard.Â
This came out of nowhere, and itâs happening so fast. It feels like the roomâs filling with water, which might explain that drowning sensation. Or maybe thatâs why he feels so out of his depth.Â
Regardless, Darylâs adrenaline is firing.
Heâs had fantasies that start like this. With Rick cornering him and screwing him against the wall. Hands everywhere. Breath hot. Hand clamped around Darylâs neck.Â
Fuck.
Stop.
Nowâs a bad time to think about that.
Or maybe it isnât?
âDaryl,â Rick presses.
Shit, even if it is a pity fuck, heâll take it. Heâll take anything Rick gives him.
God.Â
Before Daryl can psych himself out any more, he nods. Just once, with a small and jerky dip of his chin.Â
Thatâs all Rick needs to start walking at Daryl with purpose, eyes locked on as he moves.
Itâs stupid.
Dammit, theyâve fought side by side for months. Darylâs seen pity on Rickâs face before. Like when Daryl pukes up bad water and bleeds through bandages. When he mourned the loss of his brother. When he comes back from hunts empty handed.
This isn't that.
Shit, this is an expression he's never seen before. Fury and desperation and infatuation all twisted up together.
Rickâs hand flashes out once heâs in front of him, grips Daryl by his chin, then his kiss lands like a punch.
Mm, Darylâs first kiss, actually.
Darylâs breath stutters out through his nose, his body locking up as Rickâs other hand snakes around him to grab his ass. Darylâs mouth falls open with a gasp, and Rick deepens the kiss like heâs claiming the space he made thereâ
Fuck, thatâs Rickâs tongue.
Heâs seen Glenn and Maggie kiss hundreds of times, casual pecks in the prison yard, cutesy mouthing beside the fences.
Rick doesnât kiss like that.
This is teeth and spit and eager hands shoving the crossbow strap off his shoulder like itâs the first piece of clothing to go.
Honestly, Rick kisses like he fights. All rage and no goddamn patience.Â
Daryl canât keep up. Doesnât know how to. Tries to follow Rickâs lead, but their noses bump and he canât stop gasping and their teeth click every time he moves.
Daryl also doesnât know if heâs supposed to push him or pull him or hug him. Or, apparently, just stand there like an idiot.Â
Heâs still holding his goddamn magazine.
Daryl promptly drops it, but his hands still hover uselessly in the air.Â
Regardless of his nervous fumbling and inexperience, Rick licks into his mouth like heâs something divine. Daryl goes for a groan, but a whine comes out instead. Heâd care more if he wasnât stuck between his grasp and the shelf right behind him.
But then Rick fucking growls, all low and possessive, and Darylâs knees wobble. Â
His hands finally move, fisting in the back of Rickâs shirt. The fabric wrinkles under his grip, and Rick doesnât seem to give a shit. He just keeps kissing him as he shoves Daryl backward into the bookshelf.Â
A puff of dust rises around them when a few novels tip overâ
Rick wedges his thigh between Daryl's legs and pushes up.Â
A moan climbs out of Daryl, and Rick groans as he swallows the sound. The muscles in his thigh flex as he presses up harder. Then he's just chuckling all self-satisfied and rubbing Darylâs cunt with his knee.
God, Darylâs already dizzy with it. He shudders and throbs under that perfect pressure, like his bodyâs already decided what his brainâs still too worried to admit.
He tears his mouth away from the kiss by whipping his head to the side. He sucks in a breath, then pants while Rickâs lips bite at his chin, his jaw, anywhere he can reach. Â
âRickââ Daryl chokes out, but he doesnât even know what heâs saying it for.Â
Stop? More?Â
Both? Â
Thereâs a strange fever blooming fast behind his ribs. Makes his stomach feel like itâs full of boiling water. Itâs humiliating just how worked up he feels already.Â
Hell, Daryl doesnât even think heâs ever felt this horny in his entire fucking life.
Rick kisses across his cheek, then down to his neck.
Damn, forget embarrassment, whatever the fuck Rickâs mouth is doing on his throat feels incredible. Rick grabs his hair and pulls his head to the side to attack his pulse.
Itâs no secret that heâs already getting wet. Daryl knows, virginity disregarded, that Rick is good at this. Heâs swept up in it, and all he really wants is to stand there and let Rick take him apart, piece by piece.
The house isnât secure though. Missing doors and broken windows leave them too exposed.
They canât risk a walker bite for some quick sex.
The thought is quickly forgotten when Rick wraps an arm around his waist and kisses him again.Â
Daryl finally starts to get the hang of kissing when Rick sweeps him up and away from the shelves. Daryl lets himself be backed up until his thighs are trapped against the edge of the desk.
God, then Darylâs held and tilted backward overtop the surface of the desk. His spine meets cold mahogany just as Rickâs hand explores below the hem of his shirt.
Rickâs mouth takes a tour, kissing down his neck and along his collarbone.
Daryl wraps his legs around Rick unconsciously, rolls his hips against him when he sucks on his jugular.Â
Rick hums against his throat. âGot you that worked up already?â He grinds down between his thighs.
A shaky breath leaves Daryl when the hard line of his cock rubs against him. âYouâre one to talk, jackass. I can feel your dick.â
Rick chuckles. âOh, I donât remember saying I wasnât worked up.â His lips find Darylâs neck again, kisses lingering, open-mouthed and slow.
Daryl acknowledges arousal pooling like honey in his stomach, and itâs just fucking humiliating all over again.Â
Rick groans against Darylâs neck when he grinds around on his cock in helpless little circles. The pressure is right where he needs it most too.
âDesperate, hm?â Rick teases.
âGet bent.â
Rick grinds down into him this time, and he doesnât stop moving. âThatâs your job.â
It feels so good, dammit, but it only serves to remind Daryl of the compromised safety in the home.Â
Rickâs hands slide around his thighs, gripping tight as he hauls him even closer, until his cock presses tight and firm against his cunt.Â
Darylâs head drops back with a moan and lands hard on the desk.
Then Rick stops altogether. Daryl doesnât know when his eyes shut, but they flash open when the heat of Rickâs body retreats.
Daryl blinks at him, panting. âWhatâre yâdoinâ? Donât stopââ
Oh.
Rickâs vertical, already working Darylâs belt open.Â
Daryl stiffens, hands flying down to clutch his wrists. "Waitâfuckâjusâ wait a secondâ"
âLet go.â Rick whips his arms out of his grip and continues pulling leather from the buckle. "Youâre rubbinâ all over me. Letâs just expedite the process.â
He gets the belt undone, and because Daryl's not sure he wants him to stop, his hands go slack when Rick moves to the button and pops it.
Daryl's pulse thrums in his throat, erratic and panicked. His shirt rides up when Rickâs calloused hands slide up over his ribs.
God. Itâs too much.
"Seriously. Hold onâ" Daryl chokes out.Â
âYou were begginâ just a second ago,â he murmurs, ânow youâre all shy?â
Daryl knees him in the side. âFuckâit ainât that.â
"What is it, then?" His voice is all rough amusement and smoke. Rickâs thumbs hook into the waistband of Darylâs jeans, pushing them down to the tops of his thighs. âWell?â
Daryl swallows hard, mouth opening and closing. Shit, he doesnât even know. His fingers dig into the edge of the desk as Rickâs attention shifts down to where heâs got his jeans down, ready to keep going.
He leans forward and props himself over Daryl again.
"House ainât secure," Daryl blurts out, hips trying to twitch away when Rickâs hand slides its way up the inside of his thigh.
Rick hums as he strokes a thumb so close to where heâs aching beneath his boxers. "And? I got a clear view and shot of the door."
âNah, I donât wanna riskââ
âOh, donât wuss out on me, Daryl.â
âIâm not! We could move to the car or somethingââ
âCar sex sucks. I refuse to deflower you in a Chrysler minivan.â
Daryl groans, head dropping to the desk as he deadpans at the ceiling. Rickâs thumb slides across the seam of him, feather-light and teasing.
Daryl jolts. "If a goddamn walker gets in hereâ"
âAw,â Rick patronizes, âyou donât trust me to keep you safe?â
âFuck you. Iâm serious.â
"Whatâre they gonna do?" Rickâs grin is wicked. His thumb continues its taunt along the crease of Darylâs thigh. "They gonna watch?"
Daryl flinches and a surprised moan flies out of him when Rick finds home, the pad of his thumb pressing right on his clit over his boxers.
Rick looks down at his hand in disbelief. âYouâre already this wet?â
"Donât," Daryl warns, hands coming up to cover his face. âPlease donât talk like that.â
"No?"Â
Darylâs breath hitches when Rickâs hand takes a firm path lower, pressing against his entrance and sweeping side to side.Â
He can hear how slick he is, feels it.
âGod, I canât believe how wet you are.â
Daryl groans in embarrassment. "Quit mockinâ me and just do somethinâ," he growls into his palms.Â
Rick hums. "Youâre awful bossy for someone whoâs worried about walkers getting in." His forefingers replace his thumb and rub him in wide, slow circles. "Thought we werenât safe in here?"
Darylâs face burns when his voice cracks on a moan. Everything Rick says or does just lands in his chest and travels straight south to his cunt. Itâs starting to piss him off.
Made especially worse when Rickâs fingers press harder with a slow, torturous drag over his clit.Â
Thatâs what does it.Â
The embarrassment surges hot up his neck, flooding his face. He canât even fucking breathe right, let alone pretend heâs got any control here.
"Shitâ"
âOh, somethinâ wrong?â Rick murmurs, all fake innocence. His fingers flex, rubbing harder. âFeelinâ needy?â
âQuit talkinâ likeââ
âHey, Iâm serious. Donât wuss out on me.â
âDammit, I just said quit talkinâ like thatââÂ
âYeah? What happens if I donât?â
Darylâs frustration and embarrassment clashes with his arousal when Rick starts rubbing him with fervor. Until thereâs too much energy trapped inside him.
Every instinct screams run.
But the longer he sits in that instinct, the more he realizes that he doesnât necessarily want to run to get away.
Just wants to run to be caught.
He doesnât understand it, and he definitely canât make sense of it when heâs being touched just how he likes.
Daryl pants as he stares up at Rick, like he has all the answers. Rick just looks right back at him, flushed warm from the dim light bouncing in through the window. Heâs shaking.
Daryl canât shake the urge to run.
His fingers tighten around Rickâs shoulders.
Then he shoves him.
Hard.
Rick lets out a startled noise, then Daryl plants both boots against his chest and kicks off again with enough force to send him stumbling backward even farther.
The desk creaks when Daryl sits up and slides off the edge of the desk.Â
Adrenaline tears through him bright as lightning as he bolts for the hallway, buttoning his pants.
âThe hell you think youâre goinâ?â Rick starts. Daryl dashes past him with a quick, nervous laugh that feels too young coming out of him. âOh, weâre playinâ games now?â
That tone sends a thrill down Darylâs spine. He turns left down the hall, boots pounding the warped floorboards, more anxious laughter trying to climb up his throat.
He barely makes it four strides.
Rick catches the back of his vest and stops him with one hard yank.
Darylâs laugh finally escapes him as heâs dragged backward, momentum breaking apart under him. Rick spins him and shoves him back into the wall.Â
The impact knocks a moan out of him.Â
Rickâs kissing him again before he can prepare for it.
Darylâs hands fly up to grip Rickâs shoulders, who prepares for a shove again. He doesnât though. Not yet, not when both of Rickâs hands slide around his waist, then down into his back pockets to grope and squeeze his ass possessively.Â
Daryl makes a sound he doesnât recognize.
âYou know, I never considered that youâd be a tease,â Rick mutters against his lips. âBut then again, youâre always lookinâ for trouble.âÂ
Rick gropes him again, then his mouth is everywhere.Â
Neck, collarbones, anywhere skin peeks through the collar of Darylâs shirt. Itâs overwhelming, the way his lips move from one patch of skin to the next, biting, sucking, marking.
Darylâs head thumps back against the wall.Â
Rick starts yanking at his vest with an urgency that disarms him. Daryl lets him push it down until it falls behind his feet to the ground below.
Darylâs chest heaves. âShit, RickâIâmââ He doesnât even know what heâs trying to say. The whole articulating his thoughts thing still isnât working in his favor.
Rick licks a hot stripe from his throat to his ear, then whispers, "Youâre thinkin' too damn much."
Sure. He probably is, but it doesnât help him to hear it out loud, at all.
Rick pulls Darylâs hips forward with his grip on his ass, and all those racing thoughts scatter in the wind, because Daryl finds blissful friction on his thigh. Rick grinds right back against him.
Darylâs fingers flex uselessly before deciding to come up and tangle in the curls at Rickâs nape. He tugs at it a bit and gets an encouraging groan of appreciation.Â
Rick starts thumbing open the buttons of Darylâs shirt.Â
Fuck.Â
Run.Â
Daryl shoves hard at Rickâs chest, trying to get himself free, but Rickâs arm bands around his waist like a steel trap.
âStill wanna bolt, huh?â One hand snaps up and catches Darylâs chin, forcing his face forward. âYou really think you can outrun me?â
âGoddammit,â Daryl spits, twisting and bucking against him, but Rick just drives him into the wall hard with a shoulder and keeps going until this shirt hangs open.
Desire sparks hot beneath Darylâs ribs. It only makes him thrash harder, pulse hammering loud enough to make everything sound muffled. He shoves again, this time with enough force to stagger Rick back half a step.
Thatâs all he needs.
Daryl shoves an elbow into his chest as he tears free. Rick tries to snatch his wrist, but Darylâs able to get away in time. He turns around and gets low, backing up and waiting for Rick to come at him again.
âYouâre really pissinâ me off,â Rick warns, sounding dangerous. âYou want a chase? Is that it?â
âYeah.â
Daryl spins and moves down the hall fast, breath sawing in and out of his chest. He turns the corner at the end with a middle finger held up. He turns again and sprints through the French doors into the dining room.Â
He tries to slam the door shut behind him, but his hand slips on the knob. The latch barely clicks before Rickâs already shoving through after him.
Daryl curses and rounds the dining table. He yanks a chair into Rickâs path, wood screeching across wood.Â
Rick vaults it cleanly without even slowing down.Â
Of fucking course he does.
Daryl sidles through the French doors and back into the hallway. Rickâs right behind him.
The hall ends in the kitchen, and it looks like a dead end at first glance. Then he spots the back door.Â
Daryl pivots hard, boots skidding across the tile as he tears toward it.
He only makes it halfway.
Rick crashes into him from behind with enough force to knock the air from his lungs. One hand slides around his waist to cinch tight around Darylâs stomach. The other fists into his hair and jerks his head back.
Oh, fuck yes.Â
Heat flashes through him so fast it makes him shudder. He bites down hard on the sound clawing up his throat, it comes out gritted anyway.
âListen to that,â Rick taunts. âKnew youâd like a little hair pulling.â
âScrew you,â Daryl grits.
Rick steers him by the head toward the kitchen island like heâs got him on a goddamn lead. Daryl staggers forward until the edge of the counter digs into his hips. Rick pins him to it from behind.Â
Rick yanks back on his hair again. Heâs clearly looking for another reaction, and Daryl hates that he gives him one. He grunts as Rick bends him forward over the island.
Daryl almost doesnât brace himself in time, palms smacking flat against the cold, dusty granite before heâs on his chest.
Rick tugs him back to get Darylâs jeans open again. He forces them back down to mid-thigh again. He hooks his finger into the elastic of Darylâs boxers. He doesn't pull, just keeps it there as he leans forward over him.
It's infuriating at this point.
"What's stoppin' ya, huh?" Daryl growls. "Take 'em off."
"Nothin's stoppin' me, Dixon. I just like this little game youâre playinâ with me." Rick takes a deep breath and presses forward against his ass.
Daryl whines, and he's immediately horrified by the sound of it.
Rick seems to like it though. "Damn," he laughs, âI really didnât think you'd sound this pathetic."
âEat shit.âÂ
Rick yanks his head back again. âWatch it.â
The sharp sting races down his spine, landing with a shock in his gut, and fuck, that really shouldnât feel so good. Shouldnât make him moan like that. Shouldnât give him that restless feeling in his hips.Â
But it does.Â
God, it does, and the realization punches through him like a bullet.
The shame should be worse. Should claw at him, make him shove Rick off and tell him to stop for real. But all he does is press back against him, grinding like heâs got no fucking pride left.Â
Rickâs hand glides up to his chest, rough fingers exploring the bare skin there, then they travel back down.Â
Down.
His hand isnât stopping.
Oh. Please, fuck.
Glides over Darylâs hipbone, then beneath the waistband of his boxers.Â
Daryl tenses, expecting him to finally touch him where he needs it, but his hand just continues its path, gliding straight down his leg. He grips Darylâs thigh then slides his hand along the inside of it.
Teasing.Â
Torturing.
Daryl grumbles a quiet, "Asshole." He twists his hips, trying to get his touch where he needs it.
âWatch your fuckinâ mouth.âÂ
Rickâs hand leaves his boxers to instead grind forward against him with slow, languid rolls of his hips. Rick grips his hip tightly, holding him still as he starts to rock against him. The way the rough denim of Rickâs jeans teases the heat between his thighs is maddening.
Daryl arches, tilting back to meet his rhythm. âPlease.â
âPlease, what?â
Darylâs words dam up in his throat.Â
âI thought you said walkers were gonna get us.â Rickâs other hand slides up Darylâs spine, fingers threading through his hair to yank on it again.Â
Daryl chokes when Rick grinds harder.
Rick goes on, âSeems like you forgot all about that.â
âDidnâtââ
âYou just wanna get fucked right here on the counter, donât you?â
âI donâtââ
âThatâs a yes or no question.â
âRickââ
âUh-uh. Try again.â
Darylâs fingers scrape dust off the granite as Rickâs grip in his hair tightens. âN-Not safe.â
âStill got somethinâ smart to say?â Rick murmurs. "Huh?"
"No."
"No, what?"
"I don't haveâ" Daryl gulps. "Don't have anythinâ smart to say."
"Glad to hear it." Rick hauls him away from the counter by his hair, turns him, then pushes him toward the back door. âNow run.â
Daryl yanks his pants back up over his hips. He shoulders the screen door open, emerging into the back yard.Â
The autumn chill hits him like a wall. Daryl blinks against the setting sun throwing Georgian gold across the overgrown yard. The air smells like spice and something sweet. If he squints enough at the memory, it reminds him of apple cider.
That comfort is fleeting though. The creak of the screen door behind him urges him to speed up. He breaks into a brisk jog on the patio, speeding up again when he hits the grass.Â
Rick's bootsteps are slow and predatory back there. Itâs clear that he already knows whoâs gonna win this game, and now he's just having fun with it.
Daryl glances over his shoulder. Rick follows him. Heâs not running. Not yet. But he starts walking faster, gaze locked on Daryl like heâs a mark.
Daryl sees a pole barn and makes for it. He knows heâll never outrun Rick. Knows his long legs and stubborn streak will close the gap sooner or later.
But, fuck, that just makes it better.
Daryl turns and cuts toward the vehicles just outside the pole barn. An old maple stands sentinel at the edge of the building. He ducks under a low-hanging limb, then his heart drops into his stomach.Â
Distantly, he hears Rickâs footfall quicken behind him. It lights a fire under his ass and he starts sprinting.
Rick does too.
No more playing. No more patience. Just the heavy thud of boots gaining ground, closer, closer, until Daryl can practically feel the heat of him at his back.
He only has enough time to run into a row of rusting cars and an old camper van.
And he's cornered himself yet again.
Daryl slows only for one second to reassess, but apparently thatâs all the time Rick needs. His arms snake around his waist, yanking him backward into the solid wall of his chest.
Rick chuckles, breath coming quickly. âDoesnât seem like youâre trying very hard to get away from me.â
Daryl grunts, twisting, but Rickâs grip is immovable, breath hot against Darylâs neck as he navigates him toward a Mustang Fastback. With a rough shove, Rick tilts Daryl forward over the carâs hood until his palms flatten on metal, still warm from the afternoon sun.
Rick shoves Darylâs jeans and boxers down to mid-thigh this time.
Oh, fuck, finally.
Rick smacks his ass so hard that Daryl knows a handprint is already welting on his skin.
Darylâs barely finished reacting to it when Rickâs eager hand dives between his legs. He finds his clit with far too much finesse. Darylâs legs snap together on instinct.
Rick tsks against the back of his neck. âNone of that, now.â His boot nudges between Darylâs feet, then kicks them apart. "Spread âem."
His legs obey, hips tilting forward into Rickâs touch when he finds his clit again.
"God, you're fuckin' soaked, Dixon."
Daryl grinds down against Rickâs hand, simply moving how it feels good. Clumsy and boneless, and Rick just keeps rubbing and rubbing. Darylâs arms wobble, head dropping between his shoulders.
âLowerââ
âOh, lower, huh?â Rick laughs. His hand follows his request, a single finger gliding through his folds before slipping right into his cunt. âThis where you need it?â
With a long, affirmative moan, Daryl melts, collapsing forward onto the hood of the car.
Rick props himself over him and thrusts his index finger, slow and easy. That alone makes his knees tremble. When he adds a second and it glides in easily, they buckle.Â
Rick doesnât let him fall, just grips him around his ribs and hauls him upright again, Darylâs back pressed to his chest.Â
God.
âMoreââ Daryl cuts himself off with a gasp when Rick starts fingerfucking him with enthusiasm.Â
He doesnât finish the thought. Canât.Â
Wonât.Â
Ever.
Doesnât need to.
He canât think, not while Rickâs palm keeps bumping into his clit like that.Â
Then heâs pushing a third in, and now Daryl feels the stretch. His thighs tremble, then snap together. Rick catches them with his knees, forcing them back open. Daryl tries to resist doing it again, but his body moves before he can stop it, knees coming together.
âDid you forget what I said about pissing me off, Dixon?â Rick growls. His lips drag over the curve of his shoulder as he pulls Darylâs shirt all the way off his arms. âEver touched yourself like this?â
"Never that far insiâFuckâ"
"Mhm?" Rick hums. "Too chicken?"
"Go to hell."
"Damn, you got a mouth on you."
Darylâs glad he has his legs pinned now. They really wouldnât keep him vertical otherwise.
And before long, Darylâs world narrows to the filthy, wet sound of Rickâs fingers fucking into him. His hips writhe, chasing the pressure, but Rickâs grip around his waist keeps him still, forcing him to take it exactly how he gives it.
Itâs too muchâthe stretch, the burn, the way Rickâs free hand fists in his hair again and yanks his head back to look at his expression.
âYeah, there he is,â Rick murmurs. His fingers curl inside, rubbing against something that makes Daryl whine like a fucking dog. âThatâs it, câmon. Lemme hear ya.â
Rick's hand pistons between his thighs. The rough smack of his palm meeting Daryl's clit sends him to a planet all its own.
Oh.Â
Wait, shit. Oh.
Daryl pants rough and ragged as he feels the familiar build. âRick.â
âMhm?â
âThinkâm gonnaââ
âOh, not yet you arenât.âÂ
Rick wrenches him up by the hair. He guides him toward the camper van and Daryl stumbles around as he goes, jeans low around his thighs.
When Daryl hears the clink of a belt behind him, for a dizzying second, he thinks, at long last, Rickâs going to get his cock out and fuck him.Â
He hears a clink again, but itâs not Rickâs belt.Â
Itâs his holster.
Rick steers Darylâs head toward the camper door.Â
The cold muzzle of Rickâs revolver presses against the back of his skull, fleeting, before sliding away to point past his shoulder. The barrel gleams in the fading light as he aims it toward the door of the camper van.
âOpen it,â Rick murmurs.
Daryl obeys without thought, hinges groaning as he swings it wide. Dust motes swirl in the dim interior.
No groans, no shuffling. Just stale air carrying the warm scent of sunbaked leather.
Rickâs gun vanishes from his periphery with a smooth click of the hammer, holstered before Daryl can blink.
Rick shoves him forward, and Daryl stumbles. The toe of his boot catches on the doorframe, and he goes down.
Daryl goes down chest-first with a grunt, ribs bouncing off linoleum. He crawls to the couch to regain some dignity, but Rick denies him of that.
Just as he makes it to the cushions, Rick drags him backward by the ankle. Daryl hisses when the skin of his stomach squeaks and skids along the floor.
Daryl twists, kicking at him with his free foot. Rick dodges and hauls him even closer. Daryl's fingers dig into the rug by the sink in vain as heâs pulled and flipped over.
Daryl starts panicking once heâs turned onto his back.Â
Rick pins Darylâs leg down, his boot laces snapping under impatient tugs. Rick wrenches the first one off and tosses it behind him into the grass. The second boot follows, and his socks are gone just as fast.
Rickâs fingers hook into the waistband of Darylâs jeans and boxers with no ceremony. One rough pull drags them down and off.Â
Darylâs breath hitches. The cold autumn air hits his bare ass, his cunt, the backs of his thighs, but itâs the hungry look in Rickâs eyes that makes him shiver.Â
Daryl feels like he blinks. Then Rickâs naked.Â
All of himâ
Oh.
Darylâs breath halts and dissolves into his chest.
Rickâs cock juts out from his hips, veins snaking along his shaft to the tip,, flushed angry red. It looks like it belongs in one of those magazines they found earlier. The kind Daryl scoffed at for being unrealistic.
Well, here it is.
âAinât no way,â Daryl rasps. âYou tryna kill me?â
Rick exhales through his nose, amused. He shuts the camper door behind him and takes a step toward the couch and sits down onto it. He slouches back, fist closing around his cock and holding it up just for show.Â
Rick pats his thigh and crooks a finger at him. âCâmere.â
He stays right where he is on the floor. "Nah."
Rickâs all cool nonchalance. âI'll make it fit.âÂ
Daryl blinks. âYouâll make it fit?â
âYeah. Now get over here before I start dragging you around again.â He spreads his legs wider on the couch, stroking his cock lazily. "You think Iâm playinâ around?"
Daryl must hesitate a second too long, because Rickâs patience snaps. He sits up quick, hand shooting down to keep his promise. Daryl concedes. âOkay, fine. Damn.âÂ
He climbs up onto Rickâs lap.Â
Slowly.Â
Fuck, heâs so nervous. He has no idea what to do or how to do it.
âThere you go,â Rick murmurs. His hands slide around to the back of his thighs, coaxing him forward until heâs straddling him.
Feeling Rickâs hands gliding around on his bare skin just reminds him how unbelievably out of his depth he is. Not to mention how fucking sensitive he is.Â
Rick pushes down on his legs. âLower. Yeah, like that.â He slouches even more as he readjusts his cock to lay flat on his stomach, then he tilts his hips up, dragging the length through his folds.
Darylâs clit catches on the head with every roll of his hips. His brain feels heavy, so he slumps forward against Rickâs shoulder.
Rick exhales through his nose, amused. âCâmon, rub on me,â he coaxes.Â
Darylâs hips stutter, clunky for all of two seconds before giving in to the slow roll Rickâs guiding him into.
âGood,â Rick praises, fingers digging into the meat of Darylâs ass. âShit, I still can't get over how wet you are.âÂ
Darylâs pulse thunders in his ears, heat crawling up his neck. He should be mortified, but Rick groans, urging him on. All of that chasing feels childish compared to how adult heâs being right now.
âOkay, hey,â Rick rasps, âI want you to try takinâ me.â
Daryl nods nervously and reaches down between them.
Rickâs cock is hot against his palm, thick and heavy, pulsing when he wraps his fingers around it. Heâs so damn soft and smooth. Daryl floats out an appreciative sigh as he traces along a vein.Â
Rick scoffs. âNever had anyone look at my dick with heart eyes like that before.âÂ
âStop.â Daryl shoves at his shoulder, then shifts his weight forward. He angles Rickâs cock toward his entrance as best he can, but the second the head presses against him, his fingers slip.Â
It slides uselessly across his folds, smearing wet on the inside of his thigh.Â
Daryl exhales sharply through his nose, frustration already prickling under his skin. Being scrutinized is bad enough, but eyes on him when heâs naked makes him want to vanish.
Especially when he canât get Rickâs dick inside him.
"How the hellâs this supposed to fit?" Daryl grits out. He shifts his weight again.
âIt will,â Rick soothes. âJust breathe.â
Breathe?
Sure.Â
With a scowl, Daryl tilts his hips around in restless circles to see if he can get him inside his cunt any easier.Â
The main problem is that heâs still too scared to force it.
Both of them groan when the head of his cock rubs hot along the seam of him, because that alone feels pretty damn great. Daryl could just grind along the length of him until he loses it, but again, he ainât no fucking quitter.
Rick is already wet with Daryl's slick, which biologically, is meant to ease the glide.
Clearly it ainât doing shit.
Maybe heâs just broken or something.
At least they found a decent seat for Rick to lean back on while he twiddles his goddamn thumbs. Darylâs been trying at this for too long already.
Nothing is working in his favor here.
Syrupy golden sunlight slants through the window above the couch, directly in Darylâs eyes. Lights him up like a fucking exhibit. Canât even see Rickâs face because heâs in shadow down there.
Motes of dust swirl around whenever he puffs a breath. Which heâs doing a lot of, apparently. His chest is shiny with sweat.
Fuck, itâs hot in the sun.Â
Darylâs always heard that first times were awkward, but thatâs the thing, itâs not just awkward. Itâs straight up fucking humiliating. Heâs making a fool of himself.Â
Obviously Rickâs not the virgin here, so he could cut himself some slack, but Darylâs pride wonât let him do that.
Daryl exhales hard through his nose, lifts higher, tries again. Daryl bites back a noise when the head of his cock catches, thighs trembling.Â
Then it slips. Again. Even with how wet he is.
Hell, maybe thatâs why it keeps happening.Â
Regardless, Daryl grits his teeth and tries again.
Slips.
"You gotta push down, Daryl.â Rickâs grip on his hips tightens and he moans, head dropping back against the back of the couch. âYou're teasinâ me."
Yeah right. Daryl wishes he had that much control of the situation.
âNo, no, no.â Rick clutches the back of Darylâs neck and pulls him down until their foreheads bump together. "Yes I will. You really need to breathe."Â
âI canâtââ
âDaryl.â A laugh bubbles out of him.Â
"Quit laughin'. You got a damn tree trunk between your legs."
Rick barely holds back his chuckle. "Listen. Youâre just thinkinâ too hard." His hands leave Darylâs nape in favor of resting on his waist again. "Please, lemme help you."
âNah. I got it.â Daryl swallows, shifts again. Focuses on loosening the tension coiled tight in his thighs.Â
Tries.
Slips.
âDammit.â
"Breathe, Dixon."
"'M tryin', man, shit."
âI know. Youâre tryinâ so hard.â
Slip.Â
âFuckinâââ
âD, you gotta push down harder than that.â Rickâs thumbs rub circles on his belly. âItâll hurt, but youâll adjust. Promise.â
Regardless, he tries once more, because he ainât no goddamn quitter.
Slip.
Just as Darylâs about to start raging, Rick catches his chin in his hand and makes him focus on him instead.Â
Daryl melts into him a bit.
Rickâs eyes are serious. âYouâre gonna stop being so damn stubborn, and youâre gonna let me help you.â
Daryl nods as best he can, then Rickâs doing exactly that. Daryl sits up as Rick adjusts the angle for him. He tilts his pelvis far more forward.Â
Itâs shameful just how off the mark he was.
Rick holds his cock up for him. âThere we go,â he sighs. âNow sit. Câmon.â
Daryl takes a shaky breath, looks up at him, then back down. Rick holds him in place and pushes up at the same time as Darylâs weight settles.
Daryl hisses.
A little moreâ
âShit, D.â Rick groans low in his throat. âLet me in.â He pushes up against him with more force.Â
Daryl chokes out an, "Oh, ohâ"
Then his breath shatters as the head of Rickâs cock bullies its way inside him. His hand flies to the back of the couch and white knuckles it.Â
âGoddammit, Rickââ
His thighs tremble with the effort of staying there, of not lifting back off immediately. Everything burns. Deep, radiating pressure that makes him want to cry.Â
Rick looks desperate all of a sudden. âYour cuntâs tight as hell,â he rasps.
"You're splittin' me in half."
"Breathe."
Daryl starts panting.
"Breathe slowly."
"Man, quit with that meditation shit. Tryinâ not to die right now."
"Want some more help?"Â
âNo, fuckinâ, justâshitâjust gimme a second.â
Rick's hands skate up his sides to rest on the dips in his waist. The warmth and tenderness of Rickâs palms is absurdly comforting, considering the rest of him is threatening to rearrange his insides.Â
"You're doinâ good," Rick smiles.
The praise pops like little sparks in Darylâs chest. He heaves a deep breath and glances down at him. "Doin' good?"
âYeah, real good.â
The sun has dipped far enough behind the trees for him to properly see Rickâs face now. Kind of wishes he couldnât though, because whenever Daryl whimpers or gasps, he sees Rickâs expression tick, like heâs enjoying the sound of it or something.Â
Daryl shoves a hand into his cheek and groans. "Quit watchinâ me like that."Â
Rick chuckles. âWhereâs the fun in that?â
âStop.â
Daryl braces for something stupid when Rickâs mouth opens, breath held and hesitating.
"Youâre cute like this," he finally says.
Yep. Stupid.
Doesnât matter that he braced for it either. It still kicks him in the chest.
"Christ, manâQuit with the sappy shit."Â
âWhat? I canât say youâre cute?â
Daryl slaps a hand over Rickâs mouth before he can say anything worse. âNah.â
Rickâs lips twitch under his palm, warm and unbearably fond.
Daryl wants to strangle him.
Rickâs breath puffs hot against his palm, and Daryl can feel the shape of his smile. Sees it in his eyes.
Daryl really thought all of this taking-your-virginity shit would be rough and quick, something to get over with. Not whatever the hell this is turning into.Â
Rickâs breathing has gone shaky and fast. He doesnât remember when that happened. Daryl lowers his hand from his mouth.
âWant you on your back, Daryl.â
He says it like it's already decided.
Rick's hands slide up and close around Daryl's middle before he can answer, not that he was going to argue. A startled breath catches in Daryl's throat as the world tilts beneath him.
Rick shifts his weight and rolls them sideways. For a brief second everything feels unsteady, tangled together, and then Daryl's shoulders sink into the cushions. Rick follows him down, crowding close.
Darylâs thighs fall apart beneath the pressure of Rick settling between them. Shit, he watches Rick spit into his palm just to stroke himself all slow.Â
He leans forward and measures his cock against Daryl's stomach, like he's trying to see how deep he'll reach.
Darylâs cunt pulses when he sees Rick's cock twitch and weep onto his stomach, just below his bellybutton.Â
âDo you have any idea what you fucking do to me, Daryl?â
âNo.â
Rick leans back and drags the head of his cock over his clit, back and forth. The pressure is perfect. âLemme show you, then.â
Darylâs heart does a somersault, hips rolling up into it. âPlease.â
âYeah?â Rick murmurs. âYou begginâ?â
Darylâs face burns hotter. He should lie, should bite back and force his denial, but his bodyâs being too honest for any of that.Â
So, he nods.
âThen you must be ready for my cock.â
Daryl shuts his eyes tight, arm flying up to cover them. He nods again, quicker this time.
âGonna need to hear those pretty words, Dixon.â
The shift in Rick is instantâhis amusement fades, replaced by something darker, more focused. Just like he was back in the study. The way Rickâs grip tightens on his thighs tells Daryl that heâs done playing around.Â
Before Daryl can brace himself, Rick pushes back in. The breach isnât as jarring the second time. Daryl's wet eases the way, but when the head fully pops inside, he still gasps.
Daryl pulls his knees back so he can properly watch as Rick buries his cock deeper.
Mm, fuck.Â
Daryl watches in awe. He doesn't know how his body could accommodate something so thick, so long. Rick gradually disappears, stretching him open inch by agonizing inch.
A groan climbs out of Rick, like he canât hold it in. Heâs not even halfway in when he starts to thrust. Shallow, slow little movements.
In spite of the gentle slide, Daryl melts. His head drops back against the couch with a shaky moan. "Rick, please don't stop doinâ that."
Rick grins. "Well, since you asked so nicely." He obliges, each thrust reaching a fraction deeper than the last.Â
Daryl feels the drag of him in places he didnât even know he could.Â
âDamn, Dixon.âÂ
With a whine, Daryl lifts his head and sees Rickâs gaze locked on his lower belly. Both thumbs rub in reverent circles below his bellybutton.Â
Between one trembling breath and the next, Daryl notices why.
Rickâs cock is so goddamn big that he bulges him out from the inside.Â
With a satisfied groan, Rick pulls out until just the head of him catches inside. Then he pushes back in.
Slow as hell.
Rickâs cock fills him up. More, and more, until sure enough, his stomach bows out again.
âFuck. Holy fuck.â Daryl quickly props himself up and slides a hand down his chest to shove Rickâs hands away so he can feel instead.
Rick laughs as he picks up speed. Daryl doesnât even acknowledge it. His eyes stay fixed on the recurring swell of his belly, fingers trembling over it.
Shit, heâs going insane.
Rick makes it worse, fuck him, of course he does. His fingers splay warm over Darylâs lower stomach, then he presses down just as he rolls his hips forward again.
The pressure is obscene. He feels it everywhere. Rickâs palm presses down like heâs trying to mold Darylâs body around him.
Insane? Nah. Darylâs brain simply goes empty. All he can think about is being speared on his cock.Â
Darylâs mouth falls open around a long groan as Rick finallyâfinallyâstarts fucking him like he needs it. None of that slow, careful bullshit anymore. Just deep strokes that knock the air right out of his lungs.Â
"Look at that," Rick murmurs, voice gone low and grumbly, fingers digging into the meat of Darylâs thighs. "Already goinâ stupid on my cock."
Daryl covers his face with one hand and flips him off with the other.Â
Rick pushes it away from his face, then his kiss lands hard.
Not careless. Not rushed.
Certain.
Daryl makes a rough sound in the back of his throat as Rick's mouth claims him, stealing every coherent thought heâs got left. One of Rick's hands slides into his hair while the other braces beside his shoulder, caging him in without actually trapping him.
The distinction matters.
Daryl feels it.
Feels the choice in it.
Still, he grabs a fistful of Rick's shirt and pulls him closer.
Like he couldn't stop himself if he tried.
Rick answers immediately.
The next kiss is deeper, slower, somehow even more overwhelming than the first. Daryl's pulse hammers against his ribs. Every nerve feels stripped bare, sparking beneath his skin.
His head sinks back into the cushions.
Rick follows.
Their foreheads knock together briefly when they break apart for air, neither of them getting far enough away to really count as separated.
Daryl's chest rises sharply when his hips pick up the pace, sliding around easily in his cunt.Â
Rick's gaze drops to his mouth.
Then lifts again.
That steady stare settles on him, dark and unwavering.
"Daryl," Rick says quietly.
Just his name.
Nothing else.
But it hits harder than a shove.
Daryl swallows.
His fingers tighten in Rick's shirt.
Rick's expression shifts, something fierce and fond flickering beneath the surface, and then he's kissing him again before Daryl can think of a single thing to say.
Probably for the best.
Thinking left the room a while ago.
Darylâs breath hitches when Rick stills him by the waist and pulls out.
âNo, God, fuck. Donât stââ
Rick shushes him. âWanna screw you from behind. Get on your knees.â
Daryl doesnât need to be told twice. He scrambles to flip, chest pressed into the couch cushions, ass up.
Daryl blinks.
A choked noise comes from behind him. "Oh my God, Daryl."
He doesn't know what that comment's about, then his brain catches up. Both of Daryl's hands are holding himself open, presenting like some desperate fucking whore. His breath snags in his throat.
Daryl's never felt this raw, this needy, like his blood's too hot, searing through his veins like lava.
Rick exhales sharply behind him, and thenâbecause he's an absolute bastardâhe drags the thick head of his cock through his soaked folds instead of just fucking into him.
The glide is obscenely smooth, teasing, maddening.
"Rickâ" Darylâs voice cracks, throat tight like heâs about to cry. "Quit fuckinâ teasinâ me, dammitâjustâ" His fingers dig into the meat of his ass, hips jerking back uselessly against empty air.
Rick pushes back in without preamble, pace reckless right off the bat. Daryl groans in relief through his teeth, then he's just making sounds that scrape his throat raw.
It feels so good, fuck.
His cheek presses into the couch cushion, vision going blurry as Rick reams him open.
âFuck, you're gone,â Rick murmurs, voice rough, hands sliding up Darylâs back to grip his shoulders. âSo pretty when you cry.â
Daryl wants to protest. Pretty ainât the word heâd use, not with his thighs shaking, body covered in a gleam of sweat.
Wait. Cry?
Heâs crying?
And Daryl really didn't think it could get better than this.
He's been wrong about that since the study.
Rickâs fingers hook over his shoulders and yank him back to meet the next thrust. The noise that tears out of Daryl is something between a shout and a sob, his hands fly up to the cushions as Rick's rhythm turns punishing, fucking into him with enough force to throw him forward with every drive of his hips.
Rick pants above him, chuckling breathlessly as his thrusts turn erratic. âAnd you said you couldn't take my cock.â
Darylâs head spins. He is taking it, taking all of him. His hips jerk back instinctively, meeting Rickâs next thrust with a wet smack.
Both of them go still.
Fuck, that was incredible.
"Keep that up, D."
Rick hauls him back, grip bruising-tight on his collarbones. Darylâs spine curves in a rigid arc as Rick starts fucking into him againâhard, merciless, no quarter given.
Daryl focuses on the rhythm, then his body just learns. He meets Rick halfway, pulls a ragged groan from both of them, sticky-wet where their bodies meet.
Itâs so goddamn overwhelming.
Darylâs hand shoots down between his thighs, fingers rubbing desperate circles over his clit.
The friction makes Daryl's spine tingle. Realization hits him like a punch because this is going to wreck him. He knows it.
Feels it.
His cunt pulses as he continues circling his clitâ
Oh.
His orgasm rushes up on him so fast it gives him whiplash.
No slow climb, no warning, just a brick wall.
Only the wall isn't brick. It's velvet and clouds and warmth.
Daryl's eyes roll back, pleasure cresting when he clamps down around his cock. That's really when he feels how stuffed he is.
Squeezing. Fluttering. Full.
God, he's so fucking full.
âComin' on my cock, Dixon?â Rickâs voice is so deep. "Shit."
Darylâs body jerks through it, oversensitive and trembling, and Rick keeps going. The slide gets slicker, hotter as Darylâs cunt grips around him in his aftershocks.
"So damn tight." Rickâs rhythm turns brutalâfast, sharp thrusts, chasing his own peak. "You drive me crazy."
Daryl hiccups, tranced and wrung out, but his hips still push back instinctively.
Heâs boneless, pliant, letting Rick take what he needs. Helping him take it.
Daryl's mouth falls open when Rick's cock pulses, spilling inside. Filling him even more, fucking it deeper into him. Then he buries himself to the hilt and stays there.
Daryl's thoughts are syrupy-slow as he drops his head down, blinking vapidly at the ground below them.
Rick's weight is a furnace against his back, panting hot and damp between his shoulder blades. They stay like thatâstuck together, sweaty and spentâlong enough for Daryl's daze to lift and provide more sensory input.
He's sore as hell.
He flexes his fingers against the couch cushion, throat working around nothing.
Fuck, now what?
Rick finally shifts back, pulling out. He feels it immediately, sticky warmth trickling out of him, dripping onto the linoleum below.
His face burns.
"Jesus," Rick mutters. He leans down, hands still gripping Daryl's hips, and watches. Actually watches as more of it leaks out.
Daryl twitches, tries to squirm away, but Rick's fingers dig in, holding him in place. "Quit," he snaps, but there's no bite to it. "Man, I ruined you."
Darylâs breath hitches when Rickâs thumbs spread him open. The air feels cool against his flushed skin.Â
The mortification is instant, heat rushing up his neck. He tries to squirm away, but Rick holds him firm, memorizing the way Darylâs cunt pulses around nothing.
Then one thumb drags to center, teasing the swollen seam of him.Â
Darylâs hips jerk before he can stop them. "Quitâ" he starts, voice cracking, but the protest dies when that thumb presses inside him.
Rick hums appreciatively.
Daryl wants to vanish.Â
The thumb sinks deeper, curling inside him, and Darylâs body jerks.Â
"Goddamn it, Rick," he grits out, but his hips roll into it anyway, chasing the pressure.Â
The sky outside has bled from gold to bruised purple. Theyâve wasted too much daylight already.
"Weâahâwe gotta get back âfore itâs full dark."
Rickâs other thumb rubs slow circles around his clit, maddeningly light. "Mm. Few more minutes."
Darylâs thighs tremble, thighs squeezing around nothing as Rickâs thumb works him open, slick and easy. Itâs too much. Not enough. His breath comes in shallow hitches, fingers clawing at the couch cushion. "Ainât got a few minutes," he manages.
Rick finally concedes with a soft laugh. Daryl turns immediately, curling inward, shoulders hunching like he can fold himself small enough to disappear. His hair hangs in a damp curtain between themâhis favorite hiding spot.
Rick doesnât let him. He catches Darylâs chin between his fingers, tilting his face up. The kiss he aims for his mouth gets intercepted by Darylâs palm, shoved against his lips with a half-restrained grin.
"Go get my clothes, jackass," Daryl mutters, voice rough.
Rick blinks, slow, like heâs trying to recall the layout of the room through the fog of post-coital haze. His brow furrows. "Whereâd youâ?"
"Outside," Daryl deadpans. His fingers flex against Rickâs chest, nails scratching lightly through the damp curls there. The ghost of a grin tugs at his mouth when Rickâs expression shiftsâconfusion melting into realization, then settling into something unbearably fond.
Rickâs grin spreads slow. "It was a good idea at the time," he jokes. His hand reaches up to clutch the back of Darylâs neck, tugging him forward before he can dodge.
This kiss actually lands, square on his forehead, warm and lingering.
Rick exhales a laugh through his nose, then finally pulls away and stands. His knees pop audiblyâtoo many years kneeling in dirt and gravelâas he stretches his arms overhead. Daryl watches the play of muscles in his back, the way his spine flexes when he bends to rifle through a nearby cabinet.
The blanket Rick pulls out is woolen, smelling of dust and cedar. He tosses it at Darylâs head with a smirk. "Cover up before you catch cold, princess."
âI envy people who havenât met you.â
âOh, I donât think thatâs true.â
Daryl flips him off but snuggles into the woolen blanket anyway, pulling it tight around his shoulders.
He watches Rick step into his jeans one leg at a time, hopping slightly to keep his balance. The sight is so goddamn domestic that Darylâs chest does something weird and fluttery.
"Donât go anywhere," Rick says, already buttoning his jeans one-handed like heâs in a goddamn hurry. Like Darylâs got anywhere to be right now.
The second the camper door clicks shut behind Rick, Darylâs face cracks into a grin so wide it hurts his cheeks. He presses both palms over his mouth, muffling the stupid, giddy noise that bubbles up his throat.Â
He pulls the blanket up to his chin like some chastity shield.Â
As if that ship hasnât already sailed.
He slumps onto his side, hugging his knees. He squeezes his eyes shut, replaying every second.
Rickâs hands, the stretch, the way his stomach bulged. Itâs all a sweaty, oversensitive blur.Â
His thighs stick together when he shifts, and yeah, okay, thatâs gross, but he also kinda wants to rub his legs like a cricket and chase the aftershocks.Â