Even before Daryls death, Rick couldn't sleep. Of course, how could anyone sleep in this world without the thought of closing your eyes for a split second then suddenly becoming walker chow. Even with what seemed to be a million wooden stakes and the barbed wire that surrounded the area made the place safe for them, he still felt uneasy. Having your soulmate sleeping next to you every night made it better. If only, Ricks wasn't dead.
He sighed, and rubbed his eyes with a yawn. The withdrawal of sleep was really starting to show. Droopy eyes, weakness while lifting, and sometimes he would even doze off in the middle of work. His mind would wonder during work times too and everything was twice as slow. He missed Daryl so much he could even smell the smoke in their bedroom as if he was inhaling and exhaling the chemicals in already. That smell, its fresh. Almost as if Daryl was in the room with him.
"I never realized how much time we wasted sleeping."
That voice, was to good to be true, but it was. "Daryl?"