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Title: Comforting Hugs
Characters/Pairing: Daryl Dixon, Carol Peltier
Wordcount: 200
Challenge: hug
Finished: January 2018


Like through a haze, he heard Carol's cries, felt the uncontrolled trembling of her skinny body. Lost of words, all he could do was to hold her.

Finally, she had to face the truth. Sophia was gone. Everyone had known it for a while already, but Carol had refused to accept it. Daryl had prayed for a wonder together with her, though deep inside, he had long accepted it that all hope for this world would be in vain.

They had opened the barn this morning and had killed all the zombies despite Beth crying and Hershel cursing them. Then, when everyone thought it was over, Sophia stumbled out the door. Or what had reminded of her: an empty shell, only driven by her lowest instincts.

Daryl had lifted the crossbow when he suddenly remembered her soft voice, her shy smile. His hands had started to tremble, his sight blurred. The loud bang made him shudder. It had been Rick who had brought it to an end.

Carol's animal-like outcry tore him out of his reverie. He caught her in his arms when she broke down and held her tight. But maybe it was only because he needed this hug.

Title: Hard to handle
Character: Tabitha Matthews, Victor Kavanaugh
Word Count: 300
Prompt: handle
Rating: PG13

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Tabitha pointed at the car wreck. „Are they here,“ she asked. „The pictures you talked about, are they here?“

Victor's eyes seemed to stare into space. „Pictures,“ he mumured. „The pictures. I did hide them because I wanted to forget about them. Too cruel, much too cruel. We need to go!“

„Wait! I know you are afraid. We all are. But these pictures might help us to come home.“

He turned around to face her, puzzled. „Home? The home is here.“

Tabitha bit her lower lip; she felt the urge to cry. Forced herself to remember, that she was here for some weeks only, together with her family. So much had happened that she would have thought impossible, Julie almost died, Jim almost died, Ethan almost died, she almost died. But in the end, they all were still here, still alive. She was not alone.

When Victor stranded here years and years ago, he was still a young boy. He had lost his parents, had seen so many people die, until he finally was all alone for a long, long time. Hard to imagine how he could survive.

Tabitha forced her thoughts back; under other circumstances, she would have felt pity, but at the moment, she couldn't handle his annoying behavior.

All she wanted was to go back home again, with Jim, Julie and Ethan; she wanted this nightmare coming to an end. Maybe the solution lay within her reach, hidden in the pictures a little boy had drawn ages ago. „I could take the pictures,“ she suggested. „I will bring them to the colony house and...“

„No!“ Panic flared up in Victor's dark eyes. „You aren't allowed to see them. No one is. They belong to Carol. Carol is my sister. She is dead! Everyone is dead!“