He wanted what they'd had back in the prison. That life. What'd been taken from them.

"He once thought that with the dead walking around like they'd inherited the earth, he'd stop being afraid of things that go bump in the night." The second in a series of character studies centered around how a certain character's death affected each of them. This chapter is Carl's, set in S3.

Carol was in love with him, but will she change her mind when she finds Daryl's secret stash?

Written for Nine Lives's "Secrets and Signs" challenge. Carol can see the signs of change among her family, and Daryl can read her secrets on her face like a book. Very Caryl.

"A lot of things went unsaid between them. They were simply understood. They shared a comfortable familiarity with one another that she could never quite put into words, yet somehow never doubted. Still, in the midst of all that understanding, it sometimes felt like they had very little to say to one another." A Caryl one shot set between S3 and S4.