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This Ain't No Place For No Hero Update
chapter seven: mama, there's wolves in the house
Again, maybe if the situation had been different, she would’ve argued with him, and insisted on keeping watch for a change. But not this time. This time she was just too tired, a different kind of tired. Tired like after she’d watched her momma stumble out of the barn and then get shot in the head. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and let herself fall into the dark.
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Despite his reluctance, Daryl grows closer to Liam. A close encounter with another group brings back unwanted memories for Beth.
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This Ain't No Place For No Hero
chapter ten: pass me that lovely little gun, my dear, my darling one
“I ain’t mean,” he said quietly. “Kid’s gotta learn how to be quiet if he wants to make it out here.”
“He’s five, Daryl.”
“Yeah, ‘n I want him to make it to six.”
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This Ain't No Place For No Hero
chapter eleven: linger on your pale blue eyes
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“I don’t know if you didn’t hear me, but in case you didn’t, it doesn’t matter what I want anymore,” she said, her voice going up an octave.
Daryl stood up and stared down at her. He needed to move. The stillness, the lack of air, of motion, it all hurt.
“I heard you loud and clear,” he said, taking his own voice up a notch. “Just havin’ trouble understandin’ cause what you’re sayin’ don’t make any goddamn sense!”
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chapter twelve: love, i have wounds only you can mend
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“Be quick,” she said. “Please.”
He nodded. “I will.”
They stood there for a moment, staring at each other. There was more to say, but neither of them was ready to say it. Instead, Beth threw herself against him into a tight, begging hug. He didn’t go limp. He wrapped one arm around her, while his other hand came around to cup the back of her head. Sometimes it hit them all over again that every goodbye could be the last.
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He can’t do this. He’s too tired for this, too old, he cannot be talking a horny teenager down from fucking him just because she’s finally hit her rebellious streak and he happens to be the only living man in her vicinity.
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After they burn down the moonshine shack, Beth decides she's not done with their little drinking game. But much to Daryl's chagrin (or maybe not), things very quickly take a decidedly risqué turn.
This Ain't No Place For No Hero
chapter thirteen: along the avenue of hope, footsteps falter, fingers grope
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“You know how when people die they become biters?”
Her smile faltered. Liam’s eyes were heavy-lidded and watery, not exactly like he was going to cry, more like he just wasn’t all there. Beth groped for the right words, but she couldn’t find them.
“Yeah,” she finally said.
“Did my dad become a biter?”
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This Ain't No Place For No Hero
chapter twelve: but i will leave the monsters all at bay
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“Liam,” she tried to control the shaking in her voice. “We promised your momma we’re gonna take care of you, and that’s what we’re gonna do, alright? You don’t have to worry about us going away.”
“But my dad’s gone,” he said. “And he said he was going to take care of me too.”
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Hot And Heavy, Pumpkin Pie
chapter one: my mama told me i should never venture into space
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After a disastrous senior year of high school, Beth Greene has put off college for the time being and is working at the new, soulless diner chain on the edge of Senoia. Stuck and lost, she befriends the surly, mysterious line cook, Daryl. However, what begins as an innocent work friendship quickly becomes something more, and what was supposed to be a summer off to figure things out turns into the kind of love story Beth thought she only read about in books.
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chapter fifteen: two hands longing for each other's warmth
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“I think that’s a good idea,” said Beth, then smirked. “You know what else is a good idea?”
“I dunno, but I’m guessin’ it’s gonna be some smartass comment from you.”
The smirk spread into a full-blown grin. “How’d you know?”
“Cause I know you, girl.”
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chapter sixteen: somebody told me, only and only, only the strong survive
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“He told me he wanted to learn.”
“Girl, the kid’s five, for chrissake,” he said, then glanced toward the sliding doors and lowered his voice. “The only thing he wants is his momma, and we both know that ain’t happenin’.”
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chapter seventeen: all is calm, all is bright
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Of course, he cared about Liam, he wanted the boy to like him, to trust him, but he never expected this—to be able to make him laugh. To chase him. To throw a snowball at him. To not scare him. He never would’ve laughed if his own father threw a snowball at him, even if he hadn’t intended to hurt him. The possibility of hurt was always there. But such a thing didn’t even occur to Liam. There was no fear, no apprehension. Just delight.
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Hot And Heavy, Pumpkin Pie
chapter two: but i find it soothing when i am confined
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There were few things worse than having a crying fit under the midsummer Georgia sun, Beth decided. Crying in general was never fun. It made her head stuffy and her face all swollen, her skin got heavy and sticky and snot dried around her nose, but usually, there was some relief, catharsis, whatever. Not this time, though.
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this ain't no place for no hero, this ain't no place for no better man to call home
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