𝐝𝐢𝐱𝐨𝐧.

⠀ HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. HEART - SHAPED COOKIES FOR EVERYONE <3 ⠀

this is a good excuse for her to ignore how shitty she feels in favour of attempting to help him. she has gauze!

she is feelin' under the weather and it sucks.

@CrossbowLoner from her hair before putting on the clean set of clothes she has and putting her bag in his room before going in search of him.

@CrossbowLoner She nods and once he's gone she's peeling off the storm worn clothes she was wearing, leaving them outside the door before climbing into the tub. It feels like heaven compared to the cold and the wind and the battering rain of last night. Making sure she gets all the mud →

@H3RBALISMS it," he grumbled with a huff. He turned around and began to walk to the back porch to try the front door. But that too was also locked so he made his way over to his bedroom window. His hands sliding it up wide open and began to crawl into the house through his bedroom window.

@ToThe0ldHouse rowan. dixon. an' no need to apologize at all. i'm jus' tryin' to contribute more and all that. now that i'm here.

@H3RBALISMS people skills are always a good thing to have! i think i mapped out a pretty good perimeter of where they’re placed. we can head out when you’re ready—— uh, sorry to ask so late, but what’s your name?

i think i almost lost a finger today. so, how’s everyone else doing?

/ had to go back to the ER and start from square one and i'm frustrated and in pain with a lovely head wound 2.0 so probably slow 😭😭

@ToThe0ldHouse yeah, i'm pretty good with traps and people who don't talk much if it helps.

@H3RBALISMS they’ve put up some pretty serious traps, so they /might/ wanna be left alone, but it never hurts to ask. as long as you’re comfortable with it, okay?

@ToThe0ldHouse oooooh. want help findin' them?

@H3RBALISMS eh, i was being being stupid. there was a few traps set up i was trying to disable. there might be some survivors around.

/ surgery recovery is kicking my ass but I do wanna be here more soon

@CrossbowLoner "Thanks, Daryl." She says softly, glancing his way. "Nah, I've gotten really good at it." Necessity. Her mother didn't care and she'd learned she needed to do it all herself. "If you wanna braid it after so it stays neat that would be really nice."

@H3RBALISMS Though he could be the same way at times. He didn't want his little sister worrying like this. "Now before I go start the laundry are yeah gonna need me to come back an help wash yeah hair?" He asked, pulling out a washcloth and soap so she could get her body.

@CrossbowLoner She brings her bag with her because it has a change of clothes. "It's fine, I'll live." Rowan smiles and watches the water fill, peeling muddy socks off. "I have extra clothes. Maybe while I clean up you should start some laundry? So Pa doesn't see all this mud?"

@H3RBALISMS and began to run the water into the tub. "Ain't very cold mm afraid" He said lowering the toilet seat so she could sit ontop of it while he ran the bath.

@CrossbowLoner "Oh yeah—you got it!" Finishing her sandwich with a hum, careful not to make a mess even if she was muddy as all hell. The storm isn't so bad now from the inside of the house.

@H3RBALISMS under the water to rinse it off. Already moving in the habit of clean up automatically.

@CrossbowLoner Her hair is a mess as it usually is but she offers a smile around her sandwich. "I have a change of clothes in my bad. It ain't wet inside luckily. I can leave these ones outside the bathroom if you wanna start some laundry while I get cleaned up."

@H3RBALISMS mumbled with a deep exhale. He didn't want her mother returning at anytime to see her all scuffed up and dirty. He didn't want to put her at risk for any type of wrath her mother might inflict upon her for that.

@CrossbowLoner She giggles softly, finding the way he said that very funny. Munching on the apple sandwich now with a hum. "Oh—this is really good l." She's not a picky kid at all but she does love sweet and salty and the peanut butter and apple works well together. "I'm glad yer home."

@H3RBALISMS half and handed her a peanut butter and apple slice sandwhich. He then made another for himself too while he was at it.

@CrossbowLoner mother. "That would be cool. How long as he gone for?" She asks, falling into silence as she munches her bread.

@CrossbowLoner "I know." She says softly. Jo only really speaks when Pa isn't around —utterly silent otherwise. Even the rare times when Merle isn't in jail and pops in she's quiet. She notices everything. She's conditioned to do anything she can to please their shared father, her awful →

@CrossbowLoner about it at school. I know Pa's too proud but we ain't."

@CrossbowLoner She'll probably offer to help clean everything up after a good night's rest—never wanting Daryl to be subject to their father's wrath on her part. Reaching gently for an apple slice as he looks around for anything else. "Maybe one day we can walk to the food pantry. I heard →