Happy RLt birthday, dear! :D Disclaimer: fandom-blind, apart from some super cursory stuff I remember from the show's premise.

Right away, I actually really love your first sentence. You're rocking the whole in media res thing and immediately making me curious to learn more - what's she being foolish about? /is/ she being foolish, or is she just looking down on herself for thinking or feeling a certain way? - and it's also nicely worded as a free indirect discourse kind of deal where those could very believably be the exact words she's telling herself. You've done a nice job throughout that paragraph of setting up your premise without dipping into telling, too - like instead of just saying outright 'oh she's falling for a man more than twice her age,' you've incorporated it instead as a thought she could actually have even already knowing the facts: 'how am I supposed to explain this to Maggie?'

"When she first met Daryl, she hadn't paid him any mind when he'd arrived with rest of Rick's group." - This sentence comes off a little redundant by using two clauses starting with "when" right in a row. You could maybe tweak it to something like "When she first met Daryl with the rest of Rick's group," or even just change the second "when" to "as" instead. (And I didn't notice it until I cp'd, but you're missing a word, too - "with rest of.")

"someone who'd had practice. A lot of practice." - This is a really nice contrast against the descriptions of more empathetic or even humanized characters throughout the rest of this paragraph, and I like the extra emphasis you've given by sectioning off that last phrase as its own fragment; it really works to reinforce how sinister Beth's first impression of Daryl was.

I like how you leave it implied and untold exactly what happened to Beth's mother and brother with "And afterwards... well." Obviously people who've seen the show will know what's in the blanks here (at least I'm assuming!), but whether or not you're familiar with the specifics, it's once again just a realistic touch that she's not describing everything explicitly because this is stuff she takes for granted, and her hesitance also sort of suggests that she's pushing away the memories because they're too painful to want to dwell on, which is a really nice way of using syntax and withholding of information to reveal something about Beth as a character.

I'm confused by your statement that the winter was harsh even though the weather was mild - isn't that an oxymoron? Or did you mean harsh in terms of interactions with the Walkers or something like that? In which case you might want to clarify that.

Nice transition from your description of Rick trusting Daryl throughout the winter into Beth's musings about when her feelings for Daryl started; it flows well, and I especially liked the "knight on a metal horse..." image.

I don't know whether it's a canon detail or your own word choice, but love the Lil' Asskicker nickname for the baby. "She might have chosen to live, but she didn't know how to survive" - I LOVE that as a well-worded description and as a really strong and concise characterizing detail for Beth. Also really liked the detail in that paragraph that her singing annoys Daryl when it's one of the only things she thinks she's good for - I thought that really captured a really relatable insecurity people can have about how their crushes view them.

UGH YOUR LAST TWO SENTENCES YES PLEASE. Those are such powerful statements, and I love love the Walker metaphor because it does such a good job describing her mixed feelings toward her feelings for Daryl. I love you!

Wonderful story.. Loved it!

and then it happened! I want to know if "cured" so do not leave!

Please make this a full fledge story

ok your killing me with the sadness btw did you see the finale?

3 Perfect. :)

The 'and there didn't seem to be an animal on earth that he wouldn't eat' line had me laughing out loud! Amazing! I love this and I hope you add a second chapter to describe their time alone together on the run!

This. is. amazing.

I really liked this! But it was too short! ;) Please write more! :)

Is there goin to be more? This was really good and believable!