Summary: In which Beth survives after Dawn tries to kill Beth and the group leave. Daryl and Beth savour their years together after leaving the hospital. Daryl/Beth, fluff. Something I wished and hoped would happen. Daryl/Beth. Rated M for sexual scenes. Written in honour for Hearts1989, LemonStar, jamie45, tanglingshadows and missy7293. A series of little one shots that I am writing for these lovely people who showed me the beautiful couple Bethyl.

Bethyl on girls!

Special Thanks To: tanglingshadows, Maykits, CeCeDanielle, Guest, Giorgia from Rom, felicia2235, serenity2293, Ela and missy7293, angelicedg and Hearts1989. Thank you for giving me reason to write Bethyl and continue to watch TWD for Daryl.

Fluffy. Written for Hearts1989, missy7293 and everyone else. Thank you jamiek45 for helping me out.

This is the final chapter of Faith And Hope, thank you everyone who reviewed, added to favourites and followed. And New Year.

Faith And Hope

Chapter 9


It had been three years since they had seen any walkers, three years since they had seen any large herds and things were getting back to normal or as normal as you could in a world that was occupied by dead people that roamed it.

Daryl smiled as he breathed in the fresh air that was no longer being polluted by cars as he saw his two sons Matthew and Dylan playing with Hershel and little Anna, and little Quinn Grimes, Rick and Michonne's son.

He smiled as he felt Beth's soft, familiar arms wrap around him and leaned into her touch, they had added two more additions to their family, two girls who they had named Bonnie Margaret after his mother and Maggie, and Charlene Annette Dixon, after Beth's mother and in honour of Carol who had passed away two months ago from cancer

They had four more children after Matthew and Dylan, Bonnie and Charlene, little Sawyer Rick Dixon, Dean Shawn Dixon and lastly Patrick Dixon, their little miracles.

"They're getting so big." Beth said softly as she moved to stand at his side as they saw their children play with their cousins, Judith was five years old and Carl was now a man at seventeen years old, they had lost Glenn to a herd on a run two years ago and Maggie died giving birth to Samantha Rhee, their last child.

They had suffered a lot of losses over the past three years, losing Glen and Maggie, Rick had passed away last spring with Michonne who had died not long afterwards, Carl was still with them and so was Judith.

Beth brushed some of his hair from his face as Daryl held her tightly to him as they watched their children play in the front yard, they had grown crops in the summer, corn, peas, sweetcorn and cabbage and strawberries.

They had built a life here in the cabins and Beth loved it, they may have lost their loved ones but she didn't doubt that they were watching over her.

"Kids come inside for dinner!" She called out and the kids ran inside with Carl giving Patrick a piggy back as they ran into the house and Daryl laughed softly.

His family.


Daryl sat with Beth later on in the living room as they had their kids sitting on their laps as they told them a story and Harper was curled on the other sofa, snoring contently alongside Molly and their two puppies.

"How did ya and momma meet, pa?" Matthew asked as he cuddled them all along with Dylan, Dean, Sawyer, Patrick, Anna, Hershel, Bonnie and Charlene.

Daryl shared a smile with Beth who kissed him lovingly as they began to tell their story.

"It's a story of faith and hope." Daryl said softly and squeezed Beth's hand tightly, Beth had given him hope and faith in his darkest hour and he had done the same for her.

"I love you, Daryl." Beth said lovingly and Daryl smiled properly, one of his rare smiles that she loved and so did the kids.

"I love ya too, Beth, always have and always will." He said kissing her tenderly and they held the kids tightly to them.


The End