Daryl is used to his brother coming and going out of his life, leaving him alone, since he was a kid. He's used to Merle meaning trouble too, and to be dragged into all his messes as Daryl loyally follows his brother. But this time Merle's mess has reached top and has affected more people than the brothers, and Daryl finds himself wanting to step in and fix it, as once again he's left alone by his brother. Inspired by me wondering how Daryl felt about having always done as Merle says and yet being always left alone, and especially by wondering how is Daryl so good with kids, handling baby Judith so good, like a pro since day one. There's cute stuff here, but the main tag is Angst. There's no happy ending for this one. Daryl's pov, there's an OC (well...two...), but still, this is mostly a Daryl Dixon fic. Once again, this gets pretty angsty, don't say I didn't warn you. 3 chapters