Chapter 1: Cherokee Rose Bar

Music AU. Beth Greene is a young, aspiring musician, spending late nights singing in dimly-lit bars with an acoustic guitar resting over her lap and a smile on her face. Daryl Dixon is in his usual position: seated on a high stool with a glass of cheap liquor in his hand. When he witnesses a blonde angel singing onstage Daryl lies about being part-owner of the music label Rick & Co. Music to talk to her. Daryl is drawn to this girl, unable to shake the feeling of compulsion. And Beth is entranced by the sight of the older, enigmatic man watching her sing from across the bar. What starts out as an unlikely pairing turns into something much more in the dark corner of a sleazy bar.