Two misfits, an arcade, and video games. [Modern AU]

Ellie Williams is a regulation delinquent whose been in so many different foster homes they're starting to blend together. Her social worker is at the end of her rope when she convinces an old friend to take her on. Joel and Sarah Miller are as overbearing as they could be, but between them and the mischievous girl who's always in detention, Ellie could grow to like Texas.

A gritty realism story set in an AU. Two orphans, Ellie and Riley, meet through unfortunate circumstances at an orphanage and quickly become best friends. Soon after though, a new enthusiastic caretaker takes the reigns of the building. The girls realize something is off about him and are forced to make a decision that will greatly affect their lives. Will be ElliexRiley.

I put salt in your coffee when you were in the bathroom and you drank it all and that was hardcore want to go out sometime au Oneshot Ellie and Riley

A series of drabbles set between American Dreams and Left Behind, focusing on how the girls fell in love. All fluff and happiness, because who doesn't love fluff and happiness?

"She was young: just turned eighteen, and she'd set him straight with a glare and a 'you don't know me' when he'd taken a look at her cowboy boots and summer dresses and tried to keep her away by claiming he didn't have time for little girls trying to use him to upset their Daddy. She'd been right; he hadn't known her back then." /./ Life is full of detours. AU. No ZA.

..Daryl/Beth.. AU - No zombies. Sheriff Rick Grimes needs to talk to Daryl Dixon about his whereabouts the night before. Different character POVs on different points in Daryl and Beth's relationship.

"That young and sweet as pie farmer's daughter you got in there? Yeah, she's all shacked up with her redneck biker boyfriend that we're always trying to arrest. Just in case you didn't know." /./ or Rick Grimes is having a very bad day. AU. No zombies.

No-Zombie AU After a fight with Joel, Ellie sulks in a coffee shop and hits it off with a random girl named Riley. A conversation blossoms, ranging from school mascots to video games to alternate post-apocalyptic universes.

Ellie's got a thing about friends and promises, but she manages to break a few anyway. Elsewhere, the head firefly's trying as hard as she can to keep a promise that hinges on a teenage girl in a shopping mall. Run in parallel with Back By Morning (/s/10154323/1/Back-By-Morning)

Why wasn't she changing? Why was she watching her best friend turn into a monster? What made her so special? Why did she get to live? Short Ellie/Riley fic, taking place right after the events of Left Behind. (SPOILERS)

Stay safe, and when you're ready, look for me in the light.