Everyone has scars, especially in this new world, but theirs are from before it happened. They both try to hide their pasts and the scars caused by them, but those scars make it easier to connect, easier to get along, and Daryl Dixon is someone people have a hard time getting along with. Complete through Season 8 (Season 9 IP). M for language and adult themes.

While out hunting Daryl comes across a stranger and decides to help her despite his better judgement and they begin on their journey together. (Daryl Dixon, Original Character, Friendship, Romance, Zombies, Adventure, smut, violence, profanity) story begins season 4, canon.

Daryl Dixon /OFC, Smut (starting CH17) with plot. Set 2-3 years post Terminus. No spoilers past S4. Emma Archer took a big risk by bringing Rick's group into her world. The one she trusted the least, Daryl Dixon, soon becomes her closest ally. "In so many ways, Daryl was like a cat whose fur had been brushed the wrong way. She liked the idea of petting it flat again."