T-dog makes a different decision on the roof in Atlanta. He decides to risk his life for the man who threatened to kill him hours ago. This choice sets up a string of events that will result in death, life, love, and trust. As the Dixon brothers learn to trust, Shane must come to terms with his best friend being alive and losing the woman and child he loves.

Snapshots of how Rick and Michonne came to be. Companion piece to "(she is) love" but can be stand alone.

With Merle missing and the CDC exploded, Daryl wants to return to Blood Mountain, to the backwoods neighborhood he once called home. He'll be leading a rag tag band of survivors, including the lost little girl he rescued and her grateful mother. (Cannon through Season 1 episode 6, then AU.)

Daryl didn't like her. Or maybe he just didn't like the fact that she wouldn't get out of his head (or that she made his skin fizz and his gut thud). No, he definitely didn't like that. But Merle is into her best friend, so it looks like he's not going to be able to be rid of her any time soon. AU (no zombies/pre ZA). Daryl/Tahlia (OC) slow burn. Mandrea pairing too.

2022 NEW UPDATES Two siblings and their best laid plans become uncertain when met with the group. One makes do with the situation while the other continues to lay plans, some involving a crossbow bearing hunter. Neither can foresee the road ahead and the hurt it bears. Daryl/OC Multiple OC's, future Tara and Negan. Current timeline is Season 3. DAILY UPDATES

Ace had been alone for almost a week before she is found. After the dead have risen, she gets offered a place in a camp overlooking Atlanta. If only the group would listen to her, she may be more skilled than they believe. TWD Fanfiction - I only own the OC and a few characters down the line.

Two strangers at the beginning of the apocalypse share an important connection but are fated not meet and instead go down two different paths. Fate however has bonded these two through one shared commonality, Carl Grimes. After years of separate hardships and tragedies for both Rick and Michonne, will fate finally draw the two experienced warriors together?

Elena was always composed and methodical. She knew how to survive the world way before it finished. She wasn't looking for attachments, for people to call a family. Because attachments are liability, make you weak especially in this new world where dead are walking and living are more dangerous than before.

Daryl and Beth choose to winter in the house they find in season 4. Largely inspired by "Winter Song" by Sara Barielles and Ingrid Michaelson and the fact that I'm still mad Bethyl was taken from us nearly five years after the fact. Explores their developing relationship over the winter months spent in the house together. Read and Review, if you feel so inclined. [COMPLETE].

Lucinda’s apocalypse started a year before the actual zombie apocalypse. When her mom was diagnosed with pancreatic Cancer. Then the world went to shit and her father became a psychotic maniac and dragged her along with him. “You can either be the killer or the victim and I know I will never be somebody else’s victim” - Lucinda

Tea spent her life being the odd man out. Having spent her younger years suffering abuse for being autistic and ADHD, she came into the apocalypse ready to take on the world. Daryl Dixon, a hunter and survivor like her, wanted nothing to do with the little girl who through herself into his world. But at the end of it all, can one really say no to love? I don't own TWD or its plot.

Daryl and Morgan head back to Virginia with their new family. The two men must reunite with their friends and show them the men they have become and help their new and old family get to know each other and deal with new problems as they arise as they build their new home and try to save as many people as possible. Trust, will, and love will be put to the test as they return home.

Caryl, AU. Mandrea as secondary ship. When Carol ends up in the small town of Liberty with her daughter, she finds herself among a crowd of people that seem like they might not be the most desirable bunch. As an outsider herself, she soon discovers that she can't judge a book by its cover and sometimes the most unlikely of people can become the closest family.

Sequel to "The End...Sort Of". We finally found a place to call home, but nothing in life is free. You would think that me being from the future would make it easy for all of us. If only that was the case. It was my job to make our home livable, and I refused to let the universe get in my way.

Beth refuses to be married to a man she barely knows simply because she's been told to. Her only recourse is to run into the forest near her home and keep running until she can find herself and a new home. At the start of her journey, a simple injury changes everything and a man she looks at as an arrow in the side is going to help her find her sought after independence.

Sequel to "Love in a Hopeless Place". Follow the continuing adventure of Lily throughout the apocalypse.

"I get the feeling being tough killed you a long time ago." Carl x OMC. Chapter warnings included. I can only tag three characters, so here are the rest— Mains include: Carl Grimes, Karen, Tyreese Williams, Maggie Rhee, Carol Peletier, Sasha Williams, Rosita Espinosa, Glenn Rhee, Mikey, Enid. Mikey is actually a character!

She winces as another sharp pain shoots through her, clinching her fists so tightly she can feel her nails biting into the palms of her hands. She's not thinking about pain though, not physical pain. All she can think about is him. She wants him here with her. That's what's causing her deepest pain, she knows he's not coming. Daryl Dixon and Beth Greene

While the world is in flames, the last thing Carl expects is to be alone with Merle Dixon in the middle of it all.

The sparking of an irresistible attraction between Daryl and Carol upends both of their lives. As their bond grows, the unlikely couple must decide how far they're willing to go and what decisions they are willing to make, in order to keep their newly formed family safe. (Caryl Fic / season 1 to 4ish)

Abigail is the daughter of Rick Grimes. She's tough, free-spirited, independent, funny and always getting into trouble. She's very close with her dad and Daryl Dixon. This is a random TWD spinoff that doesn't have much to do with the events of the show. (Abby is my o/c. I have other Abby stories so you might want to check those out) Warning: this story contains sexual abuse!

In this sequel to Just Like Animals, Gareth and Sadie are met with a whole new challenge when a new common threat forces them to team up with some old rivals just when they've finally started to settle down in their newfound sanctuary of Alexandria.

After losing Merle at the hands of the Governor, Suzy leaves the prison. The more she is alone, the more she comes to realize how difficult it is to survive. It's not until she comes across a new group on an important mission and holding out a helping hand, does she realize there might still be meaning in this new world, bigger than she would've ever imagined...

This time, Daryl's hunt for Sophia goes the way it was supposed to. (An AU inspired by a prompt from celestial nova, beginning during Chupacabra and stretching to post-Pretty Much Dead Already. Can be read as Caryl or as gen... reader's choice)

Stale M&M's, book 5. Season 9b onward. Oliver and the rest of Hilltop have been trying to move on after Alexandria mysteriously excluded them and all the other communities, but when old friends come knocking, warning of a new threat, everyone is forced to come together again. Tags: Bi OMC. Enid lives. Minor romance subplot. Chapter warnings enclosed. Art: @andytweed