❝you're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be, and I don't wanna go home right now❞ ― glenn rhee x oc ― season 1-7 FIRST PLACE 2024 fanfic awards © bairdsrhee, 2024 cover by togeez

At the end of the day, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘴 ✶ It's the end of the world, but at least we're together. In which a young doctor tries to survive the zombie apocalypse Or, in which Tallulah Baird finds a family, even as the world ends. Daryl Dixon x f!oc The Walking Dead © noellelore '25

"i didn't need anyone then, and I don't need anyone now"

THE DIXON TWINS KNEW DISAPPOINTMENT. It greets them like an old friend. A welcomed intruder into their lives in which they have learned to live. So when their father stormed into their shared room on the day the world ended, telling them to pack their shit, they were not surprised. It had become normal for them, knowing they wouldn't stay in one place for long and one way or another, the world was designed to screw them over. But neither Ace nor Finch Dixon were aware of just how much their lives were about to change, especially when they take up camp on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia with another group of survivors as they brace this apocalyptic world together. In a world where the dead roamed free and ate the flesh of people, they can only hope it doesn't tear apart the little family they have left. [ seasons one through three/four? ] [ the story of the walking dead does not belong to me ] [ BOOK ONE ]

The only life-changing situation Mara Kozlov had ever planned on adjusting to was her move from the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia to rural Georgia in the United States. But nothing could have prepared her for the inevitable, never-ending hell she would soon begin to endure just days later. However, with the assistance of time- and a most trusted friend- she felt a relieving sense of normalcy. With the approach of 2010, a new decade, both Mara and Beth Greene were convinced that 2010 would be *their* year. Jesus Christ, were they wrong.

'𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆.' . During the search for Sophia in the woods, he finds a different girl with a similar history his own. The world ending hadn't left much of a parenting guide for troubled teenagers plucked from the wild but he managed, somewhat. . "I didn't like how you talked to me," she ground out, refusing to look at him. "That was called parenting, sweetheart. I was telling you boundaries." Started: 02-23-23 Finished: 11-28-24 "...𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕞 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟." ― 𝕋𝕒𝕪𝕝𝕠𝕣 𝕁𝕖𝕟𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤 ℝ𝕖𝕚𝕕, 𝔻𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕪 𝕁𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 & 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕚𝕩 "𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠 𝕊𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕟, 𝕒𝕙, 𝕀 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠- 𝕄𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕝 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕚𝕟' 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖." ― 𝕊𝕠𝕒𝕡&𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕟

All the fear, and the fire of the end of the world... G. RHEE X OC

Let the poets cry themselves to sleep © JONNYBERNTHAI / LAIKEN

𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨. 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟐 -

there is no guarantee that this life is easy. in which the babysitter for carl grimes falls for his brother.