In a world burned down to its bones, love isn't a promise. It's survival. Kennedy Pearce and Daryl Dixon are two hardened souls bound by silence, loyalty, and something neither can name. When the world ended, they found each other. When it kept ending, they learned what it meant to lose. Now every glance carries a history, every touch a question: how do you hold onto love when everything else is built to fall apart? Their bond is raw, flawed, and undeniable, a connection forged in fire and tested by time. In a world where trust can kill you and hope feels dangerous, Kennedy and Daryl prove that some hearts still remember how to fight. • • • Daryl Dixon x Female OC The Walking Dead (Seasons 3 - 11 + spin offs) Please note, this book does include Daryl eventually becoming a father. If you're not a fan of this trope, please check out my other (childfree) Daryl Dixon fic, Bittersweet.

phil • o • phobia noun the fear of falling in love or being emotionally connected to another. aiden dixon loved her family. she was terrified to lose them. she had already lost too many people. her brother, a woman she grew up with, a very close friend, her brother-in-law, another close friend, and her father figure. aiden was in an abusive relationship for a year. she never trusted another man after that unless it was her father, brother, rick grimes, or the reed brothers. that was, until she met daryl dixon daryl dixon had only ever loved one woman before aiden. and that was his mother. he didn't expect to marry anyone. especially in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. he didn't expect to ever have a kid. he had one on the way. aiden and daryl were in love. everyone in their group saw it. they would kill for the other. they would sacrifice themselves for one another. the group all came from different places. they all had different backgrounds. but they all had one thing in common. they all experienced a bit of philophobia. THE WALKING DEAD. season five, season six, season seven. book three of five. all rights belong to robert kirkman and amc. aiden walsh, payton reed, nathaniel bivens, macy bivens, and xavier reed and their plot and most of their lines belong to me. please don't steal. started: december 9, 2019 finished: march 30, 2020 started editing: july 1, 2021 finished editing: july 4, 2021

|previously known as Insomnia| (DARYL DIXON) * (THE WALKING DEAD) |Season 2-11| |Slow Burn| Started: May of 2020 Finished: March of 2023 |I do not own any of The Walking Dead or plot, only my OCs and plot line|

Not a single cell in her body was scared. Nobody should be scared of death anymore; it's inevitable. Each direction you took still ended with a dead body. Another loved one to bury and mourn. In the end, death is the only certain aspect of life.

⤐ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝. "I need you to listen to me. When we're out there together, if I say run, run. If I tell you to leave me, then damn it, you leave and you don't look back." "Daryl," she sighed softly, shaking her head. "No, I mean it," he argued, encircling her wrist and jostling her a bit, begging her to listen. "I can't lose you. Not like that, not ever." His words were like lava bubbling in his throat, everything he had fought so hard to conceal was quickly rising to the surface. Fuck it. Any fear of rejection was overpowered by his need to make her understand. It wouldn't change how he felt, or the fact that he'd take on a thousand walkers if it kept her safe for even one more millisecond. "I need you around, Ace." "Always." ------------------------------ *I do not own any characters, scenes, or scripts from The Walking Dead. Any resemblance to other people that my original characters have is completely coincidental.*

the dead: the dead are walking; an unimaginable fate awaits within every step taken. Jordyn persists to continue the search for her life, for her friend. Amongst the search, she meets to interesting and damaged Daryl Dixon, and somehow her negative and suicidal meanings towards the earth are deserted, and she sees the earth in a whole new light, but how long will that last? How long do any of them really have?

❝ in the sound of silence, we found sanctuary. in every word unspoken, love. ❞ daryl dixon x oc twd seasons 4-? cover by @xsparrows

In the apocalypse, it is said that love is a burden. maybe that true but it takes two true lovers to make it work, especially in the apocalypse. Daryl Dixon has said to never love someone. Maybe that's true or maybe he never told anyone. One girl comes along and finally breaks down his barrier but for a cost.

Again, I do not own ANY of the Walking Dead characters except for the ones that I created.

Sam is a 20 year old girl who was lost and broken, long before the apocalypse. During the outbreak she has to fight to keep herself and young companion, 5 year old Harry alive. After meeting a group of survivors in Atlanta could safety and Love be on the cards or will there just be more heartache ahead for the young girl?