Joey thought her new foster dad, Jack, was pretty okay. *** you could see this as a sister story to my other fic 'anyway, don't be a stranger'

Bellona Hart, a thirty-year-old veteran, wasn't deaf, but sign language was how she communicated with the world. It wasn't because she had nothing to say. It was more so that the Seals taught her to keep her mouth shut on any kind of information, and after eight years of doing that, she decided that keeping quiet was easier. She was still supposed to be overseas, but had come home early to surprise her family. Unfortunately, during her layover in ATL, all hell breaks loose and she wishes she was still on the battlefield. Fortunately, she found people that took her in and she would protect them with her life. OR Daryl Dixon doesn't like to talk, but somehow finds himself rambling to fill the silence that she brings. OR Another Daryl x OC fic for your feed | Season 1 - ? | Rankings: 03/03/26 - Daryl Dixon - #1 03/02/26 - Dixon - #3 03/03/26 - Carl Grimes - #3 03/19/26 - Shane Walsh - #1 08/12/25 - The Walking Dead Fic - #1 03/03/26 - Daryl Dixon Fanfiction - #1

Kaylie Kennedy is twelve years old, and possibly the least fortunate girl she knows. With her whole family lost to a car accident, she lives with her well-meaning (if insufferable) aunt and uncle, and spends every day in a grief-stricken haze, barely even sure what she's still living for. The only person that she really likes anymore is Dr Abbot, the man who treated her the night her family died, but she's sure she's insignificant to him. Besides, seeing him means going back to the hospital. The place where everything fell apart. The place Kaylie hates the most. But, when she breaks her arm one morning, her worst fear suddenly becomes unavoidable, and she's suddenly being forced back inside her own personal nightmare. Memories of her family lie behind every curtain, and her grief is threatening to swallow her whole. Maybe if she just holds out, she tells herself, it'll pass. Maybe if she just holds out, something good will finally come.

in which a PTMC's night shift IT manager deals with the grief in the aftermath of Pittfest and along the way gets to know a sad night shift ER attending. ( the pitt ) ( post season 1 - ? ) ( jack abbot x fem!oc ) beladanvers © 2026