In a world where survival means staying invisible, Mae has made herself a ghost. Alone but for her loyal dog Ash, she drifts through the ruins of Virginia's forests and backroads, steering clear of every group. Especially the violent ones like the Saviors. She's learned the hard way that people are more dangerous than walkers. Trust is a luxury she can't afford. But when fate brings her into the orbit of Daryl Dixon, another loner carrying scars of his own, Mae's solitary world begins to fracture. Drawn reluctantly into the war against Negan, Mae is forced to confront not only the horrors of the apocalypse but the ghosts of her past: a broken family, the brother who tried to protect her, and the mother who never could. As the battle lines between Alexandria, Hilltop, the Kingdom, and the Saviors harden, Mae must decide if she can risk connection again-especially with someone like Daryl, whose quiet strength threatens the fragile walls she's built around her heart.

'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

Daryl lost his daughter to her grandparents and Virginia two years before the world ended. Usually things stayed like that, gone forever, and second chances never came rolling around. But then she appears right when he's with Joe's group of men. Alive, not dead-- just one more thing he might lose all over again. • (𝙾𝚑, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚐. 𝙸 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕: 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚎.) • (rewrite of broken claims)

People die, they leave, they lie... But most importantly people change. Those things are the things that Thea Thomas is forced to realize after the world goes to shit. __________________________________ "Dean-bean" And "Theabug" __________________________________ I only own my characters and any added storyline. Rewrite started:July 4th, 2023 Original copy started: February 21, 2022 Original copy ended: November 26, 2022, December 11, 2022 Rewrite ended: tbd

❝ some people find their person in the worst of situations ❞ ➳ MAJOR EDITING {The Walking Dead} {seasons 3 - 7}

❝ look who's digging their own grave. ❞ ❝ that's what they all say. ❞ ﹙ the walking dead fanfiction ﹚ ﹙ daryl dixon x oc ﹚ ﹙ season one - season eleven. ﹚ ﹙ started 11/15/20 ﹚ ﹙ note; lowercase intended, story will undergo editing when completed due to mistakes. ﹚ ﹙ finished [ ] ﹚ achieved rankings: #1 in daryl 01/07/21 #7 in thewalkingdead 01/04/21 #10 in twd 03/28/21 #14 in normanreedus 01/07/21 #2 in daryl-dixon 03/07/21 #1 in daryldixonfanfiction 01/30/21 #3 in dixon 07/19/21 #1 in twdfanfiction 10/28/21 ᴅɪsᴄʟᴀɪᴍᴇʀ; any gifs, images that are used in this book do not belong to me unless stated so. this story will include sensitive topics. added characters belong to me!

Nobody ever thought this would happen. The dead have risen and are roaming the earth - desperate for their next meal.It's a gruesome world, and young doctor, Emma James is simply surviving like the rest of them. She's been alone for so long, until she wasn't. She finds a man bleeding out in a ravine, and she is left with no choice but to save him. Daryl Dixon is the first person Emma comes across that wasn't trying to eat her, and she wasn't about to let him slip through her fingers. The pair are thrown together in unfortunate circumstances, finding death and despair around every corner. Daryl Dixon had always been a loner, and he had no idea how much his life would change just by meeting her.

COMPLETED - || and still, none of them have felt like home; none of them have felt like you. || highest rank: #1 The Walking Dead #1 Daryl Dixon #1 Zombies #1 Rick Grimes #1 Apocalypse slow burn //daryl x oc

Book One. Complete. Arden was a fighter, or as Daryl liked to call her- a firecracker. But when Arden's brother goes missing that fire starts to die out and she is faced with a decision: stay with the man who saved her life or leave to find the only family she has left.

The end of one world is only the beginning of a new one. [Daryl Dixon]