"It's you and me Daryl, like it always has been." I say, looking into his dark blue eyes. "The way it always will be." He states. I nod my head, a small smile on my lips, "Always." Bree Winchester had known the Dixon brothers since she was running around in diapers. Living next door to the Dixon brothers came with its ups and downs. Daryl was her best friend growing up, he always had her back and she always had his, with Merle protecting the both of them. She had always liked Daryl but knew he never saw her that way. She knew that no matter what, Daryl would always protect her. When the dead began to walk and the world went to hell, she ran off under the protective arms of Daryl and Merle. There they met a group of survivors and everything changed. With Merle's disappearance, a Bree is all Daryl has left in this new world. Will she be enough for him? Will their relationship change without the influence of his older brother? Can they become something more? Copyright ree_louise I do not own any of AMC's stories or characters.

Nearly 10 years ago, you left home after a bad incident with your parents, Rick and Lori Grimes. In that time, you married a redneck down south and started a family. But, it all came crashing down when the dead started to walk.

Before the whole world turned to shit, you lived next door to the Dixon's. You grew close to the Dixon brothers over the years. You and Daryl quickly becoming best friend, despite your massive crush on him, (which at the time, you didn't know he returned). You weren't with him when the outbreak started, but against all odds you managed to find him while helping a random group of strangers on the road. It seemed like fate always found a way, even during the apocalypse. (Set during Season 3 of TWD and will follow the seasons basic storyline through yours and Daryl's eyes)

**Complete** Riley Grimes. The baby sister of Rick Grimes, a Sheriff's Deputy in King County, Georgia, a real southern man with a southern wife, southern son, and southern best friend, he's a survivor. Riley though? She moved to Maine when she turned eighteen. She hates the south, simply because it's so hot all the freaking time. So she moved to Maine, where the average high is seventy-eight degrees, and the average low is twelve degrees in the winter. She was a baker, owned a shop right there on the beach in Portland, Maine. It was going great for her, until the dead started walking, and suddenly, her life flipped upside down. Oh, and did I forget to mention? She's pregnant. Best ratings: #1 - #dixon out of 3.1K stories! (6/15/2019) #1 - #carlgrimes out of 7.3K stories (7/6/2019) #1 - #twdfanfic out of 2K stories! (9/13/2019) #3 - #thewalkingdead out of 16.7K stories! (6/12/2019) #3 - #shanewalsh out of 692 stories! (7/26/2019) #4 - #grimes out of 3.2K stories! (7/26/2019) #7 - #strong out of 12K stories! (5/25/2019) #8 - #rickgrimes out of 5.4K stories! (5/20/2019) #11 - #daryldixon out of 7.2K stories! (7/6/2019) #21 - #strong out of 12.2K stories! (7/26/2019) #29 - #life out of 274K stories! (7/30/2019)

(Book Two) - Sequel to Used & Abused. Daryl and Lorna are both finally free and able to put their awful past behind them. Now they're working on running a home and a business while trying to work on their relationship. Can the broken puzzle be pieced together?

"I would have thought with your family background that bullying would be that last thing you did." Lorna scowled. "You don't know anything about my family." Daryl spat. "Your father is friends with mine. They like to have a few drinks and then use me as their personal slut." She said, shrugging her shoulders and walking away.

I looked into the shining blue eyes of the man across me and knew that he was it. The thing I had been searching for my whole life, the thing I needed most. But now that I knew that, it was too late. Cat Hemmings had lost everything, everyone she cared about. She knew that in this world that if you cherished something, it was bound to be taken away. Nothing was secure in this world, everything was temporary. While running away from a group of walkers, Cat stumbles upon a prison, the safest refuge she had seen since the outbreak began. There she meets a group of survivors, their handsome leader and mysterious man named Daryl. The prison soon becomes her home but she soon discovers that the apocalypse isn't her only problem while living there. She is torn between her heart and the men she loves. She must choose between protecting herself, or taking a chance. How can she love in a world where love is fragile and can be taken away in the blink of an eye? Copyright @ree_louise

A world gone to shit, a group just trying to survive and two people who were polar opposites in a world before this. Can you truly find happiness in the zombie apocalypse? Especially when it's in the hands of a shy, guarded redneck like Daryl Dixon?

Madeline or Maddie Davidson has an okay life. Being 22 and living at home is never easy. Her mother is a drunken druggie and her father is a drunken abuser. She wants to get away. When her mother suddenly passes away she gets some startling news that flips her life upside down. Secrets, lies, and betrayal. It's something that Maddie has been used to for all of her life. The real question: What is her life? Because this definitely wasn't it. Daryl Dixon. His life isn't much better. Some may say it's even worse. Having a mother who died when he was just the age of eight left Daryl to fend for himself. Daryl's brother Merle was in and out of juvi and his father was a drunk who got pleasure from beating his sons. Now with his father in prison and Daryl living with his drugged up brother he never really knew what happiness was until he met Maddie.

"Survive now. Cry later. " ♤ "Sweetheart, hush now" I whispered as we hid in the tiny mahogany closest, a small stream of light drifting in. He made a small whimper causing me to pull him closer to my chest as the footsteps got louder. Squeezing my eyes closed, I heard the squeaking of a floorboard as the light disappeared and an eye came into view. "Hey lil bro! Come see what I found!" A loud, raspy, harsh voice chuckled. My heart sped up. This was it.. #1 in #twdlovestory #13 in #twdfanfic out of 2.8K #9 in #daryl