"anything here can kill you. i could just do it most efficiently." "oh, really? in that basement you couldn't even lay a finger on me, blondie." - marie jones has never given much thought to what it'll be like if she manages to live past eighteen. she's known from a very young age that her purpose in life is death, so she's not exactly unhappy when she finds herself in the basement of richard haywood. but instead of getting the job done, despite justin's constant urges to get it over with, richard can't bring himself to hurt marie. there's something different, like the way he knows that she would look down the barrel of the gun with relief. it was in that basement that she witnessed it - that she saw richard haywood cry and shake with her very own eyes. the same place that she granted him forgiveness, and that she was sworn to secrecy.

"ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪ'ᴍ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ʀᴜɪɴᴇᴅ, ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ" Cassandra was a doctor, before the turn. After being stranded alone for weeks, she's losing hope. That all changes when she hears a scream in the woods and comes across a terrified Sophia, lost and searching for her mom and group [Rick Grimes x Original Female Character ] some of the loveliest comments I've received: "I just binged this in one go and BOY I DO NOT REGRET IT. you've written something truly beautiful, I was captivated by it. Wholeheartedly." "You are killing me. (I absolutely love this, it's so worth it)" "life-changing chapter. ur a genius" "I've reread this at least 5 times since you posted 😭😭 pure magic. Seriously." "...i had to stop every sentence and scream into my pillow from the absolute TENSION that was building!!..." "ho-ly shit" "Stayed up until 4am to read this and I have zero regrets tbh because it's SO GOOD" "if i could inject this story into my veins, i would do it without hesitation. never read such writing that encapsulates everything i love about storytelling and writing. amazing amazing writing i look forward to seeing your take on the rest of the show! :)"

𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚆𝙰𝙻𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 | 𝐋𝐢𝐥·𝐢𝐞𝐬 ／ˈ𝑙𝑖𝑙𝑒̄／ 𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 "𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑠" 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 ／𝑠𝑛𝑎̄𝑘／ 𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. "𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑－𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑛𝑎𝑘𝑒" 𝑆𝐸𝐴𝑆𝑂𝑁 2－ 𝑢𝑛𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤