⤐ 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.*

val • iant adjective possessing or showing courage or determination aiden dixon died for a minute before payton reed was able to bring her back by cpr. in that minute she was dead she saw people. the ones they had lost along the way. amy, jim, jacqui, sophia, dale, patricia, jimmy, shane, lori, t-dog, oscar, axel, merle, herhsel, beth, bob, tyreese, noah, glenn, abraham, and sasha. she saw everyone. the minute for her felt like hours. she remembered the words they spoke to her, "it's not your time yet, babygirl. stop blaming yourself." lori grimes. "i've been watching over you and maggie this whole time, aiden you got a family to go back to." beth greene. "you're stronger than two bullet wounds. go back to them." tyreese williams. "i've seen my little brother. he's so beautiful. now go back to him." noah. "i always knew you're dumbass, badass self would cheat death, aid. now, kid, take your ass back home and give ole' daryl a wet kiss on the smackers for me." abraham ford. "go back, aiden. you have to see this war end." sasha williams. "god says it's not your time yet, aiden." hershel greene. "don't give up, aiden. you've never done that before. don't do it now." glenn rhee. "stop being a little bitch and get up, aiden. you prove these fuckers wrong. you're too strong for this." shane walsh. so that's what she did. she woke up. THE WALKING DEAD. season eight, season nine. book four of five. all rights belong to robert kirmman and amc. aiden dixon, elliot dixon, beth dixon, the bivens siblings, the reed brothers, and vivian mcdaniels and their plot and most of their lines belong to me. started: march 30, 2020 finished: april 20, 2020 started editing; july 4, 2021 finished editing: july 10, 2021

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

𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐰. THE WALKING DEAD. season three - season four. book two of five. all rights belong to robert kirkman and amc aiden walsh, dalton simons, payton reed, nathaniel bivens, and macy bivens and their plot and lines all belong to me. please don't steal. started: august 25, 2019 finished: december 8, 2019 started editing: june 29, 2021 finished editing: july 1, 2021 started rewriting: march 6, 2025 finished rewriting: tbd

𝐜𝐚 • 𝐥𝐚𝐦 • 𝐢 • 𝐭𝐲 𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴; 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐡 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞. THE WALKING DEAD. season one - season two. book one of five. i do not own the walking dead or it's plot. all rights go to robert kirkman and amc. aiden walsh, her plot, and most of her lines all belong to me please don't steal. started: august 5, 2019 finished: october 2, 2019 started editing: february 16, 2021 finished editing: june 29, 2021 started rewriting: july 28, 2022 finished rewriting: march 19, 2025