Emma Johnson is a ghost of who she used to be-a former military operative hardened by war, betrayal, and the weight of too many ghosts trailing behind her. Her body bears the scars of battles fought long before the world ended, but it's the wounds on the inside that never seem to heal. Beneath her deadly precision and sharp tongue lies a heart that still aches to protect, to care-even when the world tells her it's foolish. With guns strapped to her hips and knives hidden in her boots, she walks through the wasteland with a fierce will to survive, refusing to let the past define her. Daryl Dixon has always known pain. Long before the world crumbled, before the walkers turned humanity into monsters, he had already survived a different kind of hell, a past that left him wary of trust, of love. Cold, distant, and quick to anger, he keeps people at arm's length, believing attachments are just another weakness in a world where nothing lasts. But beneath the hardened exterior, is a man who still longs for something more-even if he refuses to admit it. Their paths cross in blood and fire, two warriors who've spent their lives fighting-first for others, then for themselves. At first, they clash-her fire against his ice, her relentless teasing against his stubborn silence. But war doesn't allow time for walls to stay up forever. Through battles, close calls, and nights spent sharing stories they never thought they'd speak aloud, Emma and Daryl begin to see the truth in each other. He sees the kindness she hides beneath her steel. She sees the loneliness he buries beneath his cold exterior. Love in a world like this is dangerous. It's reckless. It's the kind of thing that gets you killed. But when the only certainty in life is death, maybe love is the one fight worth dying for. CROSSBOW AND ASHES is a story of survival, pain, and two lost souls who find home in each other-even when the world is burning.

Alice was not worried of the unknown. She was worried of what she already knew. She was worried of the promises that the new people were making to her-the ones bringing the people of a fallen Woodbury into their own settlement. The girl felt sorry that she'd touch yet another community. She almost felt as though her presence would bound the new place to its own demise-like she was somehow the common denominator in a world full of chaos and destruction. ───── ⋆✩⋆ ───── carl grimes x fem!oc season 4 - season 8 third person Spanish translation: @-effypops Russian translation: @VeronikasssBVVlack Portuguese translation: @stellesk published: November 30, 2022 completed: December 8, 2025 ───── ⋆✩⋆ ───── #1 in #walker - 06/21/23 #1 in #carl - 02/24/25 #1 in #carlgrimes - 03/10/25 #1 in #riggs - 07/18/25 + 10/30/25 #1 in #chandlerriggs - 08/03/25 #1 in #carlgrimesfanfiction - 11/24/25 ───── ⋆✩⋆ ───── disclaimers: contains mature themes such as language, blood, gore, non-descriptive nudity, depression, etc. I do not own AMC's the walking dead, nor do I claim to. I only own my original character(s) and plot lines aside from the show. ───── ⋆✩⋆ ───── beautiful cover made by @drwstarkey

"As long as you're in it, Wills, I've got the world already." | *𝐔𝚸𝐃𝚨𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝚱* | Willow never thought she'd belong to a group until those two men saved her ass in the alley. After being separated from her brother in the big city, it was up to her to get her daughter to safety- until a sheriff and a pizza delivery guy came along and saved them both. The dead owned the streets of Atlanta, pushing her new group further and further out. As they encounter deadly obstacles and power-hungry survivors, the numbers in her group begin to dwindle, and she finds herself holding on to these people more and more. The struggle to maintain the groups humanity is a constant battle, but as relationships form between these strangers turned family, they're willing to carry each other as they pave the way to a new world. There's no denying that Willow has a strong bond with the younger Dixon brother. It came as a shock to everyone. They are two drastically different people, yet somehow they understand each other the most. From the moment they met at the quarry camp on the outskirts of Atlanta, their friendship was off to a rocky start. They both had shadows from their past that haunted them, but as their relationship progressed, those shadows were diminished as the flame between them grew. | [ Daryl Dixon x OC ] [ Some smutty content ] [ Slow burn ] [ Episode by episode ] [ Seasons 1 - 11 ] [CONTAINS SOME ORIGINAL PLOTS] [ Started 11/25/22 ] [ Finished : ONGOING ] | * I do not own any of the characters or story line besides Willow and her story | Highest Ranks: #1 - TWD #1 - thewalkingdead #1 - daryldixon #1 - maggiegreene #1 - rickgrimes #1 - carlgrimes #1 - normanreedus #1 - daryl #1 - reedus #1 - carolpeletier

❝ You're caught in my crosshairs again. ❞ In which a Navy SEAL, a doomsday prepper, and an extroverted 12-year-old find life in the apocalypse alongside a group of survivors from Atlanta. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟐 𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐦!𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐱𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 @-𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐱𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 ©

"𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍'? 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍' 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄, 𝐈'𝐌 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐂𝐊 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈'𝐌 𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍." in which, it seems that the world stopped spinning when the apocalypse starts. josie campbell has to find a way to survive with her family and friends by her side, dealing with threats around every corner [rick grimes x fem!oc] [the walking dead] [seasons 1 - 8] [slow-burn]

ꜱᴀᴠɪᴏʀ ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ɴᴇɢᴀɴ'ꜱ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ♱ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐠. ♱ ᴛᴡᴅ ᴀᴜ (ʀɪᴄᴋ ᴅɪᴇꜱ, ᴄᴀʀʟ ʟɪᴠᴇꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴠɪᴏʀꜱ ʀᴇɪɢɴ)

ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ᴜɴᴅᴇᴀᴅ ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ ♱ 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫. ♱ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞. ♱ ᴛᴡᴅ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ 7 ʙᴀꜱᴇᴅ ᴏɴ "ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴋ" 2018

ꜱᴀᴠɪᴏʀ ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ ♱ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐰𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬. ♱ ᴛᴡᴅ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴀᴋᴀ ʀɪᴄᴋ ᴅɪᴇᴅ, ᴄᴀʀʟ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇᴅ, ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴠɪᴏʀꜱ ʀᴇɪɢɴ

❝ that girl - you wouldn't think it, but she's got a meanstreak in her. ❞ rick grimes x fem!oc ꒰ the walking dead ꒱ +18 ━━ ❥ season 2 - 10 twd / the ones who live #1 rick grimes ❪ 1/7/25 ❫

ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ (ʀᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ-ʙᴇɴᴅ) ♱ "𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭." "𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧?" "𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬." ♱ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. ♱ ᴛᴡᴅ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴀᴋᴀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ