𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐙𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐇'𝐒 demeanor wrongly coincides with his: linen curtains gently swaying to and fro, oversized socks bundled up at the ankles, an icy day on the beach. The scent of old leather and oil, a dense forest concealing any traces of sunlight, the raspy voice of fire crackling--𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐋 𝐃𝐈𝐗𝐎𝐍 doesn't know what to make of this woman. Scrawny and traumatized from the merciless nature of the apocalypse, Meera Zenith stumbles on through the harsh course of life-not quite comprehending why she continues. Encountering Daryl Dixon in the woods in the midst of his hunt for Rick after his heartbreaking demise, her habitual ways are starkly skewed. As the harshness of winter slowly dissipates in the course of time, the two--distinctly different in almost every way--begin to accumulate an unexpected fondness for each other. ୧‿̩͙ ˖︵ ꕀ⠀ ♱⠀ ꕀ ︵˖ ‿̩͙୨ 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐋 𝐃𝐈𝐗𝐎𝐍 𝐗 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 9 ©𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐮𝐡𝐡 2025 ˗ˏˋ 𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 ˎˊ˗

'All these books. All these men. All these fantasies... you must have wanted to try it out at least once.' His lips brushed lower, now whispering into my ear. 'I'm happy to help you recreate some of them.' A man playing out your favorite books out for you? Sounds like perfection, doesn't it? The catch? He's a complete opposite of your preferences in a man, but just to make it worse, he's your brother's best friend.