A hardened loner, scarred by betrayal and haunted by the apocalypse, finds himself drawn to the charismatic leader and the volatile hunter of a group of survivors, forcing him to choose between the familiar safety of solitude and the terrifying vulnerability of connection.

❝ 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 ❞ 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘪 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴. s3-s8 male!readerxrickgrimes

When a stylish Birmingham tailor with a retired warhorse as his best friend finds his custom suit empire shattered by the zombie apocalypse, he's unceremoniously swept into the brutal new world by a gruff, crossbow-wielding survivor.

Danny never knew he had a brother, until the day the world ended. He was suddenly swept off his feet, and taken away from his abusive mother to a plane with his brand new brother when the dead started walking. Now, In an world unfamiliar to both of the brothers, they must find a way to survive among people, completely alien to anything either have ever known, the terrifying fear of what people are capable of looming over them, all the while intrusive and impulsive thoughts terrorize Danny's mind, making him fear himself along with everything else. With things getting worse, they fall in with a group in Atlanta, some kind, others reminding the brothers of how bad the world can really get. Set in TWD all seasons. I'm horrible at descriptions i'm sorry

Jonah is an odd and quiet 10 year old boy diagnosed with autism. After the start of the apocalypse, him and his father came to live at the Atlanta camp. During their stay, it's become abundantly clear to the camp that Jonah's father is anything but nice to his boy. Even so, Jonah seems to become interested in the Dixon brother's, who his dad had befriended. How does Jonah deal with the looming dread after what comes to happen? And how does he learn to earn Daryl's trust? ⚠️Contains things such as SA, Abuse, and mention of multiple slurs (all of which are censored wether I can say them or not)⚠️ Started: May 3rd 2025 Finished:

WARNING: THIS STORY MAY CONTAIN DESCRIPTIONS/MENTIONS OF -Gore -Violence -Abuse -Alcohol Consumption -Smoking -Fighting -Torture The reader may be considered somewhat OP in this story, mostly because he will be based off of a character from one of my favorite shows. I'm not going to specify who, but I'd love to see all of your guesses based off of the similarities you'll have- hair style (not color), clothes, weapon, and personality. Hopefully you all enjoy this story regardless of this.