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.

Daryl Dixon X Aspen Royce • When Aspen thought her life was at its lowest, the world hit her with a whole new reality. A year on the family farm house was all she got for peaceful living until the dead finally took it over. She travels with her brother and sister in-law in hopes of coming across someplace willing to save their lives. That's when their arms open up beyond their small group of three. • This story follows The Walking Dead storyline closely. I do not own any of The Walking Dead, just my own characters and storylines. • Season 3 - Season 11 Very mature content.

❝ 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 ❞

She was the epitome of strength, fighting her way through a new world - one where the dead walked and society ceased to exist. He was a force to be reckoned with, tenacious and unyielding. The hands of fate brought them together, but can they fight alongside one another through the apocalyptic wasteland without losing themselves, or each other? (Daryl Dixon x Original Female Character) Slow burn. Mature content. 🔥🫢 Some main TWD plot points included, but I intend to diverge often to keep it exciting and fresh. I don't own the rights to any TWD characters or scenes. OFC is my own, as are some of the plot lines in this story. Top Rankings: #1 in #DarylDixonLove #2 in #NormanReedus #2 in TWDfanfiction #2 in #DarylDixonRomance #6 in #Daryl #12 in #DarylDixonSmut 😜

reckless adjective (of a persons or their actions) without caring or thinking about the consequence of an action "you're so damn reckless!" "don't you know? reckless is my middle name." in which aiden dixon reaches the end of her journey. THE WALKING DEAD. season ten, season eleven. book five of five. i do not own the walking dead, any of its characters, or plot. all rights go to robert kirkman and amc. i do however own aiden dixon, elliot dixon, beth dixon, payton reed, xavier reed, nathaniel bivens, and vivian reed, their plot, and most of their lines. do not steal. started: july 20, 2021 finished: TBD

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