"We've all done the worst kinds of things just to stay alive, but we can still come back. We're not too far gone." Maren Smith has been on her own for a long time, even before the dead started to walk. Maren spent many daunting months fighting her way from her college dorm room in Atlanta to searching for her long-lost family in Virginia. Desperate and fueled by unwavering resilience, Maren embarks on a perilous journey through the desolate streets of Georgia, hoping to be reunited with her family only to stumble into another group of survivors. When a man sharing the very same name of her father starts wreaking havoc on her new family, will she try her best to rekindle their relationship or are they too far gone? [Warning: This story contains dark subject matter including graphic depictions of violence, strong language, and strong themes of sexual and physical abuse. Reader discretion is heavily advised.]

Sarah, a young girl stripped away from her parents at the beginning of the apocalypse, fights with everything in her each day. Her only family at this point is a group who found her at Terminus, and saved her. Ever since then they had been inseparable, but what happens when they run into an attack set up by some wicked man? And what if it happens to be that the wicked man is Sarah's father.

novalee roberts and her siblings' chances of surviving the zombie apocalypse seem slim. maybe a group called the saviors could help out. as she tries to fit in, nova gets closer to their leader, negan. - tw: mention of blood, suicide & death. contains some smut ;) - i'd love some feedback but please don't take this too seriously

Ellie Dixon. Nine-year-old daughter of Daryl Dixon and Isabella Gomez. Ellie lives with her mother and sees Daryl twice a year, her birthday and Christmas. What happens when the zombie apocalypse breaks out? What happens when Merle and Daryl come to get Ellie and Isabella? What happens when an old man named Dale accidentally shoots Ellie, forcing the group of four to stay with a small group on the top of a mountain? What happens when a man named Rick Grimes joins the group? Overall warnings: literally everything x Cover by @superluvsick

Carol glanced back and her heart stopped when she saw the scars crisscrossing her back and her unevenly healed ribs making her torso lumped in a few places. She felt tears roll down her cheeks as she unknowingly reached over and skimmed her fingers over the skin, making Asher jump away from her touch. "Did they do this to you?" Asher shook her head no to answer her. "You can tell me the truth, sweetie." "It isn't like that! They saved me from this. They- they saved me from the ones who did this." "What happened to the ones who did this?" Asher looked at the ground, remembering the screams of her mother outside the locked basement door that day. "They got what they deserved." •••A Daryl Dixon Story••• Disclaimer: I do not own any of the TWD characters or main plot, I simply own my characters and my changes to the plot line. THIS STORY IS ALL ONE BIG POTENTIAL TRIGGER WARNING PLEASE READ WITH CAUTION! Awards: #1- thewalkingdead 1/22/19 #1- rickgrimes 1/28/19

Scarlett Greene hadn't spoken since she was twelve. After her Daddy was arrested for abuse when she was seventeen, she is sent to live with her Uncle Hershel. Her life gets better, but the trauma is still there. When the apocalypse begins, she takes charge to keep her family safe. What happens when a man runs across their lawn with a shot boy in his arms? Meet Rick Grimes. Unofficial leader of the group from the Quarry makes a bad call when he sent his group to the CDC, but was it really that bad? Meeting the Greene family, he is intrigued with the girl who won't speak to anyone but his kid. Follow Rick and Scarlett in surviving the walking dead. - started: dec 10, 2022 finished: feb 11, 2023

While looking for Sophia, Daryl comes across a boy in the trees. He doesn't speak, doesn't communicate in any way and flaps his hands when he's happy. He's autistic and non-verbal and will not leave Daryl alone! Also, future Carl Grimes x Male Oc Dad!Daryl Anyone?

Everyone has demons, some louder than others and some, like yourself, who use blades to silence them. Before the world died, you were an assassin and thought you were better off alone, until you kept running into the same blue eyed archer who changed your mind. - Major Trigger Warning- SA. Incident not described in detail, but just the aftermath

Y/n had come with the group to try provide support for Maggie while on the way to hilltop for help. Before you knew it, you and the group were all on their knees waiting in fear hoping nothing happens to anyone. Little does she know of the adventures she's in store for. I don't own any characters at all this is AMC dynamic. I have used a lot of words from the scenes a lot of it isn't mine other than interactions with y/n.

Alicia's world wasn't easy to survive in the first place, but adapting to this new world strengthens her in ways she never thought possible. Or, the Lexark fanfiction where Alicia's autistic.