Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

I wanted to do a Merle story since there are loads of stories about Daryl and hardly any about Merle. Also I like Merle. It's gonna start before the outbreak and continue on through the outbreak. Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters besides my own. I do not own The Walking Dead or the original script dialogue from the series.

"Honey, I'm your worst nightmare." Or was he your best?