Adeline Dixon was ten when the world ended, but grief had already carved her hollow. She's no stranger to silence, to bruises hidden under long sleeves, to pretending not to feel. She bleeds quietly, like someone used to being left behind. Daryl never wanted to be anyone's guardian. But something in her - sharp and burning and unbearably alive - calls to something in him he thought was long dead. In the ruins of Georgia, amid blood and ash, the two of them learn what it means to stay - even when you don't know how. ** Disclaimer: The Walking Dead and its characters are not my property. They belong to their respective creators. Only the original characters in this story are my own creation. Part I (Chapters 1-16): Backstory Part II (Chapters 17-32): Apocalypse Part II (Chapters 33-?): Season I

💋🍒 ◝.*･ﾟ "𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 "