"and then she does the simplest thing in the world. she leans over and kisses him. and the sky cracks open." || the walking dead | season1-8| daryl dixon ||

The story of a broken woman and a broken man removing their masks for each other. The dead roam the earth to feed off the living and Melissa Greene-Jackson-- a small town woman from Georgia-- struggles to keep herself, her family, and everyone she cares about alive. Including the crossbow-wielding hunter: Daryl Dixon. "If I left, would you have come with me?" (Season 2+)

Alice Manson is a twenty-six year old woman addicted to heroin, cigarettes, alcohol and deadbeat men. When she finds her boyfriend of twelve years dead, she burns her house to the ground with his body within. She seeks out the only people in the world who know how to take care of her; Merle and Daryl Dixon. *This is a pre-apocalypse Daryl Dixon fan fiction. Merle and Daryl Dixon are not my characters, and their story is not mine. It belongs to Robert Kirkman and the makers of The Walking Dead. I take credit only for my plot and my own characters*

Book One. Complete. Arden was a fighter, or as Daryl liked to call her- a firecracker. But when Arden's brother goes missing that fire starts to die out and she is faced with a decision: stay with the man who saved her life or leave to find the only family she has left.

Vulnerability should never equate to weakness. Amy Wilson had always relied on her older brother to keep her from harm. Even when the dead began to rise, this had not changed. She was not a fighter. Amy couldn't handle a gun, couldn't function around blood and gore, and certainly couldn't live with herself after killing another being; whether they were dead or living. After her brother was killed at the hands of a man named Rick Grimes, she was finally forced to learn how to protect herself, how to fight, and to be brave. There was only one man capable of teaching this; a hunter, Daryl Dixon. Cold, quiet, private and strong, he had no time for weakness. That was, of course, until he met Amy. - First TWD Watty Award Winner - Featured in the Official The Walking Dead : Road to Survival "Top Walking Dead Fanfiction" reading list - Featured in the Official Wattpad Fanfic "The Walking Dead" reading list - #8 in Buzzfeed's Official "19 Wildest Fanfics People Couldn't Stop Reading In 2015"

Book Two. With the separation from Daryl and death of her brother Arden came to realize that she was never a survivor, a fighter, or a Firecracker. She was nothing more than a casualty of this cruel world and it would take a miracle to bring her back to life.

Beatrix and Daryl had never met before. In fact, they lived two completely different lives. Beatrix lived in the city, right beside of the hospital, which is where she spent most of her time. Her favorite thing to do at work-besides work, of course-was to talk to her patients and the nurses. She had never been in trouble a day in her life. She had a perfect record, not even being stained with as little as a speeding ticket. Daryl lived in a secluded cabin, at least three miles away from any civilization. The only time he ever talked to anybody was when he was forced to at work. He was constantly in and out of jail, mostly taking the blame for his older brother, but nobody knew that except for him. He destroyed the name Dixon. You couldn't have picked two people that were more different. What happens when the apocalypse brings them together? Will they ever be able to be together? Or will the apocalypse destroy them, just like everything else? Disclaimer: I do not own The Walking Dead or any characters/idea from the show. AMAZING cover by: @krisk- I HAVEN'T EDITED THIS YET BUT I'M GOING TO START SOON I PROMISE. Bear with me please until I can sit down and get some editing done!! I'm a just a college kid with hella hard classes and not enough time. Ps thanks for checking out my story!! :)