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  • Black Hole Sun | Daryl Dixon by hpsamantha
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    Bellona Hart, a thirty-year-old veteran, wasn't deaf, but sign language was how she communicated with the world. It wasn't because she had nothing to say. It was more so that the Seals taught her to keep her mouth shut on any kind of information, and after eight years of doing that, she decided that keeping quiet was easier. She was still supposed to be overseas, but had come home early to surprise her family. Unfortunately, during her layover in ATL, all hell breaks loose and she wishes she was still on the battlefield. Fortunately, she found people that took her in and she would protect them with her life. OR Daryl Dixon doesn't like to talk, but somehow finds himself rambling to fill the silence that she brings. OR Another Daryl x OC fic for your feed | Season 1 - ? | Rankings: 03/03/26 - Daryl Dixon - #1 03/02/26 - Dixon - #3 03/03/26 - Carl Grimes - #3 03/19/26 - Shane Walsh - #1 08/12/25 - The Walking Dead Fic - #1 03/03/26 - Daryl Dixon Fanfiction - #1
  • Dixons Never Cry |TWD| by dollydixon
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    Marina "Marnie" Dixon is Daryl and Merle Dixon's little sister, at just 7 years old. Marnie has a heart of gold, and loves helping people, but she can sometimes be feisty when upset. After a terrible incident involving their father, Marnie is placed in a coma. Just as the dead begin to walk. Daryl and Merle rush down to the hospital, which is more chaotic than the streets, only to find Marnie's hospital room trashed and empty. Merle convinces Daryl she's dead, and the 2 Dixon brother's set off for safety...without realising Marnie is very much alive. ©dollydixon 2017/2018
  • The Walking Dead: Apocalypse Queen by GhostParser
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    Even if you've never watched The Walking Dead, you can still enjoy this story! 【Realistic Apocalypse + The Walking Dead Setting + Independent Protagonist】 【Base Building + Survival + Adventure | No Romance】 After transmigrating into the world of The Walking Dead, she becomes the younger sister of Leah from the Reapers-someone who was supposed to die before even appearing in the story. Calista seems to have drawn the worst possible script... a doomed background character. But that's fine. The situation is still salvageable. The first thing she does after waking up? Cling to the Reapers and secure their protection. While Rick's group is still struggling with questions of morality and humanity, Calista is already rebuilding order through sheer force. The Governor dares to provoke her? Bombard him. The Whisperers? Erase them. The Commonwealth and CRM? Move aside. Rick stares at his shabby camp in confusion. "Why is everyone running to her side?" Negan flicks the blood off Lucille as the gates of Rock Fortress slowly open behind him. "Damn... because following her means you actually thrive." Starting with the Reapers as her foundation, Calista rises from a winery stronghold to become a ruler of the apocalypse. From the United States... all the way to Europe. The original plot? Just a reference. From today onward, my territory will define the order of the new world. 【The protagonist is not a saint. She won't follow or assist Rick's group blindly. Their paths will cross, but she will build her own empire.】 (No system. Just the realistic rise of an ordinary person in the apocalypse.)
  • 𝐋𝐢𝐩 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 & 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐓𝐖𝐃 by TheeBomberie
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    ❝𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐬𝐞❞ ★・・・・★・・・・the apocalypse didn't change rosamara peletier-only the world around her did 。・:*:・゚★,‧͙⁺˚*・༓☾ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃: 5/14/26 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐄: TBD
  • Second Wind | TWD by dixonsrose
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    -ˏˋ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ, ɪ'ᴅ ꜱᴛᴇᴀʟ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴀʀꜱ.ˊˎ- Elodie Price had never heard the soft breeze of the wind or the sound of birds singing in the trees. After losing her older brother and her mother, the world had become grey. Ten years old, and already the universe had stripped her of everything. She couldn't see any reason to keep moving, no one to protect her. The Walkers would find her soon enough. With her hearing loss, she wouldn't even hear them coming. She could barely hear the world screaming around her. Her mother had always been harsh - never quite satisfied with anything Elodie did - and her brother distant. The little bits of love that trickled through, the faint scraps of affection, always seemed to slip through her fingers like water. She didn't belong. Not to them, not to anyone. So when she had come to the conclusion that maybe it was her turn to go, she never expected anyone to care. She never expected anyone to save her. Certainly not someone like Daryl Dixon. 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰; ©𝙙𝙞𝙭𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙: 𝙛𝙚𝙗. 𝟭𝟮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙: - updates set in season 5 (the earlier chapters truly suck in my opinion, so once you get to like chapter 10 or so it gets better :,P) DISCLAIMER: I do not own The Walking Dead, or its storyline. I only own my orignal characters.
  • Lingara: The Softness That Stayed (Daryl Dixon Fanfiction) by daryelle_eunoia
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    The world ended, and Lingara... stayed soft. While others learned to fight, to harden, to survive by becoming something else, she kept walking with quiet hands and a heart that refused to close. A stitched bag, a small kitten, and a past she barely understands-that's all she carries into a group already cracked by loss. She doesn't try to lead them. She just sees them. And somehow, that's enough to change things. Daryl doesn't trust easy. But he notices her. The way she doesn't flinch. The way she doesn't look at him like he's broken-or dangerous. Just... human. And that does something to him. Something new. Something he doesn't have a name for, and maybe doesn't want to. But in a world like this, softness is risky. And the closer they get, the more it becomes clear-Lingara isn't just surviving differently. She might be surviving in a way that could either save them... or break them all.
  • blue angel. rick grimes by doeeyedcupid
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    In which a girl wakes up in a world unknown to her and finds a familiar face among a sea of dead. walkingdead x supernatural crossover
  • As Long As We Have Eachother: A Glenn and Maggie Story by bamareagan2005
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    What if Glenn and Maggie met and fell in love years before the apocalypse??? Glenn and Maggie Rhee lived a peaceful and normal life until the apocalypse tore their world apart. Now they have to fight not just to survive, but to protect their three year old son Hershel, and their unborn daughter. Every step is a test of courage, every choice a battle between hope and despair. With family at their side, old and new, they must navigate hordes of walkers, ruthless dangers, and the uncertainty of a world forever changed. But even in the darkest hours, their love burns bright as a promise and a reason to keep fighting.
  • Doomed Love by yeetyou2
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    Daryl Dixson's daughter and Rick Grimes son, a love that was never meant to last. Spoilers for people who haven't seen all of the walking dead. I don't own anyone but my oc's. All pictures are from Pinterest and Google. I'd add the names under it for Pinterst but lets all be real all the pictures are stolen anyway.
  • 𝐄 𝐑 𝐀 𝐌 𝐍 𝐄 𝐒 𝐈 𝐀 || twd by avaawritesz
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    ||𝐓𝐖𝐃 -- "I'll be yours forever. Just tell me when to start." 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚 (n.) - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. ꧁✩꧂ 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝. 𝐀 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫, 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩
  • Teeth In The Dark || The Walking Dead || by Survixn_lov3r
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    Set years after the world slowly collapsed beneath infection, violence, and fear, the story follows a quiet but capable survivor traveling ruined highways and overgrown forests with only a katana, and a clingy black-and-white cat named Jaspe for company. What begins as a lonely survival story gradually grows into a emotional journey about trust, found family, and learning how to live instead of simply survive. Along the way, the survivor builds an unlikely group that includes the sharp and sarcastic Mari, loyal but anxious James, Dutch the German shepherd, and eventually several deeply bonded animal companions such as the scarred wolf later named Fenrir, along with future companions like Vesper, Omen, Salem, and Vanta. Which explore brutal survivor groups, harsh winters, emotional healing, dangerous travel, slow-burn romance, and eventually crossing paths with Rick Grimes's group, all while balancing tense survival horror with quieter moments of companionship, loyalty, grief, and hope in a world that still refuses to heal. This is a reader x Daryl Dixon story - Extremely slow-burn - No smut (since I am not great at it) First time publishing, encouraging feedback!
  • Quarantine by Bella_Higgin
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    When a deadly disease ravages the town of Holmsley, Frankie and her friends find themselves trapped inside a military-blockaded quarantine zone. ***** A story that was first published in 2014 and feels more relevant than ever. Fifteen-year-old Frankie and her friends must find their way out of quarantine if they want to survive. As the body count rises, Frankie realizes that this is no ordinary quarantine and no one is coming to help. Once infected, the sick become crazed and violent, while fear turns other survivors to savages. And who or what are the mysterious figures Frankie keeps seeing around town? It seems she'll have to unravel the dark truth behind it all if she wants to get out alive... Content and/or trigger warning: This story describes disease outbreaks and contains scenes of violence, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
  • NOT DEAD YET | C. GRIMES by starburstjuno
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    luna mortimer-smith had long learned not to trust anyone, staying in the middle of the woods as to avoid any contact with the dead or any other humans. one evening, she'd gone out to check her hunting traps like usual. little did she realize, though, when she returned to her small home, her life would be forever changed. •••• the walking dead au (season four onwards) carl grimes x female!oc full desc. & warnings inside spanish translation available thru @lvvsharry started : june 2, 2021 completed : october 6, 2021 74k~ words •••• #1 in zombieapocalypse #1 in thesaviors #1 in carlgrimes #1 in negansmith #1 in thewalkingdead #1 in twd #1 in twdamc #1 in judithgrimes #1 in rickgrimes #1 in walkers #1 in zombie
  • The Girl in the Tree (Carl Grimes Fan Fiction) by brooksie68
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    Carl and the group have found shelter behind the walls of Alexandria, but there is no such thing as safety. After a concussion in the woods injures Carl he is plagued by memories of a girl. Were they hallucinations or was she real? Once his missing hat is mysteriously returned to him Carl keeps his suspicions to himself. When Daryl finds evidence of humans lurking near Alexandria everyone is on edge and Carl decides to find out if this figment of his imagination is part of the human threat or is in danger herself. He is afraid if he tells the group about his suspicions they will want to hunt her down, like they would anyone who threatens the sanctity of Alexandria
  • The Walking Dead: Whatever it Takes by DeadWorldChronicles
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    Before the world fell, Evie Blake and Marcus Grimes were inseparable-best friends who understood each other in ways no one else did. Years later, in a world overrun by the dead, survival has changed them both. Now, they're forced to face what they've become... and what stands between them. Before the apocalypse in The Walking Dead, they were just two teenagers from different lives who met in the middle-at school hallways and late nights in a quiet diner. Marcus came from a loving home, always carrying the weight of being the older brother, while Evie learned to navigate a house full of tension and silence. They studied together, laughed together, and found something steady in each other when everything else felt uncertain-never realising that one day, they'd have to survive a world that would tear them apart.
  • Not Made to Rot.  by Thewalkingdeadgirl19
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    Elena Monroe was supposed to be starting nursing school. Eighteen, driven, grieving-but healing. Her father had passed from leukemia a year earlier, and all she wanted was to make him proud. Then the world ended. She and her mother packed up the car with her little sister Ivy, hoping to escape Georgia and reach the safety of Atlanta. But what started as a desperate plan shattered on the roadside-when her mother suffered a heart attack behind the wheel. With no emergency services, no help, and only a few months of first aid training, Elena was forced to make an impossible choice. She buried the woman who raised her and drove away with a shell-shocked eleven-year-old in the passenger seat. Gridlock stopped them just outside the city. Walkers flooded the highway. And Elena-bleeding, exhausted, and breaking-stumbled across a group of strangers: Shane Walsh. Lori and Carl Grimes. Carol, Sophia, and Ed Peletier. They took her in. Protected her. Called her strong. But Elena never felt strong. Just awake when everyone else was still dreaming. The quarry became a fragile safe haven. Ivy found laughter again. Elena found purpose. But in a world where everyone turns after death, she'll soon learn... she's not like the rest. In a world built on death, what happens to the girl who won't rot?
  • She's Gonna Beat This World (twd fanfic) by dee_Foster
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    as spunky eight-year-old girl raised in Georgia by her abusive father Scott. Masie realizes at a young age that she can only trust herself. When the apocalypse begins and her dad leaves, she gets picked up by a police officer and his group. They just don't seem to understand that she doesn't need anybody, which clashes with most of the people there who thrive off of one another. She is smart, and knows how to hunt and take care of herself, which gets her points with the rednecked brothers she has been convincing herself she doesn't need. She is gonna beat this world, because she is a fighter, it's the only thing she knows how to do... fight Started November 2018 Completed May 29/2019 Sequel is out!!! I only own Mason, and her dad, all other creds go to the walking dead, and AMC
  • cold hands † carl grimes by deerlydepartd
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    -ˋ.⋆♱ ݁˖ ─ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴇᴇᴛʜ ᴍᴀʀᴋꜱ ᴏɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ─ 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɪ [ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ: ꜰᴏᴜʀ] ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ © ᴅᴇᴇʀʟʏᴅᴇᴘᴀʀᴛᴅ ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ #1 ɪɴ ᴛᴡᴅ - 3/27/21 #1 ɪɴ ᴢᴏᴍʙɪᴇꜱ - 7/30/21 #1 ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢᴅᴇᴀᴅꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ - 9/11/21 #1 ɪɴ ᴄᴀʀʟɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ - 2/10/22 #1 ɪɴ ᴄʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇʀʀɪɢɢꜱ - 6/19/22 #1 ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢᴅᴇᴀᴅ - 7/6/22 ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
  • OPERA GHOST ~ Carl Grimes 𐚁 by aloneattwilight
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    "I prayed for a reason to beat this world and God gave me her." ☼━━━━𐂂━━━━☽ Two teenagers - one, a gentle ex-ballerina who's never held a gun, and the other, a withdrawn "monster" that has a trail of ghosts behind him - both approaching the confines of adulthood and walking the tightrope between friendship and something much more complicated. *** Carl Grimes x female oc !!! ON AO3 TOO !!! I do not own TWD or Carl Grimes, all rights to TWD & AMC (who are meanies for killing Carl off.) Updates are typically slow, but spam comments motivate me. 𐚁
  • The Quietude of the Anchor - Daryl Dixon by strawberriesincream
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    For Iris, the apocalypse arrived in silence. Deaf since birth, she didn't hear the sirens or the screams of the dying in Atlanta. She only felt the bone-shaking rumble of tanks and the frantic pulse of the city's heart failing. Accompanied only by Dusty - a Blue Heeler trained to be her ears - Iris must navigate a landscape where sound is a death sentence and silence is the only sanctuary. When she stumbles upon a fractured group of survivors at a limestone quarry, she finds herself caught between two leaders: a sheriff clinging to the laws of a dead world, and a hunter who understands the music of the earth as well as she does. In a world that has forgotten how to speak, Iris must teach them a new language of survival. Because in the dead zone, it isn't the loudest who survive - it's the ones who know how to listen with their feet.