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[ STRUCK is a Daryl Dixon romance fanfiction that takes place in the walking dead universe but does not necessarily follow the various plots in the show. the events in this fic feature the same characters as the show with some added extras, starting at the beginning of season 1 and then branching off into events that don't take place in the show but are heavily inspired by them ]
Katherine was not built for this life, for anything this life entails. For how she got this far, only luck is to blame. The luck of the people she found, all complete strangers; protecting her, feeding her, watching out for her.
But not all strangers are as kind.
And luck runs out.
After a herd separates her group, Katherine finds herself stranded with the hotheaded and closed off hunter, Daryl, who makes it clear to her that she still has a lot to learn. What neither of them realize is that Daryl has something to learn too.
Even with the weight of their world on their shoulders, they still manage to make room for their hearts on their pursuit to reunite with their group; and Katherine realizes the person she has been waiting on to save her from her fathers grip has been inside of her all along.
TW's -----------------
mentions of childhood abuse, depictions of domestic abuse (father daughter, husband wife), attempted rape (there will be a warning at the beginning the chapter the scene takes place if you would like to skip), pet animal death (there will be a warning at the beginning of the chapter the scene takes place if you would like to skip)