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The Things We Keep
The world didn't end all at once.
For Amelia Bennett, it began with unanswered questions, a family dinner, and an ordinary night she didn't know would be her last.
Twenty five and still trying to figure out what she wants from her life, Amelia has never been the person her family expected her to be. Her older brother Ethan has always been the one constant - the person who stood by her through every bad decision and every attempt to start over.
Then the dead begin to walk.
Separated from Ethan as the world collapses, Amelia is forced to survive without the brother who always knew how to keep her safe. With no special skills and no experience with the new world, she has to learn the hard way how to stay alive.
Eventually, her path leads her to a small group of survivors outside Atlanta.
Among them is Daryl Dixon.
He doesn't trust easily. Neither does she.
What begins as nothing more than survival slowly becomes something neither of them is prepared to name - built through shared danger, reluctant trust, quiet moments and the simple decision to keep showing up for one another.
As the world changes around them, Amelia will have to decide what she's willing to lose, what she's willing to fight for, and whether some people are worth holding on to when everything else is gone.
☆Follows the original shows storyline by Robert Kirkman with a few original scenes by me.
☆Slow burn!!!
☆Mentions of abuse, depression, SA, smut, bad language, 18+ spice, violence.
[Cover made through Gemini]