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Dead Ends and Second Chances

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Parts 8
Time 2h 55m

Reads 17
Votes 2
Parts 8
Time 2h 55m

Mature

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She was just a girl with a truck and a map.
Athena was in the middle of moving cross-country when the world ended-alone, off the grid, and miles from anyone she knew. What was supposed to be a fresh start turned into a fight for survival, with only a softball bat, a bow, and stubborn hope to guide her. Now, lost in the chaos of the dead rising and the world falling apart, she's desperate to find her family-if they're even still alive.

But fate has other plans.
When she crosses paths with a quiet man who wears his scars like armor and wields a crossbow like an extension of his soul, Athena finds something she wasn't looking for: connection. Trust. Maybe even love.

In a world where nothing stays, can two people who never planned to find each other still choose to stay?All Rights Reserved

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𝙒𝙃𝙄𝙎𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙀𝙎 , 𝒞. 𝒢𝓇𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈 by yabasiceleanor

𝙒𝙃𝙄𝙎𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙀𝙎 »The forest never gave back what it took, until the night it gave us her.« -When the outbreak began, Mahayla survived with her family, moving like shadows through the ruins of the world. They were tough, resourceful, and for a time they thrived. But survival never came without a cost. A horde ripped her family away in one brutal night, leaving Mahayla with nothing but the weapons in her hands and the will to keep breathing. Alone, she hardened fast. Trust became a luxury, kindness a weakness. She learned to fight, to kill, to take what she needed without hesitation, alone. By the time Rick's group found her, she didn't beg for help, she didn't even want it. She followed them at a distance, wary and silent, blade always within reach. It wasn't loyalty that made her stay with them, but the simple fact that strength attracts strength. When they reached Alexandria, Mahayla crossed the gates with the same cold stare she had carried since the night her world burned. She wasn't looking for family or friends, she'd buried those with her past. But in this new place, with these battle-worn survivors, she found something she hadn't had in a long time: a chance to fight for more than just herself, and a spark with a boy in a sheriff's hat. Carl Grimes x fem!oc ©yabasiceleanor 2025 Started 8/23/2025 Ended N/A ©All rights reserved

Daryl's love, Rick's younger sister by gregorydestiny655gma

In the gritty, post-apocalyptic world where survival is a daily struggle, Daryl Dixon, the stoic and resourceful hunter, finds himself grappling with feelings he never thought he'd have. Rick Grimes' younger sister, Y/N, has joined the group after reuniting with her brother, bringing with her a strength and resilience that quickly earns everyone's respect. Unbeknownst to Y/N, Daryl's rough exterior hides a burgeoning love for her, a love he believes is better kept in the shadows.

The Girl Who Ran From Her Past by OceanKuhn5

Something tragic happened and she ran. She ran until she couldn't breathe anymore, until her lungs were on fire and her legs gave out. A man took her in, treating her like a daughter. Until the wife got frustrated with her being around, always a reminder of not being able to give her husband a child of their own. So she ran again. A man convinced her to stop running. He was her best friend and his wife hated that. What will happen when the dead rise? Will she have to face the tragedy that had her running from the start?

𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 ➳ 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 by QueenMimi96

Angel Dixon is accustomed to being alone - her mother is dead and her father, Daryl Dixon, left before she was born. After being kidnapped, she does the unthinkable and begins to fall for her captor on their journey to Alexandria. She could never imagine her estranged father survived and is now living there. But how will he react to his newfound daughter's bad choices? Or will the love of a certain Grimes in a sheriff's hat change her wild ways? ➳ First installment of the Daughter of Dixon series ➳ 🏆 #3rd Place Winner of the October Awards 2018 by @TheMonthlyAwards 🏆 #1 in Walking Dead 🏆 #1 in Daryl Dixon Daughter 🏆 #1 in Seychelle Gabriel Copyright 2016 © All Rights Reserved [Carl Grimes / OC] [SLOW-BURN] [Season 6] [The Walking Dead] Cover by @QueenMimi96

✓𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐱𝐨𝐧¹ | 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 by littledixonslight

❝I'm a Dixon, asshole.❞ ➷Lilia Dixon and her father discovers the horrors of what the new world is like. COMPLETED SERIES! book 1 [season 7 - 9] book 2 [season 9 - 10] book 3 [season 10 - 11] •Carl Grimes x oc• •Daryl Dixon's Daughter• ©littledixonslight

Unbreakable threads by Thewalkingdeadgirl19

In the ruins of a world overrun by the dead, survival isn't the only battle. Alyssa is just a troubled teenager. A high school dropout, living with her mother Alice foley. She didn't expect the world to end, and far less to lose her mother so quickly. She never knew her father, her mother kept him a secret.. leaving Alyssa growing up with many unanswered questions.. until her mother was about to die.. and said his name. 'Rick grimes.' Alice' encouraged Alyssa to set out to find her father. Find the man who she'd thought about her whole life. This unknown stranger. When Rick Grimes wakes from a coma to find the world in shambles, his mission is clear: survive and reunite with his family. But in this brutal new reality, his past comes back to haunt him in ways he never anticipated. He discovers Alyssa, the seventeen-year-old daughter he never knew existed, born from a high school romance he left behind. Now, they must navigate the fragile boundaries of family amidst bloodshed and betrayal. As Alyssa struggles to find her place in a group that sees her as an outsider, Rick faces an impossible task-reuniting his fractured family. Lori, his wife, battles her own feelings of betrayal and jealousy, while Shane, Rick's best friend, whose loyalties waver as his dark desires push him closer to the edge; threatens to take the very thing he's fighting for. Daryl Dixon the mean and hard headed redneck sparks a weird friendship with Alyssa..seeing her as an extension of himself. In a world where the dead roam freely, can family ties survive the weight of secrets, guilt, and jealousy? Or will the haunting shadows of the past be their undoing? Blood runs thicker than water, but in a world gone mad, nothing is certain.

Scarlett (Rick Grimes/OC) by evilqueen098

Scarlett Bradford, a twenty-three-year-old ex-nurse, roams what's left of the world alone. After a narrow brush with death in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, Scarlett has taken on a "never say die" mentality and spends her days trying to survive on her own. That is, until she is found by three strangers in an abandonded grocery store. They take her to a prison where they have a community and a government set up, something Scarlett hasn't seen in a long time, and she decides to stay with them. Keep reading to find out about Scarlett's new life at the prison. (Eventual Rick Grimes/OC) * Completed on November 30, 2014 * ~ Ya'll, I'll be honest: I'm not great at descriptions, so bear with me and give this a shot. It's so much better than it sounds. ~ Disclaimer: I only own my original charaters. Everything else belongs to the respective owners. I'm not making money on this or anything so please don't report me or something! Thanks!

The Greatest Sacrifice - Daryl Dixon by MamaWritesFanfics

When Negan's only daughter intervenes to save Glenn and Abraham, she finds herself tossed aside and declared a traitor. Taken in by the people of Alexandria she finds what a true family is and learns just how far she will go to protect them.

Hiraeth (The Walking Dead) by HeyyOli

Hiraeth: Longing for a home one cannot have or never had. While residing at the farm with Hershel, Rick and Shane find themselves in big trouble in the centre of a walker herd. They fight off most of them, but are saved by a mysterious hidden bowman. After hunting for the possible threat, they bring their saviour back when they are gravely injured. However, what could happen if they become a part of Rick's group? And why would they take a idolized liking to Daryl?

The Walking Dead - Crossfire by sasie17

The world has ended, and survival is no longer just about fighting the dead. In Crossfire, every choice cuts deep - between loyalty and betrayal, fear and courage, love and loss. In a world overrun by the dead, Y/N has fought tooth and nail to survive - alone, after being abandoned by someone she trusted. But everything changes when Rick returns to her life, shattering everything she thought she knew. Now torn between the brooding Daryl and the man she knew from before the world ended, Y/N is caught in a dangerous love triangle, where every decision could be her last. As the group's fragile trust begins to crack, the line between love and survival becomes razor-thin. Because sometimes the most dangerous fight isn't with the dead at all... it's with the living, and with the choices that could tear them apart.

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𝙒𝙃𝙄𝙎𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙀𝙎 , 𝒞. 𝒢𝓇𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈

𝙒𝙃𝙄𝙎𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙀𝙎 »The forest never gave back what it took, until the night it gave us her.« -When the outbreak began, Mahayla survived with her family, moving like shadows through the ruins of the world. They were tough, resourceful, and for a time they thrived. But survival never came without a cost. A horde ripped her family away in one brutal night, leaving Mahayla with nothing but the weapons in her hands and the will to keep breathing. Alone, she hardened fast. Trust became a luxury, kindness a weakness. She learned to fight, to kill, to take what she needed without hesitation, alone. By the time Rick's group found her, she didn't beg for help, she didn't even want it. She followed them at a distance, wary and silent, blade always within reach. It wasn't loyalty that made her stay with them, but the simple fact that strength attracts strength. When they reached Alexandria, Mahayla crossed the gates with the same cold stare she had carried since the night her world burned. She wasn't looking for family or friends, she'd buried those with her past. But in this new place, with these battle-worn survivors, she found something she hadn't had in a long time: a chance to fight for more than just herself, and a spark with a boy in a sheriff's hat. Carl Grimes x fem!oc ©yabasiceleanor 2025 Started 8/23/2025 Ended N/A ©All rights reserved