The Distance We Keep

"Some walls are built to keep people out. Others are built to keep us from being hurt again."

Ronnie Calloway learned early that survival meant relying on no one but herself.

Raised in the unforgiving world of the apocalypse under the control of a father who taught her how to hunt but never how to feel loved, Ronnie became skilled at tracking, fighting, and staying alive. When the people who were supposed to protect her leave her behind, she has no choice but to survive alone.

Until she stumbles upon a prison full of strangers who offer something she stopped believing existed: safety.

But safety doesn't come easily.

Especially not when one crossbow-wielding survivor seems determined to challenge everything she's built herself into.

Daryl Dixon sees through her walls before she ever lets him close. She sees through his before he's ready to admit they exist.

They're stubborn. They're guarded. They're both carrying scars they refuse to show.

What begins as tension and resentment slowly becomes something neither of them expected.

Because sometimes the hardest distance to cross isn't the one between enemies and lovers...

It's the distance between two people who have spent their whole lives believing they were alone.

Daryl Dixon x OC

*ALL WALKING DEAD CHARACTERS BELONG TO THE ORIGINAL CREATOR.*