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Daryl Dixon only wanted a dry place to sit and a cheap beer.
Instead, he got The Wild Stallion on Ladies Night, a storm he couldn’t ride through, a road that had already tried to kill him once, and a savage cop grinding his dick on a pole. Daryl was straight. One hundred percent. That was why he drank his beer and kept his eyes on the door. Then Rick Grimes had the nerve to step onstage in tight uniform pants and make Daryl question his whole damn life in under five minutes.
If that wasn’t unexpected enough, out of every screaming, beautiful, horny woman in the place, Rick’s eyes had just locked on him.
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Emily thought Oceanside would be the closest place to a home she'd get after the world fell.
Instead, she took the first excuse she could find and left.
What starts as a quick trip to Alexandria turns into something much bigger, forcing her to navigate new communities, old wounds, and a world that refuses to stay quiet.
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not a lot, just forever by SarahKSmith
Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead (Comics), The Walking Dead - All Media Types
21 Jul 2026
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She'd done this before. She could do it again.
The walker got close and she charged, hitting it with her shoulder the way Vernon had taught her to move cattle when she was twelve. The walker went down hard and she went down with it, knee driving into its chest, hands scrambling for the rock.
She brought it down on the walker's skull. Again. The skull cracked. Again. The skull caved in with a wet crunch and the walker stopped moving but she didn't stop, couldn't stop. She kept bringing the rock down with both hands because she was so fucking tired and so fucking lost and Gran was dead and Sarah was dead and Vernon was alone on a farm she'd never reach and she was never going to be safe, never going to find anywhere, never going to--
"Ain't gonna get any deader."
The voice came from behind her. Male, Southern, cutting through her spiral.
Book one will cover Season 1-3x9 with timeline and canon divergence.
Minor, moderate, and major Revisions to fic have been posted
Fic formerly known as :Still Standing
107-108 posted 7/11, 7/12
109/Book finale: 7/21Next book coming soon
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- Part 2 of abyss kiss
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After failing to save Sophia in time, Daryl goes hunting to clear his head. He finds a girl running away and despite his better judgement, he decides to help her. As Lucy joins the group, she slowly becomes closer to everyone, including him. He finds himself struggling to cope with his growing feelings towards her. Lucy can't help but be drawn to the man. But she's convinced that they aren't good for one another- that he doesn't care about her.
How much time does it take for two people convinced they don’t need love to fall for each other?
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I’ve spent most of my life surviving instead of living. I work the grill at Martha’s diner, keep my head down, and hide what’s left of my heart behind a sharp mouth and a bad temper. I know better than to love anybody, especially the straight cop whose mistake nearly got me beat to death.Rick-
I’m a King County detective trying to hold together a difficult job, a complicated marriage, and a life that has not turned out the way I planned. After a failure on the job put a guarded, stoic man in the hospital, I started seeking him out for reasons even I didn’t fully understand. After nearly a year, he finally started to let me in.This is the second in the King County Hearts series. It continues the brief interactions between Rick and Daryl in the first story, Protect and Serve. I recommend reading Protect and Serve first to establish the tentative friendship between Rick and Daryl and to become familiar with Shane and Emily. It can be read as a standalone, but some references will be unfamiliar.
Their relationship here begins as a close acquaintanceship but no established intimacy or romance.
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- Part 2 of King County Hearts
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He has everything he ever fought for—safety, his children, a thriving community—but the cost is a love he doesn't remember.
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Alternate Universe in which Rick is sent to a Universe where he is married to Daryl, but he's only used to being married to Michonne. Thus begins a problem for the both of them, for different reasons.
This will be Hurt/Comfort. I can't live without my comfort, so trust me when I say it will hurt for now but there WILL be comfort coming!
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The Fear of Longing by ripperdoc8
Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead (Telltale Video Game)
16 Jul 2026
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Daryl is afraid. Afraid of longing for you. Carrying the weight of survival and grief, you fight to live again. What happens when two people fear falling for each other?
Relationship: Daryl x f!reader [use of she/her]; y/n = your name; no mention of y/n’s body; he falls first, fluff, slowburn, yearning.
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We’ll be okay (as long as we have each other) by BethsTurtle_9
Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV)
16 Jul 2026
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Following the fall of the Greene Farm, the group ventures out in search of new shelter, eventually stumbling upon a prison.
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A somewhat canon compliant rewrite of seasons 3+4
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- Part 2 of Angel (The Walking Dead Series)
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“Lemme at them!” Merle laughed, running a finger over his nose to sniff up the remains of the dusting around his nostrils. “I will-”
Daryl rounded on him, pushing him away from the door. “You ain’t gonna do nothin’. The hallway’s fuckin’ full of-”
“Imma take them all on!” Merle exclaimed, jumping to the side to avoid him. He grabbed the table and started to pull it off the door.
“No, you won’t, ya ass, that’s the fuckin’ cocaine talkin’.”
They were on the fifth floor of an apartment building, the outside wall nothing but rows upon rows of bricks, no staircases, no drain pipes, no lighting rods, no damn way out.
“Hey, crackheads!” came in through the window.
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How Glenn met Daryl, brought him to the Atlanta campsite and gave him a reason to stay.
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If you asked Sloane Savage, a Pennsylvania native herself, if she identified with the creature called the squonk, she’d say no on first instinct. However, one must not let her outward beauty deceive them because lurking in the depths of her soul, she is indeed squonk-like–full of self-loathing, hatred, and sadness. She hadn’t always been that way. Her life was far from picturesque, but no one’s ever really was. All the while still, she never found herself wanting because the Lord had done well by her, providing her with all that she thought she could ever need. Those things have a way of changing though as life works its dreadful, bony hands on us. It was what came after the Wildfire Virus that did her in.
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- Part 2 of The Chupacabra Collection
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Daryl Dixon’s life didn’t start until the end of the world. Not really anyway. Everything up until that point felt like he was walking the Earth as no more than a wraith that no one cared to notice. His life was a colossal waste of space–devoid of any true meaning. Enough people had said as much. He was a poor, unloved kid from the middle of the Styx that grew up to be a poor, unloved man who chased after his eldest brother, against his better judgement. But when the Wildfire Virus spread just as quickly as its namesake, Daryl’s soul purpose emerged. The name of the game became survival, and if he was good at one thing in life, it was surviving. That’s all his life had ever been and all that it would ever be. Of that, he was sure.
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- Part 1 of The Chupacabra Collection
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“You okay?” His voice was low and close. The bed shifted as he moved, the sheets rustling crisp as autumn leaves. She squeezed her eyes tight, her lips a taut line, and nodded.
“Gotta be.”
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Maroon by Appletrees_13580
Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead - All Media Types
10 Jul 2026
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In Alexandria, you struggle with the trauma of losing loved ones and fearing another loss. After breaking down at a welcome party, Daryl comforts you, helping you realize you may finally have a chance at a peaceful future together.
Vaguely inspired by the song Maroon by Taylor Swift. First time writing fanfic in over 10 years!
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a tribute to s2 e5 daryl dixon
"hey, what're ya moaning about in there?"
a man covered in mud was clinging to the slope, nearly halfway up the hill. his stance didn't seem too stable, his knuckles turned white from holding onto limp tree roots. he looked up through a smear of dirt and blood dried on his forehead from his tumble. his eyes were as sharp as a vulture's, yet the wounded gaze within them were as vulnerable as a cornered animal.
"eh.. just almost dyin'."
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As the sun sets, you and Daryl share a kiss, and he informs you he's unsure if he wants to go any further.
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After being separated from his wife and child for almost 6 years, how will Daryl react when he suddenly finds them safe in Alexandria?
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You’re exhausted after another night with your fussy newborn, so Daryl takes over.
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After a hard day, Daryl finds you crying on the beach.
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After years of infertility, you finally get pregnant and get to tell your husband.
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As much as you loved to watch the archer as he took lazy drags from his cigarettes, the smoke was a dealbreaker. Daryl picks up on this, and he offers you a solution.