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1. hot and heavy, pumpkin pie by moonshineshacks

   Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, Gen
   • Work in Progress

   23 Jan 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Daryl Dixon/Beth Greene
   • Daryl Dixon
   • Beth Greene
   • Carol Peletier
   • Hershel Greene
   • Negan Smith
   • Sasha Williams (Walking Dead)
   • Tyreese Williams
   • Dale Horvath
   • Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas
   • Maggie Greene
   • Rick Grimes
   • Michonne (Walking Dead)
   • Romance
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Alternate Universe - No Zombies
   • Alternate Universe - Restaurant
   • Self Confidence Issues
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Mental Health Issues
   • A little angst
   • and some
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • everyone is alive and everyone is happy
   • Protectiveness
   • Secret Relationship
   • Forbidden Love
   • Self-Acceptance
   • Coming of Age
   • Older Man/Younger Woman
   • Attempt at Humor
   • Grief/Mourning
   • mental health stigma
   • Self-Harm
   • Religious Guilt

   Summary

   After a disastrous senior year of high school, Beth Greene has put off college for the time being and is working at the new, soulless diner chain on the edge of Senoia. Stuck and lost, she befriends the surly, mysterious line cook, Daryl. However, what begins as an innocent work friendship quickly becomes something more, and what was supposed to be a summer off to figure things out turns into the kind of love story Beth thought she only read about in books.

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   Third place for 2022 Moonshine Awards Best AU (WIP) and winner for Best Humor!

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

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