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1. Growth Mindset by ssunflowersseedss

   Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   01 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Rick Grimes/Original Female Character(s)
   • Rick Grimes
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Carl Grimes
   • Hershel Greene
   • Maggie Greene
   • Glenn Rhee
   • Daryl Dixon
   • Carol Peletier
   • Judith Grimes
   • Beth Greene (Walking Dead)
   • Michonne (Walking Dead)
   • Philip Blake | The Governor
   • Tyreese Williams
   • Sasha Williams (Walking Dead)
   • Bob Stookey
   • Abraham Ford
   • Rosita Espinosa
   • Eugene Porter
   • Tara Chambler
   • Noah | Grady Memorial Ward (Walking Dead)
   • Aaron (Walking Dead)
   • Eventual Romance
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Prison (Walking Dead)
   • Pre-Apocalypse
   • Slow Burn
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Implied/Referenced Abuse
   • Gun Violence
   • Original Character(s)
   • Character Development
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
   • Canon-Typical Behavior
   • Additional Warnings In Author's Note

   Summary

   Practically everyone in her life told her the salary was shit - but Edie Strickland was dead-set on becoming a teacher. Things aren't perfect - they never are - but closing in on her fifth year at King County Elementary, she feels there's nothing the world can throw at her that she can't handle.

   Or, at least she thinks.

    

   *starts prior to Rick's coma, and then skips to s3*

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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