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1. Turning on a Dime by inkblot_fiend

   Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   04 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Daryl Dixon/Rick Grimes
   • Rick Grimes
   • Daryl Dixon
   • Carl Grimes
   • Carol Peletier
   • Michonne (Walking Dead)
   • Glenn Rhee
   • Maggie Greene
   • Negan Smith
   • Dwight (Walking Dead)
   • Alternate Universes
   • what if
   • Time Travel Fix-It
   • Some things will be fixed
   • Negan Smith Being Negan Smith
   • Blow Jobs
   • Bisexual Rick Grimes
   • Gay Daryl Dixon
   • ten pounds of trauma in a five pound bag
   • Period-Typical Homophobia

   Summary

   "These universes, they were everywhere around you, you just couldn’t see them. You definitely couldn’t count them: they were infinite. Every choice you made or didn’t make, you broke off a new universe to add to the pile. Endless variations of your life branching out all over the place, every possibility explored by some alternate you."

   Locked up in Negan's cells, Daryl is offered a chance to fix his mistakes. Can he change the past? Can he live with the consequences?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   44,458

   Chapters:

   11/22

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   196

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