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1. Harder Than Hate by RaccoonDetective

   Fandoms: The Walking Dead: Dead City (TV), The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead Comics  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Maggie Greene/Negan Smith
   • Maggie Greene
   • Negan Smith
   • The Dama
   • The Croat
   • Perlie Armstrong
   • Hershel Rhee
   • Benjamin Pierce (Walking Dead)
   • Post Dead City Season 2
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Enemies to Friends
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Toxic Relationship
   • Guilt
   • Trauma
   • Blood and Violence
   • Post-Canon
   • Lots of bad language
   • Unresolved Tension
   • Unresolved Sexual Tension
   • PTSD
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Slow Burn-ish
   • Cheating
   • Sex

   Summary

   Maggie and Negan are holed up in a safehouse together, both physically and emotionally exhausted after the events of Dead City Season 2. Negan, recovering from the stab wound Maggie gave him, has noticed a change in her towards him, but he can't keep his mouth shut about it for long.

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   English

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