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1. When it all burns down by fluffyycows

   Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV)  

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

   10 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Daryl Dixon/You
   • Daryl Dixon & You
   • Daryl Dixon
   • Rick Grimes
   • Carol Peletier
   • Maggie Greene
   • Glenn Rhee
   • Lori Grimes
   • Carl Grimes
   • Michonne (Walking Dead)
   • Sasha Williams (Walking Dead)
   • Tyreese Williams
   • Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas
   • Beth Greene (Walking Dead)
   • Hershel Greene
   • Abraham Ford
   • Rosita Espinosa
   • Eugene Porter
   • Spencer Monroe (Walking Dead)
   • Merle Dixon
   • Negan Smith
   • Tara Chambler
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Daryl Dixon Needs a Hug
   • Eventual Smut
   • Eventual Romance
   • daryl is a yerner
   • Canon Compliant
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Slight Changes to Plot
   • Fluff
   • Angst
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Female Reader-Insert
   • Daryl Dixon is Bad at Feelings
   • Mutual Pining
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Strong Female Characters
   • Jealousy
   • No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert
   • Protective Daryl Dixon
   • Mutual Masturbation
   • Premature Ejaculation
   • Oral Sex
   • Explicit Language
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Enemies With Benefits

   Summary

   You were never supposed to stay in Atlanta for more than a week, but a global outbreak had you stuck in a city you barely knew. Before your last semester of grad school, you and your family took a trip to Atlanta to visit your aunt. The dead started walking before you could leave the city.

   Now on your own with no family or resources, you're forced to scavenge the woods for any sign of life. You made it about 3 weeks before life found you, dragging you back to the prison they were calling home.

   This was the chance of a new life, new people, and a new family. It all seemed promising, except for the redneck asshole you wish you had killed when you met.

   -Daryl x reader fic that follows the events of the show pretty closely. First walking dead fic, so I hope you all enjoy, and I do the characters justice!!!

   Currently re-editing chapters for this, and updates are super super slow!!

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   24,232

   Chapters:

   10/?

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