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1. There's No Lithium in the Apocalypse... by Anonymous

   Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   19 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Rick Grimes/Shane Walsh
   • Andrea/Michonne (Walking Dead)
   • Shane Walsh & Andrea
   • Shane Walsh
   • Rick Grimes
   • Carl Grimes
   • Judith Grimes
   • Michonne (Walking Dead)
   • Andrea (Walking Dead)
   • Lori Grimes
   • Hershel Greene
   • Maggie Greene
   • Glenn Rhee
   • Daryl Dixon
   • Carol Peletier
   • Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas
   • Dale Horvath
   • Bipolar Shane Walsh
   • Slow Burn
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Shane Walsh Lives
   • Top Rick Grimes
   • very slow burn
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse
   • Shane Walsh Has Issues
   • No Lori Grimes Bashing
   • Past Lori Grimes/Shane Walsh
   • Attempted Rape/Non-Con
   • Guilt
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Hurt Shane Walsh
   • Bottom Shane Walsh
   • Bipolar Disorder
   • Angst
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Unhealthy Relationships
   • Protective Rick Grimes
   • Good Parent Rick Grimes
   • very light Dom/sub
   • Childhood Friends to Lovers
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Author is Projecting
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • mostly canon compliant (but shane is lowky alive)
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm

   Summary

   Shane didn't know why he was there. He didn't know what he wanted. He just knew that his thoughts were too loud, and being close to her—to Rick's wife, to the woman he'd been pretending was his—made the noise quiet down, just a little. He stopped thinking about pressing his ear to Rick's chest at the hospital, hearing silence. He started thinking about how essential it was to fill the massive gaping void left in a world without him.

    

   OR the one where Shane had bipolar the whole time, the erratic behaviour, the convincing himself of things that weren't true...
   (Author has Bipolar)

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