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1. Worm Food by sinfulstargirl

   Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   13 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Daryl Dixon & Merle Dixon
   • Daryl Dixon & Will Dixon
   • Merle Dixon & Will Dixon
   • Daryl Dixon/Merle Dixon
   • Daryl Dixon
   • Merle Dixon
   • Will Dixon
   • Daryl and Merle Dixon's Mother
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Fever
   • Rabies
   • Brotherly Love
   • Angst
   • Sharing a Bed
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Young Daryl Dixon
   • Young Merle Dixon
   • Childhood Trauma
   • southern

   Summary

   Decades before Walker bites became something to be feared, another bite just as dangerous was lurking in the Georgia woods. In the summer of 1984, seven-year-old Daryl gets the worst of it, leaving fifteen-year-old Merle to do everything he can to keep his little brother alive.

   Language:

   English

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