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1. You're On Your Own, Kid by Duchess_On_Fire

   Fandoms: The Walking Dead - All Media Types  

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

   30 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Carl Grimes/Negan Smith
   • Carl Grimes
   • Negan Smith
   • Alternate Universe - No Zombie Apocalypse
   • Alternate Universe - Real World
   • Wall Street
   • Age Difference
   • Carl is 24
   • Romance
   • Angst
   • Fluff
   • Smut
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Bathroom Sex
   • Rough Sex
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Past Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Money
   • Capitalism
   • Finance
   • I have only very vague notions of finance
   • I'm here for the smut and the angst
   • The money stuff is just a way to get there
   • Taylor Swift Song Lyrics
   • Protective Negan Smith
   • Caring Negan Smith
   • Top Negan Smith
   • Bottom Carl Grimes
   • Size Kink
   • And i'm not just talking about height
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Not from the main characters but I'm tagging to be safe

   Summary

   Carl has the job he’s always dreamt of, working for a hedge fund in Wall Street. A meeting with a senior executive at a bar makes him reconsider everything.

   Or, the Wall Street Cegan story no one asked for, inspired by a Taylor Swift song.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   28,461

   Chapters:

   4/6

   Comments:

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