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Alexandria promised safety, but safety has never been simple.
When a rugged stranger with a crossbow and a gaze sharp enough to kill moves in next door, a nurse who’s used to patching wounds finds herself wanting to heal a much deeper hurt.
He doesn’t trust anyone.
She’s sworn not to get attached.Too bad fate has other ideas.
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Daryl’s POV:
Following the prison’s fall, Daryl sets out to find survivors while Rick recovers. He thought he was ready for anything the world could throw at him—he was wrong. She’s silent, smart, lethal, and somehow manages to make his life infinitely more complicated. Trust is fragile, danger is constant, and distraction could be fatal. Which is a serious problem when that distraction is reading smut in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. She might’ve saved his life—or ruined it. He hasn’t decided yet.Fin’s POV:
Three years surviving alone has taught her to trust no one… until a boy and his injured dad force her hand. Now her orderly life is in chaos, and one newcomer has her thinking—and feeling—things she never should. People are dangerous, the dead aren’t so bad, and Daryl? He could be either a temporary distraction… or total destruction. If she doesn’t shoot him first.Mid Season 4-Departs from Cannon with world building.
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The Regular by PinkDino
Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (TV 2023)
20 Nov 2025
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You’re just a girl studying hard for her post-grad and working weird hours to make ends meet.
He’s a country boy who comes in most days with his brother. He’s not your usual type, but there’s something about Daryl Dixon.
You start spending time with him and it’s more wonderful than you could have imagined. And then the world ends, and you think you’ll never see the kind, shy man you were falling for again. Until you do.
POV second person, no use of y/n.
Whole story will pan pre-and-post outbreak.
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Spicy. First person. Daryl was taken by Negan and I realize how much I care for him, and all of the regret. Daryl returns broken, sad, and beat down. He unloads ;) all of his pain, fear, anger, and love into me. Time jumps between "before negan", and "after Negan", when Daryl returns.
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pre-season 1 to season 1 (at least)
You and Daryl go on a journey — from a casual fling to The Fall of everything you had come to know. -
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Daryl Dixon needs a date for his best friend's wedding. The problem? The only woman he's even remotely interested in is you, a cam girl that he's never spoken to in real life.
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One shot - Bethyl
Beth's dog goes missing and Daryl begrungingly agrees to help her look for the pup. -
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You don’t think you’re his type.
He’s certain you wouldn’t want him.Between runs, bad weather, and too many nights stuck in close quarters, you and Daryl Dixon keep circling the line between survival and something more.
A slow-burn, prison-era story about fear, want, and the quiet ways two people learn they’re wrong about what they deserve.
POV second person, no use of y/n.
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Survival of the fittest by UncomonVi
Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead (Comics), The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (TV 2023), The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (TV), The Walking Dead: World Beyond (TV 2020)
03 Jul 2025
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Back in Spain, your life had started to feel like it was going nowhere. Working as a horse vet didn’t have much of a future, and you were still living at home. You didn’t really mind—your family means everything to you—but deep down, you knew you needed a change.
Then one day, the chance came. So you grabbed life by the reins, packed your things, and flew to the U.S. to work on a farm. For a while, it felt like things were finally moving forward.
But everything changed faster than you could’ve imagined.
The world began to fall apart—panic spread, cities turned to chaos, and the dead stopped staying... well, dead. Just like that, your new beginning turned into a fight to survive. Now, you spend your days riding through the forests, staying off the roads, avoiding towns, and doing whatever it takes to stay alive.
Until one day, after going too long without eating and hearing a gunshot in the distance, you ran from the sound—and somehow end up in the arms of a grumpy-looking archer.
And that’s where your story really begins.
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"I Don't Like Guys"......"Whatever You Say" by Readin_Dat_Smut
Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV)
11 Jun 2025
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Since Daryl got back from The Sanctuary he's been spending more and more time at the Hilltop.
He is becoming really good friends with Paul, but doesn't know how to handle it when he thinks his feelings start to change. He doesn't like guys...Does he? -
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You haven’t been able to sleep since you joined Alexandria.
Daryl crashes into your room one night when you wake up shrieking from a nightmare, and he offers to keep an eye so you can get some rest.
What follows is a gradual burn until you both can’t resist each other anymore. -
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Before Daryl picks up the trail in the middle of the night, he and Carol stargaze inside of Dale's RV.
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Tumblr Request: "I’ve always wanted to read one where the reader is one of Hershel’s daughters (set in season 2). When Daryl and the group show up the reader won’t stop teasing Daryl and eventually he can’t take it anymore. Please make my dreams come true 😭😭🤘. (p.s virgin reader would be +50 points ;) "
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(Daryl Dixon X Female Reader Walsh) This was meant to be a short little 2 or 3 part series that became a reader favorite on Tumblr and is still ongoing. That Tumblr has since been banned for seemingly no reason, so while I'm re posting the old parts to my new tumblr and writing fiture parts, I thought I'd share it here <3
Overview: Reader Walsh finds out about her husband's infidelity and quickly forms a rocky friendship with Daryl Dixon. Check chapter summaries for more in depth descriptions.
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Do these feelings flow both ways?
- Language:
- English
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- Chapters:
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- Kudos:
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Daryl knew somethin' would go to shit. He also knew that the fucker was a pretty thing, and that's always a bad sign. An' it didn't help that Rick kept on givin' him a look every now and then.
He should'a jus' stayed in his damn room.Series
- Part 1 of Dying to Live
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My first M/M Daryl Fic, please enjoy. Basically an AU where Morgan doesn't come to the rescue when Daryl and Aaron are stuck in that car circa like season 6 and they end up getting jiggy with it. Skip to part five for smutty smut smut but if you like the journey there's some angst in there and some eventual smut.
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Getting sick and potentially dying of Lyme disease is far less of a problem than getting but by walkers, but tick checks after walking through the woods is just as important as anything else.
Touch starved Daryl and reader find out just how good it feels to have your hair played with.First person POV, she/her pronouns, “woman” and “baby doll” as nicknames from Daryl.
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A night of drinking turns into talking about your types, and you can’t help but reveal that Daryl is yours.
˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ Daryl Dixon x plus size!reader
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Before long, he could barely hear the gentle, even wisps of her breathing over the truck’s engine and there was that burning feeling again, whiskey in his throat. It went down smooth and pooled in a ball of warmth in his stomach. He didn’t hate it.
Daryl has always been quiet, stoic, and a realist. On the road he meets someone with a completely different outlook on life. She's a rare ray of sunshine a world that loves to block out all light, but can she keep that light alive?Follows the plot of the show from post CDC up until Alexandria. Warnings: Canon-typical violence, nudity, referenced attempted sexual assault.