What to Expect Out of Life ➳ Daryl Dixon | The Walking Dead (TWD)
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  • Reads 161
  • Votes 25
  • Parts 2
  • Time 17m
Ongoing, First published Oct 02, 2023
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In a broken world, Daryl Dixon learned long ago that expecting nothing is the only way to survive.But when Irene Elizabeth Collins, a kind-hearted girl, shows up, she changes the game.

Irene doesn't try to fix him. She doesn't try to break him down. She just quietly shows him that maybe, just maybe, life has something more to offer. She doesn't promise him the world-but she proves that sometimes, expecting even the smallest good thing is worth it.

In a world that's lost so much, can two people find something worth living for? 

[Season 1 - Season 2] 

       
Daryl x OC
      

        
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--- ♡ (n.) A homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past. -- "𝗜 𝗮𝗶𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂." "𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲, 𝗗𝗶𝘅𝗼𝗻." -- In which even in this new, fucked up world where the dead walk and nobody is perfect, Daryl Dixon still finds it within him to fall in love, albeit slowly and with a lot of insecurities that carried through from his past life. The Walking Dead Fanfiction. DISCLAIMER: Daryl is younger in this fic, around his early thirties. started: 29/03/24 finished: -/-/- BEST RANKINGS- no.1 in #thewalkingdead (april 2024) no.1 in #michonne (june 2024) no.1 in #daryldixon (june 2024) no.1 in #dixon (june, july 2024) no.1 in #thewalkingdeadfanfiction (oct, nov 2024)