Jumper Cables by carol_is_daryls_favorite

Jumper Cables by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal

Summary:

All Daryl intended to do was give Carol's car a jump and be on his merry way. What he didn't know was that one action would lead his senior year in high school down a rabbit hole of new friends, new enemies, impromptu study sessions, some hardcore crushing, and text threads for days. Who would have thought a life could be changed with something as simple as jumper cables?

Rated: M
Categories: Alternate Universe
Characters: None
Genres: Angst, Drama, Dramedy, Fluffy/Comedy, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Carol/Other (Temp), Child Abuse, Domestic Abuse (Implied)
Series: Scrap Metal
Chapters: 29 Completed: Yes
Word count: 160754 Read: 34118
Published: November 19, 2018 Updated: February 10, 2019

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Story Notes:

welcome to my self-indulgent bullshit!

i prefer to post fics all at once, but this one is just fun and cathartic to write, and i wanted to share it with y'all. no twd canon stress, no carzekiel, no major character deaths--just pure, high school dramedy with some silly headcanons i've never been able to use, and a place for me to vent about my hatred of the french language. besides, i'm always a slut for texting fics, but there's plenty of exposition for those who prefer that.

writing this fic always cheers me up. i hope you find some joy in it as well. don't take it too seriously. just have fun with it.

deuces,

-diz

p.s. this fic is dedicated to every chevy i've ever owned, in order:

to my first car ever, my beat-up chevy cavalier, which was slowly poisoning me with a hole in the gasket tank, and which my mechanic once called, "not worth fixing." you taught me how to love, and also how to hold up a passenger side window with duct tape.

to my chevy venture covered in exploded pepsi and perpetually flat tires, i never really liked you. you were not a good car. they offered me $200 for your parts, and lbr, that was generous. rip in pieces, bitch.

and finally, to my mentally-ill chevy impala, with the weird computer malfunction that made you stop at random in the middle of the street. you were horrifying to drive. thank you for not killing me.

chevys are the devil's preferred mode of transportation, but you guys always got me where i needed to go. mostly. sometimes. not all that often, actually.

i'm a prius bitch for life, but i'll never forget where i came from. this fic is for you. <3

p.p.s. waynedunlaptheorgandonor.tumblr.com

p.p.p.s. i don't own twd or any associated shit, etc

p.p.p.p.s. btw, for those who care, i AM still working on a sequel for "maybe it's just us", but that i'm not gonna post chapter-by-chapter and will take a lot longer. it's a lot more involved. but it's in the works!!

1. Chapter 1 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 26] Liked (2178 words)

2. Chapter 2 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 5] Liked (4412 words)

3. Chapter 3 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 8] Liked (1559 words)

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5. Chapter 5 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 13] Liked (4274 words)

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8. Chapter 8 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 14] Liked (4666 words)

9. Chapter 9 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 9] Liked (4728 words)

10. Chapter 10 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 12] Liked (4176 words)

bc of illness and a work holiday party i didn't get this chapter done, but there was a good halfway point, so i'm posting part A today, and will post part B tomorrow. the second half is a doozy and is Plot Important, so i wanted to make sure i did it justice. so enjoy this chapter, and i'll have more for you tomorrow, probably late in the day CST bc i work second shift.

later gators!

addendum 12/7:

i made a tactical error, and should have just divided this chapter into two entirely different ones, but i didn't bc i thought part two would be shorter. it is not and i am not gonna have it done by tonight. i'm gonna aim for tomorrow, but if not, then i'll just post double on sunday. this schedule is still in beta, bear with me plz!

11. Chapter 11 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 7] Liked (4417 words)

doing what i should have done from the jump and just dividing this one and the last into two separate chapters. forgive me for the confusion, last week was weird. for future reference, if i'm ever going to be off schedule, i'll put a note at the end of the most recent chapter for people to refer to. also, when i say updated "thursday and sunday" i mean "updated before i go to bed on thursday and sunday," and i sometimes go to bed as late as 4a, so it may not always be "technically" that day anymore. again, if things change, or if the two times a week thing gets to be too much, i'll lyk, but for now that's where we're at. thanks oodles for reading, bros. see you thursday.

-diz

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13. Chapter 13 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 10] Liked (4798 words)

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16. Chapter 16 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 10] Liked (6641 words)

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18. Chapter 18 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 13] Liked (5648 words)

to avoid spoilers, cw is at the end of the chapter. check there if you're worried, plz and thnx.

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20. Chapter 20 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 10] Liked (6480 words)

21. Chapter 21 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 12] Liked (5199 words)

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24. Chapter 24 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 9] Liked (7570 words)

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26. Chapter 26 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 18] Liked (10178 words)

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27. Chapter 27 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 17] Liked (7620 words)

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28. Chapter 28 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 12] Liked (10392 words)

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29. Chapter 29 by carol_is_daryls_favorite_meal [Reviews - 20] Liked (7016 words)

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