Summary: Carol Peletier is divorced with a five year old daughter. Daryl has never been in love. Both navigate through the battle that is online dating. Coming together may be harder than anticipated. Appearances by most TWD characters.
Rated: M
Categories: Alternate UniverseCharacters: Abraham Ford,
Andrea Harrison,
Caesar Martinez,
Carl Grimes,
Carol Peletier,
Dale Horvath,
Daryl Dixon,
Ed Peletier,
Eugene Porter,
Glenn Rhee,
Lori Grimes,
Maggie Greene Rhee,
Merle,
Michonne Hawthorne,
Milton Mamet,
Negan,
Original Character(s),
Penny,
Phillip Blake,
Rick Grimes,
Ron Anderson,
Rosita Espinosa,
Sam Anderson,
Sasha Williams,
Sophia Peletier
Genres: Drama,
Dramedy,
Fluffy/Comedy,
Porn w/ Plot,
RomanceWarnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 9
Completed: No
Word count: 34967
Read: 2341
Published: December 04, 2020
Updated: June 17, 2021
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Story Notes:
A/N: I removed a WIP in 2019 called Starting Over Yet Again due to massive creative blocks. A couple months ago, I was asked to revisit it. Recently, I took the advice of several wonderful ladies to bring you this. It takes a lot of aspects of the first fic and combines them with all new content. Several chapters of the original fic are combined/edited, and joined with the new material. Most OC names have been changed, along with the title. It looks to be about 12 chapters long.
1. Carol's Dates by Amwaaker [Reviews - 4] 
(2285 words)
Carol's history told through some bad dates.
2. Daryl's Dates by Amwaaker [Reviews - 3] (1451 words)
Daryl's history told through some bad dates.
3. Logistics Of Dating by Amwaaker [Reviews - 3] (2385 words)
The first communication
4. Food & Fishing by Amwaaker [Reviews - 4] (2928 words)
The response for this story hsd been amazing. If you (hopefully) have read my other AU, None-ZA fics; you know I am a sucker for for Daryl and Sophia interactions. This chapter has a few cute ones.
5. Lutefisk And The Att Of Dating by Amwaaker [Reviews - 2] (3287 words)
Daryl shares a little Merle backstory with Carol. Merle shares more fish-stories with Sophia. Every word he says is truth (google it). See more notes at end of chapter about his fish tales.
******* This is a shout out to my northern Minnesota roots!*******
6. Questions and Answers by Amwaaker [Reviews - 2] (5664 words)
This begins at the morning after the impromptu sleep over/protection detail. We get to meet Merle's family. Some of you may recognize my OCs Damien and Noah Dixon. This chapter is a long one at 5700 words.
7. Trust, With A Side Of Self Defense by Amwaaker [Reviews - 1] (6473 words)
This is a vital chapter. It explores the effect of everything that is occuring is having on Sophia. It explores Sophia's background, her intelligence, and her feelings towards Daryl as as well. As an added bonus, there are some insights from some newly shown secondary characters. I combined some things and added more to bring you this larger chapter that is around 6400 words. Enjoy!
8. Self Defense & Allies by Amwaaker [Reviews - 2] (6950 words)
*Second update today. This also marks the end of reworked content. All remaining chapters are 100% new material.
Daryl shows his girls some moves. The objects detailed as weapons here are real world items that really can be used as a weapon and for self defense. The same goes for the training with the substance listed. All self defense moves listed come from the internet. Carol and Daryl take the next step. Some inspiration by Martinez leads Daryl to further modes of protection - calling in some allies.
9. Knife Play With a Side Of Chicken by Amwaaker [Reviews - 2] (3544 words)
Will Abe and his group's protection/training push Carol too far?
