Here's to the ones who dream
Foolish as they may seem
Here's to the hearts that ache
Here's to the mess we make
-LaLaLand
For the Nine Lives "What If" Challenge - what if they never found the prison?
The adventures of Daryl, Carol and some seriously questionable weed.
"She wondered how long it would take for fate to reach forth her dark finger and strike them all down, one by one, until nothing remained but ash and bone and a whisper of everything they used to be." - Sequel to 'Three Little Birds'. S4 AU, Caryl.
Ten months since Daryl had appeared in the snow like a spectre of her past and she's finally alive again. - Epilogue to 'Salt & Stone' for the Nine Lives "Joy" Challenge.
In which there is awkward, "we're both super injured but still wanna do this" sex and very little plot. OK, maybe some plot. But mostly sex. Did I mention its awkward? - For the Nine Lives Smutfest 2 Challenge
Another prompt from the U.S.S. Caryl's "What If?" Challenge on tumblr. "In the deleted scene between Carol and Merle, what do you think would have happened if Daryl had accidentally overheard that conversation?" One shot. COMPLETE.
A game of poker proves victory isn't always sweet. For the Fluff-A-Palooza challenge.
One-shot written for the USS Caryl's "What If" challenge on tumblr. I picked Option 6: "What if, in season three, when Daryl opened the door where he thought walker!Carol was hiding, she wasn't there, not even as a walker? Re-write their happy reunion or detail the discovery of Carol, perhaps even walker!Carol by Daryl." WARNING: Angst, Character Death, Slight AU
"How could he love something so innately broken? No wonder demons flourished here. They had it easy." -- TWD/Supernatural crossover for the USS Caryl's 'Mish-Mash' challenge.
She'd wished him gone a hundred times. Getting her wish would sink her into a world of corruption and murder, though all she wanted was to be the master of her own heart. - 1940's noir AU, no zombies.
"Another camp, another group calling themselves a family, another set of open doors. She wondered how many knives were hidden in the shadows, waiting to stab them in the back." - Primarily a Carol story, set five years after the events of Season 4. Eventual Caryl.
With Daryl, Rick and Michonne AWOL and more people falling ill daily to the mystery virus spreading through the prison, Carol finds herself on a long-shot, desperate run for medical supplies to save her family while the rest of the world falls apart.
Daryl gets his first Christmas present. - My Caryl Secret Santa gift to grayhairedqueen on tumblr
First kiss in the snow - Takes place between Chapters 3 & 4 of 'Salt and Stone'. For the Fluff-A-Palooza Challenge.
Carol's perspective of her reunion with Daryl, based on 5x01 'No Sanctuary'. One-shot.
Rick, Carol and Daryl finally have the chance to deal with each other after being reunited, post-Terminus.
A collection of one shots and drabbles, mostly prompted by the tumblr collective.
They'd each been trying, with Alexandria. Now they were trying together.
She didn't hear anything. No voices from inside the prison, no walkers, no birds in the trees, not even the wind made a sound. Without speaking, they both turned, aimed their weapons and stood, shoulder to shoulder, watching the tree line. Something was coming.
[Reviews - 21] As desperately as she wished she could return to her prison family, Carol knew that being sent away was a small price to pay for keeping a dangerous secret. But the bonds of a love that had been growing for so long would not be denied.
A montage of Carol thoughts and moments leading up to a post-Saviors Caryl encounter. Angst. Spoilers for 6x13.
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