He had planned to kill her hours ago. Enjoying the thought of strangling her with his bare hands still tightly tied after she'd finished dressing his wounds. Completing the circle that had brought him and his pack here to start with. Only hours had passed and she still breathed.

Rick has always had a lot to handle. This story finds him trying to negotiate through sharing many kinds of burdens both old and new. WIP.

He didn't consider himself to be a particularly brave or selfless individual. In fact, truth be told, he was far likely to fall under the purview of a coward.

"It's okay, you know…to like what happened? You know that right?"

The pantry door creaked, offensive and loud to the senses as Olivia kept him pressed - pinned against it like the insects he'd kept on the runner-board in his old classroom.

She was changed by the world they lived in. That's what Rick said. That's why he took her away, left her. Maybe he was more forgiving than Rick, but she'd always just be Carol to him.

He had to do it his way. The Dixon way.

Honestly, she wasn't even sure why she was surprised. Because, quite frankly, Daryl just wouldn't be who he was without having extraordinarily awful timing.

He wanted what they'd had back in the prison. That life. What'd been taken from them.

A Caryl fic : ) Get inside Daryl and Carol's heads as they struggle to figure out what they mean to each other. Rated M for language, scenes of abuse, violent imagery, adult situations and sexual tension that will MELT YOUR BRAIN!

She's not their usual type but that's not going to stop her from trying to find a way into their life. Murphy/OC/Connor, no slash. Rated for smuttiness.

Carol feels that her responsibilities require her to make a run. The process of it all will demonstrate how much ingenuity it takes to be survivors for the long term. Set after 3.12 "Clear," and diverges from cannon story/timeline. Rated for language, themes. Caryl speculation. Chapter interactions: 5. Rick & Carl, 6. Daryl. 7. Merle & Maggie. WIP.

As she helps Carl work through a first in this broken world, Carol discovers that there are still firsts to be found for her, too.

Sometimes savagery is a choice. Sometimes it's a nature. For him, it becomes both. A somewhat dark, somewhat supernatural Caryl AU (WIP).

She hadn't gone twenty miles down that back country road when the motor gave out. She'd just passed a sign, a homemade billboard of a plump woman wearing an apron - "Auntie Betty's Homemade Pastries, next left," when the engine hiccuped.

Daryl Dixon hated hospitals. He hated the way they smelled. He hated the bright fluorescent lights. He hated those stupid gowns they put you in. He hated all the sick people wandering around. But mostly he hated the way those doctors and nurses looked at him, like he was just another trashy, redneck junkie trying to score a prescription for Oxy. AU, no zombies

In their world, the line between life and death can be crossed far too easily. But now he was perpetually straddling it, and she was the only one keeping him from pulling the trigger. Rating may change.

He was angry and torn, standing on both sides of a line named Carol Peletier. Alternate ending to "Indifference". S4 spoilers and a stupid amount of Carick feels.

Living just to survive isn't living. There has to be more to it than that. Written for the USS Caryl Music Lyric Drabble/Fanart Challenge on Tumblr.

Daryl probably doesn't even know he's doing it. But he's been sending out the signals for a while. Told from three different POVs.

Daryl needs more this time around. A scarf isn't gonna be enough of her for him. "Hounded" just got a little bit Daryl-ified.

One-shots about some of the ways Caryl could have begun.

Compost is something created from discarded scraps and dying matter, turning these things into a viable source of life and sustenance. Eventual Caryl, but also the story, in snapshots, of how two such viable scraps become life-sustaining. Story starts beginning of season 1 with new material and in-canon scenes...

AU of 2x07. Carol decides that she's going to look for Sophia on her own after the scene in front of the barn with Shane. A certain crossbow-wielding redneck decides she isn't going alone.

This is a Caryl story, though whole group involvement should be expected. Caryl, Daryl, Carol Rated M for language, violence, and sexual content.

Carol couldn't let go. Not after everything. She'd search for him until she brought him home, or died trying.

"He'd left her. The one person who understood. Even if it was a simple nod in her direction, like it was most days. She always knew, even if the expression never changed." Set during 3x10 with reflections on various Caryl scenes. Minor spoilers for season two and on.

When Daryl returned to the Prison with Merle in tow, everyone feared the potential for his presence to fracture the unity of the group. However Merle is set on a very different path because of a couple of very pointed conversations with a member of the group with surprising ties to his brother. Set before and after "This Sorrowful Life" Season 3.

One-shot story for the USS Caryl 2nd Fanfiction/Fanart Challenge Prompt. Out of four prompts I chose the "class in is session" prompt, in honor of "back to school." Carol is yet again forced to break down the walls of Daryl's communication barriers.

Daryl and Carol have both been hurt in their past lives. They've become valued members of their group of survivors and developed a strong bond with each other. It seems they'll never take things past the friendship stage until one quiet night under a full moon as they share a couple of drinks. Rating M for some sexual themes. Reviews are greatly appreciated.

They could be dead tomorrow so why not, right? Takes place at the quarry. I wasn't going to post this since it was just a little something I wrote to cheer up my best friend but the few that read it say I should share with the rest of you. So this is me, sharing away. A bit of fluff at the end. If you aren't into Caryl then move on!

Carol decides it's about time she does something about her feelings for Daryl. At first, it starts out with her own little experiment, planting a kiss on the redneck once a day for a month, but then the group gets involved and starts making bets. Will anything good come out of this? And will Daryl ever kiss her back?

Her ears started ringing long before Ed's backhand even connected with the side of her face. It was an instinctual response, learned behavior. Something her body recognized before her brain even registered the hit.

Oneshot. Merle is tired of his brother and Carol acting like a couple of kids that can't admit their "feelings", so he decides to do his little brother a favor and intervene. By making Daryl think that he's getting the goods himself. Caryl, of course. (Just a little something I did for fun.)

AU of "This Sorrowful Life": Michonne hadn't felt so close to another human being since her boyfriend died in the beginning of the ZA. Merle had never felt so close to another human being before. When the two bond over their trip to the farm store, where the inevitable ambush awaits, they have to wonder just what that means. Merle/Michonne.

Pre-Apocalypse, Emma Whitfield moves back into her childhood home and reunites with the not-so-welcoming Dixon Brothers, whom she grew up with. As she settles in, secrets are revealed and the town residents start rising from the dead. Can she strike a deal with the brothers to get her to safety? Or can they really be bothered... OCXwhotheheckknows

She was special to him, and for the first time he would really stop and consider why. And also consider who else she was special to. Two-shot, Carick/Caryl.

Pre first-half S3 finale. "Some people see scars, & it is wounding they remember. To me they are proof of the fact that there is healing." The lives they used to live were gone. But how much of who they used to be had been swept away too? A story of two damaged souls discovering going forwards means going back & facing the things that once held you. Rated for language/adult themes.

Carol discovers that their mutually beneficial physical relationship may have some strings attached after all.

When Rick decides to tell Merle their plan to surrender Michonne to save the prison, Carol overhears and isn't happy. This is a Caryl fic that starts out Marol.

Merle's trying hard to fit in at the prison with Team Grimes but it ain't easy. Carol decides to give him a helping hand. In a manner of speaking. Rated T for themes and Dixon-mouth. Later chapters M.

Tumblr Prompt: It's Glenn and Maggie's wedding, but Daryl's eyes are on Carol all night.

She waited, guarding the stillness between them, doing her best to fill it with compassion and acceptance. He would talk when he was ready, and if, and only if, he felt safe. (USS CARYL One-Year Anniversary Fan Fiction Challenge)

Daryl tries to come to terms with the loss of his brother and, of course, it is a journey he strongly believes he should walk alone. But when she finds him there, next to her own grave, her kindness guides him out of the dark. Sometimes, in mourning, we see things in a different light. It doesn't have to be understood right away to be real.

With the loss of her daughter, Carol finds herself questioning her role in the group, her identity, and her unique connection with Daryl. Daryl just wishes things were simpler. Picks up right after "Beside the Dying Fire." Caryl, M.

Loneliness was something Rick had grown accustomed to [Richonne]

In which Carol takes pleasure in seeing Daryl Dixon blush as many times as she can make him. Oneshot.

At the request of CheapTrixie - another TWD Caryl fic. A "missing moments" fic from S3E10 onward. Will be as in-canon as possible through the finale... Carol/Daryl rotating POV, but lots of other character development as well.

In the darkness of their prison cell, Daryl and Carol come to terms with their losses, and to a new understanding of each other. This story takes place a few days after the season 3 finale, so don't read unless you've watched it.

Carol knows when he's trying to tell her something. Drabble, Post-S3 Caryl.

He didn't want comfort, and he didn't want to be alone. He knew what he needed, and he hoped he wouldn't regret it all by morning. Caryl oneshot; prompt-response, adult content warning.

Lost love? Missed chances? Death? You name it. In the end it all boils down to the same god damned conclusion. Love is like taking an AK-47 to the chest from your best friend and only one of you living to tell about it. Turning your life into an uneven jig-saw of pain and guilt that eventually takes on a life of its own.

Two damaged souls gravitating to one another. Daryl and Carol's first time.

No one can deny Merle's loyalty to his brother, but can Carol stop him from charging out to save Daryl where Glenn's fists and Beth's raised gun cannot?

A series of snapshots of the winter after S2. Daryl deals with the group's growing affection for him, as well as his relationship with Carol. Daryl/Carol

Beth caught Carl looking down her shirt, but she's the one worried because she liked it. The line between childhood and adulthood is never clear. And sometimes you need your mom to remind you: That's okay.

Post "Arrow on the Doorpost." Daryl watches the group members' reactions, then has one of his own to Carol.

Merle Dixon is a problem-solver...a cunning, devious problem-solver. T for swears.

One shot Caryl smut. Daryl and Carol make the most of their time together before the war with Woodbury begins. RAted: MA (for explicit sex)

Tomorrow they would fight. Tomorrow they could die. And she may never get another chance to show him how much he means to her. Post-3x13 Caryl oneshot. Adult-content warning.

Carol discovers that the crossbow isn't the only weapon Daryl has expertise with. Set pre-S3; mild 3x13 spoilers in Author Notes and a hint of Carick friendship.

Daryl's been holding onto something he needs to return to Carol. The first in a series of Caryl drabbles because I ship them hard. Rated for language/themes.

She savored the first few sips as she reacquainted herself with the warm, full bodied tang of Wild Turkey. Rolling the flavor on her tongue before swallowing as she let her body do the rest, closing her eyes in pleasure as the potent liquor trickled down her throat like molasses. …It really had been a long time.

Carol shares with Daryl how she really feels about Axel copping a bullet in the head.

Short and sweet Rich/Michonne moment set after "Clear". Choices are hard when you're half nuts.

Carol fights to keep Daryl from going back to the man he used to be. The man he was at the hands of his brother. Maryl

Post 3.10 ("Home"), Carol and Carl have a discussion as a follow-up/fallout from 3.09 ("The Suicide King"). The departure/return of the Dixons prompts some complicated reflections.

Carol owed her life to a lifeless Axel.

He was a friend. He was family. She didn't just care about him, she loved him.

Daryl and Carol... friendship, maybe more... This will probably be a little short and fluffy and I don't really know where I'm going with it so I plan to just have some fun.

Tiny moment I wrote for Tumblr. Carol and Daryl meet with a fence between them.

The Governor is coming, the prison is in an uproar and Carol and Daryl have a decision to make. One-shot. Rated for language.

You'd think that with the end of the world, people would have stopped taking chances on long shots and maybes and just left him the hell alone. Because despite trying to keep the others at an arm's length, Rick, Glenn, Dale, Carol – the lot of them had only started to gravitate closer.

"They might as well have been two inexperienced teenagers. Hell, they basically were. Carol stared at him, silently deciding. Then she remembered the dead outside their door, the death of the world they once knew - remembered they could be dead the next day." Daryl/Carol, some fluff, some angst.

And now, a couple hours later as best he can tell, here he is. Safe. Warm. Comfortable. All spooned up with Carol like a kid clutching a favorite toy and when did that happen anyway? A smutty Caryl one-shot rated for sexual content and language. Happy New Year's Day Carylers!

This is NOT a part of the New Meanings Saga. Think of it as simply my take on a deleted scene between Carol and Daryl that if I had worked for the show I woulda put in the special features of the Season 3 box set. The scene fits right before Rick, Daryl, Oscar and Michonne head off to Woodbury to save Maggie and Glenn. This is a one-shot... nothing more to come. I hope you enjoy!

Carol finds bad memories concerning Christmas and Daryl resolves to undo the frown the holiday has set on her face. Caryl, Pre-S3, oneshot.

He was gonna kill her, if the walkers didn't get to her first.

Daryl wakes up in an awkward position and can't seem to remember where the hell his pants have gone.

Shane's dead, the others don't trust him anymore. Officer Friendly snaps, but can he correct the mistake before he chases away the best thing that's come into his life since the end of the world began? Rick/OFC, no slash, rated M for violence and future sex, language

Daryl's thoughts after being taken into the Governor's walker arena with Merle and Andrea. set directly after S3/E8. M for language

He was so close, so very close; then she stumbled out of that barn, a walker. Daryl wasn't fast enough to save her, and now, the only thing left to do is save Carol. But maybe, she'll be the one to save him?

How could he not blame himself? He had abandoned her, left her for dead. Of course she would hate him. set right after S3/E6 "Hounded", where Daryl discovers Carol in one of the cells. one-shot.

"It had been a very long time since anyone had taken care of her." Carol/Daryl, one-shot, set after 3x06. Rated K.

In which Daryl acts on feelings in the only way he knows how. Just a short oneshot to help deal with my Caryl feels. Daryl/Carol, rated for language.

Answer to twd kinkmeme prompt: "Rick's too tired to deal with anyone's **** so he lashes out at everyone. Andrea thinks he just needs to get laid."

Daryl slowly saw a change in Carol that mirrored the changes in himself. Where their predicament would take them you can only find out by reading on. Takes place directly after episode 213, Beside The Dying Fire. I own no rights to TWD, comic or show.

Score one for the redneck.

"And anyway, he knew all the swearwords and battle scars in the world wouldn't help him get over the death of this woman." There's more than one way to be strong. Takes place after s2 finale. Slight Caryl

Alice watches Jasper hunt. Oneshot of fluffiness.

Spike watches Buffy sleep.