With Rick bloody and raving in the middle of the street, everyone is relieved when Daryl intervenes. But no one is more surprised than Rick when the quiet compassion and loyalty the archer had always been known for very abruptly bleeds away into something aggressive and commanding. Maybe this is exactly what Rick needs. Maybe he has no idea what the hell he's gotten himself into.

When Randall disappears from the barn back at the farm, Shane disappears right along with him. Rick puts off searching for him, then once the herd shows up, forgets about Shane entirely. They settle at the prison, and months later, Daryl stumbles onto a delirious and beaten Shane while out on a hunt. It's only they that they realize Shane's disappearance may not have been by choice

The world Daryl lived in had True Love down to a science. By DNA analysis alone, the federal government could find you your perfect match, the person who would compliment you in every way and make you complete. Millions had been ecstatic with the discovery: No more guesswork, and no more loneliness. But Daryl was not one of those millions.

High School AU: Shane and Daryl get in a fight at school, and Shane gets in a hard kick to Daryl's nuts. Feeling guilty, Shane offers to come by Daryl's house with some beer. Turns out, Shane's not too bad at playing nurse...

Out hunting, Daryl encounters some flowers he's never seen before. The mist produced when he accidentally crushes one leaves him reeling, stumbling towards the prison in blind arousal. Daryl figures once will be the end of it; one reluctant orgasm, out there in the open, and it'd be out of his system. He figures wrong.

AU: Rick and Shane are out on patrol one night, when they spot a young man being dragged into an alley by four thugs. They jump in to help him, but in the chaos of getting his attackers cuffed and into their cruiser, the boy disappears. It doesn't sit right with either of them. But luckily, the night isn't over yet.

"'Don't like to be touched,' Daryl rasped in explanation, staring down at the ground. 'Well, how do you know you don't like it if you never let anyone try' Beth responded, and he had to meet her eyes at that."- Bethyl story (smut, you betcha there's smut) at the prison, taking place between seasons 3 and 4. Read and review!

Daryl escapes the prison alone after the Governor's final attack, and quickly finds himself hurt and in need of some serious help. He passes out on the road, and awakes to soft hands stroking the side of his face. Will Daryl come to terms with his attraction towards her? Will he finally let someone in? DarylxOC smutty goodness

They've finally made it to Alexandria, but Daryl has never felt more isolated from his family. Rick can't watch him suffer for long. But it's a far stretch to convince Daryl Dixon he belongs with here, when words never meant much to him anyways.

AU With Merle back in prison, Daryl finally builds up the courage to call the number he's been holding onto for months now: Escorts by Eloise. The thing is, Daryl isn't actually looking for a girl... Daryl/Shane

Back at the prison after escaping Woodbury and saving the rest of the group from the Governor's attack, Merle apologizes to Daryl for abandoning him. Then, Merle's apology becomes something more. DarylxMerle smutty one shot; this is siblingcest, be warned!

AU- A teenage Daryl is jumped by a band of Neo-Nazi thugs because his big brother owes them a whole lot of money. After they've beaten him bloody, one of the men offers to guard Daryl for the remainder of the night. Hurting and exhausted, can Daryl let himself believe that this man really wants to help him?

Shane meant to kill Rick. He had every intention to. But when he falters at the last minute and Rick stabs him anyways, Shane ends up stumbling bloody through the woods, desperate for help. Shane/OC (Prompt fill for sweetkiwi604!)

"She had no goddamn business being all the way out here. No shoes. No water. And the way she had to drag each step out of her bare legs made him think that she was either drugged or drunk or both. That last part made him smirk. She may as well have been wrapped up in a pretty little bow."

After the attack on the quarry, Shane finds Daryl alone and hurting, sitting by the water. Shane finds a way to ease Daryl's pain, and meet both of their needs.

When Daryl & Co. head to Woodbury to rescue Andrea, she's not the only captive they find. Daryl is startled by his strong urge to protect this damaged woman. Maybe it was her eyes that kept drawing him in. Maybe her voice. All Daryl knew was, he wasn't letting her disappear on him.

Daryl offers Rick a belated birthday present. Rick is more than surprised when Daryl reveals the present is a "who," not a "what." Shameless Daryl/Rick/OFC smut, set at the prison

Ever since the quarry, Daryl has been dreaming about Shane. Dreaming things he'd never admit aloud. But after getting injured looking for Sophia, Shane helps Daryl learn to distinguish dreams from reality.

Overwhelmed by guilt, RIck attempts to comfort Daryl after Merle's death. Rick/Daryl slash, one-shot

Daryl is injured when the Governor attacks the prison, and in a moment of blind pain and agony, it's only Rick that can comfort him. Who do you reach for when you're at your lowest? The answer for Daryl reveals more than either man ever expected.

On a run from the quarry, Shane convinces Daryl to ride on the motorcycle with a prostate massager inside of him.

"Daryl opened his eyes in slits, and tried to focus on the figure in the door. He was hazy, and large, and Daryl was sure for a moment that his dad had come back for seconds. He'd bleed out this time, for sure. There was already a hell of a lot of blood pooling around him, and he was having trouble staying awake."- Merle gets out of jail early, but his homecoming isn't what he was

They had both been abused. They both shied away from anyone's touch, away from people. The Dixons rescue Allie and her brother Matt in the woods, but Daryl's attraction to the new girl is palpable. Can they save each other? Darly x OC, hell yes smut