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Stories by silversundown
Summary:

Five times Daryl and Carol try something new, and one time they don't.


Categories: Nine Lives Challenge, Alternate Universe
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Fluffy/Comedy, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 12254 Read Count: 5165
Published: July 28, 2018 Updated: August 06, 2018
Summary:

A front porch, a rainstorm and a moment between Daryl and Carol that is long overdue.


Categories: Season 6
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1858 Read Count: 2650
Published: February 22, 2016 Updated: February 22, 2016
Summary:

"They all have ptsd now. Some handle it differently than others but the affliction is so common that not having it would be unusual."

Something is different about Daryl and Carol is determined to find out what happened to him during their time apart. Set during the small time skip between season 7 and 8.


Categories: Season 7, Season 8
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 32091 Read Count: 16946
Published: November 18, 2017 Updated: December 18, 2017
Summary:

Carol's hallucinations earn her a makeshift prison cell in her own home. She is dangerous, after all. There is no safe place for her outside these walls. No promise of recovery. She can only hope that Daryl never finds her like this. 


Categories: Season 9
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Domestic Abuse (Implied), Sexual Situations, Violence
Series: None
Chapters: 16 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 61690 Read Count: 10675
Published: April 05, 2022 Updated: July 28, 2022
Summary:

After being captured by Joe's group Daryl is forced to claim what's his.


Categories: Season 4
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Attempted Rape, Violence
Series: None
Chapters: 24 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 73106 Read Count: 49526
Published: July 20, 2016 Updated: September 05, 2016
Summary:

She told herself being with him was wrong for a hundred different reasons, but somehow this one never crossed her mind. This world isn't kind to anything innocent and everything she touches turns to ash. The cards are already stacked against them.

 

 


Categories: Season 5, Season 5/6 Interlude, Season 6
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 20 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 59544 Read Count: 33258
Published: October 19, 2018 Updated: December 16, 2018
Summary:

It's a beautiful day in Alexandria. The sun is shining, the streets are clean, and Carol's being haunted by the ghosts of her past at every turn. She's fine, though, just fine. Who doesn't have the occasional hallucination these days? Daryl might be convinced this is a problem, but she's too busy craving vengeance to give it much thought.

Set in the beginning of season ten.


Categories: Post-Series
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Series: None
Chapters: 15 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 49457 Read Count: 15674
Published: July 31, 2019 Updated: September 22, 2019
Summary:

Daryl is hit with a tainted arrow during the fight with the saviors.


Categories: Oneshot, Season 8
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3127 Read Count: 1375
Published: April 01, 2018 Updated: April 01, 2018
Summary:

There’s a difference in how he hugs her. The contrast between this moment and when he’d found her in that house is so strong that she’d be blind not to notice. He was holding back then, always the first one to part from her, his hugs hard and desperate in their intensity but far too fleeting.

A fast forward from the events of 7x10 to the season 7 finale and beyond.

 


Categories: Oneshot, Season 7
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Dramedy, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3140 Read Count: 1911
Published: February 20, 2017 Updated: February 20, 2017
Summary:

When Daryl appears in Carol's infirmary, shackled and bleeding and cuffed to a stretcher she didn't expect it to mean anything. He's one of many, as dangerous as the rest, but when something precious and innocent wants to grow there's no stopping it. Not even in the middle of a wasteland.


Categories: Alternate Universe
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Domestic Abuse (Implied), Sexual Situations, Violence
Series: None
Chapters: 26 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 84534 Read Count: 34550
Published: May 03, 2017 Updated: July 13, 2017
Summary:

A hot summer day, a shower stall and a chance encounter turns out to be the perfect storm for Carol and Daryl to take that next step.


Categories: Season 2/3 Interlude, Oneshot
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Romance
Warnings: Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3508 Read Count: 2235
Published: February 16, 2017 Updated: February 16, 2017
Summary:

They all lose people now and moving on is all they can do, but grieving is still a process that doesn't appreciate being rushed. Daryl tries to help Carol after the fall of the farm.


Categories: Oneshot, Season 2/3 Interlude
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3861 Read Count: 893
Published: June 13, 2018 Updated: June 13, 2018
Summary:

Five times Carol and Daryl sexed each other into the infirmary and one time they thought they were safe (but weren't).


Categories: Season 5, Season 5/6 Interlude, Season 6
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Drama, Fluffy/Comedy, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 16818 Read Count: 8099
Published: April 16, 2017 Updated: April 30, 2017
Summary:

It's said that losing one sense causes the others to become heightened to compensate for the loss. Testing that theory is never a welcome turn of events.


Categories: Season 3/4 Interlude
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Series: None
Chapters: 14 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 41280 Read Count: 17608
Published: December 30, 2016 Updated: January 28, 2017
Summary:

Breaking open a wound is an easier task when it's already fresh. What could have happened that night after Carol left the slaughterhouse in "The Same Boat".


Categories: Season 6
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3140 Read Count: 1832
Published: June 01, 2016 Updated: June 01, 2016
Summary:

When Ed wins a horse in a poker game Carol is presented with an unexpected alternative to what her life has become. The hardest part of coming to a fork in the road is choosing the right direction.


Categories: Alternate Universe
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon, Ed Peletier, Sophia Peletier
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Domestic Abuse (Actual), Violence
Series: None
Chapters: 12 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 32807 Read Count: 13209
Published: May 09, 2016 Updated: June 04, 2016
Adrift by silversundown Rated: E Liked [Reviews - 175]
Summary:

It is lonely up here, she knew it would be. A little company might be nice, but the isolation is a small price to pay for freedom.

Carol's research station receives a distress call. Answering it could change everything.


Categories: Alternate Universe
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Fluffy/Comedy, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Series: None
Chapters: 11 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 41740 Read Count: 7700
Published: June 23, 2019 Updated: July 28, 2019
Summary:

Fast cars and hidden talents are just a few things our intrepid duo finds when a standard run turns into something else entirely.


Categories: Season 3, Season 3/4 Interlude
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 4978 Read Count: 2337
Published: February 24, 2016 Updated: April 19, 2016
Summary:

He just wants to make it good for her. Even if that means seeking out some external advice.


Categories: Season 6
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 5247 Read Count: 3352
Published: December 03, 2016 Updated: December 04, 2016
Summary: Past Featured Story

Instead of running into Aaron after Terminus, the group stumbles across Xander and Faith instead. Trust isn't an easy thing to earn in this world, especially when your new acquaintances seem to be hiding something at every turn. Buffy crossover.


Categories: Season 5, Crossover (other books or TV shows)
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon, Eugene Porter, Glenn Rhee, Maggie Greene Rhee, Michonne Hawthorne, Rick Grimes
Genres: Angst, Drama, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Series: None
Chapters: 14 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 28384 Read Count: 7448
Published: March 16, 2016 Updated: April 17, 2016
Summary:

A cabin, a snowstorm and an actual medical condition bring Carol and Daryl together on an extra chilly night.


Categories: Nine Lives Challenge
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Drama, Fluffy/Comedy, Hurt/Comfort
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1689 Read Count: 1449
Published: January 30, 2016 Updated: January 30, 2016
Summary:

Daryl recovers at The Kingdom and is surprised to find Carol already there. What follows is a reunion that neither of them are sure how to navigate.


Categories: Oneshot, Season 7
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2819 Read Count: 1732
Published: May 16, 2016 Updated: May 16, 2016
Summary:

A cluster of unrelated oneshots or two parters. Teeny tiny stories that prefer to herd together instead of apart.

Most recent entry: She only had one thing left of Sophia and nearly lost that, too. (a little ficlet based on how that hair tie could have turned into a necklace.)


Categories: Season 3, Season 3/4 Interlude, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fluffy/Comedy, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 13 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 23047 Read Count: 11195
Published: April 10, 2017 Updated: August 21, 2018
Breathe by silversundown Rated: E Liked [Reviews - 19]
Summary:

On an otherwise quiet night an unexpected sound jolts Daryl from his own bed, forcing him across the hall and into hers.


Categories: Oneshot, Season 6
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4684 Read Count: 2095
Published: April 10, 2016 Updated: April 10, 2016
Summary:

Daryl shows up on Carol's doorstep. Reluctantly, she lets him in.


Categories: Season 6, Oneshot
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 3087 Read Count: 2009
Published: March 09, 2016 Updated: March 09, 2016
Summary:

Instead of trying to be someone else with Tobin, Carol tries to feel something else with Daryl.


Categories: Nine Lives Challenge
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4370 Read Count: 1534
Published: April 23, 2016 Updated: April 23, 2016
Summary:

It's just another day working at the tree lot for Daryl. Until his brother bets him he can't get a date with that silver haired pixie, then everything changes in an instant.


Categories: Alternate Universe
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Dramedy, Fluffy/Comedy, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 13844 Read Count: 3083
Published: December 20, 2018 Updated: December 27, 2018
Summary:

Moving back to Alexandria has put Carol and Daryl in a transitional state. The relative safety of these walls, the lack of constant separation, it's all the perfect cacoon for their eventual transformation.

Takes place during the time jump between seasons 9-10.


Categories: Season 9, Post-Series
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Fluffy/Comedy, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 13 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 48701 Read Count: 19993
Published: May 06, 2019 Updated: June 17, 2019
Summary: Past Featured Story

After fleeing her home in the middle of the night, escaping her husband and starting a new life near the slow and easy beaches of the Georgia coast, Carol makes an unexpected connection with one of her customers at the diner.


Categories: Alternate Universe
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 14 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 39601 Read Count: 23090
Published: June 30, 2016 Updated: July 13, 2016
Summary:

There’s always a chance something could have gone wrong since the last time she saw him and anticipation strangles her heart as she rounds the corner.

It’s no accident that it starts beating again a little faster than before the moment she sees him.

Missing scene for episode 11, season 8.


Categories: Season 8, Oneshot
Characters: Carol Peletier, Daryl Dixon
Genres: Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2393 Read Count: 1154
Published: March 12, 2018 Updated: March 12, 2018