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• nut hand | 28k | modern au where rick and daryl get drunk in vegas and wake up hitched
• a proper duchess | ♡ | 57k | his grace daryl dixon, the duke of bettsville, is betrothed to miss lori grimes, to the surprise and elation of the wealthy but untitled grimes family. then, when lori falls in love with a mysterious stranger and elopes to scotland with him, her brother richard agrees to take her place as the duke's betrothed. but it's just supposed to be a marriage of convenience, to honor the contract his family signed with the duke. they're not supposed to fall in love. but when daryl asks rick to dance, the world fades away until it's just them, and suddenly things don't seem as convenient anymore. will the mysterious duke finally find his perfect duchess? and will pure, innocent richard grimes take a chance on the greatest journey of all--love?
• a spade of truth | ♡ | 114k | demon rick is charged with a very important task--to teach young judy how to be evil so she can fulfill her destiny. but heaven isn't giving up on her yet and sends daryl, their own best. it quickly becomes clear, though, that more hangs in the balance than judith's decision to be good or evil. in fact, it might even be as important as daryl and rick's hearts.
• down home they lie to you, son | 29k | daryl, frustrated and fleeing from his past life, ends up in a hotel in mississippi, where he's content to sit on his balcony and bemoan his fate. the only problem? he just so happens to share that balcony with a rather hot, if annoying, cop. such is his life.
• filthy/gorgeous | rick, 43, unhappily married and sick of his cheating wife, yearns to fulfill the fantasy he's had for years: to have sex with a man. he seeks out a street walker and finds daryl, 23 and better known as pretty boy, with the most perfect cock sucking lips to walk wood street. daryl hates his life, and often wishes he could opt out, however he has to do it. will rick's promises of taking him away ever come to fruition? and is daryl really the only one that needs saving?
• handkerchief code | series
• if you wanna find hell with me | au - rick is an oblivious truck driver who happens to be getting a drink in a gay bar/strip club when he sees the sexiest stripper in the universe.
• inferno | after his wife and unborn daughter are killed by a drunk driver, rick grimes moves him and his son carl to atlanta to start over. a month later, he receives a temporary job offer to replace daryl dixon while the man recovers from being hurt on the job. meanwhile, daryl focuses all his fears about being replaced into hating rick and running him off to secure his job. his plan proves harder than he initially thought, especially so when they end up in bed. "christ, rick! how the fuck did this happen?!"
• notes in the margins | 17k | rick finds carol's fanfiction... about him and daryl.
• pressure changes | ♡ | any possible attempt at making proper use of the english language fails him completely when daryl drags rick’s hand up to his mouth, tongue poking out and lapping at the single bead of crimson like it’s in some way the most normal thing he’s ever done. his eyes latch on to rick’s and that’s pretty much it; rick knows he’s fucked. he realizes, perhaps not for the first time, that he’s avoided daryl for reasons surpassing a childish fear of rednecks and their motorcycles. //hs!au
• rick or treat | 10k | rick takes judith trick-or-treating and ends up with a hot date.
• see him when he's all made up | series
• sometime in august | ♡ | 21k | blood stained knuckles, burnt out cigarettes, abandoned red solo cups. daryl dixon cracks his knuckles, the bandaids pull on his skin, his dog paces at his feet. sometime in june, daryl meets rick grimes, curly haired and innocent, his mind still virgin. maggie tells him it’s not worth it, but his lips are drawn to rick’s collarbone like a moth to a flame, like a dixon to self-destruction. that’s what this was about, after all. daryl knows this will kill him, or at worst leave him more broken and bloody than his father ever could. self-destruction is a drug, and rick his dirty needle. mama said you find something to fight for, and its yours by default. but don’t fall in love – that’s a dead man’s game.
• thank you, elvis | that night he found daryl walking down the bleak streets he knew exactly what he was doing. watching him in the interrogation room, his eyes coveting the way that cigarette easily slid between his lips. he knew what daryl’s night time occupation was—he’s always known. rick wasn’t a cop for nothing.
• the air of institution | ♡ | daryl dixon is starting his first year in college, egged on by his father who insists on him getting a degree no matter what he wants to do. he doesn't understand the point of having to take courses outside of his major, but when he finds out the professor of his history 101 class is "drop dead gorgeous," he begins to think that maybe the class won't be so bad after all. if he can survive the professor's rigorous standards, that is.
• the golden blade | daryl dixon works at merle's all male brothel along with shane, glenn, tyreese, and dale. with daryl's list of customers dwindling due to his refusal to cater to men, merle decides it's time daryl rethink his trade. how will daryl react to his first male customer, rick grimes? brothel au, daryl/rick, implied lori/shane. mild humor regarding the other attendants such as dale and glenn.
• wait out the days | daryl dixon is north georgia's most famous rock star, rising to fame with the fire hellians, then going solo after six years, then taking a small stint in rehab for drug abuse, but now he's back, hitting america with his latest album. but there's a fan that daryl met back in atlanta. and daryl can't get the young man out of his head.

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• come sink into me and let me breathe you in | series
• orchard in the snow | while most people were born with the name of their one-to-be printed boldly on the back of their hand, others had been known to grow into it. some never formed at all. carl, unfortunately, found himself blessed with a vaguely outlined smudge.
• press play don't walk away + carl/daryl | series