an au based off of twdg s1e2: starved for help. contains spoilers for that episode, so beware before reading.

instead of the dairy farmers being… well… Bad Guys, they actually turn out to be chill. they invite the motel survivors to live at the dairy with them, and the motel crew ultimately become farmhands (and honorary members of the st john family). between tending to crops and helping out with the few livestock that remain, and all while being securely protected from the walkers by an electric fence, life is finally starting to become peaceful again.

(carley and doug both survived a new day.)