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1. Nothing Is Bred That Is Weaker Than Man by pishpoosh

   Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead & Related Fandoms  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   02 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Daryl Dixon & Carol Peletier
   • Daryl Dixon & Merle Dixon
   • Daryl Dixon & Sophia Peletier
   • Daryl Dixon
   • Carol Peletier
   • Merle Dixon
   • Sophia Peletier
   • Young Daryl Dixon
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Gay Daryl Dixon
   • Daryl Dixon Needs a Hug
   • Merle is less of an asshole than in canon but hes still a dick
   • Good Sibling Merle Dixon
   • Kid Daryl Dixon
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Not Beta Read
   • Sophia Peletier Lives
   • Protective Carol Peletier
   • Child Daryl Dixon
   • Families of Choice
   • BAMF Sophia Peletier
   • BAMF Daryl Dixon
   • Sophia and Daryl are who the story will revolve around btw
   • all is platonic btwn them
   • Team as Family
   • Fluff
   • Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Medical Inaccuracies
   • Hurt Daryl Dixon
   • hurt sophia peletier

   Summary

   The endless, shuffling feet of the dead are louder than any shout his father ever spat his way. Their feet scuffling across the floor pounds in his mind like the drums of the band's Merle listens to. The music used to make Daryl's ears bleed with how loud Merle played it in the truck - he would give anything to be back in that moment, in that beat-up truck with his brother. Face stinging from the hair whipping at his face as he leans out the window, he feels like he’s flying.
   He feels free.
   ---
   Focused on Sophia and Daryl's *PLATONIC* relationship while they survive.
   Heavy canon divergence ahead.

   NOTE: Please know that the POV is not perfectly consistent and jumps between Third Person Limited and Third Person Omniscient. <3

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