Moonshine Awards 2019: Voting is Closed.

Who needs party poppers when you can ring in the New Year with a bottle of champagne, crippling anxiety, and the urgent need to confess possibly unrequited feelings before they drive you up the fucking wall?
for the UBFL holiday event: new year’s eve: ‘champagne’ + ‘midnight kiss’ + ‘resolutions’

Midnight Kiss

Happy New Year’s Baby – Midnight Kiss by Courtneyshortney82

Beth and Daryl are definitely not making it to Maggie’s party…

When The Clock Strikes 12 by SquishyCool

It’s New Year’s Eve and everyone is in attendance for the Greene’s annual party. But all Beth can think about is how she’s always wanted to share a midnight kiss with someone.
And how, this year, she’d really like that someone to be Daryl Dixon.

Resolutions

Happy New Year’s Baby – Resolutions by Courtneyshortney82

New Year’s Day resolutions. They never did make it to that party.

That’s a wrap on our first annual Bethyl Holidays Fest. See y’all next holiday season!

Keep Your Hands Off The Waitress by wallflow3r

KYHOTW by wallflow3r

It’s going to be a long night for Beth Greene if she can’t keep her mind, and her eyes, off her co-worker, Daryl Dixon. But when boundaries are crossed, she isn’t the only one in the diner who’s getting riled up.
4 chapters // 16,247 words

Rated MA

banner courtesy of courtneyshortney82

#BHF2019: Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Christmas collage

Thank you to everyone who submitted and recommended fics for our jolly season event!

Mistletoe

Under the Mistletoe by Courtneyshortney82

Beth and Daryl get a little distracted while decorating the house for their Christmas party.

Candy Canes

So hold me when I’m home by cc5

Scavenging a stranger’s house on a cold winter day doesn’t have to be depressing.

Gifts

it’s only us (make way for the dream team) by barbiewrites

Beth asks Rosita for some advice.

Been an Awful Good Girl by gutsforgarters

Beth’s got Daryl all to herself for a cozy December afternoon. She doesn’t intend to let it go to waste.

The Perfect Gift by Courtneyshortney82

Beth is determined to give Daryl the perfect first Christmas. Merle is always there to… help????

To Only Have You Near by Schwoozie

Beth is skinnier than she should be after all the time they’ve spent safe in the funeral home, and that isn’t helping her keep warm in the depths of winter. Daryl is there—and willing—to give her all he can.

Snow

Digging in by wallflow3r

The snow has Daryl pacing the prison like a caged animal, until he finds something that stops him in his tracks.

You Were Better to Me Than I’ve Been to Myself by gutsforgarters

“You’re always lookin’ out for other people, but who looks out for you?“

Christmas Kittens by gneebee

Beth. He knew her name was Beth. He’d seen it on her I.D badge the day he fixed the scrub sink. That was the day, standing there with her, that something happened to him. He was 32 years old and he had never experienced anything like it in his life.

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The UBFL Admins’ Merry Bethyl Rec List

Christmas, Maybe by gneebee (also on FFN)
Ain’t No Santa Claus by leftmywingshome (also on FFN)
Comfy Cozy by Schwoozie
Wrapped Up In You by Rckyfrk (also on FFN)
secret Santa by bethyl_we_will_be_good (also on FFN)
Winter Lilies by PunkyNemo (TheVampireCat)
One Cold Night by gneebee
A Christmas Daryl by Ferdy 63
And I Hope By Thy Good Pleasure by dynamicsymmetry
not everything has passed away by lindentree (also on FFN)
Lift Up Your Voice, Children, Rejoice by Abelina (also on FFN)
from Beth with love to Daryl by bethyl_we_will_be_good (also on FFN)
Bethyl Xmas by fallingforthecaptain (also on FFN)
Sweet Surprises by sillymommy2010
The Heart of Christmas by gneebee (also on FFN)
Lollipops: A Christmas Special by LeighJ
Our Peace Eternal Making by dynamicsymmetry
Yes, Daryl, There is a Santa Claus by JustAnotherNarrator
When The Love Light Beams by Schwoozie
There Ain’t No Christmas, Anymore by csreads
Christmas Came Early by asianballofdoom
The Package by gneebee
Tune My Heart to Sing Thy Grace by dynamicsymmetry

The Crow’s Song by SquishyCool

Prologue

Beth and Daryl spend a few more days together in the funeral home and come to terms with all they’ve lost along the way.
But soon, they must decide what comes next.
8 chapters // 70,872 words

Rated MA

banner courtesy of im-immortal

Lady Luck by gneebee

Chapter One A

He recognized her immediately, it was the pretty blonde in the tight red dress. She’d been there drinking too, but what was she doing here?
19 chapters // 94,074 words

Rated M

banner courtesy of gneebee

#BHF2019: Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving collage1

Thank you to everyone who submitted and recommended fics and fanart for our thankful season event!

Dinner

you’re already everything i want (can’t you see you’re everything i’m not) by barbiewrites

Beth and Daryl find shelter after being caught in the woods.

The Decent Thing to Do by gutsforgarters

“I just wanted to say that it’s real decent, what you’re doin’. That little girl’s lucky to have somebody like you lookin’ out for her.”

Manip by boltthrutheheart / doeroseq

thanksgiving dinner by boltthrutheheart

We Gather Together by Rckyfrk

Beth has Thanksgiving dinner all planned out (well, as planned out as she can make it), but when an unfortunate accident keeps her from achieving her goals, Daryl steps up and surprises her in more ways than one.

Family

Can I Handle the Seasons of My Life by gutsforgarters

Glenn and Maggie are getting married, and not everyone who should be there is. It won’t be the same without them, but the people they’ve left behind can still make something good out of what they’ve got.

Manip by boltthrutheheart / doeroseq

thanksgiving family by Boltthrutheheart

Bonfire

Manip by boltthrutheheart / doeroseq

thanksgiving bonfire by Boltthrutheheart

damn, hurry up, goodness gracious / messin’ around with my patience by kattyshack

A steadily increasing panic attack might not be included in any of the Thanksgiving dinner dishes, but it’s always been part of the deal whenever Daryl finds himself alone with Beth. Ain’t exactly the season for Christmas miracles just yet, though, so what else did he expect?
for the UBFL holidays event: thanksgiving: ‘dinner’ + ‘family’ + ‘bonfire’

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The UBFL Admins’ Yummy Bethyl Rec List

The Adventures of Beth & Daryl (Chapter 23: So Much to be Thankful For) by DoeRoseQ
Chef Beth by DomesticatedTendencies
A Very Special Redneck Thanksgiving by the queen conquers (dastardlydame)

#BHF2019: Halloween

Welcome to the Bethyl Holidays Festival! Happy Halloween!

Thank you to everyone who submitted and recommended fics for our spooky season event!

Trick or Treat

I Know A Girl Who’s Soft and Sweet by gutsforgarters

Daryl never had a lot of crushes growing up—and by not a lot he means none at all—but if he had, he thinks he probably would’ve gone for someone like Beth Greene.

you know better, daddy by kattyshack

Daryl’s not big on parties — honestly, fuck ‘em — but as far as incentives go, Beth’s good enough to get him to rethink pretty much every personal opinion he’s ever had.

Manip by boltthrutheheart / doeroseq

BTTH trick or treat

Heart, Fear Nothing by briarxrose

Daryl shows Beth that princesses in towers can save themselves.

Now and Later by Rckyfrk

Of all gin joints in all the world, Beth walked into Daryl’s. Well…into his seat, anyway.

Pumpkins

Second Chances by Piper1016

Pumpkin in the ZA? Sure why not.

let’s give ’em pumpkin to talk about by kattyshack

He’s never actually done a first date before, but Daryl’s starting to think that this afternoon at the pumpkin patch with Beth is exactly that.
God damn it.

Manip by boltthrutheheart / doeroseq

BTTH pumpkins

And, I Built A Home by briarxrose

Daryl and Beth sow the seeds of a future for their family together.

Black Cats

The Moon None the Wiser by Piper1016

Daryl had no idea why he was at the town’s only bar tonight of all nights. Just a bunch of the same people getting shitfaced drunk. Only tonight, some of them were in costume because, unfortunately, it was Halloween.

Stray Cat Strut by gutsforgarters

“Y’know, Daryl, you’re kind of like a cat.”

i put a spell on you / because you’re mine by kattyshack

If Beth had known the stray cat she took home to make her familiar was not, in fact, an actual cat… Well, maybe she wouldn’t have taken it — him — home at all.
As it is, though, ignorance really does turn out to be bliss.

Nine Lives by briarxrose

When Emily Dixon-Greene brings back a black kitten for Halloween, will it bring good luck to the Dixon Family?

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The UBFL Admins’ Spooky Bethyl Rec List

A path we choose by Leighj11
Orphic by Piper1016 (also on FFN)
Her Own Cinderella Story by mizxmacmanus
Halloween Traditions by BurrSquee (also on FFN)
The Dirty Hot Halloween by the queen conquers (dastardlydame)
Fright Night by AlisaRB (also on FFN)
Fix by thedevilyouknow106 (also on FFN)

Howl by dynamicsymmetry

A year after the mysterious slaughter of her entire family, Beth Greene is no closer to finding those responsible, and no one will believe her when she insists they weren’t human. But when she’s saved by – and proceeds to save – a monster of a very different kind, she finds herself drawing close to her goal in ways she never expected.
And he might be the most unexpected thing of all.
468,000+ words // 100 chapters & in progress

Rated MA

banner courtesy of kitten1618x

Fog on the Windows by thedevilyouknow106

He’d tracked her all the way to this creepy hospital with the cops that had a woman with dead eyes as a leader. There was no way Daryl was going to let Beth stand toe to toe with her without him being within arm’s reach.
Slow burn rated M for language and eventual adult situations.
280,000+ words // 40 chapters & in progress

Rated MA