Beth was dead. It had all been a dream. Daryl Dixon was done.
This story follows the events of The Walking Dead Season 5 Midseason finale, and is an alternate tragic ending to the Beth and Daryl fan fiction “I Will Follow You Into the Dark”.
2nd Place Best Classic for 2016 Moonshine Awards
Living doesn’t get easier. But you get stronger.
Beth escapes the hospital and finds Daryl along the way.
When the trade for hostages goes bad, Beth is shot in the hallway of Grady hospital. Her family believes she’s dead. In the parking lot an approaching horde threatens their safety as they try to leave, but Daryl can’t just leave her behind. So he doesn’t.
1st Place Best Fix-It Fic for 2016 Moonshine Awards
2nd Place Best Happily Ever After for 2016 Moonshine Awards
3rd Place Best One-Shot for 2016 Moonshine Awards
This short story provides a glimpse into Daryl’s head after Beth is shot, as well as several vignette flashbacks from when they were together. I also included a happier ending. xx
Daryl goes to save Beth at the hospital. But it goes horribly wrong, or so he thought?
There’s a girl – of course there is. There’s always a girl. And she’s bright and she’s beautiful and her eyes are like the sky and her voice like air. There’s a girl, and she’s everything. And then she’s gone.
She hears the blast go off and then everything is numb. In those brief moments between the light and the dark she feels everything and nothing all at once. Her life flashes before her eyes and she sees all that has happened and everything that could have been.
“Beth started to step forward, and without a second thought, he grabbed her arm and pulled her back.” Daryl wasn’t about to let her step into the line of fire, not when he just got her back.
3rd Place Best Kiss for 2015 Moonshine Awards
“They chose the wrong girl then.” After the events of 5×04, “Slabtown”, Beth and Daryl find their way back.
2nd Place Best ZA Fic for 2015 Moonshine Awards
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An alternate ending where Beth does not die, and she and Daryl get to have their reunion.
Winner of Best ZA for 2015 Moonshine Awards
Winner of Best Kiss for 2015 Moonshine Awards
Winner of Best Fix-It Fix for 2015 Moonshine Awards
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