title: way we go down

love interest: shane walsh

faceclaim: lesley-ann brandt

oc's name: diana walsh

time: season 1 - ?

quote:

"i loved

you,

at your

darkest."

summary:

Diana Walsh had everything. The perfect job, a loving husband and an adorable son. She loved her family with all of her heart and was never happier than whenever she was with them. But fate had another thing in mind for her future and when the dead rise and the world falls into chaos, Diana knew for sure the life she loved so much was lost, forever.

Together with her husband, son and her best friend Lori with her son, they flee Atlanta and head out to find the so called safe zone. But all they find is death and so they decide to built their own safe haven. With a group of survivors they try their hardest to stay alive and rebuilt some of the comfort they once had.

But when Rick Grimes returns from the dead, the safety of the camp becomes jeopardized. And Diana is hesitant to place her life in his hands, especially when her husband wants nothing to do with his former best friend. Good people don't survive in the new world and so Diana doesn't hesitate to surrender herself to her demons when the people she cares about need saving.

Darkness is just an old friend anyway.

additional cast:

(Young) Tyler Posey as Thomas "Tommy" Walsh

extra:

- Diana Walsh is an ex fbi agent. She met Shane when they were working on a case together. Unfortunately she was forced to stop when all the death and violence she saw caused her to go down a dark path. (Hence the "darkness is an old friend" phrase) Being with Shane helped her restore herself. Eventually they married and had a son, Thomas. You can add this information through flashbacks or as a chapter before the outbreak starts, that is up to you.

- Diana is a very determined, strong-willed person. That is important to remember. She will always speak up about what she thinks is right for her family and doesn't take no for an answer.

- When the outbreak starts, Diana, Shane, Thomas and Lori with Carl escape Atlanta together. In this story Lori and Shane have no relationship together. If you still want to stay as true to the original story line as possible you can make an OC that Lori went to for comfort instead of Shane. Or you can just not have her get pregnant at all.

- Diana honestly thinks they are safe in the camp but when Rick shows up and leaves to go get Merle, with most of their guns and manpower, the camp gets attacked. And Thomas, sadly, dies in the attack. He is bitten, much like Amy, and Diana is forced to kill him. Shane blames Rick for his son's death, which in this story is the cause for the tension between them. Diana is heartbroken and determined not to let anything happen to Shane, because she can't loose him too and so she slowly gives in to the darkness again, making dangerous decisions she believes are the right ones for the group.

- There is a lot of tension between Diana, Shane and Rick going forward because they don't believe he's making the right decisions. Diana feels very protective over Carl because they spend a lot of time together and she doesn't want him to die like Thomas did.

- Going on in season 2, Diana only gets darker, much like Shane. Even though the two love each other, they're destroying each other too and I think it would be realistic to have some tension in their relationsip too, with the dark path they're both on. Diana knows what really happened with Otis, it is up to you if she was there or not, but even she isn't, she knows and she believes he did the right thing.

- When the farm is attacked, Diana is in the house. She goes to look for Shane, fighting her way through the walkers but she finds Carl and Rick instead. She demands them to tell her what happened to her husband but Rick's gaze says it all.

- It's up to you how you want this story to end. There are two options basically. Diana dies in the attack on the farm, or she makes it out. If she does make it out, her grief will only pull her further into the darkness and you have to take your time with healing her. You could give her another love interest if you want but even then it will take time for her to find her way to light. I personally think the most "poetic" ending for her would be to die at the farm, but that is totally up to you.

- This really isn't a happy story to write but I think it could be a very interesting thing to write a character much like Shane, that gets pulled into the darkness of the world really fast and is essentially fighting a battle everyday to not let it consume her.

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