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• Beginning in Chains by Yorb

  Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead (Comics)  

  • Not Rated
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/F
  • Work in Progress

  03 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Magna/Yumiko (Walking Dead)
  • Magna (Walking Dead)
  • Tomichi (mentioned)
  • Yumiko Okumura (Walking Dead)
  • Pre-Canon
  • Pre-Apocalypse
  • Getting to Know Each Other
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Slow Burn
  • Lawyer/Client
  • Slow To Update
  • Tension
  • Unresolved Romantic Tension
  • Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence

  Summary

  Yumiko touched the corner of the photo with her fingertips, then pulled her hand back as if burned.

  This wasn’t supposed to be personal.

  It couldn’t be.

  And yet…

  Language:

  English

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  183,979

  Chapters:

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