Sam Andley

Sam Andley (née Anderson) is one of the main characters and protagonists in Should I Fear? Should I Fearless?. He is the husband of Jaxx Stanley; second son (and final child) of Pete and Jessie Anderson, and younger brother (and only sibling) of Ron Anderson. By marriage to Jaxx, Sam is now also related to Stanley and Greene families.

Sam is currently a resident of the Alexandria Safe-Zone. He currently lives with his husband Jaxx and friends Aaron and Eric Raleigh.

Sam loves cookies and listening to Jaxx sing. He also has never been physically exposed to the dangers beyond the safe-zone's walls.

Location Unknown
Nothing is known about Sam's life before the outbreak or as the outbreak began nor how he and his family came to live in Alexandria.

It All Starts Here...
On his way to Deanna Monroe's house to tell her about the bully situation, he bumps into Jaxx Stanley.

It All Starts Here (Part II)
Sam meets Jaxx and the two connect. After a confrontation with the community bullies, led by another kid; Colin. Sam witnesses Jaxx punching Colin to protect him. Jaxx immediately asks Sam to be his boyfriend and the two kiss several times.

The Party (Volume I)
Sam is at the pond, playing with a toy boat. Jaxx approaches him and the two embrace. Jaxx sings "Photograph" to Sam. The bullies return and were able to hear Jaxx singing right at the end of the song. Colin threatens Jaxx and Sam saying Sam "was just an added bonus" which angers Jaxx. Sam calls for Deanna who's nearby and she breaks it up. At the party, Sam is at a table with cookies on it and Jaxx finds him. The two embrace and Sam gets an erection which Jaxx feels. Jaxx tells him that it was okay and it shows that Sam loves him. After Jaxx performs, he runs off the makeshift stage and Sam finds him crying in a room at the party; and they make out until being interrupted by Sam's mom, Jessie. She insists its time for Sam to go home for bedtime and wants Jaxx to come over tomorrow for her blessing.

A Stanley Breakdown (Part I)
Sam comes down the stairs for breakfast when Jaxx arrives. Ron runs to get the door, hollering to Sam that "his boyfriend" was at the door. They gather in the living room and Jaxx tells them about himself. He breaks down after talking about his family and cries onto Sam's shoulder, soaking his shirt in tears. Sam comforts him, along with Jessie and Ron. After that, Jessie and Ron give Jaxx their blessings. Moments later, Pete, Sam's father arrives.

An Anderson Meltdown (Part II)
Pete comes home early and finds out Sam and Jaxx are dating and being the abusive drunk he is; he tells Jaxx to get out of his house and to take Sam with him. Pete and Jaxx begin fighting causing Sam to start crying which gives Jaxx the strength to knee Pete in the groin and escape his grasp. Pete rolls off of Jaxx allowing him to get to Sam. Jaxx screams at Pete to stop, that they'd go and pack Sam's things and then they'd be gone. Going upstairs, Jaxx helps Sam pack all of his belongings and then they leave the house. Sam is brought back to back to Aaron and Eric's house by Jaxx where he tells Sam to go upstairs while he talks to Eric. Sam heads upstairs and falls asleep on Jaxx's bed.

Nervous Nelly
Jaxx finds Sam asleep on the bed and pulls a cover over him. Sam wakes up to find Jaxx gone and Eric tells him that he, himself and Aaron were going a run for a group. Sam decides to sit on on the porch steps and wait for Jaxx to return from wherever he went to. Sam stands up excited when Jaxx returns and is astonished that he was on a horse. The two embrace and kiss, and get a 'neigh' from Nelly (Jaxx's, uncle's horse). Jaxx tells Sam that if only his family was watching.

Just A Greene Away...
Sam arrives to the house and tells Jaxx that Aaron and Eric were back with the new group. Jaxx and Sam ride to the gate on Nelly, and Jaxx suddenly sings "Thank You For Being A Friend" and Sam compliments Jaxx. They get to the gate where Eric and Aaron are 'wowed' by the two arriving on a horse. Sam is introduced to Jaxx's cousin Maggie and she tells him that he better take good care of Jaxx. Sam leads Maggie's group to the armory--while Jaxx took Nelly back to the house--and they turn their guns in. Jaxx tells Sam that he'd see him back at the house before walking off with Maggie and Deanna.

The Party (Volume II, Part I)
Sam is accidentally awakened by Jaxx and the two bask in the morning light from the window. Sam asks Jaxx if he (Jaxx) would make love to him, and Jaxx replies saying he wasn't ready. Both getting up to shower; undress and they receive erections while looking at the other naked. The two proceed to then take care of their erections and then take a shower. Once dressed, they have breakfast with Aaron and Eric; who reveal they heard Jaxx scream Sam's name. Deanna arrives again, Jaxx and Eric racing to answer the door; all informed of a second party to welcome the new group. Jaxx thanking Deanna for everything before she leaves and after, he breaks into song (singing "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"), and dances with Sam. Jaxx then tells Sam he needs to go see Maggie and that he couldn't come. Sam gives Jaxx an irritated expression since Jaxx, once again, didn't explain why he keeps disappearing so much. However, Sam is assured by Jaxx that it would ruin a surprise if he let Sam come along. They say goodbye to each other and Sam calls Jaxx "Lucy" and Eric asks why. Sam replies saying it was because the show "I Love Lucy" was/is Jaxx's favorite television show.

The Party (Volume II, Part II)
Sam, Aaron, and Eric are conversing about what they missed from the Old World. Sam says that he misses the times when his Dad wasn't an alcoholic and not abusive to his family. Jaxx returns to Aaron and Eric's where he kisses Sam, lustfully. Eric comments that the scene was hot, and Jaxx and Sam shake their heads while rolling their eyes. Sam tells Jaxx that he needs to go and get his stamp and Jaxx tells him to hurry. Sam runs upstairs and retrieves his stamp. He runs back down the stairs and into Jaxx. They fall and Eric sees them and says that if they wanted to do it that all they had to do was let him and Aaron know; and they'd leave the room. Jaxx and Sam both say that wasn't what was going on, and then leave for the party. Jaxx and Sam get there and begin the night. Jaxx goes to find Rick Grimes about babysitting Judith while Sam hurries to get some cookies. Sam interrupts Jaxx and Rick's conversation by saying to Jaxx that there were no more cookies. Rick tells Sam that he knew the cookie maker, and that she'd could make a whole batch for him. Sam tells Jaxx that Rick didn't have a stamp and Jaxx says to Sam that he should ask Rick if he wanted one. Sam does and Rick allows Sam to stamp him. Once Sam has stamped Rick, he then asks Jaxx if he was going to perform. Jaxx obliges to Sam commands and he beats Deanna to the punch in welcoming Maggie and her group. Jaxx sings "Bright" and "Steal My Boy" the latter he dedicates to Sam. Jaxx tells Sam he has to go do something and Sam gets frustrated again. Sam sees Carol leave the party, thinking she was going to make more cookies, he follows her. Sam finds Carol in the armory and asks what she was doing. Carol tells Sam that she'd make a whole batch of cookies for him but only if he never told that she was there. Sam replies saying that he'd have to tell Jaxx, but Carol says that if he did; then he'd find himself outside the walls, tied to a tree, and the monsters would come to eat him. Sam decides to keep it a secret and returns to the party. Jaxx approaches Sam and asks where we went. Sam says that he followed Carol to see if she was making more cookies but she was actually turning in for the night. He, having decided to keep it a secret that Carol had been at the armory and Jaxx believed the lie. Jaxx tells Sam that he apologized to Colin, because when he saw him in the crowd of Alexandrians, guilt filled him up. Sam tells Jaxx that he doesn't want to be kept in the dark and Jaxx promises to not do it anymore. Jaxx then pulls Sam with him for the surprise and Deanna approaches them. Jaxx tells her his plans and she wishes them fun and scurries away. Jaxx takes Sam back to the house where he reveals the surprise and they have their first time.

"I Get It Now..."
Sam and Jaxx are with Maggie as she babysits Judith. Maggie explains to Jaxx (and Sam) of what she had been through and what happened to rest of her and Jaxx's family. Sam asks Jaxx if he would teach him how to shoot a gun and everything it takes to survive and Jaxx says that he would. Afterwards, Jaxx tells Maggie what happened to his mom and brother. Jaxx begins to say things that sounded as if he had lost hope, and how he'd kill all of the Grady Memorial people for killing Beth. Sam interrupts Jaxx and tells him to stop talking like that. Jaxx then explains to Sam and Maggie that the new world was like an ecosystem and things needed to change if they wanted it to return to normal. Jaxx ends his explanation by saying "I get it now..." just like Maggie said Beth did, stunning Sam and shocking Maggie.

Buttons and Cookies
Sam is seen at Carol's house in Alexandria. He knocks on the door and asks if she could make more cookies, but she says no. He says he'd ask Jaxx, but didn't want to cause any wounds to open up. Carol curiously asks what he meant and Sam reveals that Jaxx used to bake with his mom. He also says that Maggie was the only family Jaxx had left. Carol says that Sam would have to steal chocolate from Olivia, one for the cookies and one for her. Sam leaves to get the chocolate and later returns having successfully stolen it. Carol tells him that this is the only time she would make him cookies and allows him entrance into the house. A bit later, Sam and Carol are seen cleaning up. Sam decides to that it was too quiet and wanted to talk some. So he asks Carol if she liked cooking. Carol says that they weren't talking, which Sam counters by saying they didn't have to be friends, just that didn't have to be quiet. Carol tells him that it made her forget when she was sad. Sam says that when he gets sad, he breaks stuff. Carol asks what kind of stuff and she brings up Sam's owl statue that was mysteriously broken, then she asks why he was there. Sam retorts by asking why she stole guns from the armory. Carol says that sometimes you need to protect yourself. Sam asks for a gun and Carol asks who it was for. Sam doesn't say anything and runs to the door and leaves.

What's Going On? and Why's Happening?
Sam is running away from Carol's house, unable to tell Carol that his father was hitting his mom and his brother. Sam stops running when he hears someone crying for help. He heads in the direction of the voice and he sees Deanna by the 'In Our Memory ' wall. She was on the ground holding someone in her arms. Sam could tell it was his boyfriend Jaxx, just by seeing the hairstyle. Sam runs over to them and asks what happened. Rick arrives and tries to wake Jaxx up and Sam is upset to see him not wake up. Deanna tells Sam to go get Maggie and he reluctantly obliges. Sam runs off in the direction of Maggie's house, going as fast as he could. He doesn't get far, because he sees Maggie and Glenn walking together. Sam calls out to her and she runs to him. He tells what happened to Jaxx and she sprints to the infirmary and Sam follows her. Upon entering the infirmary, he see his father beside the bed Jaxx was on, writing something down on a clipboard. Sam is surprised his father hadn't said anything to him. He then goes over to Deanna and pulls her into an embrace, which she allows. Deanna tells him of how she thought of Jaxx as another son and that Jaxx said he thought of her as another mother. and then cries on his shoulder. Sam takes a glance at Jaxx and gives a weak smile. Later on, Sam is seen holding Jaxx's hand and singing "Make You Feel My Love" (and Jaxx is able to hear Sam's voice in his dream as his mother's voice fades.) Sam watches as Jaxx slowly wakes and sits up.Sam asks Jaxx 'how he felt', and Jaxx replies saying he felt sensational; the two then kiss. Sam is then pulled into an embrace by Jaxx as well as Maggie.

If You Try, You Can Conquer
Sam is seen being led by Jaxx down a street in Alexandria. Sam asks Jaxx, where he taking him and Jaxx replies saying that it was a secret. Sam asks why he keeps everything a secret, Jaxx gives the same answer. They go to kiss but are interrupted by glass breaking and Reg Monroe calling for his wife. The pair run to find out what was happening and are shocked when they see Pete and Rick fighting in the street. Sam hides behind Jaxx. As Rick is strangling Pete, Sam is given flashbacks of when Pete was strangling Jaxx. Sam gets scared and grabs one of Jaxx's hands. Later after the fight was over, Sam is seen sleeping on the bed in his and Jaxx's room. He wakes up and asks what it is that Jaxx has. Jaxx hides the box between his legs, but Sam takes it. Sam opens it and gasps, and Jaxx explains his dream and why he was considering. Jaxx then proposes to Sam, but says he'd like to wait awhile before they got married. Sam says yes and jumps into Jaxx's lap and the two make out. Jaxx breaks the make out session to slide the ring on Sam's right ring finger. Sam then pulls Jaxx to the shower, saying that they should "get ready" for the meeting later that night (about Pete and Rick.) Once in the shower, the two end up having sex. They finish showering and dressing, when Eric knocks on the bedroom door, he asks if he was interrupting something; because he didn't hear Jaxx's voice (only Sam said they were almost finished), Sam tells Eric that he just missed that and Jaxx looks at Sam. Sam says it wasn't like Eric didn't know they'd started doing it and Jaxx shakes his head in amusement. Sam follows Jaxx to the door, Jaxx opens it and the find Eric in shock (eyes wide and mouth agape.) Sam and Jaxx snap their fingers in his face to break his trance. After talking to Eric about the engagement (since Eric saw the ring on Sam's finger), they head to the meeting. At the meeting, Sam is held by Jaxx in the latter's arms as they watch Rick shoot Pete in the head, after the latter sliced Reg's neck open with Michonne's sword.

The Letter 'W'
Sam is seen walking with Jaxx to the Anderson house to tell Jessie and Ron of their engagement, but are stopped by Colin and his gang. Sam is shocked to hear Colin's admitting that he's gay, and is even more shocked when Vic admits that he's bi, and Kyle and Nathan admit that they never actually hated the gays. The six of them all watch a woman get stabbed repeatedly by a cloaked figure. Jaxx pulls Sam with him and runs back to the house with the other four boys following. Jaxx tells Sam that he needed to go find Maggie. Sam reluctantly says yes. Jaxx tells the five of them to go inside and hunker down. The five boys scurry up the steps and Sam opens the door, and they all pile inside the house. Sam begins giving orders to make sure the ground floor was secure. They all go up into Jaxx and Sam's bedroom. Sam gets the extra gun out of Jaxx's nightstand. He fortunately find the safety and flicks it. He cocks it and tries the trigger. A ringing noise sounds throughout the room and dazes Sam and the other boys for a few seconds. Sam hears a window break downstairs and not long after, he hears Jaxx calling for him. Sam knew that there was someone down there with Jaxx. He gets the other four boys to follow him downstairs. Sam sees a teen boy hunched over a knocked-out Jaxx and about to kill him. Sam shoots at the boy but misses. Sam then tackles the boy and uses the boy's knife to kill him. Sam begins to break down and Jaxx comes to embrace him. Sam says that he's a bad person and Jaxx tells him that, that wasn't true; that he did the right thing and protected them. Jaxx and Sam have a passionate moment which makes Kyle sob in awe. Jaxx tells Sam that he was amazing and that's why he proposed to him, that is why he loves him. The four boys standing by here the proposal part and Colin asks if they were really getting married. Jaxx and Sam explain the whole wedding idea in a nutshell. Jaxx helps Sam up from the blood puddle and they all walk outside. Sam runs to Maggie while she was hugging her cousin. He asks is she saw his mom and brother. She said yes, that were fine. Sam is then seen having one of Jaxx's arms wrapped around him, which leads to the end of the chapter.

Now
Sam is seen with Jaxx talking to Maggie and Michonne about the group already moving the walkers from the quarry. Sam hears Jaxx tells Michonne to please tell him that the truck horn didn't draw any walkers from the herd away. Michonne says she'd be lying if she said that and confirms that half of the massive herd was on its way to Alexandria. Sam doesn't follow Jaxx to find Deanna, instead when Jaxx, Maggie and Michonne were out of sight as well as Colin and his gang having dispersed to their families, he goes inside the house and drags the teen wolf's body outside and to the backyard. He gets a shovel from the garage and decides to bury the boy (to ease his guilt) under a tree by the edge of the wall. He apologizes to the boy after he rolls his corpse into the hole. He then finishes burying the boy and hears the sounds of walkers. He puts an ear to the wall and can hear the walkers better. He gets scared and runs inside the house. Later, Sam is seen drawing a picture while sitting on the bed in his and Jaxx's room. Jaxx comes in to tell Sam about him leaving and asks Sam what he was drawing. Jaxx asks to see the picture and asks Sam if it was Jaxx, himself, who was turning his back on Sam. Sam says yes and he was doing it in a time of great need (Sam being tied to a tree surrounded by walkers). Jaxx asks Sam if he was doing something to cause this, but Sam says that it was Carol. Sam witnesses Jaxx become angry and hears Jaxx say that Carol made a huge mistake.

Descendants
A separate page will be made for his character in this episode-chapter.

Refer to Sam Anderson (Descendants).

Snapping Leads To Slapping
Sam is seen talking to Jaxx in the bedroom. Jaxx says goodbye to Sam, to leave for the run with Maggie and Aaron. Sam stops him to ask if could go with him and Jaxx reluctantly agrees. The couple leaves the house and goes to the armory where they talk to Olivia. Olivia reveals that Maggie and Aaron had left without Jaxx. Sam watches Jaxx storm out of the armory and then talks to Olivia, but they are interrupted when they hear yelling outside. Sam runs out of the armory and witnesses Jaxx and Maggie having an argument. Sam watches as Maggie slaps Jaxx across the face for saying something about Glenn being possibly dead. Sam also watches Jaxx and Maggie fall to their knees, apologizing to each other. Sam is one of the community residents who'd witnessed the argument, who also watch the tower fall and onto a wall panel which lets the walkers in.

Start To Finish
Sam is seen watching the walkers pour into Alexandria. He tries to pull Jaxx with him, while reassuring him that Maggie would be okay. He and Jaxx run away but stop when they hear Nathan screaming. Sam turns to look and watches as Kyle's neck gets ripped into by walkers, he also sees Vic pull Nathan inside of Colin's house. Sam and Jaxx meet back up with the others on the street and almost get surrounded by walkers. Jessie shoots and kills some, and tells the group to get inside her house. Sam runs upstairs in fright and locks himself in his former closet. Jaxx finds Sam in the closet and gets him to come out. Sam then explains to Jaxx that he wasn't sure how to do things on his own. Jaxx tells Sam of how he was the same way when Ryder was taken, and during that time he went through hell. Judith starts crying and Jaxx leaves to tend to her. A bit later, Sam is seen again when Jaxx returns to tell Sam that it was time to go. Sam reluctantly gives in and they walk into the room next door, where a sheet is put on them and Rick and Michonne cover them in walker guts. Jaxx removes a hand from under his sheet to grab one of Sam's hand (the same hand the enagagement ring was on) from under his sheet. When Sam's hand is out from under the sheet, Jaxx kisses it, while Jessie and Ron gasp at the ring on Sam's finger. They give their blessing to Sam and Jaxx and the group heads out of the house. They all link hands and leave the porch to step into the herd. While walking through, Sam calls out Jaxx's name.

No Way Out
Sam is seen walking through the herd with the others in a line formation. Sam calls out Jaxx's name and the latter tells him to be quiet and stay calm.The group stops to take a new course of action. Jaxx tells Gabriel to take Sam with him when Gabriel volunteers to take Judith back to his church, however Sam refuses. The group presses on and Sam stops when he sees a now-reanimated Kyle and Carol's words begin echoing throughout his head. Jaxx, Rick, Jessie, and Ron urge Sam to come but he stays still. Jaxx having enough it, forcefully pulls Sam to him and walkers rush the group, killing Jessie when she screams. Sam and Jaxx fall to the ground and Jaxx watches Rick hack off Jessie's hand to save Carl from getting killed. After Jaxx helps Sam back to his feet, Sam apologizes but Jaxx says he isn't mad as he is glad that Sam was okay. Ron pulls a gun on Rick and Jaxx tries to coax Ron into stopping but the latter refuses. Jaxx and Sam watch Michonne shove her katana into Ron and when she removes it, he falls down and walkers kill him. Two shots are fired from Ron's gun, one hitting Carl in one of his eyes and the other pierces Jaxx in the right side of his torso. Jaxx calls out to Sam before he goes unconscious.

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Sam has killed:
 * Teen Boy Wolf  (Defense; protecting Jaxx)
 * Jessie Anderson  (Directly, Unintentional; stopping in middle of escape from Alexandria)
 * Ron Anderson  (Indirectly, Unintentional; stopping in middle of escape from Alexandria)

Appearances
The list below shows the story episodes that Sam has appeared in:

Should I Fear? Should I Fearless?

 * It All Starts Here...
 * It All Starts Here (Part II)
 * The Party (Volume I)
 * A Stanley Breakdown (Part I)
 * An Anderson Meltdown (Part II)
 * Nervous Nelly
 * Just A Greene Away...
 * The Party (Volume II, Part I)
 * The Party (Volume II, Part II)
 * "I Get It Now...''
 * Buttons and Cookies
 * What's Going On? and Why's Happening?
 * If You Try, You Can Conquer
 * The Letter 'W'
 * Now
 * Descendants  (Monster version)
 * Snapping Leads To Slapping
 * Start To Finish
 * No Way Out
 * Ghostly Obsessions
 * Jealously is an Evil Thing
 * Something Old, Something Borrowed

Trivia

 * Sam is actually 12 years old in The Walking Dead. But his age was bumped up by two years, so it would fit better for his character when dating Jaxx.
 * Sam's, brother's friend, Mikey, outed Sam about his sexuality to the other kids in the community and he ended being a bullying victim of Colin and a few other kids. It can be speculated that Sam had a crush on Mikey and when he told Mikey this, he rejected and outed Sam.


 * Sam loves cookies.
 * Sam is gay, he is the husband to Jaxx Stanley.
 * He admits that he misses how his Dad was before the change.
 * His first time is with Jaxx.
 * Sam has a shy personality but that is currently being broke as Jaxx has brought out a new side to Sam that is more brave and more himself.
 * Sam has wide variety of action figures and toys.
 * He nicknamed his husband Jaxx, "Lucy". Sam has been nicknamed "Cookie Monster" by Jaxx.
 * In "What's Going On? and Why's Happening?", Sam is seen for the first time in the story; singing.


 * Sam made his first kill when he saw Jaxx hurt.
 * Sam's desire to make a stand is fueled by seeing someone he cares for hurt. Most notably when he saw Jaxx about to be killed and his anger explodes.


 * Sam is more brave than his counterpart in the original TWD, but this is because of Jaxx.
 * The author reveals that Jaxx, being the reason for Sam's bravery, will later on not always be the reason.


 * Sam thinks of Aaron and Eric as older brothers. For Aaron and Eric its vice-versa, they think of Sam as a younger brother.
 * Sam is now allies with his ex-bullies.
 * Sam thinks that he is a bad person for killing the teen wolf who attacked Jaxx.
 * Sam thinks that Jaxx will turn his back on him, in a time of great need.

Note

 * All information is subject to change. As well as information will be added and removed.