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all i needed was someone (when the whole wide world felt young) by cardigains for eedsknees
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
20 Dec 2023
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Much like the other day, Ellie ends up sitting on the porch steps. Joel’s back even quicker this time. Almost like he’d left his first aid supplies sitting out and ready to attend as needed.
More cleaning, this one hurts less. More gel liquid, this time rubbed in a bit better. And more bandaids, these ones something other than plain, boring beige. Not princesses either, usually the first thing adults reached for when they mixed the two factors of Little Girl and Injured together.
Nope. This guy has dinosaur bandaids.
“Dude, I fucking love dinos!”
Joel’s head swivels up, eyes going from her carefully patched up elbow to meet Ellie’s gaze. She wants to ask him how he knew. She wants to ask to see the rest of the designs in the box. She wants to tell him all of the other things she loves.
“S’pose I picked right then,” he says, almost like he’d been standing in the aisle, contemplating what exactly that might be.
“You did,” is how Ellie answers him, not bothering with a thank you.
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or: Ellie is Joel's next door neighbor who's hellbent on learning to ride a bike to get where she needs to go. Little does she know that place is right across the street.
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- Part 1 of Next Door Neighbors
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10 Jul 2026
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“Yeah but they don’t have the fucking balls to come in here after me, especially not if you’re here.”
“And what if I’m not, one day? I don’t live here you know, kid.”
“Ellie,” she corrects him, unaware that Joel already knows her name from the first night those kids were after her, “my name is Ellie.”
He waves her words away. “My point still stands.”
(modern AU where Ellie keeps finding her way to Joel's worksite)
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- Part 1 of alterations
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09 Jul 2026
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one single thread of gold (tied me to you) by BarlowGirl
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
30 May 2025
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The words remind her of something. There was that voice, Ellie remembers. It said she was safe too. And it sounded… nice. Like she could believe it.
Slowly, she settles down.
Eventually, she learns the voice that found her belongs to a man called Tommy Miller, who took her back to his town.
An actual town, not controlled by FEDRA.
Holy shit.
Or: AU where Ellie and Joel don't meet in Boston, but they find each other anyways. Featuring, cryptid Joel!
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08 Jul 2026
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this is me trying (at least i'm trying) by BarlowGirl
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
17 May 2024
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It wouldn’t be so bad if she was alone in Jackson like she was in Boston. She’d figure out where she fit and she wouldn’t really care if people liked her. She’s done it before when they made her switch schools.
But she’s not. She’s here with Joel, and she doesn’t want him to be embarrassed by her. She doesn’t want him to regret this. To regret her.
OR: Ellie adjusts to living in Jackson.
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05 Jul 2026
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the girl in the grit by flannelfeelings
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
19 Jul 2023
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“FEDRA Military Preparatory has an opening for guaranteed two weeks of work,” the official replies, “pays twenty cards a day.”
Joel arches an eyebrow skeptically. “What’s the catch? Good pay and guaranteed two weeks of work, and nobody wants it?”
“Not a lot of people want to work with the kids,” FEDRA guy says nonchalantly, “they’re a sad sight.”
Joel blinks. “The kids are workin’ the job?”
Shit, it’s gotta be a breeze job if they got the little rats doin’ it. Guaranteed good pay for two weeks and a lighter load? It’s a bit tempting.
“It’s all I’ve got for today,” says the official, ignoring his question, “take it or leave it.”
Against his better judgment, Joel says, “I’ll take it.”
(Ellie and a very broken Joel meet in the QZ before she's bitten)
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05 Jul 2026