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Ever since Sarah... well, ever since Sarah ten years ago, Joel's stayed as far away from kids as he can. Just the sight of one is practically enough to send him into a panic attack.
But then Tommy signs them up for a contracting job at a high school as a favor to an old army buddy.
And then there's a little girl in the front office, who somehow appears in the coffee shop Joel visits because the motel's coffee machine is shit.
Most damning is when Joel goes in to do some work at three in the morning and that same goddamn little girl is asleep in his construction zone and, when he wakes her up, says she's homeless.
Next thing he knows, she's asleep in his motel bed and he's filing foster parent paperwork.
What the fuck just happened?
(Foster parent AU! Featuring Joel Trying His Best And FailingTM, Ellie annoying local man and his friends & family into adopting her, and Tess/Joel as a lil treat for the masses.)
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When Tess gets bitten, the Cordyceps doesn't spread - she's immune.
But what are the odds that two people are immune when nobody else is?
(And what are the odds that Marlene happened to give Ellie, a girl exactly the same age that Joel and Tess's dead baby would have been, to them?)
(Basically, Joel and Tess are Ellie's biological parents, Tess is immune, etc)
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I Love You So (Please Let Me Go) by MagicSchoolbusDropout08 for TheSunflowerQueen333
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
01 Oct 2025
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When an Omega is in severe distress, it's obvious - they become unable to eat, their scent shifts into something achingly sweet, and their throat punches out mournful chirps, all designed to attract pack members and mates to the Omega's aid, designed for the pack to spoon-feed and carry and cuddle and coddle the Omega. This is called a drop. Since Joel's murder, Ellie's been in that state twice - once when she had Dina, Jesse, and Tommy to watch over her and take care of her as they hunted down Abby, and then again now as she hunts Abby down on her own. But now she's alone. Her pack is completely gone, Jesse dead and Dina and Tommy despising her, Ellie even being kept away from her own pup, JJ. This state has gone on for months and no help is coming as Ellie becomes borderline catatonic.
Until Abby finds Ellie at death's door, and it doesn't matter if Ellie hates her, what kind of Alpha would she be to let an Omega suffer like that? Of course she has to treat the girl who wants her dead like she were Abby's own mate, recruiting Owen and Mel to help bring the little Omega back - what else is there to do?
(And even more important a question: is that situation the truth? Or is it just a dream?)
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ellie is struggling to come to terms with the reality of her immunity, and you are struggling with heeding everyone's warnings about her.
(alternate universe: mean!jackson!ellie x sweetheart!reader. fem!reader, she/her pronouns used.)
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Savior Complex by Logan_Howlett2003
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
30 Sep 2025
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He felt his rib cage tighten around his lungs and suddenly his previous morality was choking him. She couldn't be his problem. He couldn't handle another responsibility, Sarah could never be anything other than his first priority.
"Dad... please,"
And yet... if anyone could ever convince him to do anything, it was going to be her. Her pleading brown eyes, brimming with tears at the idea of this girl being left out in the cold was ripping through him with a response he didn't want to give.
"For how long?"
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Or... Sarah convincing Joel she needs a sibling.
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- Part 1 of Savior Complex
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Endure and Survive - [OC x Ellie TLoU] by CatradoraSimp16
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
30 Sep 2025
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From 2013 to now, the wild has been consumed with chaos and survival has been a priority over anything else.
But love still has to exist, right?
Heartbreak, bloodlust, love, anger, desperation, it still exists within the walls of Jackson.
tw//
Self insert oc. If these are actually toxic traits or something, don't be afraid to tell me. Bc I go in depth with character emotion as I see them. And personally, I wouldn't leave. Ellie's been through too much man... -
When my time comes around, lay me gently in the cold, dark earth, no grave can hold my body down, I’ll crawl home to her by EllieDinaFxckingWilliams
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
30 Sep 2025
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A post-canon divergence of TLOU part 2. A broken Ellie returns to Jackson after visiting the farm.
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Ellie just got back from Santa Barbara no where to go she makes her way back to Jackson and she sleeps in her old bed.
But she wakes up the day before the winter dance three years ago, two day before Joel died.
She has a second chance to save Joel and also save her relationship with Dina, or in this case start all over with her.
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To Unravel and Rebuild by CethlyArlo
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us, The Last of Us (TV)
29 Sep 2025
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When Ellie returns to Jackson nearly six months after leaving the farm, her body is broken and her mind is haunted by the ghosts that in life had painted her hands red. Despite the irreversible evidence of malice etched into her skin and the new things that lurk within her, she finds that there is a family still waiting for her even after so much had transpired.
*This story contains very heavy subject matter. Please read at your own discretion.*
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Joel Miller x Immune Reader
Before the 2003 outbreak, the Cordyceps virus was a secret government project led by your father, a dedicated scientist. After realizing his mistake, he discovered your immunity following a bite at age 10. Desperate to make amends, he made deals with Fedra and later with the Fireflies, while you chose to escape instead of sacrificing yourself.
Years of evading capture ended when you were eventually caught and taken to a hospital in Salt Lake with another immune girl. They thought two hosts would boost their vaccine chances, unaware that Joel was ready to take them all down.
Unbeknownst to him, he had saved both you and Ellie. Now, you set out on your own, hoping to find your rescuer again, leaving the rest of the Fireflies behind in your hospital scrubs.
It wasn't long before you unexpectedly encountered him in Jackson, but he had no idea who you were or about your immunity. -
I’ve Never Seen Green Eyes Look So Blue by daughterofarcain
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
28 Sep 2025
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Ellie returns home to the farmhouse and Dina, after the final fight with Abby.
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Almost four years after the events at St. Mary’s Hospital, Ellie finally learns the truth. And it cuts deeper than any wound. The lies meant to protect her have shackled her instead—and torn Joel away from her forever.
What follows are months of silence. Cold. Empty. Heavy. Ellie comes of age, finishes her tattoo, loses her relationship—and the last fragments of stability she had. Meanwhile, Joel starts a new life—with another woman, with another chance at happiness.
But that’s the one thing Ellie can’t stand.
She doesn’t want him back. She wants him to suffer. Just like she has. And the only way to truly hurt him… is through herself.
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When the world ended, Pauline lost everything that mattered — her fiancé, her unborn child, and the future she thought she’d have. Thirteen years later, she survives by keeping her head down, her knife sharp, and her heart locked away.
But when a stranger saves her life, Pauline’s past collides with a new reality: her community needs her to take on a role she never imagined — therapist.
Guiding others through their scars means facing her own, and the man across from her might be the first person in years who sees her for who she is, not just what she’s lost.In a world where trust can kill you, survival is one thing. Healing is another.
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Prayers of the Apostate by JazaDarling
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
27 Sep 2025
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When Ellie Williams, a young seraphite and disciple of Liberation, discovers she is immune to the Curse, division is sown into her community. As she comes to terms with the implications of this revelation, and as her role within Seraphite society shifts to something more ambiguous, her relationship with her best friend Riley is tested, as well as her faith.
Or: this is Ellie's story rewritten as a member of the Seraphite, AKA Scar, cult. In this story, Ellie has grown up and lived all her life on the Seraphite Island. In the cult, her immunity is seen as a blessing, but also a curse.
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a tumblr ficlet collection. featuring:
-hitman!joel au
-joel & sarah & anna & ellie family shenanigans
-joel comes back to life au
-mandalorian au
-joel as a dog
-joel & ellie meet a leprechaun
-jesse being a good buddy
-joel & ellie movie night
-tommy & maria's first dateand more!
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Sequel to Rotten Sorrows.
Ellie finds herself transported back to the night before the fateful event occurred. She tries to stop the premonitions and Abby before losing herself and everything dear to her. Will she succeed?
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- Part 2 of Where Silence Remembers
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Hit Me With the Force of Your Love by WhetherItsTwoMinutes
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
26 Sep 2025
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“Besides, it doesn’t really matter.” At the change of her tone, Joel glances back at her and finds her calculative look. “I saw how you killed him.”
Joel takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly. “I was passing by and I heard your screams. I defended a kid.”
“Yeah.” She snorts. “Passing by with a gun. Miles away from any city.”
“It's called hiking. And plenty of folks carry a gun these days.”
“And wear leather gloves. In summer.”
They glare at each other. The girl’s eyes glint dangerously in the dim light and she lifts one eyebrow in challenge, a look on her face that dares him to object.
“You weren’t just passing by. You came here to kill him.”
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Good Luck, Babe! by finding_the_sun
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
26 Sep 2025
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Ellie humiliates herself in front of her best friend and crush, leaving school in the middle of the day, hurt and upset. Tommy finds her via Jesse, and a series of funny and embarrassing misunderstandings occur due to protective dads and uncles just trying their best.
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Gay disaster Ellie and over protective Miller brothers.
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The car is filled with a stilted silence, only broken by Ellie’s deep breaths coming from the back seat. You shift softly in the front seat, eyes cast out the window, bruised hands fidgeting in your lap. You break the silence first.
“What are we going to tell her?” You ask Joel, not turning to face him. He doesn’t answer for a moment, taking in your words.
“That they stopped looking for a cure, the tests didn’t lead anywhere.” He finally says, eyes locked on the road, his hands tightening on the wheel, “We’ll say that raiders attacked, it’ll explain your injuries.”
“Ok,” you answer quietly. Silence fills the car again, this time more comfortable, more breathable.
“We did the right thing,” Joel says, this time turning to look at you.
“I know we did,” you reply, meeting his eyes.
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Or, two messed-up people run into each other during the apocalypse. Both having seen and done too much, both too afraid to open up to new people. And yet, somehow they fit together.
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The Last Of Us - One Day At A Time by Moonsong95
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
25 Sep 2025
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Jade Grayson was raised in the peaceful Biltmore Estate settlement, nestled in the mountains of North Carolina. Kind-hearted, loyal, and haunted by a past soaked in betrayal, Jay’s life was shattered when raiders slaughtered her grandparents in a brutal ambush. In the aftermath, Jay left home, heartbroken and suicidal, wandering the wasteland with only her dog and horse, and a promise to scatter her family’s ashes at the Grand Canyon and end her story there.
Instead, she met Ellie Williams, jaded and angry at the world. At first, Ellie saw Jay as just another soft soul destined to die. But Jay wasn’t weak, she was quietly unbreakable.
Throughout their time surviving together, Jay slowly cracked Ellie’s shell. She saw Ellie and stayed even when Ellie tried to push her away. Jay didn’t demand Ellie’s heart; she waited for her to offer it. They faced raiders, illness, survivor’s guilt, and the ghosts of the past. Ellie’s nightmares and PTSD. Jay’s depressive and suicidal episodes.
Jay showed Ellie that softness could be a strength. Ellie showed Jay that broken things could still protect. And together, they found a reason to believe in something bigger than survival.