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    Let Me Be Your Shelter by

    Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)  

    12 Dec 2024

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    “You are not replaceable, I am not temporary.” He’s holding her face in his hands, wiping away the tears that try to fall from the corner of her eyes.

    She’s had a shit childhood, one he wishes with every fiber of his being, he could replace for her.

    He can do this, though. Be here for her now.

    “Look at me kiddo, I know you are not Sarah, and I don’t need you to be. I need you to be Ellie; funny, brave, and so goddamn smart, Ellie.” His heart tugs painfully in his chest as her face screws up in an anguished expression.

    “You are enough just as you are, and anybody who tells you different will find themselves laid out for spit’n that kind of bullshit at my kid.” He tucks her into his chest as the first broken sobs burst past her lips.

    She might be eighteen, a legal adult, but she’s still just a kid looking for the comfort of a parent.

    Something she’s never had before. He’ll be that for her, if she’ll let him.

    From now until the earth claims him.

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    Another modern/western vibe. After Ellie ages out of foster care in Boston, she greyhounds it out to Wyoming to work at Miller Ranch, where Joel is waiting in that dad shape of his.

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    27 Aug 2025

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    Want (And Other Small Miracles) by

    Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)  

    18 Aug 2025

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    Ellie doesn’t leave. She chooses Dina. She chooses JJ. For the first time, she chooses herself.

    From that choice grows a life she never thought she could have:
    A baby’s laughter. An orange on the table. Joel’s name spoken without breaking. Maria doting on JJ. Tommy remembering over chili. Dina’s jokes (and Ellie’s blush).

    There are no battles left to fight, no vengeance left to chase. Just small miracles, strung together into a home.

    It’s not canon. It’s not epic.
    It’s better.

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    25 Aug 2025

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    the shape of home by

    Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)  

    10 Aug 2025

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    Ellie didn’t expect much from Jackson; just cows, boredom, and maybe safety. She didn’t expect Dina. Or friendship. Or the slow, quiet kind of love that feels like something worth staying for.

    or dina & ellie fall in love without the apocalypse.

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    18 Aug 2025

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    burning one hell of a something by

    Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)  

    17 Aug 2025

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    “I just… I wanna wear short sleeves again. But… but Joel’s gonna think it’s his fault. I-I didn’t think…”

    The simple explanation breaks his heart, just a little. Of course she didn’t consider how Joel’s going to react. She’s fifteen, she’s new in town, and she just wants to fit in with the other kids without questions or stares. It shouldn’t be a surprise that she went and maimed herself so she can wear short sleeves.

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    (an uncle, a niece, and more confessions then one man can handle)

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    18 Aug 2025

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    steal the glory (of my story) by

    Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)  

    17 Jan 2025

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    “The drowning… complicates things,” Marlene begins, her voice low. “We need to run additional tests, make sure there’s no permanent damage.”

     

    “Of course,” Joel nods. “Whatever she needs.”

     

    “We’ll have to delay the surgery for several days until we confirm—”

     

    Joel straightens, fury simmering deep in his chest. “What surgery?”

     

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    (joel and ellie find the fireflies, not the other way around. things go better... until they don't.)
    (an obligatory salt lake city fix-it)

     

    update 24 March 2025 - on indefinite hiatus

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    17 Jul 2025