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another two years gone (spent forever letting go) by fabbee
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
26 Aug 2025
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Jackson Hole sat at the base of two mountain ranges, with long, winding rivers that ran around its perimeter. The rolling fields seemed to go on forever and ever, full of bright wildflowers and blooming butterweeds. It was breathtaking to stand on top of the hill and look down at their new home.
It was the kind of shit people would paint pictures of.
It sort of made her want to throw up.
“Whadda’ ya say, kiddo? Ready to go home?” Joel asked.
Home.
He made it sound so fucking simple.
“Yep.” She forced a smile onto her face that she hoped looked believable. “Let’s go, old man.”
OR: After Salt Lake City, Ellie and Joel return to Jackson and try to build a life. Sometimes it’s hard to let go of the past.
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- Part 2 of back to you verse
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23 Aug 2025
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The Stars Incline Us by Merakiae
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
17 Aug 2025
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astra inclinant, sed non obligant (the stars incline us, they do not bind us)
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Of all the fights Joel has dragged his brother into, none of them have ever been worthy of Tommy’s loyalty, until this one.
“You don’t know what she’s been through, Tommy. She’s just a kid. She needs—“
To be held.
To know that she deserves to live.
To know that she’s setting the world right just by existing, just by breathing.
Tommy finds the words he can’t. “She needs people to love her, a safe place to grow up and do some healin’. I reckon you, me, and Maria can give her that.”
Or: the Part II where Ellie gets her chance at saving the world (or at least her little corner of it) and finds out just how loved she is along the way.
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19 Aug 2025
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Catch Me if You Can(please, don’t let me fall) by Chronicly Ill Girl (lilithzebra)
Fandoms: White Collar (TV 2009)
09 Aug 2025
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“Peter frowns. “Are you alright?”
Neal takes a few deep breaths. “I’m, I’m fine.”
“If you aren’t feeling well, I can take you home.”
Neal shakes his head. “Let’s figure out who stole this Monet first.”
Peter frowns and reaches out to touch Neal’s forehead, as if checking for a fever. “Neal…”
“What?”
“We are investigating a stolen Degas. Not a Monet.”
Neal blinks slowly. “I know that. That’s what, that’s what I meant to say. to say. to say.”
Neal attempts to take a step towards Peter and stumbles. Peter quickly reaches out to catch him. “Neal? Neal? Answer me, please!”
Or:
Neal Caffrey is a conman.
Most people see only the con, ignoring the man.
But he is a man.
A man made of flesh and blood, like all men.
When his body fails him, will he also be failed by those around him?
His reputation as a con blinding them?
Or will they be able to see more than the con? See the struggling man?
Will they catch him when he falls?
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- Part 1 of feels like drowning
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02 Aug 2025
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“Joel, get Joel. Please.” Bile is rising in her throat. She swallows it back.
Ian makes a scoffing noise, taking a step closer. “Seriously, you’re fine. You just knocked it, that’s all. You go crying to your daddy every time you get a bruise?”
Ellie fucking doesn’t. Ian bruises her almost everyday, and she never cries.
Someone tries to make Ellie grow up too fast.
Ft. Worried Joel and a teddy bear named Fuckface
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01 Aug 2025
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After Santa Barbara, Ellie returns to Jackson with nothing but guilt and a body running on empty.
Dina is back. JJ is older now. But the world Ellie left behind hasn't waited for her.
This story follows Ellie as she tries to navigate life after everything knowing she may never get forgiveness, and that some things, once broken, don't come back.
Post-canon. Slow burn. Heavy angst.
Realistic tone, emotionally grounded.Bookmarked by tm262
31 Jul 2025