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keep you from sorrow and harm by two_birds_alone_together
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
17 Oct 2025
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The crowd parts as Dina barrels through, her jacket half-on and her boots untied, panic written clear across her features. Terror replaces the momentary relief at seeing her alive and unharmed when he sees how frantic she is. That girl doesn’t panic; not like this.
Before he can take another step, she skids to a stop in front of him. “Where’s Ellie?”
“What—”
“She was covering for me,” Dina chokes out, the words tumbling over each other in her rush to get them out. “I wasn’t feeling well, so she took my shift. Where is she?”
Tommy’s world tilts. Ellie. Inside. The words don’t connect at first, then slam into him so hard that he bends forward, hands bracing on his knees as his vision tunnels. Ellie was inside when the fire broke out, and now…
Not Ellie. Christ, not Ellie.
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the tipsy bison catches fire.
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- Part 2 of a light not expected
- Part 5 of bad things happen bingo 2: electric boogaloo
- Part 3 of whumptober 2025
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- 1/1
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22 Jun 2026
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echo chamber by PenAndInkPrincess
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
21 Sep 2023
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“What’s wrong?” He asks, stepping back and inviting her inside. She takes the offer and slips in, careful not to touch him when she does. “Everything alright? Joel okay?”
“He will be,” she says enigmatically, and he has a moment of rolling his eyes at this very teenaged flare for drama. Whatever she’s come over for doesn’t appear to be an emergency–he has faith enough that she’d be more urgent in her actions if it were–so now he’s more curious than terrified.
“You wanna elaborate on that?” He asks with a lift of one brow, shutting the door and leaning against it casually, arms crossed loosely over his chest. “Because it certainly sounds-”
“I need to burn a scar off of my arm,” she says plainly, posture ramrod straight from her place on the armchair she’s settled in.
He blinks.
(after settling in jackson, ellie has a favor to ask of tommy)
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17 Jun 2026
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i don't want to be the owner of your fantasy (i just wanna be a part of your family) by bloomstarswrites
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV)
02 Nov 2023
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Ellie is content like this, Joel busy doing something, and her just sitting with him, watching. It reminds her of after Silver Lake, when Joel would drag her around because she couldn’t stand being without him. She thinks back to the first time she woke up and couldn’t feel Joel’s presence at her back. She had rolled over, expecting to find him sitting across from her, stoking the fire, only to notice that Joel’s sleeping bag was empty, and he was nowhere to be seen. She remembers the fear, that all encompassing fear she’d felt thinking that David had come and snatched him away from her, just like he snatched everything else from her. That fear had been mixed with white hot anger, and she had clung onto her sleeping bag so tight, she’d almost ripped holes in it. She’d cried, hard, and only calmed down once Joel had returned. She remembers the trembling, and the shaking, but mostly the feeling of being held by strong, yet gentle arms. She also remembers when she came to later that night, and apologised to Joel for acting so childish.
“You have nothin’ to apologise for, baby,” he’d said, running his fingers through her hair in a way that always helps her calm down, even now. “You’ve done nothin’ wrong,”.
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17 Jun 2026
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who you are is not where you've been by BarlowGirl
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
26 Jul 2024
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And he realizes… there are parts of her that are weird because, well, she’s Ellie. She likes space and puns and dinosaurs. She does goofy voices and curses too much and she asks so many questions. He’s pretty sure that if she’d grown up before the outbreak, she would have been screened for ADD or something. And some of her weirdness is being a kid growing up in the apocalypse, like not knowing what a seatbelt is.
But parts of her weirdness?FEDRA did that.
And he hates it.
Or: Thoughts on FEDRA schooling.
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16 Jun 2026
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Center of Gravity by KenzieFG for nite_ow1
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
31 May 2024
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Spending time with Tommy makes Joel happy, which causes a sharp pain in Ellie’s gut. Joel and Tommy have decades of inside jokes and shared history that she can’t ever be part of.
Family is Joel’s driving force: You keep goin’ for family. Joel crossed the country for Tommy, only bringing Ellie along as an afterthought. Ellie hopes she’s not quite cargo anymore, but she doesn’t like it when the difference is laid out so starkly in front of Joel: the brother he practically raised and the feral raccoon that imprinted on him against his will. A side-by-side comparison of her and the prodigal brother isn’t doing her any favors. She needs to find a way to get Tommy out of the way without losing Joel, and it’s proving difficult.
(Or: Tommy worms his way past Ellie’s defenses to become Uncle Tommy again.)
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- Part 6 of Jackson
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12 Jun 2026
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You Need Me, Let Me Know by finding_the_sun
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
12 Jul 2025
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Ellie's chemical burn & all the angst that goes along with it. Plenty of comfort too ;)
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08 Jun 2026
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burning one hell of a something by two_birds_alone_together
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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- Part 1 of a light not expected
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08 Jun 2026
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subdermal by PenAndInkPrincess
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
16 Apr 2023
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“Jesus fucking Christ,” he grumbles, even as he keeps his hands gentle as he turns the faucet on and cups water to trickle over the blistered skin of her forearm. “You couldn’t wait to do this until I wasn’t in charge of you?”
“You’re not in charge of me,” she spits like an angry kitten before she makes a pained noise when the water hits a particularly raw patch.
“Yeah, yeah Miss Independent. You’re so grown and capable and you only take orders from Joel, but in case you missed it, my brother asked me to look out for you. You immediately maiming yourself? Not a great fucking look for me as a babysitter.”
(Joel goes on his first overnight patrol, leaving Tommy in charge of Ellie) (naturally, this is when the little goblin decides it’s a perfect chance to give herself a chemical burn)
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07 Jun 2026
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Lye and Burn by Kaylee_To_My_Strawberries
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
22 May 2023
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Ellie knows this is the right choice. She’s been planning for weeks now, weighing her options, researching in the library as much as she can without raising suspicion, even a calculated break-in to the town soapmaker’s studio. Still, all the rationalization in the world goes out the window once you’re holding lye over your arm.
Joel walks in on his daughter with a self-inflicted chemical burn. He doesn't handle it fantastically.
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- Part 3 of Pride and Joy
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07 Jun 2026
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a small price to pay for forever by flannelfeelings
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
21 Jun 2023
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As long as she has this bite on her arm, she’s a target. And by extension, so is Joel, and Tommy and Maria and baby Rosie. If it’s discovered that they let an “infected” kid run around, who knows what will happen to them?
Everyone she’s come to love is in danger because of her. She has to do something about it.
(Ellie’s bite scar is almost seen during a shift in Jackson’s greenhouse- she comes up with a brilliant plan to get rid of it permanently)
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07 Jun 2026
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15 years ago, you begged Joel Miller for a favour, receiving only silence in response. You left Boston thinking he wasn't interested in your lame bargain. You found out, too late, that Joel Miller actually did do you that favour, fulfilling his end of the bargain, leaving you indebted to him. Now, all these years later, he arrived in Jackson, and you found yourself living your life wondering - will he collect?
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31 May 2026
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It’s Sunday, chore day, and Joel has a honey-do list item of his own: get his girl pregnant.
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30 May 2026
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“I thought it would be nice if you came over for dinner at ours sometime. It’s me, and my husband, and our two boys. I’m sure you’ve seen them around school?”
Now that she mentions it, she does recognize the name. The Erikson boys are nice enough, one older than her, one younger. Both humongous. Just like their mother, who is towering over Ellie as they speak.
“That’s…nice,” Ellie says, uncomfortable. “But, um. Why?”
Mrs. Erikson smiles. “Because, dear. I thought it would be good for us all to get to know each other. Seeing as Tommy Miller came and talked to us about the possibility of you coming to live with us.”
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A series of misunderstandings has Ellie doubting her place in the Miller family. The remaining Millers do their best to show her where she belongs.
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25 May 2026
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like sticky pearls by marchflower
Fandom The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
20 Oct 2024
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23 May 2026
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Hold Back The River by sporadicallyceaseless
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Nov 2024
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"Maria's gonna be a little late tonight, she’s busy yelling at some kids that got caught jumping off the dam.”
Stunned, Joel eyes the puddle slowly forming under her feet with quiet horror. “But you were smarter than that, right?”
“Or faster?” Tommy cuts in hopefully.
“Both,” Ellie agrees. Then, with a wince, “But also…neither.”
A dangerous dare and a nasty sickness rock the Miller household on an already emotional week. Joel and Ellie learn that something always lurks deeper than the surface.
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23 May 2026
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Tommy stopped getting his hopes up about Joel a long, long time ago, but he can’t stop his mind from racing as he scrambles down from the watchtower. Can’t stop himself from thinking it’s about damn time Joel came home, that of course this would be the only reason he could. Can’t help wondering what took so long or why he never heard anything about it.
Or: It's a Tommy POV fic! Examining Ellie and Joel's bond from his POV, and his own growing relationship with Ellie.
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21 May 2026
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of rage and ruin by corazondebeskar
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
05 Dec 2025
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Joel Miller made it twelve years into the apocalypse without getting bit. He turns into a much different kind of monster than he expected, though.
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04 May 2026
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Alone and forsaken, Joel Miller hides himself away at the end of the world. After losing Sarah he was a shell of a man, trying to drown her memory in the blood of any soul that dared to cross his path. No matter what he did, Sarah haunted him. Then came Ellie, the girl he had been through hell with. Joel felt his chest crack open for her and from then on he decided that wherever Ellie went, he would be there. The Fireflies had other ideas. Joel had fought hard, he had torn through that hospital slaughtering anyone that he came across but he was too late. After practically burning down all of Salt Lake City, Joel banishes himself to a cabin in the middle of the woods. Resigned to his fate, his self imposed exile is interrupted when he finds you. Broken, starving, and on the brink of freezing to death, Joel has no choice but to let you into his life. With the winter winds in Montana being particularly piercing this season, he is forced to wait until the spring thaws the ground so that he can dump you on Tommy’s doorstep in Wyoming. Can he keep you at arm’s length until then?
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- 364,333
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04 May 2026
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Where She Had No Name by idyllicchaos
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
03 Nov 2025
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Death was a kindness too sweet to even dream about.
Jackson, Wyoming was an oasis in a world split between infected, raiders, and slavers. Her life was split into before and after. Not before and after the outbreak. But before and after her name was taken.
Before and after darkness became a refuge instead of a nightmare. Nothing could change the past. Nothing could change who she had become. Who she had to hide from the light.
There seemed to be one person she didn’t have to hide from: Joel Miller.
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30 Apr 2026
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skin deep by PenAndInkPrincess
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
25 Feb 2023
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His first warning that something is very wrong is how quiet the house is.
“I’m home,” he calls, sitting down on their entryway bench with a groan and working his boots off. “Ellie?” He calls when he doesn’t get a response. Her boots are haphazardly discarded by the door as usual, so he knows she’s home, but she only rarely doesn’t come barreling down the stairs the moment the door opens, making his heart skip a beat each time with fear that she’s about to take a header in her excitement.
Even after the call, however, no Ellie appears.
(a fic covering Ellie giving herself a chemical burn to cover her bitemark)
(Joel would like if his kid would run plans past him for once)
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18 Apr 2026