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Oh, good, the kid’s got a knife. Great. Because the thing Joel really needs today is to be stabbed by a kid with a knife and not enough brains to know when not to use it. The cherry on top of this shit sundae would just be an ER trip.
Or: The no apocalypse AU foster kid!Ellie au!
Bookmarked by ZeroZucker
17 Jun 2026
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if you never bleed, you're never gonna grow by BarlowGirl
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
18 Jul 2025
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There’s more blood than she expects, when she’s bit.
Riley tears up one of her spare t-shirts so Ellie can wrap her arm up, but they have to change it twice before it stops soaking through. Weirdly, Riley’s hand doesn’t bleed as much. There’s a bit of blood, because, well, in teeth versus skin, teeth win, but she just dabs it away with a scrap of cloth and some water and it stops pretty quick.
Worried about making it bleed again, Ellie leaves the wrapping on hers for so long that neither of them notice that the whorls of infection on her arm don’t match the infection creeping up Riley’s arm.
Or: The one where Ellie bleeds a lot.
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17 Jun 2026
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Sheep Ranch on the Moon by TomeOfTheForgotten
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
22 Jun 2023
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Jackson’s resident sheep farmer is known across state lines as the most reclusive man in all of Wyoming. And Joel likes it that way.
That is until one summer, a Boston foster program busses out a batch of city kids to Jackson. Joel isn’t fond of the idea, but reasons that he could use the help. The coyotes have been picking off this year’s flock, and the barn needs to be patched up. For some free labor, he can handle one uptight city boy for the summer.
But they send him a girl instead.
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AU: Ellie’s summer foster program ships her to a ranch out in Jackson where a gruff sheep farmer is losing his flock to coyotes.
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- Part 2 of Alternate Universe Series
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13 Jun 2026
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smoke, ash, and strays by ketchupchipsaregross
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
23 Jun 2024
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Joel opened the door onto the street and let it swing shut behind him, annoyed when the kid managed to duck around it before it could slow her down.
“I’m not a toddler, dude, I can walk by myself,” The kid said.
“I got my orders,” He ignored the eye roll the kid threw at him, “And quit calling me dude.”
“Whatever you say,” She gave him a sly smile, “Bro.”
(or joel just wants to do his job and go home smelling like a campfire, it'd be great if the raccoon child from the alley would let him do that in peace)
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11 Jun 2026
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Next of Kin by ketchupchipsaregross
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
07 Jun 2025
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“Wow,” Ellie breathed, her face turned up to the triceratops skeleton, “It’s super big.”
“His name is Cliff,” Tess read off from the plaque, “He’s 65 million years old.”
“That’s not as old as sharks,” She said.
“Not quite,” She agreed, “But it’s still cool.”
Ellie nodded, still transfixed, “Super mega cool.”
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(gender equality dictates that sometimes Tess has to be the semi-unwilling foster parent)Bookmarked by ZeroZucker
10 Jun 2026