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A trio of three survivors arrive to be interviewed at a coalition outpost at a large shopping mall in Columbia, Missouri, but things quickly go awry, and soon they are fighting for their lives.
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Ghost Repeater by Bumblepony for renegade_knight
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
24 Jul 2025
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“So, what are the rules about radio usage in town?” Joel takes a swig from his thermos, the almost too hot coffee tingling on his tongue.
“As long as it’s here in Jackson, ain’t got any rules. Other than we keep a pretty regular check on frequencies at the main guard station, so any conversation you have could be interrupted.”
“Makes sense. The town got a list of call signs?”
“Yeah, but it’s for the patrollers. You lookin’ to find out who this Rosette is?” Tommy peeks at him out of the corner of his eye, and Joel rolls his eyes.
“I told ya it ain’t like that.” Joel wipes his mouth with the back of his hand and plunks the thermos down onto the still snow-covered picnic table. “Just didn't know if there was some protocol I had’ta follow. An’ I ain’t lookin’ to find out who she is. Long as I know it’s someone in Jackson, I’ll be fine. If an’ when she wants to share her real name, she can.”
“Alright, just let me know if anythin’ seems off. Like I said, shouldn’t be able to get outside the town walls, but if someone really wanted to, they might be able to communicate from just outside.”
IE: Joel gets a ham radio while he and Ellie are on the outs. Someone answers his call.
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- Part 12 of A Step to the Left
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After the events that forever changed Joel and Ellie’s relationship, the days in Jackson remain quiet—but hollow. The distance between them feels irreversible—until, on an otherwise ordinary morning, Ellie shows up at the watch post carrying something broken deep inside her. What begins as a silent reunion slowly unfolds over the course of a simple day into a fragile thread of reconnection. Through long-forgotten rituals, unspoken pauses, and the quiet presence of one another, Joel and Ellie once again find shelter in each other.
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I Exist I Exist I Exist by Glitter_Gecko for Kokureno
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
01 Jun 2025
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Tess could handle everything. Tess could handle so much thrown her way.
But then one day her least thought problem sneaked on her, and it stopped her right on her tracks.
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On Ellie’s birthday, Tess must confront old fears.
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- Part 15 of tlou songfics
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On desolate highways littered with the relics of a shattered world, Joel Miller crosses paths with Alex, a resilient survivor whose sharp wit and haunted eyes stir memories he’d rather forget. What begins as a reluctant offer of shelter becomes a journey to Jackson—a fragile haven that could be their salvation or their breaking point. As trust frays and dangers close in, Joel and Alex must confront their pasts and decide if survival is worth the cost of letting someone in. A tale of grit, guilt, and glimmers of hope in a world that’s lost its light.
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- Part 1 of TLOU: Trilogy
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𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧' [𝐟!𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫] by zevrra
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
21 Apr 2025
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You could make plenty of bad choices on your own but throw a little alcohol in the mix and you might just make a really, really bad(good) decision. Everyone knew Joel but you would like to know him a little more on a personal scale.
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Talia and Dina celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. Dina invites a friend over.
A cherished moment of normalcy.
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It's Something Earned, Not Given by higherfurtherfaster
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
31 Jul 2024
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Ellie’s tired.
Not physically. She’s in good shape - you have to be, to do what they do - but she just feels so weighed down.
She knows that it would be stupid to leave Jackson. She knows that.
But a part of her - and not a particularly small part - wishes that she did.
(Ellie's struggling, and meets someone to help her through it)
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Wolves, Lambs, and Other Bedtime Creatures by triple_phoenix
Fandoms: The Last of Us, The Last of Us (Video Games)
14 Jul 2024
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Dina has bright, hopeful eyes and smiles like sunlight streaming through trees.
Ellie knows instantly to avoid Dina like the plague.
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01| The new baby bear by littlestsheriff
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
19 Apr 2024
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Joel has been in Jackson for over a year. It was just another normal patrol, until he came across a bitten woman with a baby. He knows his options are limited, but his decision will change his life again.
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- Part 1 of The Bear Family
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-🏹 || Mistakes are made to be fixed- The Last of Us (Game) by littlestsheriff
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
19 Apr 2024
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Joel is overwhelmed by Ellie's stubbornness and ends up raising his voice. He knows he made a mistake and hurt his little girl, so he has to make things right.
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- Part 7 of The Last of Us Agere Oneshots
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Hungry like the wolf by please_leavemealone_bro
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
16 Apr 2024
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A stupid soccer game is all it takes to unravel the jealousy Ellie has been concealing since she learnt about Sarah. Spiraling with uncertainty of where she stands with Joel, Ellie falls back on coping mechanisms from her FEDRA days - her support system scramble to fix it;
She wants to push him; to shove, to kick, to spit, to scream, to writhe on the floor. Her hungry, greedy hands that latch desperately onto kindness and always scramble for more, more, more – she wants to use them to tear her insides out as messily as she can; blood spilling out, staining the wood, flesh getting lodged in between his floorboards, damning the entire house, she wants to hold up the rotting flesh to Joel and make him look at the ugly that is rooted at the core of her.
Maybe that’ll finally be his breaking point. Maybe he’ll finally give up this little act that he cares about her.
Observing her, Joel’s face flicks through several different emotions before settling on one that sickeningly looks close to pity.
“Don’t fucking look at me like that.” She snaps.
“I’m not–” He sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose and screwing his eyes shut in exasperation, “will you just sit, Ellie, for god’s sake. Please?”
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Now It's All Rusted by sparksaam
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
27 Jan 2024
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Ellie knows, logically, that she shouldn't be so quick to trust the bigger kids with the bad reputations. But as her relationship with Joel is crumbling, she is desperate to fit in somewhere. She'll soon learn the consequences of being so trusting.
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Found Family by Val_Creative for Glove23
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
01 Sep 2023
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"I can't believe you're in prison."
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- Part 35 of Flash Fiction Friday
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“What’s your biggest secret?”
“I hate you.
“Not a secret, and you love me.”
“You’re drunk.”
“...I am.”Or.
When Joel and Ellie arrive in Jackson, they meet his estranged daughter Sadie. Sadie Miller adores her dad and thinks he can do no wrong. As for Ellie… Well, Sadie would like to drop her in a well and seal it up. The feeling is mutual, of course.
[Now with chapter illustrations by yours truly, slowly updated. Ch. 1, 2 & 3 now available.]
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the stars lean in a little closer by navysealt4t (beelue)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
07 Jun 2023
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“Well,” she grumbles into the flour bag she’s sealing up, “I did alright.”
He grins. “Yeah, yeah, whatever you tell yourself, El. Do you wanna mix up the ingredients or not?”
She’s immediately shoving him to the other side of their small kitchen. Their kitchen.
“Fuck yeah!” She ignores the warmness growing in her heart. “Move over, cowboy, I got work to do!”
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Three times Ellie and Joel said, "I love you," without needing to say it.
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- Part 4 of jazzy's purple panda fics!!
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It’s nothing significant, just a worn list covered in scrawling handwriting, but Ellie suddenly feels as if she’s holding something precious. Something bordering on sacred.
Her thumb brushes a single line of text, This one’s ours, Joel!, underlined for emphasis. Ours. The creases in the lined paper are almost white in testament to how often it’s been folded and unfolded. Revisited. Loved, if not long gone.
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you threw me straight into inarticulation by getthembees
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
27 Apr 2023
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The movie is droning on, and Ellie is too hyperaware of how far Dina is from her on this couch to make smart-ass comments anymore. She’s vaguely aware of the weird and dated femme-fatale grabbing the collar of some poor guy and dragging him in for a teasing near-kiss.
“That’s hot,” Dina pipes up.
Ellie’s brain short-circuits a little bit.
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Keep Your Secrets by SeraphitefromSeattle
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
11 Apr 2023
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Abby and Manny go on patrol, but Abs seems a little strange. Jokes and banter ensue.
Tiny spoiler at the end, but nothing super major!
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- Part 1 of Every Other One
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como un libro salvado del mar by waitinbythephone
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
30 Mar 2023
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When he turns to look at her, he still looks serious, but there’s a little hint of something hidden behind his eyes, behind the scar on his nose, behind his big hands, and his shoulders, that Ellie could swear look slightly more relaxed than they did a second ago.
He somehow looks a little younger than he did fifteen, ten, five minutes ago.“Ellie” He says, that certain something, whatever it is, making an appearance behind the edge of the syllables coming out of his mouth. He doesn’t look that hesitant anymore.
A sense of victory blooms inside her chest. It's quiet, but it echoes.
“Yes!” Ellie exclaims. “That’s it! What the fuck is that, man?” She laughs, and she can’t help it. It's bursting out of her throat.
Joel just looks at her with that hidden little something dancing behind his pupils. He looks down as if he’d just seen a painful image. Ellie wonders if he’s recalled something.
“That,” He says with a groan, as he gets up slowly. “Is an accent."
or, 5 times Joel talks in spanish to Ellie, and one time Ellie does instead