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I still remeber the first fall of snow by Deadbugapplepie
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
30 Sep 2025
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a series of memories surrounding the cold that ellie looks back on as she leaves David
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Breathing in Lincoln by Musica_FICta
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
11 Aug 2025
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Silently grappling with the loss of Tess, Joel reaches Bill and Frank's compound with Ellie in tow. Joel hopes their time together will be coming to a swift end and he can go back to tracking down his brother. The kid's got her good points if he's being honest but a 14-year-old girl's gonna test his nerves like nothing else in this world.
NOTE: Identical to Chapters 7-8 of "It's Never Been an Option." Part of a chron order version I'm putting together.
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It's Never Been An Option (Original Non-Linear Version) by Musica_FICta
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
10 Aug 2025
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NOTE: This work is in non-linear format. A chronological version is embedded into the series "Sweeter Days, Future Days" at https://archiveofourown.info/series/5052161
At FEDRA school, Ellie'd been mostly just "Williams." She liked being a Williams, like her mom. But Jackson was waving this new "Miller" option in her face, and she couldn't stop thinking about it.
It was stupid to be so stuck, when she could just bring it the hell up, and 1. hear Joel rasp "You can tell me, Kiddo," 2. Watch him try to guess what she wanted so he could encourage it, 3. Make her feel like an insightful fucking genius for wanting it. Which was awesome, actually, if she could just decide what she wanted.
OR, how Ellie navigates an opportunity she never thought she'd have: to choose who she wants to be and what her life can mean. And drags her family along for the ride.
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Ellie first meets Dina the week after she and Joel return to Jackson.
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- Part 1 of the end is here
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Ellie Williams' Guide to Teenage Rebellion by simoncowellsjuicytits
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
19 Feb 2025
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“Joel.” He says. He’s Texan, which as far as Ellie’s concerned is an accent-imitating jackpot.
"Can I call you Joe?"
"No."
"Jojo?"
"Absolutely not."
There's a brief silence.
“You’re gonna stop me from getting shot in the face?”“That’s the job.”
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As the (alleged) daughter of the new president, Ellie Wiliams is hellbent on making herself as much of a nuisance as possible. Joel Miller, the virtually unreadable and perpetually grumpy bodyguard assigned to watch her for eighteen hours a day, certainly thinks she's doing a good job of it. But as Ellie processes losses of her past and present, she slowly begins to realise just how valuable it can be to have someone watching your back.
(Angst/eventual fluff found family Joel & Ellie AU, slow-burn father-daughter relationship.)
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- Part 1 of The Last of Us- Presidential AU
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You've Got To Go On, Further Than You've Ever Gone by alastair_without_stairs
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
02 Feb 2025
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Marlene paces around the apartment, not happy about having to board up for the night.
They could see the hospital, only maybe thirty minutes away, but the sun was already below the horizon, and it would suck if they died right in front of the building.
At the start, Marlene was nicer.
She still is nice, for the most part, but any time something went wrong she got snappy, and Ellie has never stopped being wary of it.
Or; Joel never meets Ellie, never saves her, and she dies in the Salt Lake City hospital. Then, she gets a second chance.
Title from Second Child, Restless Child by The Oh Hellos.
WARNING!!!! The whole events of David/Silver Lake are alluded to in chapters 3 and 5, but never directly named or mentioned.
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- Part 9 of TLOU Fics
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Dirges for the darkness by onthewallwiththis
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
16 Jan 2025
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All at once, Ellie feels 8, and 10, and 12, and 14 again. She feels all the fragments of herself morph into one, she sheds the tears she never let herself shed. She says the words, the mumbled eulogies she never got to speak aloud. She lays to rest the bodies of the people who she loves most. And it still doesn’t feel like enough.
But she doesn’t know what will be.
And that only makes her cry more.
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After the loss of someone in the Jackson community, Ellie is thrust into facing the grief, guilt and pain that has been following her around her whole life. Luckily this time around, she doesn’t have to do it alone.
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A Soul For Sale Or Rent by Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
31 Oct 2024
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“Okay. Look, kid, you can use my phone. I get that you got no parents, but you must have someone lookin’ out for you.” He pulls out his phone and goes to hand it to her.
“Sure, whatever, man.” She says, holding both hands in front of her, palms up. He goes to place it on her hands, and as he lets go, it just falls through her. It's as if her hands are just images with no substance, which she guesses they kind of are.
She looks at him, and his face is pale, and it finally clicks: he actually didn’t know.
“What the hell kinda trick is this?” He says, his voice tight with just the hint of hysteria.
“It's not a trick man. I’m a ghost. How did you fucking not know.”
IE: Ellie is a Ghost, and Joel is the only one who can see her. She needs his help to figure out what happened to her before it's too late.
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- Part 1 of Here be Dragons
- Part 1 of No Cordyceps AU's
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let the sun only shine on me from a falling sky (i’ll be alright) by boycreature
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
09 Sep 2024
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Squinting under the bright overhead lights, Joel absently wanders into the gas station.
“Dad!”
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Joel is not a dad, at least not for a living child, but this teenager seems to need him to be hers for a bit.
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In this universe, and the next by please_leavemealone_bro
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
22 Aug 2024
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A modern AU, in which Ellie and Joel have never seen each other, until they suddenly keep meeting - outside the building they both go to therapy for, in joels favourate coffee shop where Ellie just so happens to work at, in a group home Joel's been employed to fix where Ellie just so happens to live, etc. without a choice, their lives become intertwined until they can't live without each other.
edit 29k words later: the first chapter is short and not that great, i'm gonna rewrite that at some point if i remember, but it picks up after that, i promise! in terms of both chapter length and writing quality!! ok thanks bye lol
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i'd marry you with paper rings by initforthethrill
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
06 Aug 2024
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ellie would marry dina with paper rings in a makeshift trash bag tux, but she deserves better than that, and ellie is determined to give it to her.
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I don’t believe you (I’ve never been more loved) by TheBigM
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
05 Jun 2024
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As Ellie begins to settle into Jackson, she falls into rhythm and even makes friends(one being especially beautiful). However, she has a secret that she doesn’t think she can keep much longer even if she tried.
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Her left hand is stuffed in her pocket, wrapped securely around her pocket knife in case of need.
About fifteen seconds after her initial knock, a light turns on near the back of the house, flooding just enough of the building for her to see it.
Her breath comes out opaque before her, a testament to just how cold it is and just how much of a stupid idea this trek was.
Regardless, it's still too late, and unsafe, to turn back now.
Twenty-six seconds after the knocking, the front door opens.
Or; Ellie misses her friends, walks to Tommy's house in the middle of the night, and scares him.
Title from Harpy Hare by Yaelokre.
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- Part 1 of TLOU Fics
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Tommy and Joel can't figure out what happened the other night and why Ellie seems so uncomfortable.
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- Part 2 of The Incident
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Zoe Route B; The real heroes died out there. What does that make them?
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His comforting southern drawl cling to his soft words, “That’s it, just like that baby girl, good job” his words only soothing himself, with her fingers over his heart, he knew she would feel every skipped beat and every unsteady breath he could wring out of his lungs. “Nothing will happen to you baby, I won't let anything happen baby girl." And he means every word he says.
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Father Daughter Bonding on the Road by OpossumKing03
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
30 Mar 2024
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Joel attempts to cheer up Ellie during their car ride on their way to visit Tommy for the weekend after noticing how her busy school week affected her.
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the red on your skin by Ironicbiatch
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
12 Oct 2023
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Ellie used to like the colour red.
But red means hurt. Red means anger. Red means pain and suffering and death.
Ellie doesn't want to be red.
She can't seem to change the fact that it's in her DNA to be red.Whumptober day 12; Red
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Ellie has a nightmare about the day she lost Riley.
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- Part 1 of Alltober 2023
- Part 23 of My TLOU Fics
- Part 1 of October 2023 Prompt Challenges
- Part 20 of FFL Fics
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change (how love grows) by cosmic_idiot1
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
18 Sep 2023
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Joel pulls her into a hug, and she goes, pliant and easy to guide, shoving her face into the crook of his neck as she lets out gut-wrenching sobs, cries into him, tears wetting his skin like some kind of brand. She lets him hold her as her body shakes violently from her sobs, as she hiccups and breathes fast and heavy against him. He holds her as she quiets down, fingers loosening on the collar of his jacket as she quietly whimpers before shivering. He holds her for what feels like forever, and in his heart, he knows he'd never let her go.
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- Part 2 of how love is shown