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    It’s the nicest thing anyone could do in that moment. Because Tommy’s nice. Despite how hard she’s trying not to like him, she does.

    And Ellie’s pretty sure he hates her.

    Or: Actually that pretty much sums it up. Tommy's a great guy! So why does he seem to hate her?

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    10 Jul 2025

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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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    08 Jul 2025

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    In Jackson, Ellie struggles and Joel worries. They figure it out eventually.

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    04 Jul 2025

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    When Joel finally meets Tommy’s eyes, he fights back a proud smile. He knows that look in Joel. Purpose. It’s Joel and fatherhood. The complicated twist of his brother that Tommy first identified when Joel stumbled into their mother’s home and admitted to Joanna’s pregnancy. The rearranging of cells, the fracturing of the soul.

    He prays his brother survives this one.

    OR: Tommy's observance of fatherhood and Joel over the course of twenty-years, his struggle with purpose.

    OR: Uncle Tommy having a midlife crisis.

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    25 Jun 2025

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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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    24 Jun 2025