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one more song about moving along the highway by becomethesun for two_birds_alone_together
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Dec 2024
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Ellie goes quiet again, pulling her knees to her chest. Joel has half a mind to turn around and take her home, call off work and let her hang out on the couch watching YouTube videos of other people playing video games, which she seems to prefer over actually playing games herself. But it’s the last week of eighth grade, she should be in class, and on top of that, everything he’s read says that grieving kids need structure, routine, normalcy. He knows it’s what he needs, too. He can imagine how easy it would be for him to fall apart and shut down, the same way he did when he lost Sarah.
But now there’s another little girl, sitting here in his truck, fiddling with the car door lock switch, who’s depending on him to keep his shit together.
—In an outbreak-free world, Joel makes a promise to Tess to look after Ellie. Together, Joel and Ellie navigate life, loss, and something like family. (Featuring cameo appearances from some familiar faces and the healing power of a Taco Bell Baja Blast.)
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23 Jan 2025
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I'll Follow You Into the Dark by femmefacetious for marceltheshellwithflipflopson
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
24 Dec 2024
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It never bothered her when he took care of her on the road because they both knew he held her life in his hands every day; it really was do or die. But she didn’t know if she expected it to continue in Jackson, if she could expect anything at all. She’d hoped, maybe—in secret, the way she treasured the times he pulled on her ponytail or teased her or let her fall asleep on his shoulder while they watched their DVDs—but knew it wasn’t deserved or even necessary.
Love had never been necessary. It was a luxury that some people had, if they were lucky, but you didn’t need it. And so even when she got something from him that seemed like love it still felt like too much, it didn’t fit, and she didn’t know whether to embrace it or push it away.
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17 Jan 2025
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Compassionate Friends by MildredEllie
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
27 Jan 2024
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“I don’t know why I have to go to this stupid fucking group in the first place.” Ellie slumped in the passenger’s seat of Marlene’s big black SUV. She stared out the window at the evening skyline along the Longfellow Bridge, arms crossed over her chest, lips pressed together in a thin line.
“We’ve talked about this, Ellie,” her social worker responded calmly. “For the judge to agree to probation instead of jail time, you need to complete 12-weeks of court-mandated grief therapy, and since you refused to do individual sessions, we had to find a group that would take you. Compassionate Friends is the only one with an opening.”
“But it’s for people with dead kids,” she said flatly. Bereaved parents, was the politically correct term that the website had used.
(Ellie & Joel meet at a grief support group they were both forced to attend)
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05 Feb 2024
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all i needed was someone (when the whole wide world felt young) by cardigains for eedsknees
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
20 Dec 2023
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Much like the other day, Ellie ends up sitting on the porch steps. Joel’s back even quicker this time. Almost like he’d left his first aid supplies sitting out and ready to attend as needed.
More cleaning, this one hurts less. More gel liquid, this time rubbed in a bit better. And more bandaids, these ones something other than plain, boring beige. Not princesses either, usually the first thing adults reached for when they mixed the two factors of Little Girl and Injured together.
Nope. This guy has dinosaur bandaids.
“Dude, I fucking love dinos!”
Joel’s head swivels up, eyes going from her carefully patched up elbow to meet Ellie’s gaze. She wants to ask him how he knew. She wants to ask to see the rest of the designs in the box. She wants to tell him all of the other things she loves.
“S’pose I picked right then,” he says, almost like he’d been standing in the aisle, contemplating what exactly that might be.
“You did,” is how Ellie answers him, not bothering with a thank you.
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or: Ellie is Joel's next door neighbor who's hellbent on learning to ride a bike to get where she needs to go. Little does she know that place is right across the street.
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- Part 1 of Next Door Neighbors
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05 Dec 2023
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We love because we can lose by cosmicjelly
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
27 Apr 2023
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Joel and Ellie return to Jackson closer than ever, but are finding it difficult to settle in to a new way of life. Not just due to new rules, new people, and a new way of living- but because of an overwhelming sense of fear and anger that has been following Ellie since their journey concluded. Joel joining patrol duty only exacerbates her feelings, causing a series of unfortunate issues in Jackson for the two of them.
TLDR: Ellie is suffering with the aftermath of their traumatic journey- the events with David and Joel's near death experience- lashing out and putting herself at risk. Joel is worried sick and has to save her from herself while they both navigate changes in their lives.
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27 Feb 2023