AuroraBe
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Like Real People Do by AuroraBe
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
19 Feb 2026
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“If we’re supposed to be friends, maybe you could answer at least one of my questions straight?”
His face crumpled into a deep, exaggerated frown. “Where would be the fun in that?”
She arched an eyebrow and stared him down, but he didn’t look away. He leaned into it, his gaze locked on hers, as if they were sharing an inside joke.
“Can you keep a secret?” he asked.
A smile whispered across her lips like a punchline. “I guess you’re about to find out.”
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Maria Scott and Tommy Miller collide on one cold, winter afternoon and it changes everything.
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Best Damn Thing by AuroraBe for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
21 Nov 2025
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He frowned, stepping out of the patio and into the buzzing main room. “Sarah, baby, what’s wrong?”
“Everyone’s drinking beer.”
“What? Who brought beer?”
He ducked into a tiny nook between the booths and pressed a finger to his ear as if that could block out the piano or the chatter.
“I don’t know,” she whispered, her voice small and panicked. “Some boy with pretty hair and sparkly brown eyes.”
Great. Exactly what he needed. Those were always the worst.
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Sarah goes to her first teenage party, and things spin out of control. But not to worry, Uncle Tommy is just a phone call away.
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Cloud Nine & Other Stories by Arien
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Dec 2023
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An advent calendar of TLOU fic comprising of stories from:
Drifters, my main Tess Lives fic universe; Snowqueen of Texas, my modern Tessjoel AU and The Legend of Charro, the Western AU
...plus three brand-new, unrelated AUs and one unexpected crack fic.
One story a day up until the 25th. Enjoy!
Series
- Part 13 of Drifters, a book of Tess and Joel
- Part 3 of Making Mirrors, a Tess/Joel Modern AU
- Part 2 of Tin Star, a Tess/Joel Western AU
Bookmarked by AuroraBe
09 Feb 2026
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Rewrite Our History by lostgirlslikeus
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
09 Feb 2026
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Her mouth hangs open, and they stare at each other until she catches herself absently tipping the champagne glass in her hand. She shakes off a little champagne spilled onto her fingers, reaching for a cocktail napkin from a passing server.
When her gaze returns to his, it burns. The glow of the warm chandelier above them reflects off her irises, and he can swear he sees fire in them.
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A Tessjoel Second Chance AU (no cordyceps)Bookmarked by AuroraBe
05 Jan 2026
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Fixed on Your Hand of Gold by ChildOfTheBarricade
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
29 Nov 2025
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'“It’s that bad, huh?” Joel said gruffly, self-consciously running his hand through his hair, his eyes fixed on the curls on Benji’s head. “I…” he cleared his throat and looked at Tommy for help.
“Tess cuts our hair,” Tommy blurted out, pushing a glass of whiskey into Joel’s hand as he came around the couch.
Maria blinked at them for a moment, thinking back to literally three days prior when she’d given Tommy a trim. And the dozen or so times before that.
“Used to,” Tommy clarified, sitting down. “She always cut our hair. It’s… her job.”
Joel took a swig of his drink and sighed, not quite able to look at Maria or Ellie yet.
“I’m so sorry, Joel,” Maria said quietly.'
A story about grief, and also how hard it is to get a good curly hair haircut.
Title from Would That I by Hozier- Language:
- English
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- 7,093
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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Bookmarked by AuroraBe
09 Dec 2025
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“Bubbles, Tommy? Seriously?”
“C’mon, Tess. The kids are gonna love them.”
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How some 20-year-old bubble wands begin to mend a fractured family
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Good Things Happen Bingo Prompt: Blowing Bubbles/Tess and Tommy (platonic)
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- Part 1 of Good Things Happen Bingo
Bookmarked by AuroraBe
21 Nov 2025
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Interstellar Overdrive by Arien
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
01 Jun 2024
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Tess is a powerful underworld figure, brokering information. When an internal threat has her questioning the loyalties of those closest, she must enlist the help of someone who has just as much to lose as she does. A bodyguard/boss AU set in the 1970s.
His fingertips brushed through the curtain of hair hanging to her waist. Dressing like a goddamn hippie with motivations that were resolutely square. A capitalist muckety-muck playing dress-ups with the beautiful people. Tess had some goddamn nerve and he wanted every last piece of her, Duke’s warnings be damned.
Because Duke was right – he’d never met anyone like her before. And maybe by getting a little closer he could unravel the enigma, because he’d meant what he’d told Duke – one woman was, essentially, the same as another. There were a finite number of parts people could play. And she was just playing one of them, concealing it a little better than most.
Tess whispered again in his ear: “You answer to me, now.”
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- Part 1 of Night Fever, a Tess/Joel 1970s AU
- Language:
- English
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- 235,598
- Chapters:
- 41/41
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Bookmarked by AuroraBe
08 Oct 2025