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Grief, not as it’s usually portrayed.
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After telling her the truth, Joel takes the chance of Ellie’s 18th birthday to try and talk to her.
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A closer look on Hank Anderson’s personal life prior to the game’s events
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Where Joel miscalculates the situation with David and the hunters, and Ellie pays the price. Ellie and Joel struggle to cope after Ellie is raped. Thrown into unfamiliar territory-- Will their bond grow stronger, or will the trauma tear them apart? Begins during the winter, and follows the pair into Jackson as Ellie grows up in the aftermath of the decisions that have been made for her.
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19 Aug 2025
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An AU where Joel and Ellie get to have their movie night. Rated M for language.
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23 Dec 2023
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Ellie paused for almost a minute, “You think I was a pawn in their war all along?”
“Based on everything we know of the Fireflies, it’s really hard for me to believe they would all of a sudden make their priority to take a selfless and altruistic journey across a world full of raiders and Infected to look for innocent people to immunize,” Joel shook his head, “And how could they get vaccines to thousands with the scarce resources they had? Remember how we had to cross the country to get to one place that had proper equipment? They never gave us the chance to think about or ask how they planned on mass-producing and distributing the vaccine.”
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Rewriting the last conversation between Joel and Ellie from Part II, but here they discuss everything that there was to be discussed about the vaccine that Part II didn't address, including Ellie's trauma from Riley's death, followed by an alternate take on the encounter with Abby.
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11 Nov 2023
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a shoeless child on a swing, reminds you of your own again by mqsterminds
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
11 Feb 2024
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“Where are your parents, kid? You need to leave.”
The girl’s face turns guarded for a moment, then it switches, and she points at the sky silently, a mock serious expression on her face.
“What type of answer is that supposed to be?” He doesn’t have time for this girl and whatever weird shenanigans she’s trying to pull.
“It means they’re dead, dumbass. I live in the group foster home down the street."--
(or: Ellie shows up in Joel's yard one day when she's eight, and she doesn't stop showing up in his life after that. Takes place over the course of six years.)
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30 Oct 2023
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When Ellie opens her eyes, she is sitting on a porch, the soft sound of guitar beside her and a familiar smell of earth mixed with coffee bringing quick tears to her eyes. She turns her head and intakes softly.
“Joel?”
It’s barely a whisper, a question, her voice cracking as the tears stream freely. Warm eyes look back at her, and the strumming stops.
“Hey there, kiddo.”
Ellie is given a second chance at the worst year of her life.Series
- Part 1 of A Twist In Fate
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29 Oct 2023