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When Ellie Williams gets in trouble with the law after spending the last year between care homes, she gets cut a deal. Either carry out her parole working on a ranch in the middle of butt-fuck nowhere Jackson County, or face time in Juvie. It's a no-brainer, an easy decision. At least, that's what she thinks before she meets the owner's fiery daughter, the stoner ranch hand and her own past demons in the shape of a horse.
An AU! in which Ellie is a troubled kid working as a ranch hand, and Dina is a seemingly entitled trick rider, and they both learn to let the other in.
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16 Feb 2026
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Ellie returns to Jackson in search of resolution, but doesn’t know what she wants. Instead of immediately pursuing Dina, Ellie takes some time to figure herself out before deciding if she wants to reconcile with Dina.
Immediately post TLOU2 with flashbacks from various years mixed in.
Catch me on Tumblr under the same handle.
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- English
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16 Feb 2026
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Ellie’s life since settling in Jackson has been filled with new experiences, from her first swimming lesson, her first patrol, her first "I love you", and many more. Here are some of her more memorable first times.
Latest update: Chapter 24 -- Ellie's first time meeting the in-laws
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- English
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- 24/32
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16 Feb 2026
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Starting a new school was scary when you’d basically been kicked out of the last one. Haunted by her violent past, Ellie wants to fade into the background; but someone notices her.
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Ellie being a mess, Dina making her into more of a mess as they slowly fall in love.
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- English
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- 27/30
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16 Feb 2026
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Ellie, Dina and Jesse are students at Notre Dame University. Ellie is studying music, Dina is studying drama, and Jesse is being the predictable one on business management. After Dina's and Jesse's latest breakup Dina has just the perfect idea on how to get Jesse back. And involves fake dating her clueless lesbian best friend Ellie.
The only problem with this plan is that Ellie has had the biggest crush on Dina since...forever. But surely she can help Dina and not regret it...right?- Language:
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16 Feb 2026
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Ellie returns to Jackson after her confrontation with Abby, unsure where she fits in or even belongs anymore. Unsure if she will ever be forgiven or if she can even forgive herself.
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- 42/?
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Bookmarked by Zombieslayer99
16 Feb 2026
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Before the events of Part II, characters are teleported to an empty room to watch Ellie and Joel's story in The Last of Us in hopes of changing the future.
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Completed.
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- Part 1 of Watching The Last of Us
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- English
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- 152,246
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- 22/22
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Bookmarked by Zombieslayer99
16 Feb 2026
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If Ellie thought surviving an apocalypse was easier than navigating university, she was wrong. She has to juggle school, sports, her feelings, and maintaining her relationships. Working hard to survive her adolescence is a struggle every day.
Or just an Alternate Universe where our favorite kids attend the same university and fall helplessly in love.
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- 49/?
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16 Feb 2026
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Placing her hands on either side of herself she feels something soft under her right one. Looking down, she realizes it’s Ollie. The tattered purple elephant is no worse for wear than before. Ellie can almost hear the break in her heart at the thought of JJ crying over his favorite toy being left behind. He must be giving Dina so much trouble over it.
So, she stands up. A new sense of confidence creeping its way deep inside her.
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In the aftermath of being left alone, Ellie heads to Jackson under the pretext of returning JJ's toy and maybe earn something else in return.
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Bookmarked by Zombieslayer99
16 Feb 2026
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and some things can.
(A story that picks up on the night Ellie leaves the farm, from the moment the door closes behind her. She never makes it out of the yard.)
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“I said if you loved me, you would stay,” Dina says carefully, crossing the room to stand opposite Ellie, arms folded around her sides, like she’s trying to hold the pieces of herself together, keep her spine from crumpling under the weight.
“I am staying,” Ellie says quietly, eyes looking up to meet Dina’s.
Dina presses her hands on the table in front of her, leaning forward to look more closely at Ellie. “I don’t believe you,” she replies, hating herself for how vulnerable her voice sounds.- Language:
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Bookmarked by Zombieslayer99
16 Feb 2026
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Ellie won’t go back to Jackson. Not if she has any say in it.
She doesn’t.
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- Part 2 of forgiveness
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- English
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- 83,172
- Chapters:
- 16/?
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Bookmarked by Zombieslayer99
02 Feb 2026
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This takes place five years after the events of TLOU2.
By chance, Dina stumbles upon Ellie deep in the Wyoming woods. She tries to reject the feelings she has buried all these years but they are steadily resurfacing as her ex-lover creeps her way back into her life.
Ellie has spent the last five years as a drifter, refusing to call anything home. She finds herself back where her life fell apart and in front of the one person she never stopped loving.
But soon their respective past catches up to them and threatens their safety and security. Will they be able to work together to save everything they love?
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Her hair was longer, tied in a low bun and she was leaner, strong looking, mature. But Dina could never forget the distinct eyebrow slit and the sharp features of her face. She was still beautiful as she remembered.“You’re alive.” Dina said in disbelief. She rushed towards the redhead and into her arms. She soaked in the familiar warmth of her ex-lover then clasped her face to bring her in for kiss. As their lips met, Dina almost wept. The feelings were flooding back. She hungrily kissed Ellie, parting her lips to slick her tongue against hers.
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- 25/25
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02 Feb 2026
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Ellie had wanted to die many times in her short life. Yet she was still alive somehow. Breathing the pure air of the mountains and the woods around her, feeling the warm light of the sun on her burned skin, beaten, ripped and bitten. Twice.
Destiny was cruel like that.
She knew she was walking towards more pain and open wounds that would never heal. But if there was only one glimpse of light beyond the tunnel, she needed to find it. Somehow.
- Ellie comes back to Jackson to face her demons and try to move forward after giving up her pursue of revenge. -
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- Part 1 of Take Us Back
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- English
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- 13/13
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Bookmarked by Zombieslayer99
02 Feb 2026
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The girl didn’t move, only stared, until Ellie raised the talkie she stowed at her feet and made the call.
She was switched to a different position the rest of that night.
Later on, she would learn that the girl’s name was Dina.
She was seventeen.
And she was alone.
its cute i swear, just give it a shot
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- 3/3
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02 Feb 2026
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“You don’t even know me.”
“So, what, I can’t want to get to know you?” Dina challenges her with a cocked eyebrow.
“Uh,” Ellie stutters. “I guess that’s your risk to take.”
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A break from the apocalyptic setting, and a vacation into a whole other type of struggle. College isn't without its challenges, no matter how tough you think you are.
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- Part 2 of TLAU: The Last Alternate Universe
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- English
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- 81,453
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- 16/16
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Bookmarked by Zombieslayer99
02 Feb 2026
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Dina gets kidnapped and Ellie takes it upon herself to get her back.
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27 Jan 2026
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A message came out from Los Angeles: the Fireflies are coming back, and people are looking for the light again.
Life in Jackson goes on, but Ellie doesn't have a place there anymore.It can't be for nothing.
(Spoilers for The Last of Us Part II.)
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- Part 1 of Letters
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- 27/28
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Bookmarked by Zombieslayer99
27 Jan 2026
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Shaken by a Low Sound [Remastered] by Whiskeytango86
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
27 Jul 2025
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"The air catches dry in her throat all the same as she runs her hand over the soft, worn fabric. She brings it close to her face, slowly closes her eyes, and breathes in the lingering scent.
It smells like…
...like the earth out in the woods.
Like the soap they all share in the bath, tinged with lavender.
Like the oil she watched Ellie rub into the fretboard of her old guitar.
Like whiskey.
Like Ellie.
She can almost feel her again, right there with her. Like Ellie is still standing behind her, arms wrapping around her waist, fingers tugging at her hips, breath warm on her neck. Her mouth brushing the skin just below her ear, whispering low, asking if she wants her to stop.
God. How did she ever tell her to stop?
She should have never told her to stop."
A slow burn, Dina-centric story about how love lingers, and whether it can ever find its way back home through the wreckage it leaves behind.
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- Part 4 of ...For the Rest of Mine
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23 Jan 2026
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****UPDATED VERSION RELEASING 07/08/25****
"Dina brought the button-up close to her face, slowly closed her eyes, and deeply breathed in the lingering scent.
It smelled like…
...like the earth out in the woods.
Like the soap they all shared in the bath, tinged with lavender.
Like the oil she had watched Ellie rub into the fretboard of her old guitar.
Like whiskey.
Like Ellie."
A slow burn, Dina-centric story, about whether or not love can ever find it's way back home through hurt and loss.
Complete.
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- Part 1 of ...For the Rest of Mine
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- English
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- 76,760
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- 13/13
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Bookmarked by Zombieslayer99
15 Jan 2026
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TLOU2 spoilers ahead, don't read if you haven't finished the game!!
noun: absolution; plural noun: absolutions
formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment.After Ellie returns home to find the farm empty she knows that she cannot live without knowing that Dina and JJ are at least safe, and so she sets off back to the town, a mixture of feelings inside of her.
But will knowing they are safe be enough, or will she find the strength for one last fight - the fight for her family.
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- 21/?
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Bookmarked by Zombieslayer99
15 Jan 2026