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What's in a name? by tloufan926
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
05 Dec 2023
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The question of what, exactly, she and Joel are to each other is something that Ellie spends far too long thinking about, and an equal amount of time trying not to think about. The words he’d so clearly communicated last winter, you’re not my daughter, are swimming in her head the whole time she and Joel are hiking back to Jackson after the hospital.
I sure as hell ain’t your dad.
There wasn’t much else to it, was there?
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05 Mar 2026
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“What do you want to hear about tonight, kiddo?”
The corners of Ellie’s lips scrunched to one side as she pondered. “What’d you do?” She finally decided. A smile settled over her face. “Were you a millionaire, Dad?”
A chuckle fell from Joel’s chest. His laugh was warm, hearty, strong, just like him. “No, baby,” He replied, amused by the thought. “If I was a millionaire, we’d have us a fancy bunker to live in.”
Ellie lit up at the idea. “With a rocket ship?”
Joel smiled. “Sure, kiddo,” He answered, his tone soft. “And so much food that we’d get sick.”
TLDR// Joel is Ellie's biological father. We enter the first season and its events with a clear and close relationship between them. Marlene doesn't hire him to smuggle a kid, she's his daughter, and he just wants a better world for her. This will cover the entire first season.
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17 Feb 2026
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Hit Me With the Force of Your Love by WhetherItsTwoMinutes
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
26 Sep 2025
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“Besides, it doesn’t really matter.” At the change of her tone, Joel glances back at her and finds her calculative look. “I saw how you killed him.”
Joel takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly. “I was passing by and I heard your screams. I defended a kid.”
“Yeah.” She snorts. “Passing by with a gun. Miles away from any city.”
“It's called hiking. And plenty of folks carry a gun these days.”
“And wear leather gloves. In summer.”
They glare at each other. The girl’s eyes glint dangerously in the dim light and she lifts one eyebrow in challenge, a look on her face that dares him to object.
“You weren’t just passing by. You came here to kill him.”
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Or: A hitman Joel AU, where one of his contracting jobs goes south, but it might be the best mistake of his life.Bookmarked by cgracephd
15 Feb 2026
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We Might Not Be Alone by AMY_MorningStar
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
15 Feb 2026
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That night, Joel dreamed of Sarah.
He didn’t do that very often. He did a lot when it first happened. But, he didn’t as much these days. He dreamed of her more when he was drunk or high. But, rarely when he was totally sober.
A modern AU of The Last of Us.
Title from Everybody Dies by Billie Eilish
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15 Feb 2026
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a redwood among mere sprouts by two_birds_alone_together for ciaconnaa
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
21 Feb 2026
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“Kid, get the hell outta my tree.”
Stupid fucking neighbors. She’s never even seen the person who lives here before.
“It’s not your tree,” she calls back, infusing her tone with as much attitude as she can muster. “No one owns a tree.” Deep breaths, Ellie. Can’t give away how scared you are, especially not to a stranger. Especially especially not to a man.
“Tree’s on my property. I own the property, so I own the tree. Now scram.”
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ellie climbs a tree, and maybe finds a home in it
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20 Jan 2026