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I've Got Your Back (Even When You Don't Believe It) by stumblingaway
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
13 Nov 2024
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“Nothing serious yet,” Maria says, reaching out and smoothing a few short curls away from James’ face, “there’s just been a few cases of pertussis reported among some of the younger kids.” After looking at both Joel and Tommy’s blank faces, she says, “whooping cough.”
Fuck, Joel thinks.
“Oh, fuck,” Tommy says.
When an illness strikes the family, Joel starts to realize just how much of a community he has for the first time in a long time.
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21 Feb 2026
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“You don’t touch her,” Tommy says. “You don’t fuckin’ touch her!”
“Not really in a place to be making demands, old man.” The man's hand leaves Ellie's hair, coming up to her chin instead. He moves the gun from her temple to the back of her head. She resists the urge to bite him, her teeth clenched. “Gotta be from a settlement. No one who’s been out for long is this clean. No girl stays out long either. Always hiding ‘em behind walls. Don’t leave much for the rest of us.”
Joel’s told her about people like this. People who wander around the country alone or in pairs. Usually very young men who don’t fit into even hunter groups for one reason or another.
“Sometimes they’re even worse than the groups," he'd said. "They don’t got anyone holding them back.”
When Ellie and Tommy are attacked, Tommy is forced to put his own potential for brutality on full display. They deal with the aftermath.
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19 Feb 2026
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Joel wipes his mouth against his arm, taking a quick sip from the glass of water he’s been spending the past hour staring at. He clears his throat, then meets her eyes. “What did you just say?”
She rests her cheek against her hand, elbows still propped up on the table. “I asked if you wanted to get married at some point.”
Joel nearly chokes again. “I mean, I—Tess.”
“Take your time.”
Tess lives and makes it back to Jackson with Joel and Ellie. Something has to shift.
Ft. Joel being incredibly emotionally constipated and Tess being a good mom.
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19 Feb 2026
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Overwhelmed by UglyGreenJacket
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
01 Feb 2026
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“What are we doing?” Shane asks and Ilya holds out the other pair of skates he’d grabbed.
“Put these on,” Ilya says, and Shane takes them from him with a skepitcal look.
“Will these even fit me? And again, what are we doing? Are we even supposed to be here? I don’t think–”
“Shane,” Ilya interrupts, taking Shane’s face into his hands and squeezing just enough to make Shane’s lips pucker out. “You are going crazy at home. You love to skate. You love hockey. So let’s go skate. And play hockey. Just you and me, okay?”
Oh.
There’s so many things he wants to say. Like how much he loves Ilya. Or how glad he is that they’d taken the plunge off that scary, crazy cliff when they were teenagers. Or how even in the midst of the craziness and anxiety and unknown, Shane is so fucking excited for the life they’re going to have.
But it all gets caught in his throat as emotion takes hold, and all he can do is nod and say, “Okay.”
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Or, five times Ilya helps Shane when he's overwhelmed and one time Shane returns the favor.
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11 Feb 2026
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Safekeeping by unlikelychild
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
03 Jan 2026
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Yuna Hollander stares at the diamond engagement ring in slight horror as her husband laughs silently next to her on the couch. Her five year old son stares back at her with his doe eyes on her other side.
“I'm sorry, sweetie,” she asks as calmly as possible, “did you say a boy gave this to you?”
Or, a near lifetime from Yuna's eyes.
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09 Feb 2026