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although my face is straight, it lies (my body feels the pain and cries) by AutisticWriter
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
06 Dec 2023
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Jackson is a safe place, a town where Ellie is finally away from everything their journey threw at her. But whilst Ellie is indeed safe and thriving in Jackson, it never occurs to Joel that somebody might want to hurt him.
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- Part 1 of Gen Prompt Bingo Round 24
- Part 13 of My TLOU Fics
- Part 11 of Ellie and Joel
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- 10/10
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It's Normal by lettucehater007
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
08 Sep 2023
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Ellie gets her period while traveling with Joel, and Joel is awkward about it. This is set after they leave Bill & Frank's, before they get to Kansas City. Basically a re-imaging of part of episode 3.
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battle over something stupid by two_birds_alone_together
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
05 Nov 2024
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“Right,” she mumbles, turning to attach her bedroll to her pack. She’s slower and foggier than usual, and just about every time she has to use her core muscles — which is every time she fucking moves — her back protests as if it has the right to make her feel like shit. With a deep breath, Ellie closes her eyes and centers herself before turning back to Joel.
Fuck, he’s standing right there. Did he notice? She admitted weakness in front of him before, but she’d just shot someone up close for the first time, so sue her. She won’t make that mistake again; Joel won’t appreciate her being a pussy just because she’s in a little pain.
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(ellie williams and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day)
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Prescribed Desires by ThelastofTays
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
27 Aug 2025
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In the crumbling remains of Boston, Madds is surviving, barely. She’s got a steady job, a stash of pills, and a list of regrets long enough to circle the QZ twice. The last thing she expects is for Joel Miller to show up again. Not after everything. Not with another woman on his arm.
They try to ignore it. The history. The heat. The way it still hurts.
But this city’s too small, and their past is too loud.
And when Madds bonds with a certain foul-mouthed teenager, ignoring Joel becomes impossible.This is not a love story. It’s a story about what comes after. About addiction and guilt. About wanting someone you shouldn’t, and not being able to stop.
It’s glances that linger too long. Arguments that turn into touches. And touches that always go too far.
And when the world starts to shift again, neither of them are ready for what it demands.A slow-burn, smut-leaning drama with sharp edges and soft centers. Loosely based on the HBO storyline.
TW: there is hard drug use, overdose (accidental and on purpose) and we explore some dark themes.
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Ellie and Joel by TheIronMechanic
Fandom: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
14 Jul 2025
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Summer Activities by TheLoveliestLavender
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
04 Aug 2025
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Ellie's dad insists that camping is done best in a tent, but this ain't really camping. Plus it would be a waste to not use the ol' family cabin from time to time. So they come up here during summer break, to engage in various summer activities.
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The Long and Winding Road by the_last_of_me (Pati_et_Vivere)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
18 Jun 2024
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Joel and Ellie are both struggling in the aftermath of Henry & Sam's deaths, guilt and anger causing a rift between them as they head west on foot. Joel is rapidly losing his patience with Ellie's continual rule breaking. When her own angry words prod at his still raw wounds he loses his temper and punishes her in anger, breaking his own rules about how and when he punishes her. Will his impulsive actions cause a permanent rift between them? Can he find a way to regain her trust?
[Or, Ellie and Joel are not in a good place after Sam and Henry. Joel fucks up when punishing Ellie. He needs to find a way to get her to talk to him although it's the last thing he wants to do. But if he doesn't figure it out, he could lose her trust forever]
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- Part 2 of Tales of Love and Consequences
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"Ellie wonders if teenage girls are supposed to be this full of rage, to have it simmer and ready to boil over at any time. She wonders if Joel was the same, if he’s carried his rage since he was her age. She wonders if it’s a relief for him to have the excuse to unleash it as violence."
Ellie adjusts to Jackson and family life while also being a teenage lesbian, which despite the apocalypse is still a challenge. At least Joel has been there.
(Ellie is a lesbian, Joel is a trans man. Surviving turns to living.)
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- Part 3 of Watch Me Bleed
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Calamity's Child
Fiachra
(C’s favourite fics)
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To spiral out, to try and float by onthewallwiththis
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
09 Mar 2025
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“Well howdy Ellie, how can we help you?” Tommy drawls with a welcoming smirk.
“I know it's a long shot, and you're busy–busy people but I wanted to ask if I could– I.” God she's bad at this.
Fuck it.
She strides over to the more engaged Miller with her file, “here these - these are my most recent times from the Eastern Massachusetts District Championships, and there's others. I placed in all my events in the Boston Winter Classic, and every YMCA championship in the last year.” she harbours a deep breath
“I'm good, please, Just let me get in the pool and I’ll show you.”
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Ellie is an elite swimmer and Joel is her coach; who will do anything to help her get to nationals, and then probably anything she ever asks of him, because my man is father shaped in every universe.(TLOU elite swimming AU nobody but the voices in my brain asked for).
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normalcys boring by Hidingfromstuff
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
16 Sep 2025
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Joel is a chef at a restaurant
His life is pretty mundan and he would like to keep it that way, he's sad and boring but he doesn't need to changeEllie is a freshly emancipated 16yr
Her life is in shambles and she really needs money, maybe leaving boston wasn't the smartest move but hey what can she do nowOR
This is like a restaurant au kinda inspired by Bisto Huddy
Honestly i have no clue how restaurants work and stuff so forgive me
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DLG universe - TLOU by Mr_Potato_25
Fandom: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
30 Mar 2025
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All of the fics that fall into the time line of Don’t Let Go:
1. Don’t Let Go: Joel X OC story that takes place during the 5 years in Jackson
2. A shit tonne of one shots that I didn’t include in DLG because it’s already 85 chapters long :’)
3. Never Letting Go: A sequel that takes place 9 years after the events of Don’t Let Go
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a hand to hold, a hug to warm me through by two_birds_alone_together for 6hoursgirl
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
08 Jan 2025
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She must fall asleep because the next thing she knows, Joel is tucking her in. With sleep so welcoming and comfortable, there’s no reason to open her eyes. Normally, he just tucks her in and says good night. Sometimes, when she’s almost asleep, he’ll say “G’night, baby girl” and kiss her head. It’s the only time he calls her that, and as much as she’ll never admit it, it makes her feel special. Wanted.
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(five times joel says goodnight to ellie + one time he doesn't)
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trace the tracks of my tears by two_birds_alone_together
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
02 May 2025
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She hates this. Hates crying, hates being scared, and more than anything, she hates that she’s doing it in front of Joel. It’s weak and pathetic, and she’s neither of those things. At least she never used to be. Traveling with Joel has helped her toughen up more than FEDRA ever did — the biggest danger she faced at school was fucking Bethany. Now, a million evils lurk around every corner, down every ditch, up every mountain: infected and raiders and hunters, oh my.
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(four times ellie didn't mean to cry in front of joel + one time she didn't care)
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trace the tracks of my tears
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Miller, Texas Ranger by WhetherItsTwoMinutes
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
01 Sep 2025
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The Ultimate Book of Chuck Norris Facts, says the title.
Underneath that there’s a figure of a man with bulging muscles, riding a dinosaur.
“He’s got a cowboy hat, Joel. Maybe he’s from Texas, too. Is he a friend of yours?” Ellie asks, her eyes glinting mischievously.
Joel rolls his eyes. “No.”
“You know who he is though, right?”
Joel hesitates just long enough for Ellie to catch on. The kid is like a bloodhound sometimes, with the way she can sniff out things to tease him about.
“I knew it! Who is it? It says here he’s the ultimate human.” She opens the book and reads from it with a dramatic voice she reserves for her most obnoxious puns. “When the zombie apocalypse starts, Chuck Norris doesn’t try to survive. The zombies try to survive Chuck Norris.”
Joel groans but the sound is drowned out by her giggling.
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Time ticks around you by treadlightlymydarling
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
07 May 2023
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Jackson ends up fitting them like a glove, in the end, and it takes Joel completely by surprise.
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the flyover states by two_birds_alone_together
Fandom: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
26 May 2025
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whether they're walking from pittsburgh or kansas city, it's a long trip through the flyover states.
slices of life on the road
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A foster AU because I’m such a sucker for those and I want to believe Ellie and Joel would have found each other in a non-apocalyptic world, just in a slightly different setting.
Written from both POVs and maybe from Tommy’s too, somewhere down the line.
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Joel Miller’s routine hasn‘t changed greatly in four years.
He goes to work, mostly overseeing construction, he goes home and eats something microwavable, drinks a few cans of cheap beer and falls into bed half drunk and exhausted from a days work, desperate to feel as little as possible.
Then, most nights, the nightmares he tries to chase away with alcohol succeed in waking him anyway, so he takes some sleeping pills to fall into dull, dreamless darkness, only to be woken by the sound of his alarm.So, really, he could use a change.
He still fights it like a feral cat.
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leafmold paradise by marchflower for captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
25 Oct 2024
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But then Joel starts patrol. And he’s gone - outside the walls, without her there to watch his six, to stand on his bad side and hold his rifle for him when he needs to look for something in his bag. He’s got partners, sure, but they aren’t her. They don’t know him like she does: they don’t know the gait of his steps, the hitching whine of his left knee, the beat of his heart. Knowing Joel - the good and the bad and the funny and the painful and the sad- has been her job for a year. It was what she did. But now they’re in Jackson, and things are different. They have to be different.
So she goes to school, and Joel goes on patrol.
And Joel gets hurt.
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After Joel is injured on patrol, Ellie spirals.
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Fulfills the prompt: nightmares
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- Part 8 of Whumptober 2024
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leafmold paradise - marchflower
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mechanical bull by monalisaaa
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
24 Sep 2024
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Ellie paused. Briefly, she shot a glance towards the door to make sure that it was empty before panning back over towards the flask. It was heavy to lift. It’s full, she realized, pausing again.
There was an idea that began to brew in the bottom of her stomach.
That idea was even further fueled by a corresponding slew of images of Joel drinking by the campfire every few weeks, especially after they’d had a bad week like when Henry and Sam had died or after they’d lost Tess.
It must help, Ellie thought as she stared down at the flask. At least a little bit.
She continued to stare.
“Ellie,” Joel’s voice echoed from down the hall. At the sound, as well as the sudden thump-thump of his approaching footsteps, she grabbed the flask from where it sat on the dust-brushed desk and then shoved it down into her pocket just as his face appeared in the door. "Hey. You find anythin’?”
“Nothing,” Ellie answered, all the while coiling her fingers around the flask hidden in her jacket pocket.
TLDR/ Exploring Ellie's recovery after Silver Lake and the methods with which she tries to cope, all the while Joel worries.