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to carry the sky to the edge and out of sight by Vulpecula_et_Anser
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
13 Feb 2023
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In the end, the most invasive procedure the Fireflies perform on Ellie is a spinal tap.
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- Part 1 of an ocean quiet beneath our skin
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circumnutation by PenAndInkPrincess
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
30 Sep 2023
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“Ellie,” she says, a gentler version of her usual command but no less firm. “You can’t just drag him away. I need to talk to him first.”
The little girl–Ellie–rolls her eyes in a gesture that looks far too old to be coming from such a small child, but she releases him, though she tugs on his shirt when he looks back to Marlene, partially sure he’s having a stroke.
“Come play with me after, okay?” She asks with the same sense of command Marlene speaks in.
Before he can say anything at all in response to that, she’s scampering off around the corner.
He looks back to Marlene, begging for her to make some kind of sense out of this. Marlene smiles a little wryly–a smile that looks a little tired at the same time–and gestures for him to sit. On slightly halting legs, he does.
“That’s Ellie,” Marlene says, unnecessarily. “And she’s your new assignment.”
(after joining the fireflies, tommy is brought in for a special assignment) (the assignment, as it turns out, is a 4 year old ellie who's being raised in the fireflies)
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- Part 1 of tendrils
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Lay Your Weary Head Upon My Chest by MessyDepressy95
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
21 May 2025
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"When I say go, you go." He's panting, terrified and hurting like a son of a bitch from the chest strap of the seatbelt jerking tight, but he needs Tess to take one fucking command.
For once in her life, he needs her to listen to him.
"You slip through the wall, and you get Ellie the fuck out of here. I will find you after." Her lip curls into a snarl, fury and irritation chafing her expression. He knows that she's pissed, but they ain't smuggling partners on a run gone sideways right now.
They're parents.
"We don't get to leave, Joel. That was the fucking deal." And it still is. He's trying to get them all out alive.
That means she needs to run, and he needs to handle the fucking hunters opening fire in the direction of their family.
"I ain't leavin' and neither are you; this is just temporary." Hoping like hell he ain't lying to her, he tightens the strap of Ellie's sling and insures she's pressed tight against Tess.
He'll get back to them, and he'll mow down every fucker that tries to get in his way.
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Joel finds baby Ellie after Marlene fails to show up for Anna, he and Tess make the hard decision to raise her themselves.Series
- Part 1 of Teensy Baby Ellie
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This might be a fluke. It could be stress and grief and age. It could be menopause. It might. He was never that regular to begin with, so that's no help. He'd just been stretching his T too thin and now everything it had been holding off for so many years was crashing down on him all at once.
But it might not be. It could be more.
It could be some part of Tess that he gets to keep.
Joel leaves Boston with Ellie and much more than he bargained for
Or:
The T4T Joel and Tess oops, right? fic
PSA: To be cringe is to be free, the tags are accurate, so you know exactly what you're getting into. Hoping to update weekly.
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mellow is the man who knows what he's been missing by flannelfeelings
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
30 Apr 2024
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“We’re having a baby. Jesse’s the father.” The words come out of her mouth so quickly she nearly stumbles over them.
Joel freezes.
In that moment, he feels everything and nothing simultaneously. Looking up at this girl, just 20 years old, wide-eyed and freckled, clearly terrified of what he’s going to say, he feels utterly unraveled.
And suddenly he’s in the Boston QZ, with this little pony-tailed brat nagging him about Before, asking too many questions, clinging to Tess like she’s never had an adult be nice to her in her life. He’s walking along cracked pavement, listening to shitty puns and trying to suppress his laughter. He’s looking up at a petrified little face through blurry vision, listening to her tell him it’s all gonna be okay, feeling the stab of a needle through his wounded stomach. He’s holding her bloody cheeks in his palms, cradling her face like she’ll disintegrate at the slightest touch. He’s carrying her limp body from a hospital hallway with lights blaring and gunshots echoing.
Having a baby?
(the everyone lives AU where baby JJ gets to be born into a big ole happy family)