TheIronMechanic
Fandoms
- The Last of Us (Video Games) (25)
- The Last of Us (TV) (23)
- Iron Man (Movies) (20)
- Marvel Cinematic Universe (19)
- Marvel (15)
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Seeing Things by TheIronMechanic
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
14 Jul 2025
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It only happens sometimes, so she’s never told anyone about it. Not that anyone would believe her. But some nights, when she lays restless in bed, she sees… things. Or people, would be the correct term. Now, hear her out, she knows that sounds crazy, like batshit crazy, but she’s seen them.
At first she thought they were merely shadows, she’s not used to having fucking curtains on her windows, still feels like a luxury, sue her. But the longer she stared at them, the clearer they got. They weren’t shadows, they were fucking ghosts. Honest to God ghosts.
Series
- Part 23 of Ellie and Joel
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You Did Good by TheIronMechanic
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
12 May 2025
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She then stares right at him, eyes shining. “You-” she smiles brightly, as bright as the sun. “You made me a cake?” She chuckles happily. “You- motherfucker.” A laugh escapes her as she looks down at the food. “You made me a fucking cake.” She whispers almost reverently.
“Yeah, I reckon I did.” He whispers the same way, a grin expanding over his face as she laughs openly.
“You didn’t- You didn’t have to do that.” Shrugging, he leans over the counter.
“You told me once you’ve never had a cake. So what better time to try it out than your birthday, huh?” She stares up at him as if he’s given her the greatest gift of her life and his heart expands.
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Joel bakes Ellie a birthday cake. Based on S02E06 trailer
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- Part 25 of Ellie and Joel
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Who Would've Thought by TheIronMechanic
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
11 May 2025
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“I’m pregnant.” Dina stares at the cup between her hands as she speaks while he can’t do anything but stare at her face.
Memories flash before his eyes. Memories of another girl, slightly younger than her, almost forty years ago telling him the exact same words, although that time he was the goddamned father, not the- whatever he is in this instance.
“Can you say something?”
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Dina tells Joel she's pregnant.
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- Part 24 of Ellie and Joel
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I Saved Her by TheIronMechanic
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
28 Sep 2024
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“Well, do you wanna start or what?” The woman gets comfortable on her seat, the timer ticking in the background. Does he want to start? God, no. He’s not here on his own volition, he was forced to be here by his annoying little brother.
Honestly, he just came to get him off his back, he’s got no desire to open his mouth for nothing more than a goodbye.
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Joel goes to therapy.
Series
- Part 22 of Ellie and Joel
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Codependent by TheIronMechanic
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
27 Aug 2024
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“Is it always like that with her?” His attention shifts quickly from a gleeful kid, playing around the newest addition to the family, to his younger brother, handing him the closest thing to beer the town has to offer.
“Like what?” He takes a sip. It’s cold at least, a much needed sensation under the warm sun of early summer.
“You know, like…” The younger Miller leans back on his porch chair, arm over the backrest, his eyes never leaving the girl carefully playing around with his young son. “Like one day she despises every single one of us and the next she can’t get enough of our company.” His gaze also lingers on the young pair, his palms cold from the drink he’s holding, not even caring about the many droplets of condensation running down his skin.
“She gets like that sometimes.” Is all he offers, not really sure how else to explain something he doesn’t really understand himself.
Series
- Part 21 of Ellie and Joel
Recent series
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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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- 25
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Tony Stark is a great father-figure series by TheIronMechanic
Fandom: Iron Man (Movies), Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
28 Mar 2022
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- 6
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- 66
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Pepperony, Pepperony and more Pepperony by TheIronMechanic
Fandom: Iron Man (Movies), Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
27 Nov 2021
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- 26,781
- Works:
- 9
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Pepperony Week 2020 by TheIronMechanic
Fandom: Iron Man (Movies), Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe
21 Jun 2020
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- 4,630
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- 2
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50 Reasons Why Tony Stark Loves Pepper Potts by TheIronMechanic
Fandom: Iron Man (Movies), Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe
09 May 2020
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the privilege of being yours by two_birds_alone_together for Merakiae
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
01 Nov 2025
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Sarah dragged him stargazing a handful of times, but they never ventured far enough from Austin to escape the light pollution. After, when he and Tommy wandered the country with no real destination in mind, Joel couldn’t bear to look up. What was there to see but stars that outlived his daughter? Light that kept shining when Sarah didn’t?
Ellie, though… well, he hopes she never stops marveling at the night sky. She’s the one who tricked him into lifting his gaze for the first time in decades.
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joel and ellie mark september 26 with old and new traditions
Series
- Part 2 of explain the infinite
- Part 4 of whumptober 2025
- Part 6 of bad things happen bingo 2: electric boogaloo
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I will fight monsters for you by The_Golden_Sun
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Mar 2024
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AU where Tess rescues a badly injured little Ellie, and Joel disagrees, but he can't say no to Tess. Suddenly, Ellie lives with them, and unknowingly, they find themselves navigating a dangerous world to protect her.
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To his relief—something loosens in his chest—Tess is safe and sound. The pale, bloodied kid she carries in her arms can't say the same. A slender thing, maybe five or six years old (though with the poor rations in the Quarantine Zone, Joel wouldn't be surprised if she passed for seven). She's skeletal, famished, with coppery hair and a round face. Her clothes are drenched in crimson, but FEDRA is still readable in black letters on the front. She doesn't seem unconscious. Her face contorted in pain, tears streaming down her cheeks.
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- Part 1 of Jackson!AU
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- English
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31 Oct 2025
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We, the Millers by The_Golden_Sun
Fandom: The Last of Us, The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games), tlou - Fandom
31 Oct 2025
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28 Oct 2025
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there's nothing i can do, not much i can change by wmthackeray
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
15 Mar 2023
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The day Ellie finds a Polaroid camera, she hasn't said anything to Joel other than a strained "morning" or "excuse me" in 246 days.
Less than 12 hours after Ellie speaks to Joel again, she thinks he might be dead.
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ellie wants a picture of her and joel but the road to forgiveness is long(ish) and treacherous
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23 Oct 2025
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and with you alone by PenAndInkPrincess
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
27 Mar 2023
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“Are we thinking white sheep or black sheep?”
The question, unrelated to anything, pulls her back to her body enough to frown. She’s shaking still, curled against Joel as tight as she can get, having woken up from a nightmare that left her screaming, convinced someone was sawing through her arm to roast it over their fire. In reality, Joel’s too-big shirt on her had just gotten twisted around her shoulder in her sleep, but the dream had been fucking vivid, and it’s like she can feel phantom chopping at the base of her arm.
“What?” She asks, voice a croak. She thinks briefly about tilting her head up to look at Joel when she asks it, but she’s tucked up in a little ball against him, and the feel of him all around her makes her feel safe in a way she’s been worrying she’d never feel again.
“For our moon sheep ranch when this is all over,” he says, resting his cheek on top of her head. “I think black sheep would be easier to find. The white ones might get lost.”
(alternate ending fic following the end of episode 8 up through 9 ft. joel being a good dad and talk about blue sheep)
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18 Oct 2025