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• where the stolen roses grow by WordsLikeClockwork

  Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • F/F
  • Work in Progress

  08 Jun 2024

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Abby/Ellie (The Last of Us)
  • Dina/Jesse (The Last of Us)
  • past abby/nora
  • Ellie (The Last of Us)
  • Abby (The Last of Us)
  • Dina (The Last of Us)
  • Jesse (The Last of Us)
  • Mel (The Last of Us)
  • Lev (The Last of Us)
  • Owen (The Last of Us)
  • Tommy (The Last of Us)
  • Yara (The Last of Us)
  • Nora (The Last of Us)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Implied/Referenced Torture
  • Body Horror
  • you really mean to tell me that a whole fungal organism lives in ellie's brain and she's just Fine
  • Disability
  • Gothic
  • the inherent cosmic horror of fungus
  • Implied/Referenced Suicide
  • don't worry there's no actual suicide
  • Canon Lesbian Character
  • Bisexual Female Character
  • okay so like imagine if cordyceps made ellie the phantom and you're kinda there
  • also she has a dog
  • Outsider POVs
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • abby might even be more messed up here than she is in canon lol
  • slowest of slow burns
  • Psychological Horror
  • mel actually has something to do!

  Summary

  Seattle.
  Washington Liberation Front.
  Melissa Martel.
  Nora Harris.
  Abigail Anderson.
  ---
  When Ellie's "immunity" turns out to be a LOT more complicated than she realized, she runs away from Jackson, from Joel, from the only stable life she's ever known. Her goal: find whatever remains of the Fireflies before her cordyceps infection finishes the job.

  Almost two years later, the trail leads a now thoroughly-infected (and still sane) Ellie to Seattle. But a lot can happen in five days, especially when a trio of ghosts from her past turn out to be hunting the very people she's here to find.
  ---
  An AU reimagining of TLoU2 where Ellie's cordyceps infection never stopped progressing.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  49,680

  Chapters:

  10/?

  Comments:

  119

  Kudos:

  336

  Bookmarks:

  89

  Hits:

  7,587

• something's got a hold on me by WordsLikeClockwork

  Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen, Other
  • Complete Work

  03 Jun 2024

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Dina/Ellie (The Last of Us)
  • Abby & Lev (The Last of Us)
  • Abby & Ellie (The Last of Us)
  • Ellie & Lev (The Last of Us)
  • Ellie (The Last of Us)
  • Dina (The Last of Us)
  • Abby (The Last of Us)
  • Lev (The Last of Us)
  • Joel (The Last of Us)
  • Tommy (The Last of Us)
  • Maria (The Last of Us)
  • Post-The Last of Us Part II (Video Game)
  • Ellie Has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (The Last of Us)
  • Ellie Needs a Hug (The Last of Us)
  • Transmasculine Ellie
  • Trans Male Character
  • Trans Ellie
  • genderqueer cowboy vibes
  • ellie is a transmasc cowboy finding themself on the open prairie its very cinematic
  • Redemption
  • redemption arc
  • Western
  • Post-YEEHAWcalyptic (sorrry)
  • Enemies to Friends
  • or at least enemies to begrudging allies
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Outsider POVs
  • neil druckmann and i fundamentally disagree re: human nature
  • i wrote folk songs specifically for this fic whats wrong with me
  • Bittersweet Ending
  • it's more sweet than bitter imo
  • tommy sucks and i don't respect him

  Summary

  Up and down these roads they whisper
  Of Willy the Kid, the Green-Eyed Stranger
  They call him Jackson's finest son
  The Ghost of Old Wyoming . . .
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  After Santa Barbara, Ellie needs an escape: from their family, from their own head, from the world. They leave with a rifle, a horse, and a promise: to figure out who they are on the open road or die trying. But the road tends to bring you places you'd never thought you'd go, and the West has always had a habit of making legends of mortal men.
  ---
  OR: Another post-TLOU2 fic, but it's a western trans!Ellie coming out story. (now completed!)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  71,831

  Chapters:

  11/11

  Comments:

  78

  Kudos:

  235

  Bookmarks:

  80

  Hits:

  4,305