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Whiskey and Want by slowdrawl (unwellunearth)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
29 Jul 2025
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You’re home from school for the summer, a lit fuse begging for trouble. Joel’s your dad’s best friend, older, rough around the edges, and gorgeous. He's a flame you can’t quit chasing, and it doesn't take long before you’re just a moth, wings charred, too stupid to fly away. Rough hands, hissed regrets, every ‘this ends now’ just fuel on the fire. You’re a wreck, he’s a ruin and it can't be long ‘til you both burn down.
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04 Jun 2025
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Newly settled into Jackson City, you’re assigned to patrol duty with Joel Miller; a man of rough edges and a cold facade. What begins as forced proximity slowly shifts into something raw and all-consuming.
But as the past creeps forward through old wounds and the ever-present threat of the world outside Jackson's walls, your feelings for one another become both a sanctuary and a liability.
In a world already broken, where there is already so much to lose, can you let yourself love Joel Miller?
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04 Jun 2025
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Hollow Places, Warm Hearts by Laharsss
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
27 Apr 2025
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In Jackson, survival isn’t just about the infected—it’s about learning to live again.
You arrive in Jackson a shattered version of yourself—angry, haunted, and on edge. The quiet stability of the community is foreign, and though taking a job at the local school gives you a purpose, it doesn’t silence the ghosts of your past. No matter how hard you try to fit in, the townsfolk don’t seem to understand you. Frustration boils over, and when you lash out, you fear you’ve ruined any chance of belonging here.
But then there’s Joel. He keeps his distance, silent, unreadable and sometimes downright rude, but something about him feels familiar—like he might understand the weight you carry. Both used to pushing people away and burying your troubles, neither of you quite knows how to handle the weight of all these... feelings.
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04 Jun 2025
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Returning home after your college graduation, you expect the same sleepy rhythm—quiet nights with your dad, maybe a summer job at his firm, and that ever-present question: what now? But the heat stretches long and slow, and you find yourself babysitting your neighbor’s daughter just to pass the time.
Joel Miller—your dad’s best friend, all calloused hands and quiet glances—is supposed to be off-limits. He’s older, steady, and familiar. But something between you has shifted. There’s tension, thick as the summer air, now impossible to ignore.
And as the days blur and the lines between you begin to fray, it becomes harder to remember where the rules used to be—or why they mattered.
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