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Maybe things had changed. Perhaps watching Inej take the butt of a gun to the chest had rattled something in him. But she would not cling to that notion for any longer than she had to. She could not.
“You know I’ll follow you.” Inej spoke, voice barely above a whisper, “And I don’t think you could shake Jesper if you wanted to.”
Or, these three follow the Mississippi north towards freedom and certain doom.
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In a world of flight, Max was flightless.
In a society with wings, Max had none.
In an evolutionary advancement of airborne humans, Max was grounded.
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“Do you think it’s possible to grow wings?”
Dustin looked a little bewildered when the question was spewed at him. Max didn’t really blame him. She didn’t even let him get a word in edgewise to her that morning, nor did she greet him or any of the others in their flock before she was spraying her needy curiosity out at him.
He blinked several times, opening and closing his Mandarin duck wings in a habit that meant that he was thinking. Then, he said, “Well…yeah, I think so. There have been some accounts of wingless people growing wings before, but it’s, like, a one in one million chance to happen.” He tilted his head at her. “Why do you ask?”
Max took a breath, then said, “I think I might be growing wings.”
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OR: the wing au absolutely NO ONE asked for
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10 Dec 2025
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Joel and Ellie settle in Jackson, enjoying the homey safe feeling and dealing with unexpected emotions...
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06 May 2025
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Joel remembers, and Ellie learns. (Or, loosely, three times Joel takes care of Ellie.)
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“I mean-” Ellie licks her lips, swishes a bunch of pieces aside with the flat of her hand. “I mean, do you think, like, old women think Joel is attractive?”
A pregnant pause swells to fill the garage. Then Dina snorts and claws upright on the couch. She sways dizzily. “Oh, for sure.” Ellie squeaks, and Dina goes on, voice sing-songing, “And not just the old ones.”
Jesse says, slowly, bravely, “If we’re being honest, I think Joel’s attractive.”
Ellie falls backwards onto her ass, grunting at the impact. “Oh my God-”
“Tommy too,” Jesses adds, and Ellie throws a handful of puzzle pieces at him, shrieks:
“What?!”
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Ellie discovers that Joel might be Jackson's most eligible bachelor. Shenanigans ensue.
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13 Mar 2025
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ohh i’m so fond of this one. . . the joel and ellie of it all
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memories made in the coldest winter by lkay09 for marchflower, renegade_knight
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV)
15 Apr 2025
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“Ellie?”
She exhales inside her little pod, toes curling inside their woolen socks. Maybe if he thinks she’s still asleep –
A heavy hand lands on her knee, shaking gently. “Ellie, time to get up.”
Ellie groans, still not emerging. “Don’t wanna. ‘S too cold.”
A rough chuckle, the hand patting a little. “You’ll be warmer downstairs, I got the woodstove goin’. C’mon, darlin’, up and at ‘em.”
“No.”
(ellie's first winter back in jackson, and joel's lie is already exposed)
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03 Mar 2025