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The first year in Jackson is hard, settling back into some sort of home without her in it. Joel remembers Tess with Tommy and Ellie.
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When the World Falls Apart by leftwardship
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
28 Jul 2025
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“I don’t think we really get to try or fail or make choices anymore. We just do what we have to, and if we don’t, we die.”
Dying wasn't an option for Tess, though she sometimes wished it was. When the outbreak hit, she did the only thing she could: survive, and at a terrible price. Joel was just supposed to give her better odds.
Tess's story, the early years.
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Nothing Left to Lose by leftwardship
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
19 Jun 2025
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Tess struggles with the tenth anniversary of Outbreak Day in the Boston QZ, and Joel? Well, he can go fuck himself.
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Bleed to Love Her by Nandorluna for two_birds_alone_together, Bumblepony, renegade_knight
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us
29 Aug 2025
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The world is swimming, the tops of the buildings blurring into the wispy gray sky. The taste of copper floods his mouth. He's flat on his back, the rough, wet pavement biting into his skin through his shirt, and Tess looms over him, grinding her boot into his chest, pinning him in place.
“You are not fucking doing this."
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Slight AU: Tommy never leaves the Fireflies. He still heads west, assigned to help establish their newest base and protect their most essential asset - a scientist who thinks he can develop a "cure." Even without his help, Joel and Ellie manage to find their way to Salt Lake City.
Some things change, while others stay exactly the same.
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- Part 1 of Firefly Tommy Miller AU
Bookmarked by leftwardship
08 Sep 2025
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this is me trying by CatherineA
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
03 Aug 2025
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"I don't think I can ever forgive you for that. But I would like to try."
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“Where is Joel?” asks Ellie. He’s dead. He’s dead because of her, and they don’t want to tell her.
“Joel just got out of surgery,” Maria answers calmly, taking both of Ellie’s hands in hers. Ellie’s eyes snap back open. “Tommy is with him. You’ll be able to see him soon.” Ellie starts to sit again, to stand, to go to him, but Maria squeezes her hands in warning. “First, we need to make sure you’re okay. Next, we need to understand what happened out there, what Tommy and Dina can’t tell us. Then, I’ll take you to Joel.”
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Or: Joel survives, Ellie is still bent on revenge, and their family just wants to help.
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10 Aug 2025
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How I'd Bleed to Love Her by magnifiedmind
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
16 Dec 2024
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With each interaction, each exchange of words he witnessed between Tess and Ethan, each time the other man’s eyes ran over his partner, gaze often lingering too long on her chest, Joel could feel the pressure building inside of him. It started in his stomach, rising through his chest and spanning down his arms to clenched fists, a tingling sensation in his fingers.
Until the dam finally broke.
Bookmarked by leftwardship
06 Jul 2025
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Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors by elfin (finnelfin)
Fandom: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
30 Jan 2025
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She'll say it offhandedly, mine, and it's just a truth in the way they are together, the way they work, the way they survive. It's a marker for others to not fuck with her, because he's hers and that's a threat.
Tess and Joel and the years they had in Boston QZ.
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06 Jul 2025
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Drifters, a book of Tess and Joel by Arien
Fandom: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
30 Dec 2025
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This series comprises of:
1. A mostly canon-compliant origin story of Tess, following the first 20 years between Outbreak Day and the events of TLOU and
2. A very non-canon-compliant fix-it fic that you can either take or leave, depending on whether you like happy endings or not and
3. A collection of stories, many based on reader prompts, that further the tale.
The series mostly takes place between 2003 to 2029.
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Bookmarked by leftwardship
16 Jun 2025