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It was by chance that you first met Joel Miller.
It really shouldn’t have been odd- considering he’s your neighbor, you’d think it would be completely plausible to run into each other early on and have a chat. That’s good southern manners, after all.
As it turns out, he’s actually pretty elusive. The first time you met him, it was two weeks after you'd moved in. He’d been shuffling down his front porch steps, clearly in a hurry, what looked like a children’s backpack slung over his shoulder. You’d watched him from your porch, head tilted sideways with intrigue at the surprisingly handsome neighbor who hadn’t yet shown his face.
“Sarah!” He’d called gruffly into the house behind him. “Get a move on!”
And from the navy blue painted wood, a little girl bounded outside. Wiry curls, eager brown eyes, a bright, beaming smile.
You felt your heart soften slightly at the sight of her, and understood why your reclusive neighbor maybe hadn’t quite had the time to come and introduce himself.
A little girl, a daughter, and a ring finger void of any jewelry.
A single dad.
(reader and Joel are neighbors- she falls pregnant by someone else- they fall in love)
Bookmarked by neezat
09 Nov 2025
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Love love love this. Cuties and I liked the relationships
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It was a really stupid plan, if Joel was being honest. Dangerous too. He’d advise against it if it was his happy-go-lucky commune. But when one of Jackson’s kids got sick, the kind of sick that couldn’t be cured by tea and time, and Tommy had asked Joel for a favor, he’d agreed without hesitation.
(Joel and Ellie meet in Silver Lake)
Series
- Part 1 of Anatomy of a Broken Girl
Bookmarked by neezat
03 Nov 2025
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Dangit. This is rough AND well done. I’m ready for the rest!
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i found you under an April sky by BarlowGirl
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
26 Sep 2025
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The first sign of things being incredibly strange is that Bill phones him. Joel and Bill don’t talk on the phone. Joel talks to Frank sometimes, because Frank still worries about him, but his communication history with Bill can be summed up in text messages shorter than ten words, and the occasional chain email about some kind of conspiracy Bill sends him that he deletes without opening.
Or: Another foster care au! With, uh, a twist?
Bookmarked by neezat
02 Nov 2025
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Okay incredible. Loved this. Ellie is a foster kid who is sent to Joel… pregnant. But fabulous characters and love Ellie, love Joel, love the baby
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littlest digit, you've got the world by the handle by ketchupchipsaregross for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
03 Oct 2024
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“There’s my baby,” Sarah bent to scoop Ellie up. She smushed her cheek with a kiss that had Ellie trying to push her face away, “Did Dad say Happy Birthday yet?” She gave him a pointed look and he turned back to the stove, dunking the next piece of bread in the egg mixture and setting it in the pan.
“No,” Ellie said, though he was pretty sure it was just to hear her own voice.
“How could he?” Sarah gasped. She flipped Ellie around and held her out to him. Ellie’s legs kicked in the open air, “Dad, say happy birthday.”
Joel rolled his eyes but wiped his hands on a kitchen towel before accepting her and dotting kisses all over her face. Her cheeks were sticky from the banana she’d already eaten, “Happy birthday, baby girl.”
(or ellie turns one surrounded by family)
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- Part 1 of Bitty Ellie, she's living her best life
Bookmarked by neezat
01 Jun 2025
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Dang. Just a sweet wholesome time with just a happy family on Ellie’s first birthday. All fluff all goodness
I just reread this in November 2025. Honestly reread this anytime it gives you such good feels and it really makes you think about what these characters would see and think if they saw this. Really only happy good feelings and just happiness for every single person.
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Quid Pro Quo by The_Golden_Sun
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us, tlou - Fandom
14 Jul 2024
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"Ellie has a good handful of reasons for not wanting to leave Boston (the most important one: a stupid gray headstone she’s only visited once because just seeing it makes her nauseous) but none of them are enough to change Marlene’s mind."
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Ellie's the new girl until Sarah Miller arrives.
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- Part 1 of We, the Millers
Bookmarked by neezat
31 Oct 2025
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Super lovely story, I just finished the final part and totally cried. Just good vibes here I love seeing Sarah and Ellie be sisters