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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
Summary
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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Tess lives; a spiritual sequel to Drifter's Dawn.
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- Part 2 of Drifters, a book of Tess and Joel
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The story of Tess: how she meets Joel and the years of survival beyond.
“So let’s do it,” Tess whispered fiercely.
“What?”
“Let’s just not die. You, me, Tommy. We’ll go all the way to the end, as far as we have to go. Fuck Cordyceps and fuck the future. Let’s just not fucking die.”
“Well, all right,” Joel agreed. “You’re the boss.”
It was absurd optimism, a ridiculous fight: don’t fucking die. But it was the biggest Fuck You she could muster against reality. She was not going to give in, no matter how bad it got. She’d seen people take the easy, quiet way out with their pills or bullets. She got it. She even envied them a little. That kind of quick death would never belong to her. She was too full of fight, too angry at the world.
“We’ll go as far as we have to,” Joel murmured.
(Extra chapter added 16/11. It's the new Chapter 5. No other content has been altered.)
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- Part 1 of Drifters, a book of Tess and Joel
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 145,021
- Chapters:
- 34/34
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Bookmarked by willows
04 Apr 2023
Bookmarker's Notes
God this is the magnum opus of Joel/Tess backstory
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“So… she wants to meet me?”
“Tomorrow. After your therapy. She wants to have us over for lunch.” Cassie lets a small smile peek through. “Don’t worry, I told her not to make anything too spicy — don’t want to make my dear husband sweat more than he needs to in front of his mother-in-law.”
Little did she know, she would be the one sweating through that meeting.
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this heart, fossilized and silent (once was tender and once was violent) by Chrmdpoet
Fandoms: The 100 (TV)
19 Oct 2015
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Clarke is only three days into being a runaway when she realizes that she did not fully think this through. When she walked away from Camp Jaha, she took only herself, a handgun with limited ammunition, and the gnawing guilt inside her. Three days without food, water, fresh clothing, or bedding of any kind, however, and she is painfully aware of how foolish that decision had been.
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- 171,154
- Chapters:
- 35/35
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09 Sep 2020
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"Our winters are harsh," Lexa tells her. "You must have adequate shelter to survive them."
"I survived you," Clarke says lowly. "I'll survive anything."
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- English
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- 9,539
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- 1/1
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02 Sep 2020
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It’s a rescue, really. At least, that’s what Fred and George Weasley manage to convince him of. After all, Hermione is sure to be a target for revenge seeking Purebloods – what could any right-minded Wizard do but step in to help?
But with the shadow of Voldemort still hanging over a frightened community, Oliver is about to find out that the consequences of doing the right thing can get very out of hand!
An Oliver Wood/Hermione Granger Romance
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- English
- Words:
- 148,210
- Chapters:
- 24/24
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- 45
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Bookmarked by willows
24 Dec 2017
Bookmarker's Notes
One of the first HP fics I've ever read (a very, very long time ago), and to this day it remains one of my all-time favourite fics, ever. Nyruserra is truly extraordinary.
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the quiet balance of wolves by sevenfoxes
Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
23 May 2017
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Regardless of what may or may not linger between them, he knows exactly the horrible position he is putting Sansa in: her home and freedom for another interloper in her bed. Jon cannot put her through it again.
“My brother knew that the blood of dragons needed to flow in the North, and despite his misguided attempts at creating a lineage, I am starting to understand why. Wolves and dragons were meant to balance each other."
Jon is thoroughly sick of prophecies; blood is blood - spilt, it looks the same red on snow.
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Daenerys and Jon make a deal. Jon barters poorly.
Bookmarked by willows
09 Oct 2017
Bookmarker's Notes
This was an absolutely beautiful, poignant, and understated in-universe fic - must read!