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1. A Father By Any Other Name by joschmo

   Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No category
   • Complete Work

   10 Oct 2023

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Joel & Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Maria/Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie & Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie (The Last of Us)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Maria (The Last of Us)
   • Dina (The Last of Us)
   • Jesse (The Last of Us)
   • Jackson world building
   • Codependent Ellie and Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Protective Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Good Parent Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Feral Ellie (The Last of Us)
   • smart Ellie
   • way too much thought into child protective services post-apocalypse
   • Jackson isn't perfect
   • Shakespeare References
   • Shakespeare the King of Puns
   • Not Canon Compliant - The Last of Us Part II
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Food Issues
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Foster Care

   Summary

   Joel and Ellie arrive in Jackson ready to live, not just survive, but it isn’t all smooth sailing. When Tommy first arrived in Jackson and thought he’d never see his brother again he confessed all his, and Joel’s, sins for everyone to judge. That, combined with the state Ellie is in when Joel and Ellie arrive, means Jackson wants to take Ellie away from Joel and find her “proper” parents.

   Joel and Ellie don’t want to separate, but neither of them are ready to get back on the road just yet. Ellie endures family after family trying to make her stay while Joel experiences a fear over 20 years old: being separated from his daughter and fighting for custody.

   Both of them have to define what they mean to each other after, and if Jackson can be their home after all.

   Series

   • Part 1 of A Father By Any Other Name

   Language:

   English

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