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1. Me & the Devil by WintersCommander

   Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)  

   • Not Rated
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   31 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Joel Miller/ Original Female Character
   • Joel/Tess (The Last of Us)
   • Joel & Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Joel & Sarah (The Last of Us)
   • Ruth & Sarah (The Last of Us)
   • Ruth & Ellie (The Last of Us
   • Maria/Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie (The Last of Us)
   • Second Chances
   • Protective Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Canon: The Last of Us (TV & Video Games Combination)
   • Feral Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Good Parent Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie Has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie Angst (The Last of Us)
   • Original Female Character - Freeform
   • Planned Pregnancy
   • secret love child
   • Soft Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Character Loss
   • Mentioned Tess (The Last Of Us)
   • POV Original Female Character
   • ruthless female character
   • Mother Bear
   • Marlene (The Last of Us) - Freeform
   • No one is an angel
   • touch her I'll kill you
   • touch him i'll kill you
   • adoptive parent joel miller
   • Joel is Bad at Feelings (The Last of Us)
   • Joel Needs a Hug (The Last of Us)

   Summary

   Ruth was expecting her first child with her husband, Joel, prior to the outbreak. Unfortunately, for everyone involved, the virus she has been dealing with at work got out of hand. It ended the world as she knows it, both her world and the outside world. Ruth becomes separated from Joel and Sarah and spends the next twenty years searching for them as she works as a firefly near the Boston QZ.

   When Ellie, an immune child, gets captured by Marlene, Ruth has a chance of a lifetime. To protect this sixteen-year-old child, fight off infected, find Joel, and introducing him to his only living daughter, Artemis.

   What's the worst that can happen?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   49,080

   Chapters:

   18/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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