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1. Soft Descent by no01

   Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/F
   • Work in Progress

   09 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Abby (The Last of Us)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Abby (The Last of Us)
   • Lev (The Last of Us)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s) of Color
   • reluctant allies to lovers
   • Canon Compliant
   • Post-Canon
   • Found Family
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Slow Burn
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Deaf Character
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Eventual Smut
   • Character Study
   • Original Character(s)
   • These Bitches Need Therapy
   • Mentioned suicide

   Summary

   Her father had believed there was only one fight worth having: Restore the world. Bring it back to what it was, no matter the cost. Every sacrifice, every horror endured and inflicted, would be worth it in the end.

   But maybe some things can’t be fixed. The dead stay dead, and the past can’t be undone. Maybe the pieces were never meant to fit the way they used to. Maybe they were meant to make something new.

   -

   Or: an anti-colonial reflection on the apocalypse + romance

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   17,483

   Chapters:

   8/21

   Comments:

   6

   Kudos:

   41

   Bookmarks:

   9

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