Adult Content Warning

This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.

• Yes, Continue
• No, Go Back

If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Yes, Continue", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). If you log in you can store your preference and never be asked again.

1. The End of Us by DogsCantDrive

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

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   21 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Maria/Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Joel (The Last of Us) & Original Character(s)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Reader
   • Joel (The Last of Us) & Reader
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Maria (The Last of Us)
   • Jackson Resident(s) (The Last of Us)
   • Slow Burn
   • Betrayal
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • References to Depression
   • Joel is Bad at Feelings (The Last of Us)
   • Angst
   • Past Relationship(s)
   • Boston QZ | Quarantine Zone (The Last of Us)
   • Jackson (The Last of Us)
   • Eventual Smut
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Dark Past
   • Forgiveness
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Mutual Pining
   • Sexual Tension
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Flashbacks
   • Eventual Romance
   • Romance
   • Emotional Baggage
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Protective Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel is not nice at first
   • MC is named but not described
   • the slowest of slow burns

   Summary

   Years after a betrayal that nearly killed her, Ella arrives in Jackson, Wyoming—worn down, wary, and looking for something that might feel like peace. She didn’t know what she expected, but it wasn’t to find Joel Miller, alive and living a new life.

   The man who left her behind. The man she used to love.

   She’s not here for revenge. She’s not here for him. But some ghosts don’t stay buried—and neither do the feelings. And in a town built on second chances, Ella isn’t sure she wants forgiveness.

   Especially from the man who broke her.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   160,431

   Chapters:

   31/?

   Comments:

   91

   Kudos:

   253

   Bookmarks:

   53

   Hits:

   9,561