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1. Devil On My Back by HarmlessMonster

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

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   31 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Ellie (The Last of Us) & Original Female Character(s)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie (The Last of Us)
   • Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Maria (The Last of Us)
   • Road Trips
   • Banter
   • Protective Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel is Bad at Feelings (The Last of Us)
   • Hurt Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Eventual Romance
   • Eventual Smut
   • Traumatic Backstory
   • Traumatized Main Character
   • Hopeful future
   • Bonding
   • Canon Divergence
   • Funny Ellie
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Older Man/Younger Woman
   • Unresolved Sexual Tension
   • Unresolved Romantic Tension
   • Minor Character Death
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   Cassandra has spent years surviving under neon lights and smoke-filled rooms, a performer at the Dazzler with too many secrets and nowhere to run. When a fire changes everything and she crosses paths with Joel Miller - a quiet, dangerous man with his own ghosts - she has to learn how to survive in a new way. What begins as a fragile bargain on the road soon pulls them into something neither expected.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   8,466

   Chapters:

   7/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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