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1. The Red Threads of Heart by almaperdu

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

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   16 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Reader
   • Ellie & Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/You
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Joel & Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Joel/Tess (The Last of Us)
   • Joel (The Last of Us) & You
   • Joel & Sarah (The Last of Us)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Original Character(s)
   • Ellie & Joel & Tess (The Last of Us)
   • Joel & Maria (The Last of Us)
   • Joel (The Last of Us) & Original Character(s)
   • Joel/Tess (The Last of Us)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Joel/Tess (The Last of Us)/Reader
   • Ellie & Joel & Maria & Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Dina & Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Bill & Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel/Tommy (The Last of Us)/You
   • Joel/Tommy (The Last of Us)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Javier Peña (Narcos)/Reader
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Javier Peña (Narcos)
   • Javier Peña (Narcos)/Reader
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Tess (The Last of Us)
   • Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Original Maria/Tommy Child(ren) (The Last of Us)
   • Joel's Wife (The Last of Us)
   • Original Characters
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s) of Color
   • Javier Peña (Narcos)
   • Protective Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Good Parent Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Soft Joel (The Last of Us)
   • POV Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel Lives (The Last of Us)
   • No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert
   • Female Reader-Insert
   • Reader-Insert
   • Bookworm Reader
   • Dark Javier Peña (Narcos)
   • Javier Peña being asshole
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Humor
   • Tooth-Rotting Fluff
   • Fluff and Smut
   • Romantic Fluff
   • Dark Character
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Smut
   • Eventual Smut
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Heavy Angst
   • References to Depression
   • Anxiety
   • Anxiety Attacks
   • Depression
   • Loneliness
   • Child Abandonment
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Alternate Universe - Happy
   • The Last of Us Alternate Universe

   Summary

   Greetings ao3 residents,
   There is a new fiction alert. Joel lives. No apocalyse or pandemic happens.

   T.W. Loads of angst, mental health issues, childhood issues will be discussed. Tears of pain and pleausre will be there. But all will be well in the end.

   P.S.Dark Javier Peña has a cameo in this. [I wonder how!!!! hihihi]

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,694

   Chapters:

   2/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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