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    “This is private property.”

    Her head snaps up, eyes narrowed as her lips curl into a snarl. “No shit? I thought this was a public fucking park.”

    Joel levels a glare at the kid as he loads the washer. “It ain’t. These machines are for residents, not runaways.”

    “I’m not a fucking runaway,” she snaps, squaring her shoulders and drawing her backpack closer. “And I am a resident. Kid of the week for the Jenkins. You know, the people who live in 3E?”

    “And the Jenkins have you down here doin’ laundry after school every day?” he asks with incredulity.

    She glances around the room, a uniquely teenage disdain in her sneer as she surveys the silent machines. “Obviously.”

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    (joel is an apartment super, ellie is a foster kid. they orbit each other in every universe.)

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    06 Feb 2026

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    “Joel.” He says. He’s Texan, which as far as Ellie’s concerned is an accent-imitating jackpot.

    "Can I call you Joe?"

    "No."

    "Jojo?"

    "Absolutely not."

    There's a brief silence.
    “You’re gonna stop me from getting shot in the face?”

    “That’s the job.”

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    As the (alleged) daughter of the new president, Ellie Wiliams is hellbent on making herself as much of a nuisance as possible. Joel Miller, the virtually unreadable and perpetually grumpy bodyguard assigned to watch her for eighteen hours a day, certainly thinks she's doing a good job of it. But as Ellie processes losses of her past and present, she slowly begins to realise just how valuable it can be to have someone watching your back.

    (Angst/eventual fluff found family Joel & Ellie AU, slow-burn father-daughter relationship.)

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    05 Feb 2026

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    “Ugh, I wish I could drive,” she says, paying him absolutely no mind as she climbs into the passenger seat. “Riding down the highway with the windows down, blasting music.”

    “Get caught in traffic,” Joel says. “Get a flat tire. Pay for a new alternator.”

    “Yeah, yeah, you don’t even know. You have a car. You can go wherever you want. You have everything.”

    Joel grips the wheel tight. Kids never have anything to worry about. Their whole lives laid out in front of them like a highway. Everything, everything.

     

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    Joel gets a contracting job at a school. Being around kids all day is bad enough--and then a brazen, foul-mouthed teenager keeps showing up at his work site. Joel doesn't care why she's sleeping at school instead of at home. He doesn't.

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    The foster kid AU where Ellie's foster parents are the least of her problems.

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    18 Nov 2025

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    Joel sighs, runs his hand wearily over his face. “Baby,” he says, and despite herself, Ellie feels her shoulders relax at the nickname. “This - it’s a threat against all of us. It’s not something we can let lie.”

    “I’m not telling you to just let it lie,” Ellie retorts. “Just- why does it have to be you?”

    Joel looks away, shifts on his feet. “Ellie,” he says, and the timbre of his voice rakes a claw down her spine. “You know why.”

    She does, and that’s the thing- she’s not sure she’s worth it, this kind of love that goes blind with rage in the face of threats, the kind of love that drives people out of their homes and into the night and away from their families. The kind of love that demands sacrifice. It sits uneasily beneath her skin, like an electric current.

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    Jackson is threatened - and Ellie steps up.

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    18 Sep 2025

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    It wouldn’t be so bad if she was alone in Jackson like she was in Boston. She’d figure out where she fit and she wouldn’t really care if people liked her. She’s done it before when they made her switch schools.

    But she’s not. She’s here with Joel, and she doesn’t want him to be embarrassed by her. She doesn’t want him to regret this. To regret her.

    OR: Ellie adjusts to living in Jackson.

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    07 Sep 2025