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ten mile stilts by marchflower
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
10 Jan 2025
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For a long minute, she stands in the hallway with her blanket wrapped around her and takes in the stillness of the house: the shadows pooling beneath the table and counters in the kitchen, the muted thumping of the wind against the siding, the low crackling of the logs in the woodstove. The open staircase in front of her yawns like the mouthpiece of some humongous beast. Joel’s breath is raspy, labored; the chill creeping in under the front door sinks its teeth into her feet. She could close her eyes, she thinks, and she’d be there-
She shakes herself till her vision spins. She’s not there. Colorado and all the horrors she endured there are a thing of the past. She’s here, and she’s now. She’s in her home in Jackson and she’s safe, and Joel-
He’ll be alright, she thinks. Her teeth are chattering. He’ll be okay. He has to be.
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A blizzard hits Jackson, and Joel is sick.
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15 Feb 2026
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Through Every Season by thesleekhabit
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
17 Dec 2025
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Ever wondered what life was like for Ellie and Dina after they left Seattle and returned to Jackson? How Dina’s pregnancy unfolded, or how JJ ended up with the nickname "Potato"? This story dives into their journey, told week by week—from the moment they settle back in Jackson, through every milestone of Dina’s pregnancy, and into the early days of parenthood. Ellie never leaves to go to Santa Barbara.
(ultimately I was frustrated by the lack of fics that explored Dina's pregnancy and how that impacted her and Ellie's relationship so I wrote it myself)
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13 Feb 2026
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Blooming In Decay by MessyDepressy95
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
17 Feb 2026
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For reasons she can't begin to understand or find the will to want to, the only thing that can manage to quell the nausea making her gut clench uncomfortably is if she plunges her left hand into the cold trickle of the rocky stream she's supposed to be getting water from.
Not her right, her left, and only her left.
She hiccups and burps, moaning low as she curls over her thighs with her head nearly touching her knees, the roll of her stomach dizzying.
The early morning chill of dawn is making it worse, her muscles coiling tight in a shiver that makes her mouth water dangerously, and she swears on everything that she is, the scent of dewy pine needles catching in the breeze is not fucking helping either.
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Weeks into a cross-country journey to meet up with Tommy post fireflies, Joel and Tess are forced to grapple with what it means to smuggle an unborn child from Boston to Wyoming. (Mama Tess and baby Ellie, with a heavy dosing of Joel/Tess figuring their shit out).Bookmarked by SoftballA13
09 Feb 2026
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a redwood among mere sprouts by two_birds_alone_together for ciaconnaa
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
09 Feb 2026
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“Kid, get the hell outta my tree.”
Stupid fucking neighbors. She’s never even seen the person who lives here before.
“It’s not your tree,” she calls back, infusing her tone with as much attitude as she can muster. “No one owns a tree.” Deep breaths, Ellie. Can’t give away how scared you are, especially not to a stranger. Especially especially not to a man.
“Tree’s on my property. I own the property, so I own the tree. Now scram.”
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ellie climbs a tree, and maybe finds a home in it
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09 Feb 2026
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I was lost within the darkness (until I found you) by Glitter_Gecko for Kokureno, queenkiller
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Dec 2025
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A ficlet collection of a bunch of family prompts, tags may change in the future
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10 Jan 2026