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Not at Any Cost by katnissellie
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
07 Oct 2025
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Slow burn Ellabs set in Jackson while Ellie learns to forgive Joel.
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Held back by Owen’s arms Abby thrashed. Her sobs echoed in the surgical suite as fellow mourning Fireflies looked on. She begged her father to stand but Dr. Anderson remained bleeding, unmoving. As she stilled, her cries caught in her throat and she forced the words out. "Who would do this?”
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Evidently, no one could tell her. After piecing together the available information, all she knew was that she was looking for a male smuggler. Not much to go off. Someone said he came from Boston, like Marlene. Someone else said the guy was from a settlement in Jackson.
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After joining the WLF, Abby threw herself into her training and her purpose as a soldier. To push away her guilt, every Scar she slaughtered or tortured, she saw as her father's killer. It felt like enough, until 5 years passed and she finally got a new lead, causing her to uproot her old Firefly crew to track down the smuggler.
Mostly according to video game canon, some borrowed details from the TV show. Canon diverges after Abby and Owen's fight before Jackson. -
i can see a tear on my father's face by lkay09 for valiantwolf
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV)
06 Oct 2025
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Besides the comfort of the greenhouses and their leafy occupants, patrol is Ellie's favorite rotation. It's a chance to get out beyond Jackson's walls for a bit and feel…free, almost. It's far less constraining living in the settlement than it ever had been in the QZ, but there was something about roaming the countryside beyond it that just settled her.
Ezra or Gail would tell her it was a reminder of her favorite days, traveling with Joel. Ellie just told herself that it was the crisp mountain air and the lack of curious eyes.
She's looking forward to it the next morning for sure, her skin almost tingling with the anticipation of a few hours out amongst the wilderness.
At least, until she rides up to the front gate and finds Joel waiting for her there instead of Marco.
(patrol with joel goes badly; whumptober day 6 - pinned to the wall; bad things happen bingo - chained to the wall)
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- Part 2 of whumptober 2025
- Part 6 of bad things happen bingo
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“I mean-” Ellie licks her lips, swishes a bunch of pieces aside with the flat of her hand. “I mean, do you think, like, old women think Joel is attractive?”
A pregnant pause swells to fill the garage. Then Dina snorts and claws upright on the couch. She sways dizzily. “Oh, for sure.” Ellie squeaks, and Dina goes on, voice sing-songing, “And not just the old ones.”
Jesse says, slowly, bravely, “If we’re being honest, I think Joel’s attractive.”
Ellie falls backwards onto her ass, grunting at the impact. “Oh my God-”
“Tommy too,” Jesses adds, and Ellie throws a handful of puzzle pieces at him, shrieks:
“What?!”
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Ellie discovers that Joel might be Jackson's most eligible bachelor. Shenanigans ensue.
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Almost four years after the events at St. Mary’s Hospital, Ellie finally learns the truth. And it cuts deeper than any wound. The lies meant to protect her have shackled her instead—and torn Joel away from her forever.
What follows are months of silence. Cold. Empty. Heavy. Ellie comes of age, finishes her tattoo, loses her relationship—and the last fragments of stability she had. Meanwhile, Joel starts a new life—with another woman, with another chance at happiness.
But that’s the one thing Ellie can’t stand.
She doesn’t want him back. She wants him to suffer. Just like she has. And the only way to truly hurt him… is through herself.
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I'm Scared Of Ending Up Alone by That_one_writer_with_ADHD
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
05 Oct 2025
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Alone.
Just like how she always knew she would end up.
Alone.
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Whumptober Day 5
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- Part 5 of My Whumptober 2025
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 214
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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Dream Come True by Dove_Works
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
05 Oct 2025
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On the way to the uuniversity after leaving Jackson, an exceptionally cold night convinces a sleep-deprived Joel to share his sleeping bag with Ellie.
Neither of them planned what happened next.
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Any Final Words? by Pati_et_Vivere
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
05 Oct 2025
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It's only a short while since Joel and Ellie arrived back in Jackson. Ellie is busy getting used to a new way of life, and a new parent-like version of Joel. Having to adjust to a whole new set of expectations is made even harder when Joel suddenly starts being even more overprotective than usual, and fails miserably in his efforts to lie to Ellie about why.
Ellie determines to find out exactly what is going on and in doing so learns a lot more about Jackson's own brand of justice, and what the man she's starting to feel comfortable thinking of as hers is willing to do to protect her.
Or, Joel won't let Ellie out of her sight in supposedly safe Jackson. He won't tell her what's going on. She has no choice but to sneak out and do some investigating of her own.
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- Part 1 of The Family They Deserve
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she used to be mine by two_birds_alone_together
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
04 Oct 2025
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“You okay?” Joel whispers, his breath warm against her ear.
"Yeah,” she lies. What else can she say? That she’s an impostor for being at a funeral for a world she’ll never experience? That she’s more worried about him than anything? That she’d give anything to go back to the hospital if it meant sparing everyone the grief of adding more names to these memorials?
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(ellie & joel's first outbreak day in Jackson)
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- Part 1 of whumptober 2025
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"Have you seen Joel?" She asks him, holding up her plate obligingly.
"Not tonight, I haven't." He deposits a hefty serving of potatoes on her plate.
Ellie tries not to wilt. "Thanks," she tells him, and moves down the line.
One more scan of the room after her plate's full tells her there's still no sign of him, and she contemplates going back through to get him some food too.
But there's a sinking feeling in her stomach that tells her that she doesn't need to worry about that, that he's probably already eaten and left her to fend for herself for the night. Ellie's used to that kind of thing from FEDRA, but she'd grown stupidly accustomed to Joel looking after her. It kinda fucking sucks to think that maybe that phase has ended already.
(whumptober - isolation)
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- Part 1 of whumptober 2025
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The Last Of Us - One Day At A Time by Moonsong95
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
02 Oct 2025
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Jade Grayson was raised in the peaceful Biltmore Estate settlement, nestled in the mountains of North Carolina. Kind-hearted, loyal, and haunted by a past soaked in betrayal, Jay’s life was shattered when raiders slaughtered her grandparents in a brutal ambush. In the aftermath, Jay left home, heartbroken and suicidal, wandering the wasteland with only her dog and horse, and a promise to scatter her family’s ashes at the Grand Canyon and end her story there.
Instead, she met Ellie Williams, jaded and angry at the world. At first, Ellie saw Jay as just another soft soul destined to die. But Jay wasn’t weak, she was quietly unbreakable.
Throughout their time surviving together, Jay slowly cracked Ellie’s shell. She saw Ellie and stayed even when Ellie tried to push her away. Jay didn’t demand Ellie’s heart; she waited for her to offer it. They faced raiders, illness, survivor’s guilt, and the ghosts of the past. Ellie’s nightmares and PTSD. Jay’s depressive and suicidal episodes.
Jay showed Ellie that softness could be a strength. Ellie showed Jay that broken things could still protect. And together, they found a reason to believe in something bigger than survival.
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The reader is Ellie. You fuck to forget.
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I've Not Healed, Baby, But I Am In Less Pain by MetaDeviant189
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
30 Sep 2025
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They say time heals all wounds. Twelve years after Santa Barbara, wounds may not be healed, but they’re certainly less raw.
Desperation drives Abby and all that remains of the Catalina Fireflies to follow rumors of a person spreading immunity to the cordyceps infection. She isn’t entirely surprised when that person turns out to be Ellie, but it doesn’t make it any easier to ask her for help.
Against all her preconceptions about the woman, she does.
By now both of them have learned that the way forward isn’t by chasing the past, or running from it. But when forced to coexist in the same community, they have to at least confront it. For the sake of the people they love, they have to put it behind them once and for all.
And maybe, for the sake of themselves… build something new between them.
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I’ve Never Seen Green Eyes Look So Blue by daughterofarcain
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
28 Sep 2025
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Ellie returns home to the farmhouse and Dina, after the final fight with Abby.
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i open the window by shinestarhwa
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
27 Sep 2025
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Joel said, and she quotes, “You need to make friends, Ellie-girl.”
Friends. She has friends. She has Joel. Maybe he wasn't technically a friend, but he counts.
“I meant friends your age, Ellie.”
He insisted upon it. Arms crossed, looking at her with a look that toe between concern and determination. And how the hell was she supposed to say no when she was already enrolled?
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Ellie's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad first day at school in Jackson.
(+ 2nd chapter where Ellie suffers through a presentation and gets adopted by a friend group. It goes horribly.)
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a tumblr ficlet collection. featuring:
-hitman!joel au
-joel & sarah & anna & ellie family shenanigans
-joel comes back to life au
-mandalorian au
-joel as a dog
-joel & ellie meet a leprechaun
-jesse being a good buddy
-joel & ellie movie night
-tommy & maria's first dateand more!
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you’re a voice on the other side of the radio. she’s your wrong frequency — a mistake. a fortune, maybe, at the edge of a devastated world. you never told her your name. she never asked what you looked like. but when the nights get colder, in a world full of silence, you keep talking.
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Ellie and Abby were something for a little while, until a quarrel broke out between the WLF and Jackson after a new guy in Jackson shot a WLF Solider thinking he was infected.
Now Abby won't even speak to her. But that just won't work for Ellie.- Language:
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- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
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angel from montgomery by monalisaaa
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
20 Sep 2025
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“Hey.”
The girl’s eyes snapped up, panicked. She spared a second to glance down at the man in front of her, her eyes racing up and then looked at Joel with the exact same type of terror, before emerging with something in her hands.
Joel watched, immediately suspecting a gun. “Whoa, now-”
The girl lifted her hands up, revealing an old knife. She smeared the tears on her cheeks away, trying to seem bigger than she was, but it didn’t work.
She was a terrified kid.
The urgency in Joel’s expression blinked. “Hey,” He repeated, his voice painted soft, though he didn’t let himself hear it. The girl just stared up at him with her knife, not realizing the tremble of her own grip or the violent shakes that tore through her entire, bare body. He just realized that now. Only her knees were covering her, along with the clearly torn pair of underclothes on her lower half. She cringed under his eyes. “It’s okay,” He tried. “I’m not gon’ hurt you.”
The girl didn’t even blink. She just stared up through her tears, terrified of him.
Fuck.
TLDR: Joel finds a traumatized Ellie on the side of the road. He's immediately soft. Meanwhile, she has to learn how to trust him.
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Her world comes to a stop. The unmistakable pink lines stare up at her, and she can feel her breath turn shallow and fast.
“Ellie,” Jesse says. He is standing next to her now, slowly placing his hand on her shoulder. “Ellie, you need to breathe.”
“Jesse,” She whines. “They're…they're positive.” Her breath stutters and it feels like any air she manages to get in is scraping all the way down into her lungs.
“Yeah,” He agrees solemnly.
“Oh, fuck.” She breathes out. “Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.”
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After a patrol gone bad ends with Ellie being pregnant, Jesse steps up claiming to be the baby’s father.
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The Last of Us III
After Ellie leaves the deserted ranch, she decides to head South. To nowhere in particular, just somewhere else, somewhere far.