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Last of Us: Hereditary by ZephyrHorse
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
10 Oct 2025
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!Last of Us 2 Fix It!
Genes shape immunity—buried in bloodlines, hidden in DNA. For decades, science overlooked hereditary immunity. Now, in a world where survival is war, it’s the key to the future.
Immunity should be a gift. Instead, for Ellie, it’s a curse-a direct path to her worst fear. When forces outside of Jackson seek out the 'immune girl', and find her? They won’t let her go—not when she is the answer. And, some answers demand to be found, no matter the cost.
Abby once believed vengeance would set her free. That if she took back what was stolen, she could move forward. Instead, she’s spent years following orders, only to realize too late that the cause she gave everything for is cracking at the seams. Now, thanks to her actions, the one person who could help save everything—is her worst enemy.
Hatred has drawn their paths together. Survival will force them to face the truth: that moving forward means leaving something behind. That no war, no cause, no revenge will ever fill the hollow spaces inside them. And that even in the darkest corners of the world, there’s still a choice.
There’s still a way forward.
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When my time comes around, lay me gently in the cold, dark earth, no grave can hold my body down, I’ll crawl home to her by EllieDinaFxckingWilliams
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
30 Sep 2025
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A post-canon divergence of TLOU part 2. A broken Ellie returns to Jackson after visiting the farm.
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You had accepted the mundane life in Jackson. Everyday would be the same. Wake up, check in with Maria, work at the Radio-Shack-turned-communications-centre, and spend your evening at the library. Rinse, wash, repeat.
Sure, you had friends and family, even if they weren’t blood related, that kept you on your toes, dragging you to family dinners or taking you out to the Tipsy Bison for a drink. Yet their efforts did nothing to blunder the growing banality of it all.
Until you saw her.
Abby Anderson changed everything, exploding your world with a kaleidoscope of colors unseen. You yearned to simply stand in her presence, breathe the air she exhaled, adore her. You felt alive.
Balancing feelings on the edge of a knife will only get you cut, though.
And here you are, bleeding out, all because of your foolish heart.
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- Part 1 of Foal Behavior
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I’d do it again, for you by 4everand4ever
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
26 Aug 2025
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Relentless, unwavering, and bound by something neither can name, but both understand with absolute certainty.
Both would tear down the world for the other.
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In the aftermath of Silver Lake, Joel and Ellie fight for each other in a world that’s taken too much.
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The walking dead are coming for the last of us by M2aster
Fandoms: The Walking Dead (Telltale Video Game), The Last of Us (Video Games)
15 Aug 2025
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After a bandit attack separated her from Crista, Clementine meets Ellie and together they journey across the walker infested united stats in search of a safe haven. Along the way they will meet both old faces and new, both friends and foes and ultimately somewhere along the road they most both make a choice, north or west.
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In the shattered remnants of a post-pandemic world, Ellie and Y/N navigate vengeance, love, and survival. What begins as a mission for justice unravels into something far more personal, where every choice scars, every silence speaks, and not everyone makes it home whole. Amid bloodshed and broken trust, two souls cling to the only thing that still feels real: each other. But how long can love endure when the past refuses to stay buried?
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After the events that forever changed Joel and Ellie’s relationship, the days in Jackson remain quiet—but hollow. The distance between them feels irreversible—until, on an otherwise ordinary morning, Ellie shows up at the watch post carrying something broken deep inside her. What begins as a silent reunion slowly unfolds over the course of a simple day into a fragile thread of reconnection. Through long-forgotten rituals, unspoken pauses, and the quiet presence of one another, Joel and Ellie once again find shelter in each other.
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Doctors come in and out. There isn't much more they can do. She's yelled and screamed and cursed about it. Didn't change anything. They did what they could. All she can do is wait. Fucking useless.
He's lost so much blood. She wanted to give him some, but they're not the same blood type. Of course they're not. Maybe they would be if she were his daughter, but she's not. She's not.
He's lost so much blood. So much blood running through her fingers. Ellie wipes her hands on her jeans. It doesn't help.
He's stilI. Too still. But his chest lifts and falls, and that has to be enough.
~oOo~
Or, the one where Ellie saves Joel from Abby, and they get to try and mend what has been broken between them for so long.
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If I ever were to lose you by bo0klvr07
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
06 Jun 2025
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What if Ellie, along with Dina and Jesse, reached Joel before he was killed?
What if they’re able to fight Abby and her crew off before it’s too late for Joel to be saved?
How far will Ellie go to ensure that Joel’s safety isn’t threatened again?
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a monster broken by the rules of love by two_birds_alone_together
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
06 Jun 2025
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“We need to get to the science building.” Her voice cracks; she doesn’t give a fuck. “Now.”
Joel shakes his head. “Ellie—”
“No, listen to me,” she insists, grabbing one of his hands with both of hers. “They… I think they can make it quick. The cure. And… and it’s on your leg, so we have a little time—”
“Ellie.”
“We have… Joel, we have to move. Now.” She jumps to her feet and grabs Callus, leading him to Joel. “Now, Joel.”
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(joel gets bit at the university of eastern colorado)
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wake me up when september ends by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
04 Jun 2025
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For a month marked by so much death, September in Wyoming is beautiful.
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From her spot on the sandy beach, Ellie can perfectly see the domed building at the edge of Catalina Island. It stands tall and proud with mountains in front and behind. It has white walls and distinct reddish rooftops, and flags surrounding the roof.
Maybe it's all in her head, but she thinks about how Avalon looks like a sanctuary. The scenery and architecture are so amazing that it looks straight out of a brochure. But that's exactly what makes her more skeptical.
She imagined the Fireflies to regroup in an abandoned, sketchy apartment — similar to Boston.
"Ellie." Her name echoes from Abby's chapped lips. Ellie cranes her head slightly, making eye-contact with the blonde girl. She hadn't realized how far Lev and Abby walked as she just stood here lost in thought.
"C'mon," Abby says, urging her to continue with a nod of her head. There's a knowing look on her face as she stares at her. One of understanding.
With one last longing glance in the distance, Ellie follows her and leaves their boat behind.
(Please read my first story “Why Does My Heart Cry?” for it to all make sense!!!)
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- Part 2 of Ellabs
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am i guilty? am i sorry? by jeonsgalaxy
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
30 May 2025
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Joel saved me at a time that I didn’t think I’d survive—that I didn’t want to. He brought me back from the edge. He taught me how to fend for myself in a world where weakness was a mark for death. He refuses to acknowledge the big heart beneath all that calloused skin and greying scruff, but he can’t fool me.
Which is why, when I walk into that cabin, guided only by the weak sunlight piercing through the snow drifts outside and the sound of Ellie’s desperate pleas, I have to do what he taught me. I turn it all off, like a switch.
This is about survival. Not just mine and Ellie’s, but his. The blood you bleed is the blood you owe, and I’m prepared to pay my due.
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right foot on the roses, left foot on a landmine by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
21 May 2025
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In the end they let her go without a bullet in her head – which is a small mercy really – but Ellie knows that it's far from over.
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She’d wasted years hating him, just the sight of him filling her with rage. Now every ounce of her was screaming for one last look at him, savoring every second she could possibly glimpse.
There were glimpses of giraffes and dinosaur skeletons and Chef Boyardees and guitars in there too.
Joel is at her side in every single one of them.
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What if Ellie had been with Joel?
EVERYONE LIVES, No Jackson battle, no fatal golfing.
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Rage Against the Dying of the Light by Covenyt2950
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
05 May 2025
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Ellie and Tommy are grieving Joel when the Cordyceps gives them a gift they will die and kill for.
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Joel comes back with a bit of help from the Cordyceps, and Ellie and Tommy will never let anything happen to Joel again.
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Tommy is too far off to limit the cries of pain that escape him. Ellie struggles to keep him down but she does because he’s tired and weak and he can barely move. He feels his consciousness slipping away and his eyelids begin to flutter closed.
“I swear Tommy if you fucking die on me!” her voice cracks.
Tommy laughs even though Ellie is looking at him with tears in her eyes and it’s really not funny.
She frowns and turns ahead, “Joel! I don’t know what to do!”.
Tommy wonders if he’s hallucinating again before his mind drags him into the abyss.
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Very loosely based on that one teaser picture released of Tommy cooking a Bloater with a flamethrower.
!!!!SPOILERS FOR SEASON TWO OF THE LAST OF US (HBO) AND THE LAST OF US II (VIDEO GAME)!!!!
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- Part 1 of The Last of Us
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Joel has been living inside Boston QZ for years, wandering the streets to survive. Ever since he's arrived at the city it's seemed like Fireflies have been watching and following him. After the mall disaster, they've finally grabbed him. Now they speak of forcing him across the country with a retinue of rebels and two smugglers. Of course, that plan lasted all of two minutes. Now, Ellie, Riley, and Joel travel alone across the country and neither of them can be happier about.
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Ellie and Joel role reversal. Joel is an immune kid while Ellie is a smuggler.
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She kept twisting and turning, looking for Joel. She was supposed to be on his right side so she could listen for threats. She was supposed to have a gun nearby so she could be ready if someone attacked them. She was supposed to be close to Joel so they could face any threats together.
She knew she was safe in Jackson. She knew there weren’t any threats to protect Joel from. But after so long on high alert, it turned out to be almost impossible to turn her instincts off.
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OR: In Jackson, Ellie has trouble sleeping. It may or may not be because she has her own room now.
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After deciding to let Abby live, Ellie has returned to Jackson. But given everything she's lost, it no longer feels like home. She's sad, she's confused, and above all else, she is so, so very lonely.
So when a group of strangers shows up and offers her a second chance, she might just take them up on that. Ellie must decide between staying in Jackson – and living with the ghosts of her past – or leaving in search of new meaning. Whatever she decides, her choice will have far-reaching consequences – not just for herself, or for Jackson, but for all of humanity.
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Ellie saves the world, maybe?