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be still my foolish heart (don't ruin this on me) by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
18 Aug 2025
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“Her name is Ellie,” she says, eyes still on the sweet, slumbering child. “Take care of her. Don’t fuck this up, Joel.”
He doesn’t respond, just watches until Marlene is gone and moves to lock the door once more, knowing it’s probably about to be a long night with very little sleep.
Glancing down at the baby – Ellie – Joel releases a slow breath. “Looks like it’s just you and me, kid.”
Fucking hell, he’s got his work cut out for him.
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(Joel raises Ellie. Some things change while others stay the same. A journey from Boston to Wyoming.)
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where is your light (am i home?) by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Jul 2025
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She's a slender, tiny thing; a slight wiry frame that must be part FEDRA upbringing and part her mother's family.
The very same firecracker personality. A hint of quick temper and unrelenting stubbornness that he recognizes as all his own. A dimple he knows is a reflection of the one in his cheek.
The thing that stills the very breath in his lungs though, that makes his heart just about beat out his chest entirely – the girl – Ellie, he forces his mind to supply – has his eyes. They match. It's just about the only part of himself he recognizes.
The rest is all Anna.
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or honey, hope (even on this side of the grave) again by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Jul 2025
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While on a FEDRA mandated job, Ellie is paired with a grumpy old man who doesn't talk. Not a single word spoken aloud. No one seems to get exactly what his deal is, but Ellie, she spends one day with the dude and understands him just fine.
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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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blue blossom days by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
26 May 2025
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Ellie sits out in the backyard simply because she can. Because she has one of those now. Along with an actual fucking house.
Who would've thought?
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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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i may have drew blood (that was true love) by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis) for marchflower
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
19 Apr 2025
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In Jackson, Ellie tries to handle some bullies on her own.
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anywhere is home by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
09 Feb 2025
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Her mouth twists. “Do you think Tommy finds it weird that I’m living with you?”
It’s so out of the blue that it throws him a little bit.
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like ink on my skin by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
19 Jan 2025
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Their first official day apart in Jackson is incredibly hard on them both, even if they won’t admit it.
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if the trees could talk by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
17 Jan 2025
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A tragedy in Jackson leads to a dead kid, a grieving father, and a missing Ellie.
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- Part 1 of Little House AU
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the nights were long, the days were golden by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis) for Nandorluna
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
04 Jan 2025
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Ellie likes to say that she pulled a Joel by going out and getting herself a feral child of her own. Not unlike him, it was supposed to be temporary until it wasn’t.
Just as she chose Joel all those years ago, Astra chose her in all the wisdom an almost six-year-old could muster. And it’s not something Ellie ever wants to take lightly. The trust that comes with it. The devotion. The honor of being that choice.
Even if it fucking terrifies her.
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the road to nowhere by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
26 Oct 2024
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Ellie wakes up in a hospital bed with her wrists and ankles restrained.
Marlene tells her that it's for her own good.
(whumptober prompt: surgery )
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the castle of a thousand candles by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Oct 2024
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A few weeks into living in Jackson, Ellie notices one of the watchtowers along the wall often goes unoccupied during the night. She decides to remedy that immediately.
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- Part 1 of through the looking glass
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then i'll raise you like a phoenix by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis) for lkay09
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
07 Oct 2024
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I won’t come back without her.
Even now, the promise he’d made to his brother scorches straight through to his heart, searing across his skin, branding him like an iron. A sworn oath Tommy can’t break. He refuses to break. He won’t fail again. Not this time. Not this girl.
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if only you knew by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
01 Jul 2024
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The whole concept is stupid. In her opinion, anyway.
They've only been in Jackson for about a month and a half when Ellie learns the significance of the third Sunday in June. A specific day of the year chosen just to celebrate fathers. But she doesn't have one of those, so she's not sure exactly what that has to do with her.
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butterfly kisses by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
20 May 2024
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Ellie runs away from Joel and their life in Jackson, believing herself to be cursed. Afraid she'll lose what matters most, she decides to just leave first to protect the family she doesn't think she deserves.
A brush with death out on the road and a familiar stranger help Ellie find her way home. Back to Joel.
(Or Ellie doesn't believe in spirits and guardian angels, but something saved her and she needs to know why.)
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a lesson in dying by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
06 Mar 2024
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Ellie meets another immune person in the Firefly hospital and learns about the burden of saving the world. Her perspective on dying shifts.
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signs by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
19 Feb 2024
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Her hand is closing into a fist and rubbing along her chest, right over her heart in a circular motion, her own face pulling with the shame of being caught unaware.
Joel blinks slow, slightly thrown by her gesture, and it’s only when he stops and fully turns back to her that she even realizes she did it and that he has no idea what it means.
“You got heartburn or something?” he asks, rough as ever even as his eyes cut to where her hand has only just fallen away from her chest.
It takes her way too fucking long to understand what he means. Then it’s her turn to stop walking and gape at him. “Huh?”
He sucks his teeth, sighs real deep, pointing vaguely at her midsection with a burgeoning awkwardness she feels seep into her skin. “You were rubbing your chest like it hurt,” he explains, squinting his old man eyes at her in that way that makes her want to mirror him, mock him until he scowls and tells her to knock it off. “Thought it mighta been heartburn from the ravioli.”
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but tonight i'll need you to stay by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis) for bearrycool
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
13 Jan 2024
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In Jackson, Ellie struggles and Joel worries. They figure it out eventually.
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wishes in a bottle by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Dec 2023
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Ellie isn’t sure she’s doing this Christmas thing right, but her family helps her figure it out.