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never go back again by flannelfeelings
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
06 Oct 2023
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She wakes up in her bedroom in Jackson, shivering from the bite of cold that eeks in though early morning air. The sun is just coming up outside, barely visible behind the thin gray curtains over her window.
She isn’t there, on that cold basement floor in Colorado. She’s here. Safe. Home.
At least, that’s what Joel calls it anyway.
(Joel gets hurt in Jackson, Ellie remembers the last time he was badly hurt)
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if i'm dead to you, why are you at the wake? by mirananananan
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
10 Oct 2023
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That girl. It could have just as easily been Ellie. And he couldn’t protect her. Couldn’t keep her from getting ripped apart by infected. Couldn’t get them out of there fast enough, aim well enough, couldn’t kill enough of them.
They’re an hour outside of Jackson, and the whole ride is spent with his thoughts consumed by the girl and the fight with the infected and the fact that they’re going to have to go back out to handle this. He knows Ellie was supposed to have a patrol today, had seen it in the log book. All he can do now is hope she stays on the short patrol path, straight out to Eugene’s old place and right back, especially with this storm still coming down the way it is.
or, whumptober prompt #8: overcrowded ER | outnumbered
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- Part 2 of whumptober 23
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Once he’s inside the house, safe from her prying eyes, he makes quick work of peeling up the layers over his torso, shivering in the bite of the air. His bottom layer is practically glued to his skin with dried blood, and Joel has to bite down on the collar of his jacket to muffle the pained sounds he can’t quite restrain as he works it free. He’d tried to get a bandage on it last night at one point, when Ellie had dozed off, but in the dim of the fire he hadn’t really been able to see what he was doing. Apparently he’d missed half the wound, sloppily taping it off-center.
The bandage itself was soaked with blood, even more trickling out now.
(whumptober - bleeding through bandages)
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- Part 6 of whumptober 2024
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In Some Sad Way I Already Know by ChildOfTheBarricade
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
17 Apr 2025
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“Joel?!” Somebody shrieked from the doorway. Maria swivelled to find Ellie, keeping a hand on Joel’s chest to stop him from launching himself off the bed to get at her.
“Oh God, not you too,” Isla said under her breath
(Joel is in an accident on patrol and everyone's PTSD is triggered)
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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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