CowboyLikeBellie
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sit & stay by ninesunrisedogs
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
20 May 2023
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Joel’s plumb out of luck, it seems, because running after the dog is the little girl. She’s out of breath, still halfway laughing, and for a few seconds she doesn’t notice him. In those seconds, her face is wide open in a grin, dark hair wild and posture loose. She can’t be more than thirteen, maybe a small fourteen, and she’s clumsy in the way teenagers are right after a growth spurt. There’s a knife in Joel’s chest, the one that’s been there for twenty years, and it twists.
(or, joel accidentally gets a dog. apparently, the dog comes with a mouthy fourteen-year-old kid, and maybe also a reason for living again.)
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28 Jul 2026
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Thanatophobia by MessyDepressy95
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
20 Apr 2025
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So close, so goddamn close to burying another child today.
He wouldn’t have, couldn’t have.
Tommy would’ve been bringing them both home slung over the backside of Fury, he would’ve eaten a bullet then and there if they’d found Ellie too far fucking gone.
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Joel's POV of 'Eremophobia' from the desperate search for Ellie to the repercussions of her injuries and the lengths their family will go to, to save her. (Ellie goes on her first group patrol, it doesn't end well part 2)Series
- Part 2 of Neurosis
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02 Jul 2026
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Eremophobia by MessyDepressy95
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
13 Apr 2025
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It’s alright, she thinks, if her life does come to a close in the middle of Wyoming with nothing but the howling wolves to keep her company, because at least then there was someone to sing her to sleep one last time.
She wishes it could’ve been Joel, his warm lilting timbre more of a quiet hum than actual singing, but she’ll settle for this.
She can play pretend.
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Ellie’s first chaperoned group patrol ends in disaster. A classic Ellie whump with a much-needed side of Joel being her parent.Series
- Part 1 of Neurosis
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02 Jul 2026
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Air in my lungs,’Til the road begins by MessyDepressy95
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
20 Oct 2024
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“She knows her uncle Tommy, you’re not a stranger to her.” he says, begging Tommy with his eyes.
His baby brother looks so different than he had six years ago. He’s grown the mustache out again.
It’s filled in better this time.
“What the fuck were you thinking Joel” Tommy's voice cracks. He looks at Joel like he’s been gutted.
“Living” the reply is hoarse, he knows he’s not answering the question he was asked. Their eyes connect again, he sees the understanding shining in his brother’s eyes.
“Living” Tommy echoes back.
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The modern au in which Joel is a firefighter thrust back into fatherhood at 36 by our favorite little shit Ellie, that literally no one asked for.Bookmarked by CowboyLikeBellie
30 Jun 2026
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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. Complications ensue.