AuroraBe
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Sleep on the Floor by AuroraBe
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
28 Jun 2026
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Maria let out a long, slow exhale, as if she’d been holding her breath all this time and bit the corner of her lips. “What else do you have in Texas?”
His gaze dipped to her hair, back to her face—down again. She followed its path. A tiny jacaranda petal lingered on a loose strand of her hair, neon purple against deep brown. She glanced back at him and tipped her chin up, eyes steady on his. The corners of his lips lifted, settled into a slow smile. He leaned in, and the scent of soap, sun-dried cotton, and raw wood murmured across her skin, familiar like a long-forgotten memory.
He reached up, slow enough for her to stop him, and brushed his fingers down the lock of her hair.
The petal slipped free. They followed its gentle, fluttering trail to the concrete.
“I could tell you, or…” His gaze flickered to hers, lashes dark and ridiculously long. “You could see for yourself.”
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One night in an LA parking lot, Maria and Tommy share a cigarette and a choice. Life splinters into a thousand stories. All of them fade like smoke. Except one.
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It Only Hurts When I’m Breathing by AuroraBe
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
14 Mar 2026
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Tommy leaned in, and she pressed a soft kiss to his cheek, pain hammering behind her eyes. A groan threatened to escape her. She rested her forehead against his shoulder instead, clenching her lips shut. The familiar gravity of his body drew her in, as if she could just crawl into him and stay there, wrapped in his warmth, away from the pain, away from the walls closing in.
Her stomach rolled.
No.
She braced her hand against his shoulder and pulled away. If she didn’t leave right now, he’d have to scrape her off the floor.
A dream date.
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Early relationships, bad headaches, and the difference it makes to open the door.
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Infinity Times Infinity by AuroraBe
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
11 Mar 2026
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Ellie grabbed another chair and plopped down beside him. “So?”
He let out a long sigh. “So, Maria’s birthday is coming up.”
“And you’re worried she’ll finally realize she can do better and dump your sorry ass?”
“What?” He jumped, clutching the front of his shirt. “Did she say something to you?”
She opened her mouth like a goldfish and snapped it shut, her eyebrows drawing into a deep, deep frown. Like that time she swore she definitely, absolutely, completely didn’t smoke pot behind that dipshit Brian’s house… and then cried because she couldn’t find her left foot.
He slapped his hand on his knee. “Ellie!”
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Tommy takes his role as a husband very seriously, so when Maria’s birthday comes around, he loses it a little trying to get her the perfect gift.
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Like Real People Do by AuroraBe
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
26 Feb 2026
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“If we’re supposed to be friends, maybe you could answer at least one of my questions straight?”
His face crumpled into a deep, exaggerated frown. “Where would be the fun in that?”
She arched an eyebrow and stared him down, but he didn’t look away. He leaned into it, his gaze locked on hers, as if they were sharing an inside joke.
“Can you keep a secret?” he asked.
A smile whispered across her lips like a punchline. “I guess you’re about to find out.”
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Maria Scott and Tommy Miller collide on one cold, winter afternoon and it changes everything.
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Best Damn Thing by AuroraBe for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
21 Nov 2025
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He frowned, stepping out of the patio and into the buzzing main room. “Sarah, baby, what’s wrong?”
“Everyone’s drinking beer.”
“What? Who brought beer?”
He ducked into a tiny nook between the booths and pressed a finger to his ear as if that could block out the piano or the chatter.
“I don’t know,” she whispered, her voice small and panicked. “Some boy with pretty hair and sparkly brown eyes.”
Great. Exactly what he needed. Those were always the worst.
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Sarah goes to her first teenage party, and things spin out of control. But not to worry, Uncle Tommy is just a phone call away.
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Shared Walls by lostgirlslikeus
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
13 Jun 2026
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“He’d really tried to let it go. There is no point in making enemies out of the guy who lives next door.
But blasting the music is his last straw.
Draining the last of his beer, he slams it onto the scuffed up coffee table, and groans as he lifts himself off the futon. Jaw clenched and fists tightened, he marches out of his apartment to pound on the door next to his.”
OR Tess and Joel are twenty-something next door neighbors and shenanigans ensue. Started from a Tumblr prompt (No outbreak) - in collaboration with Bumblepony
Bookmarked by AuroraBe
16 Jun 2026
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Only Half a Perfect World by Arien for marchflower
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
18 Sep 2024
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In the summer of 1951, a 16-year-old Joel Miller escapes with his little brother for a beach vacation.
Joel tried to turn Tommy’s face toward his. He wanted to see how that bruise was coming along, and if the capillaries in his eye had healed. But Tommy batted him away.
“Get off!”
Joel gave up and tossed him the folded postcard. His brother knew what it was almost right away, but he did not dare hold out too much hope. He stared at the umbrella and the legs and the white-tipped sea.
“What are we doin’, Joel?”
“Better start growin’ your flippers.”
Series
- Part 2 of Night Fever, a Tess/Joel 1970s AU
Bookmarked by AuroraBe
24 Mar 2026
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All Hell Broke Loose on Beacon Street by Arien
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
15 Mar 2026
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Tommy is a Firefly, Maria is FEDRA. They're handcuffed together where everybody knows your name ... the bar from Cheers.
An alternate universe meet cute.
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- English
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- 3,163
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Bookmarked by AuroraBe
15 Mar 2026
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Cloud Nine & Other Stories by Arien
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Dec 2023
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An advent calendar of TLOU fic comprising of stories from:
Drifters, my main Tess Lives fic universe; Snowqueen of Texas, my modern Tessjoel AU and The Legend of Charro, the Western AU
...plus three brand-new, unrelated AUs and one unexpected crack fic.
One story a day up until the 25th. Enjoy!
Series
- Part 13 of Drifters, a book of Tess and Joel
- Part 3 of Making Mirrors, a Tess/Joel Modern AU
- Part 2 of Tin Star, a Tess/Joel Western AU
Bookmarked by AuroraBe
09 Feb 2026
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Rewrite Our History by lostgirlslikeus
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
09 Feb 2026
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Her mouth hangs open, and they stare at each other until she catches herself absently tipping the champagne glass in her hand. She shakes off a little champagne spilled onto her fingers, reaching for a cocktail napkin from a passing server.
When her gaze returns to his, it burns. The glow of the warm chandelier above them reflects off her irises, and he can swear he sees fire in them.
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A Tessjoel Second Chance AU (no cordyceps)Bookmarked by AuroraBe
05 Jan 2026