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Sheep Ranch on the Moon by TomeOfTheForgotten
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
22 Jun 2023
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Jackson’s resident sheep farmer is known across state lines as the most reclusive man in all of Wyoming. And Joel likes it that way.
That is until one summer, a Boston foster program busses out a batch of city kids to Jackson. Joel isn’t fond of the idea, but reasons that he could use the help. The coyotes have been picking off this year’s flock, and the barn needs to be patched up. For some free labor, he can handle one uptight city boy for the summer.
But they send him a girl instead.
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AU: Ellie’s summer foster program ships her to a ranch out in Jackson where a gruff sheep farmer is losing his flock to coyotes.
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- Part 2 of Alternate Universe Series
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13 Jun 2026
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smoke, ash, and strays by ketchupchipsaregross
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
22 Jun 2024
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Joel opened the door onto the street and let it swing shut behind him, annoyed when the kid managed to duck around it before it could slow her down.
“I’m not a toddler, dude, I can walk by myself,” The kid said.
“I got my orders,” He ignored the eye roll the kid threw at him, “And quit calling me dude.”
“Whatever you say,” She gave him a sly smile, “Bro.”
(or joel just wants to do his job and go home smelling like a campfire, it'd be great if the raccoon child from the alley would let him do that in peace)
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11 Jun 2026
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Next of Kin by ketchupchipsaregross
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
07 Jun 2025
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“Wow,” Ellie breathed, her face turned up to the triceratops skeleton, “It’s super big.”
“His name is Cliff,” Tess read off from the plaque, “He’s 65 million years old.”
“That’s not as old as sharks,” She said.
“Not quite,” She agreed, “But it’s still cool.”
Ellie nodded, still transfixed, “Super mega cool.”
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(gender equality dictates that sometimes Tess has to be the semi-unwilling foster parent)Bookmarked by ZeroZucker
10 Jun 2026
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I will fight monsters for you by The_Golden_Sun
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Mar 2024
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AU where Tess rescues a badly injured little Ellie, and Joel disagrees, but he can't say no to Tess. Suddenly, Ellie lives with them, and unknowingly, they find themselves navigating a dangerous world to protect her.
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To his relief—something loosens in his chest—Tess is safe and sound. The pale, bloodied kid she carries in her arms can't say the same. A slender thing, maybe five or six years old (though with the poor rations in the Quarantine Zone, Joel wouldn't be surprised if she passed for seven). She's skeletal, famished, with coppery hair and a round face. Her clothes are drenched in crimson, but FEDRA is still readable in black letters on the front. She doesn't seem unconscious. Her face contorted in pain, tears streaming down her cheeks.
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- Part 1 of Jackson!AU
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10 Jun 2026
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Her hands were human, not purple and ending in claws. Her vision was back to normal. She no longer felt her canines pressing against her lips, but as she ran her tongue across them they still seemed a little longer and definitely sharper as she immediately tasted blood.
She was…well, almost normal. If not for the patterns that so clearly screamed she wasn’t human.
They were supposed to be gone. Or she was. She had expected either for the golden honmoon to remove her patterns as promised, kill her, or send her to the demon realm(and oh how she had prayed it wasn’t that final option-she’d rather be dead).
But now, she had to live like this. And she no longer had hope of fixing herself.
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24 May 2026