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a stranger's heart without a home by MorningStarJoy
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
28 Jun 2023
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After leaving the Fireflies, you ended up in the settlement of Jackson with Tommy, unwilling to part with the only friend you had left. You were even able to carve somewhat of a life out for yourself after a few years.
Until Tommy's older brother shows up. You think Joel Miller is gruff and rude, and you're pretty sure he doesn't have a fond opinion of you either. That doesn't stop the attraction you feel for each other, but he's gone in a day. You settle back into a routine, thinking you'll never see him again.
Then Joel returns a few months later, and screws up everything about the comfortable life you had established in Jackson.
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- Part 1 of ASHWAH
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06 Jul 2024
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Yearling by JustAGalWhoWrites
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
20 Jul 2024
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Yearling: noun
- A young horse, older than a foal but not yet two years old.
- A still wild thing that is too new to tameAfter years of surviving in the wilds of Wyoming after the cordyceps outbreak, you find yourself in Jackson. It's a town filled with friendly faces and the kind of world you hardly remember, let alone can connect with or understand. But one man - Joel Miller, another loner, like you - makes you think that trying to find your place in society again might be worth it.
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- Part 1 of Yearling
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06 Jul 2024
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When your life falls apart, you find yourself back in your hometown of Austin, Texas for the first time in more than a decade. Eager to make your own way after a rough divorce, you reconnect with your high school best friend Joel Miller - a man you never thought would be in your life again.
Things have changed since your falling out just before you left for college but friendship with Joel comes easy. His life isn't in any better shape than your own and the two of you make a vow to get your acts together - personal, professional and romantic - in the span of a year. But will your burgeoning connection make it so you can figure everything out or will your history together get in the way?
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06 Jul 2024
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Sarah survived Outbreak Day. Because she wasn’t with Joel. She was with you, on the other side of the world.
And at the end of all things with little hope, you decided all you could do, pretty much, was everything you could to bring her back to him.
Then what?
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06 Jul 2024
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I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive by Kiwicane
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
16 May 2025
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Joel meets you one night before the outbreak, a perky bartender warmed from the sunshine out West. You almost get the both of you killed. Twenty years and one life-changing cross-country adventure later, you turn up in Jackson out of the blue.
He wants answers. You want revenge. He's unforgivable. You're inexplicable. Neither of you gets exactly what you want, and yet you still end up with much more than what either of you could have ever bargained for.
Chapter 22: Pan American
No one has ever been this direct with you. No one has ever been this unflinchingly, vehemently sworn to you. This certain of you. This devoted. Your words fall off a cliff. You’re left suspended in your own stunned silence. You’re dangerously close to fainting.
Joel steps forward and kisses you. It’s full and steadfast. Like the seal of a promise. You stand, legs nearly giving out, kissing him back. Like you’re signing your name next to his in black ink.
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06 Jul 2024