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    The Stars Incline Us by

    Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)  

    17 Mar 2026

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    astra inclinant, sed non obligant (the stars incline us, they do not bind us)

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    Of all the fights Joel has dragged his brother into, none of them have ever been worthy of Tommy’s loyalty, until this one.

    “You don’t know what she’s been through, Tommy. She’s just a kid. She needs—“

    To be held.

    To know that she deserves to live.

    To know that she’s setting the world right just by existing, just by breathing.

    Tommy finds the words he can’t. “She needs people to love her, a safe place to grow up and do some healin’. I reckon you, me, and Maria can give her that.”

    Or: the Part II where Ellie gets her chance at saving the world (or at least her little corner of it) and finds out just how loved she is along the way.

    No AI was used in the writing of this fic.

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    It Would Crush Me by

    Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)  

    12 Jul 2026

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    Fear had a way of poisoning certainty. And tonight she was more afraid than she'd been in years. The tears kept coming long after she wished they would stop. And somewhere between guilt, fear, exhaustion, and old memories, Ellie lay awake in the darkness, staring at the ceiling and dreading the arrival of morning...

    - - -

    (Or: When Ellie makes a stupid decision, her life threatens to change irrevocably—at least that's what she believes. But, unfortunately for all of them, fate had very different, very cruel plans...)

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    lay bare the bones of the earth by for emooni

    Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)  

    26 Jul 2024

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    Joel sighs, runs his hand wearily over his face. “Baby,” he says, and despite herself, Ellie feels her shoulders relax at the nickname. “This - it’s a threat against all of us. It’s not something we can let lie.”

    “I’m not telling you to just let it lie,” Ellie retorts. “Just- why does it have to be you?”

    Joel looks away, shifts on his feet. “Ellie,” he says, and the timbre of his voice rakes a claw down her spine. “You know why.”

    She does, and that’s the thing- she’s not sure she’s worth it, this kind of love that goes blind with rage in the face of threats, the kind of love that drives people out of their homes and into the night and away from their families. The kind of love that demands sacrifice. It sits uneasily beneath her skin, like an electric current.

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    Jackson is threatened - and Ellie steps up.

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    Flashpoint Act I: Kindling by

    Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)  

    30 Oct 2025

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    Nearly a year into her role as the Southern Water Tribe’s ambassador, Katara has accomplished what her counterpart from the North could not: securing reparations from the Fire Nation court. But when sabotage, scandal, and colonial unrest threaten the fragile peace of a post-war world, she finds herself pulled deeper and deeper into the viper’s nest of Fire Nation politics…and closer to its ruler. As rumors swirl and tempers flare between the Ambassador and the Fire Lord, Katara finds a helping hand, and unexpected solace, in the brother of one of her students. In a nation built on blood and lies, she must decide: how far is she willing to go to protect those who cannot protect themselves…and what will it cost her?

    This is the first act of a five-act story. Act I is complete and comes to, what I consider to be, a narratively satisfying conclusion. I will be posting the remaining chapters of Act I every day during Zutara Month 2025.

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    08 May 2026