stargatecat
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- The Last of Us (TV) (15)
- Stargate SG-1 (4)
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Ellie certainly wasn’t what Joel was expecting, but they were exactly who they both needed in order to heal.
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Joel's Construction Corner by stargatecat
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
26 May 2024
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“Right. Kinda dark in the shed to do some reading and the sun’s going down. What do you say we head inside and you can read in there while we give your parents a call?” he asked. The comic was abruptly back out of his range of sight.
“No,” she grumbled, breaking eye contact and going back to kicking at the pebble on the tar.
“No?” Joel asked. The kid shrugged.
“I don’t have parents.” Joel bit his tongue. He should have guessed something like that. Why else would she be out here at what was supposed to be dinner time, reading to herself in a dark play shed? She should be shoveling food in her face, taking a bath, and getting tucked into bed with someone who’d read the comic right, with all the voices and the….
Joel sighed. Not his kid, not his problem, or at least not his problem till she got off his property.
(a modern AU where Joel and Ellie’s paths cross in similar ways all over again)
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Looking back, she’s the first one to admit that her reaction was a bit extreme, not that she’d tell anyone, not that it wasn’t justified.
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Ellie struggles through the wasteland that is adolescence and managing your first real romantic relationship in the apocalypse.
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Auld Lang Syne by stargatecat
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
29 Dec 2023
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Joel and Ellie ring in the New Year.
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Maria and Tommy settle and make a life together in Jackson. This is a collection of one shots featuring and building off of the stories published in Lucky, my 2023 whumptober collection.
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Learn You Slowly by Shh_be_quiet
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
09 May 2026
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Ellie doesn't entirely understand why the things that happened to her were wrong — she just knows she was hungry and scared and that the dark in that particular closet had a specific texture she's been trying to forget.
The Millers are different. She can see that. She's just not sure yet if different means safe, or if safe means permanent, or if permanent is something that actually exists for someone like her.
Joel builds things with his hands and shows love the same way — through presence, through action, through sliding Sally across the floor without being asked. Tess knows what it is to be a case number in a system that doesn't see you, because she was one once. Sarah is fourteen and has made a highlighted document and has decided, quietly and completely, that this is her sister.
Ellie is six years old. She is trying very hard not to need them.
She is not succeeding.Bookmarked by stargatecat
10 Apr 2026
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Daniel Jackson accidentally activates an Ancient device that turns him into a five‑year‑old — while leaving his thirty‑eight‑year‑old mind, his three dozen degrees, and his entire argument history with Jack intact, all trapped in someone who can barely reach the door handle. While Sam and Janet search for a way to “un‑shorten” him, Jack ends up as his very over‑his‑head legal guardian and discovers the quiet, humiliating moments when Daniel’s stubborn “I’m fine” finally breaks into “I need help.”
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04 Apr 2026
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a redwood among mere sprouts by two_birds_alone_together for ciaconnaa
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
27 Jun 2026
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“Kid, get the hell outta my tree.”
Stupid fucking neighbors. She’s never even seen the person who lives here before.
“It’s not your tree,” she calls back, infusing her tone with as much attitude as she can muster. “No one owns a tree.” Deep breaths, Ellie. Can’t give away how scared you are, especially not to a stranger. Especially especially not to a man.
“Tree’s on my property. I own the property, so I own the tree. Now scram.”
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ellie climbs a tree, and maybe finds a home in it
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11 Mar 2026
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The Squawk had become their cover, their communication hub, their war room. Robin did the actual broadcasts mostly playing music and reading pre-written community updates approved by the military presence in town, but the real purpose was the coded messages. Steve had helped her set up the whole system, spending hours figuring out how to get all the sound effects she wanted, taping things to walls and attempting to MacGyver random things around the station.
That was just who Steve was, but looking around the room now, Robin wondered more and more if anyone else actually saw that.
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- Part 8 of Under Pressure
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13 Dec 2025
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In the aftermath of Spring Break, while Hawkins tries to piece itself back together and Eddie recovers from his near death stupidity, a federal agent turns up in Hawkins to solve a fifteen year old missing persons case and Steve learns about family.
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