BarlowGirl
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every bird, gone unheard by BarlowGirl
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
22 May 2026
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“She’s cold, Joel.” It’s the first thing Tess says about the kid that isn’t practical, isn’t about the job. It’s quiet, too quiet for the kid to hear since she’s wandered a bit away and found herself a spot to sit down, out of the rain still dripping from the roof. “She’s just a fucking little girl and she’s cold.”
He stops trying to argue they should keep moving.
Or: Joel doesn't like Ellie being cold.
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the gold and the rust by BarlowGirl
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
27 Feb 2026
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And she’s always had her moments of quiet. After Sam and Henry especially, it took days for her to tell him a pun or ask him a question, days of only speaking when necessary. Hell, even when she’s her normal self, he can tell she’s tired because she goes quiet.
This is different. More. Terrifying. But he’s not surprised, exactly.
Or: Sometimes Ellie doesn't talk.
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only fools rush in by BarlowGirl
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
26 Dec 2025
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“You’ll have to start thinkin’ about that,” Joel says. He gives her one of those soft looks. “You’re only sixteen. I still got a couple years of kid with you.”
“I’m seventeen in a month,” she says, laughing.
Or: Baby road trip!
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- Part 2 of under an april sky
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i found you under an April sky by BarlowGirl
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
26 Sep 2025
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The first sign of things being incredibly strange is that Bill phones him. Joel and Bill don’t talk on the phone. Joel talks to Frank sometimes, because Frank still worries about him, but his communication history with Bill can be summed up in text messages shorter than ten words, and the occasional chain email about some kind of conspiracy Bill sends him that he deletes without opening.
Or: Another foster care au! With, uh, a twist?
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- Part 1 of under an april sky
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if you never bleed, you're never gonna grow by BarlowGirl
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
18 Jul 2025
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There’s more blood than she expects, when she’s bit.
Riley tears up one of her spare t-shirts so Ellie can wrap her arm up, but they have to change it twice before it stops soaking through. Weirdly, Riley’s hand doesn’t bleed as much. There’s a bit of blood, because, well, in teeth versus skin, teeth win, but she just dabs it away with a scrap of cloth and some water and it stops pretty quick.
Worried about making it bleed again, Ellie leaves the wrapping on hers for so long that neither of them notice that the whorls of infection on her arm don’t match the infection creeping up Riley’s arm.
Or: The one where Ellie bleeds a lot.
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under an april sky by BarlowGirl
Fandom The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
26 Dec 2025
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This is more slice of life than anything and is, as it's tagged, shamelessly self-indulgent. Don't expect perfection here :P There will also probably be too much description of food, and links to cute baby stuff. Because it's fun.
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don't sing love songs by notquiteaghost
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
23 Jul 2026
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Rocky thinks, for a moment, and then says, "Need word. Mate but friend."
I blink. Surely that's just, "Friend?"
"No, know friend. Need friend but more. Friend meaning-intensifier deepest-affection-indicator legal-obligation-indicator."
Fun fact: Rocky's language (Not the only one Eridians have! But they don't have quite as many as Earth, presumably because they live so much longer. Or maybe because their memories are so good, I don't know, I'm not a linguist) loves declension. It's a real pity Ilyukhina isn't here, she would definitely be picking it all up quicker than I am.
"Uh," I say. "Partner, I guess? But that's not exclusively platonic, and you aren't usually… married? Eridians marry friends?"
"Some friends," Rocky says, as if the distinction should be obvious. "Best friends. Most best friends. Rocky marry Grace, question?"
[rocky attempts to propose, and trips over some landmines buried in grace's psyche]
Bookmarked by BarlowGirl
15 Aug 2026
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The Least Dangerous Game by FriendlyRicecakes
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
08 Aug 2026
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Come on, brain, I try to tell myself. You’re not seriously still hung up on this, right? That was ages ago. It’s research time right now. Rocky just gave us an absolutely fascinating demonstration. It seems Eridians evolved to use complex camouflage to mimic their environment’s texture and disguise themselves from their prey. I wonder if this need to create incredibly intricate disguises for blending into their environment contributed to their eventual development of complex material and tool use?
YOU’RE DYING WE’RE DYING HE’S MURDERING US WE’RE GOING TO DIE, my brain helpfully supplies.
Gee. Thanks, brain.
Bookmarked by BarlowGirl
10 Aug 2026
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The Philosophies of Vodka by galedikarios
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
16 Jun 2026
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On their way to Erid, a surprise bag of vodka was discovered, and Grace makes several decisions that a sober scientist would not have made.
Rocky, meanwhile, is not impressed.Bookmarked by BarlowGirl
08 Aug 2026
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A Red String in the Stars by fall_of_grace
Fandoms: Welcome to Night Vale, Project Hail Mary (2026)
20 Jun 2026
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We’re getting a few calls into the station regarding our announcement of the Sun’s early retirement. Frankly Night Vale, I think you’re overreacting a little bit. Humanity has been around for millennia already, I’d say we’ve had a pretty good run. And this way we all get to know exactly when we’re going to die! Who hasn’t wished for that before, huh?
Now another important update from Dr. Grace: he has found a rock.
Bookmarked by BarlowGirl
08 Aug 2026
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Letting Off Steam by Violinplayer888
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
07 Jun 2026
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"So... fun party?"
"Yes yes yes! Fun party! Played games, many friends attend and we dance-sing together!" Their gestures are unrestrained and I can't help a grin forming which is quickly dropped when I hear something shatter in the room Rocky is occupying accompanied by a string of foul language.
"That's all you did, singing and dancing? 'Cus you both seem rather... silly?" They are acting weird, but super casual about it which is even weirder.
tl:dr Rocky gets drunk and Grace remembers something from the Vatt.
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- Part 1 of Phm works
Bookmarked by BarlowGirl
08 Aug 2026