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Joeldalasaurus Miller by WhetherItsTwoMinutes
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
01 May 2026
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A story of Joel being an actual, real life dinosaur.
He lives and he dies and then he lives again.
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I'm All Right Now by WhetherItsTwoMinutes
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
10 Feb 2026
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"What happened to you?"
"I was being nosy and took a beating for it. You should watch out so you don't end up like me."
The kid huffs and crosses her arms. "You can't even stand up to beat me, so I can be as nosy as I want."
Joel just stares at her blankly. Being silent usually worked on Tommy, whenever he made up his mind that today was the perfect day to drive Joel up the wall. Usually being the key word here.
She narrows her eyes and looks closer at his casts. "What, is it something embarrassing?" she asks and leans forward, the look on her face suggesting that she is delighted by the idea. "Like you fell down the stairs or something?"
"I didn't fall down any stairs," Joel grumbles.
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Joel has an accident at work and ends up in the hospital. Ellie is a foster kid who's there to keep him company. Joel is not happy about that. He's not.Spoiler alert: Joel totally fell down those stairs.
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Shaving Is Caring by WhetherItsTwoMinutes
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
11 Dec 2025
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“You ever seen Joel without his beard?” Tommy asks.
That makes Ellie stop. She turns wide eyes on Joel, studying his face like she’s seeing it for the first time. “I have not,” she says slowly, contemplatively.
“Absolutely not,” Joel says before she can add anything else.
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Joel shaves his face to cheer Ellie up. It does not go according to plan.A story full of Christmas fluff and humor in the Miller household. :)
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Not an Ocean, But Close Enough by WhetherItsTwoMinutes
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
03 Nov 2025
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With the arrival of summer in Jackson, Joel decides to take Ellie on a trip.
It’s been long overdue. The months they spent on the road were hard for obvious reasons. Added to that his injury, the trauma Ellie subsequently experienced when she was left alone to fend for the both of them and then the realization that the entire journey wouldn’t yield the results she was hoping for… it’s not been good, to say the least.
So a trip outside the walls it is.
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Hit Me With the Force of Your Love by WhetherItsTwoMinutes
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
26 Sep 2025
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“Besides, it doesn’t really matter.” At the change of her tone, Joel glances back at her and finds her calculative look. “I saw how you killed him.”
Joel takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly. “I was passing by and I heard your screams. I defended a kid.”
“Yeah.” She snorts. “Passing by with a gun. Miles away from any city.”
“It's called hiking. And plenty of folks carry a gun these days.”
“And wear leather gloves. In summer.”
They glare at each other. The girl’s eyes glint dangerously in the dim light and she lifts one eyebrow in challenge, a look on her face that dares him to object.
“You weren’t just passing by. You came here to kill him.”
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Or: A hitman Joel AU, where one of his contracting jobs goes south, but it might be the best mistake of his life.
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“Do you want to put away Ellie’s things?" Tommy asks. "We can put them in the attic for now.”
“The hell would we do that for?” Joel lifts up his dead little girl’s shirt, rolls his eyes at the dirt stains that didn’t come out, and folds it neatly.
Tommy swallows. “Cause she died, Joel. And maybe it’s too hard right now to…” he cuts himself off. Joel isn’t listening anymore. He unfolds and refolds the same shirt, his eyes glassy. “Joel—”
“—You got the roster out for next month yet? Was hoping to get Ellie’s birthday week off, I’ve got plans.” He shakes his head. “16, jesus.”
Tommy drops it. Ellie keeps living.
Ellie is presumed dead. Joel doesn't react the way Tommy thought he would.
Written for Whumpter Day 16: Repressed Trauma
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- Part 3 of Whumptober 2025
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09 Aug 2026
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tell the saint of lost souls where to find me by two_birds_alone_together for alysoncf
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
17 Sep 2023
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Joel survives his encounter with Abby. Barely. Maybe.
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- Part 13 of Bad Things Happen Bingo
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31 Jan 2026
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"Merlin," Uther says, "For your alleged crimes, I would normally sentence you to death by fire. But, because my son has requested it… I have granted you a fair trial. All witnesses and involved parties shall state their cases, and then a verdict will be reached. Is this understood?"
"Yes sire."
"Now you will each tell me, in your own account, what on earth happened this week."
"Your majesty, it all began Tuesday…"
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26 Nov 2025
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throw me in the thicket (when i die) by LilyElk13
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
05 Mar 2023
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Joel is old, like was-grown-up-before-the-world-went-to-shit old, would-have-a-grown-up-daughter old, knee-pain-and-back-pain-and-all-over-pain-old, deaf-in-one-ear old. Joel is old, and tired, and sad. A lot tired. A lot sad. Mostly old.
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Joel's journey through grief, life, death, fatherhood, and what it means to be on this earth.
(Inspired by the song Throw Me in the Thicket (When I Die) by The Local Honeys) :)
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29 Sep 2025
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sit & stay by ninesunrisedogs
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
20 May 2023
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Joel’s plumb out of luck, it seems, because running after the dog is the little girl. She’s out of breath, still halfway laughing, and for a few seconds she doesn’t notice him. In those seconds, her face is wide open in a grin, dark hair wild and posture loose. She can’t be more than thirteen, maybe a small fourteen, and she’s clumsy in the way teenagers are right after a growth spurt. There’s a knife in Joel’s chest, the one that’s been there for twenty years, and it twists.
(or, joel accidentally gets a dog. apparently, the dog comes with a mouthy fourteen-year-old kid, and maybe also a reason for living again.)
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