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In the Family Way: An Unofficial Continuation by inkandechoes34
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
19 Aug 2026
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“Shhh…” Joel whispers, his voice cracking. “Breathe, honey. Breathe with me.”
She sobs against his chest, fingers twisted tightly into Joel’s shirt. Somewhere behind them, the front door closes, and she realizes they’re finally alone.
“I don’t want people to know…” she begs through tears. “Please, Joel.”
Joel says nothing for a moment, only holds her tighter, and somehow the silence hurts even more.
“You don’t have to face this alone,” he says at last, rocking her gently. “We’re all here for you, honey. We all love you…”
She wants to believe him. She wants to believe with everything she has that things will somehow be okay. But the fear and shame remain lodged deep inside her, refusing to loosen their grip.
The image of the baby crying in fear because of her selfish outburst settles painfully into her mind, and for the first time, Ellie thinks that if she hadn’t been able to throw herself down the stairs when she was pregnant, maybe she could do it now.
-.-Or: A continuation of In the Family Way by introvertedbooklover123 for those of us who were left wanting more.
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04 Aug 2026
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In the Family Way by introvertedbooklover123
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
28 Apr 2024
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Suddenly, the older woman steps back and plunges the heel of her boot into the pumpkin, orange flesh exploding apart like a skull cracking open, and examines the contents closely. The adults closest begin to murmur.
Dina shakes her head. “Looks like it’s rotted.”
Images of decomposing flesh covered in fungi flicker through Ellie. “What does that mean?”
Dina shrugs, her eyes glancing back to her row of sprouts. “It means the plants are bad. Probably root rot from the rain. Stops the plant from growing properly.”
“Is that- are all the plants in trouble?” Ellie’s heart ricochets uncomfortably in her chest.
“It’s probably fine. We always have a few years where a bit too much rain comes through and ruins some of our crops.” Her friend tries to sound reassuring, but all Ellie can see is emaciated men in a cold room in Silver Lake, a cleaver held above her arm, and dead bodies strung up like slaughtered animals.
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Jackson's food supplies dwindle while Ellie's abdomen gets bigger
***on hold until further notice - I have not abandoned this piece!
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04 Aug 2026
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blueberry alley by marchflower for femmefacetious
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
27 Jul 2026
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Ellie slides into her place and picks up her spoon. “What’s this?”
“Porotos granados,” Tommy replies. He sits beside her, squeezing her shoulder as he passes. “Our mama used to make it. She was from-”
“Santiago,” Ellie volunteers. Tommy chuckles.
“Si, Santiago,” he agrees. He says it with a little lilt that’s so different from his normal drawl that it makes Ellie giggle. It’s still weird to her, how sometimes Tommy and Joel switch so easily from one dialect or language to the next. She doesn’t even mind when they talk Spanish around her to keep her from knowing their business. She likes the rapid fire cadence of their words, the way the vowels sound like sugar melting over hot coals on their tongues, the way Joel sucks his teeth and hisses, how Tommy’s voice goes higher when he’s joking. It’s weird sometimes to look around at all the ways her family doesn’t match each other and yet love each other so much. It shouldn’t make sense - they shouldn’t make sense - and still, they do.
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Ellie's first year in Jackson, told through dinners and lunches and midnight snacks and egg sandwiches.
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Food as a form of love.
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04 Aug 2026
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And I'll fear no evil because I'm blind to it all by moosecles_01
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
06 Aug 2026
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Where Abby's group doesn't make it to the lodge.
Abby makes it to Jackson after a close call with the horde, and Ellie is put in charge of showing her the ropes whilst she recovers.
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01 Aug 2026
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And I'll fear no evil because I'm blind to it all by moosecles_01 -
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Ellie returns to Jackson after a year and a half of going rogue.