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The outbreak and the traumatic events that shaped Joel Miller's personality happened four years ago. Now, he is a different, angrier, and coarser person, living day to day in order to—barely—survive. When he, his brother, and the group they travel with stumble upon a stranger whose identity and story they don't know, Joel does his very best to get rid of her as fast as possible. Not because of who she is, but because this is how he survives.
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Sweet Little Lies by oliveo_il
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
13 Jun 2026
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"But as Joel wheeled her out of the hospital and helped her into the passenger seat of a musty old truck and told her they were finally going back to Jackson with this bone-tired relief on his face, she decided that whatever she was to Joel mattered after all. It mattered a whole fucking lot.
Because whatever she was to him had earned her all these sweet little things while they were stuck in Salt Lake, and all those little things started making her believe stupid things—that she was important to him, that he liked having her around, that he…
In weaker moments, all those little things made her think that maybe he wanted her.
But then she’d remember those words. The way his voice had been colder than the day they’d met, when she was nothing but cargo for him to carry against his will. She’d gotten so used whatever it was they were until he went and said those stupid fucking words.
"You aren’t my daughter, and I sure as hell ain’t your dad."
And suddenly, on the drive to somewhere that she wanted more than anything to call home, nothing made sense anymore."
Or, Ellie learning how to be part of a family in all the ways that matter
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Miller's party by jadevaderr, wolfstarispunk
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
12 Jun 2026
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You, a Texan girl, leave your hometown to study in LA, leaving behind your family and friends. Now, when you're finally back in Texas, you're forced to face Joel Miller, your neighbor and your father's best friend, after what happened the last time you saw him some months ago. A crescent tension grows up between you two, leading to forbidden feelings. Something it's too late to stop now.
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Miller's Party (Versión en español) by jadevaderr, wolfstarispunk
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
12 Jun 2026
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Una chica de Texas se marcha a California para estudiar durante cuatro años, dejando atrás a su familia. Una de las veces que viene de visita a casa, sufre un accidente con Joel Miller, el mejor amigo de su padre, un hecho que los une de una forma inesperada. Entre ellos nace una atracción intensa y prohibida, que se intensifica cuando ella vuelve a Texas.
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A sudden, brutal blizzard traps you and Joel in a remote mountain cabin during what was supposed to be a simple supply run from Jackson. With the storm raging outside and no way to leave, the quiet tension that has been slowly building between the two of you over the past few months finally comes to a head.
As the fire burns low and the night stretches on, walls begin to come down. What starts as careful restraint quickly turns into something raw, tender, and deeply intimate as you both confront the feelings you’ve been trying to ignore. -
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When Jackson’s supply route to a nearby trade hub abruptly fails, Joel is sent to investigate the silence left behind.
The only complication is Jordan.
Sharp-tongued, stubborn, and deeply familiar with the region, Jordan is sent alongside him despite neither of them wanting the arrangement. She blames him for what happened with Ellie. He thinks she’s made things worse.
Forced into reluctant partnership, the two follow the trail of a missing investigator into a town shaped by debt, disappearances, and secrets people seem willing to kill to protect. Old resentments sharpen, tensions rise, and the deeper they dig, the harder it becomes to ignore the growing pull between them.
Somewhere beneath it all, something rotten is waiting to be found.
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Joel had buried her long before the world ended.
The night the outbreak began, they were separated in the middle of the chaos. He searched until there was nothing left to search for, carrying the guilt of her death like a second skin for years after.
But she never died.
Desperate to find her younger brother James before the world swallowed him whole, she followed the trail he left behind only to discover something far worse than infection. Without his medication, James's mind unraveled slowly into paranoia, delusion, and prophecy. Years later, frightened survivors no longer call him sick.
They call him a savior.
And somewhere inside the walls of a growing cult built from fear, grief, and devotion, Joel finds the woman he thought he lost standing beside a prophet covered in rot and secrets.
"And there's no remedy for memory, your face is like a melody
It won't leave my head
Your soul is haunting me and telling me that everything is fine" - Dark Paradise, Lana del Rey -
The Measure of Man by moderatelytroubled
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV), Last of Us - Fandom
11 Jun 2026
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There are people of virtue who believe themselves to be monsters. There are monsters who believe themselves to be human. Most of us, though, exist in the impalpable space between monster and human.______________
Joel is saved by a woman he believes to be an angel, who believes herself to be a monster.
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Fragments Between Worlds by MaxBr
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
11 Jun 2026
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Alisson has always lived between extremes, the compassion of being a veterinarian and the harshness of ten years in the army. During a break from her routine, she visits her parents and her younger brother, with whom she tries to rebuild bonds lost to time and distance.
During the visit, she ends up being convinced to play The Last of Us. What starts as curiosity turns into something deeper, she finds herself moved by the brutality of the story and the human bonds tested to their limits.
But everything changes after an accident on the way to the grocery store. Alisson and her brother wake up in a devastated world... inside the game's universe.
Between memories that aren't theirs and very real dangers, they must decide: follow the course of history or try to change it, even without knowing the price.
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Get in loser, we're getting out of the QZ. You're FEDRA but not for long. Joel's a dick. So are you.
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The Weight of Broken Wings by ThelastofTays
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
11 Jun 2026
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Joel makes a promise to a dying man.
He doesn’t realize what surviving you will cost.
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♪ Cowboy Like Me - Taylor Swift
‘You were raw. And real. Something Joel hadn’t known for a long time.’
Finding meaning in a world full of disappointment was something you've always thought was pointless. And even now, after seemingly starting over, you're struggling to find purpose in the quaint town of Jackson. But that was all until saw yourself so clearly in the brother of your best friend, causing you to rethink your life.
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rich soil | joel miller by l0ngdog
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
10 Jun 2026
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Jackson was a miracle in a dying world, a peace you had earned by walking away from Joel Miller.
tumblr/wattpad: @l0ngdog
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His Honey Addiction by HopelesslyDevoted02
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
10 Jun 2026
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You sell your body to survive.
Joel Miller sells everything else.
In a world where love is a liability, wanting you might destroy him.
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A fic in which Joel Miller falls in love with a stripper in the Boston QZ
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After running from your old group, you find yourself in Jackson. You're excited for peace. They've offered you a place in the cleanest "hospital" you've seen in years. One of the doctors is mentoring you, you have enough to eat for the first time in what feels like forever, and you have a little house all to yourself. There's movie nights on Thursdays and you go out on patrol on week days to play combat medic. You're safe and well taken care of. Everything is going as well as you could've possibly imagined.
...so why are you only happy with him?
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like real people do by imalittleshit
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
09 Jun 2026
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You are a woman who bleeds herself dry for a town that you keep at arm's length.
Joel is a man trying to learn how to breathe again after the death of Sarah and Tess, and the nightmare of Salt Lake City.
You know what a man looks like when he's running from a burning bridge, and the new arrival is practically covered in ash. When you corner Joel and demand the truth about him and the girl, he expects a betrayal.
Instead, he finds an ally who understands the high cost of survival better than anyone else.
This is the story of two survivors, covered in scars and haunted by the people they once loved, as they try to figure out how to live like real people do.
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It Would Crush Me by kxthiiiy
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
09 Jun 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...
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(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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On the road to Bill and Frank's, you and Joel have an argument.
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- Part 12 of Joel Worms
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The Last of Us Worlds Collide: Part I by Zelda_Story_Teller
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV), Doctor Who (2005), Andor (TV)
08 Jun 2026
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20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor and The Doctor, a madman with a screwdriver and ambition, are hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal heartbreaking journey as they all must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
First 6 chapters come out weekly and then we’ll see. Hopefully I’ll stick to weekly.
Rights for The Last of Us: Neil Druckman, NaughtyDog
Rights for Dr. Who: BBC
Rights for Andor: LucasfilmAny art in this book is done by me. Any songs present in this book go to their respective artists.
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- Part 1 of The Last of Us Worlds Collide
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𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔴 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔅𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔣𝔩𝔶 .⋆♱ by Honey_Moon_13
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
08 Jun 2026
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In the idyllic town of Jackson, the fragile peace Father Miller has spent years clinging to begins to crack the moment the future Mrs. Craven arrives.
You.
He is only looking for a pair of willing hands to help keep his church standing.
You are only searching for a place to breathe, somewhere beyond the gilded cage closing around your life.
But in a town where gossip spreads faster than wildfire, even the smallest kindness can become a scandal.
What begins as a harmless arrangement soon turns into something dangerously sweet; something neither of you should want, and neither of you can ignore.
Because after ten years of trying to bury the man beneath the clerical collar, Father Miller can feel him stirring back to life.
And Joel is beginning to understand that the miracle he’s been praying for all these years… might be the very thing that costs him everything.