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Ever since Sarah... well, ever since Sarah ten years ago, Joel's stayed as far away from kids as he can. Just the sight of one is practically enough to send him into a panic attack.
But then Tommy signs them up for a contracting job at a high school as a favor to an old army buddy.
And then there's a little girl in the front office, who somehow appears in the coffee shop Joel visits because the motel's coffee machine is shit.
Most damning is when Joel goes in to do some work at three in the morning and that same goddamn little girl is asleep in his construction zone and, when he wakes her up, says she's homeless.
Next thing he knows, she's asleep in his motel bed and he's filing foster parent paperwork.
What the fuck just happened?
(Foster parent AU! Featuring Joel Trying His Best And FailingTM, Ellie annoying local man and his friends & family into adopting her, and Tess/Joel as a lil treat for the masses.)
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29 Aug 2025
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open sesame by PenAndInkPrincess
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
24 Sep 2023
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“Do a trick.”
She blinks, more than slightly startled, her struggle ceasing for a moment under the force of her bewilderment. In her defense, she’s still being held by a hand that feels like it could snap her wrist like a twig just by squeezing too hard, so she thinks she has a right to be a little confused.
Also the words make no goddamn sense.
“What?” She asks blankly, giving another testing tug against the hold. No dice. His grip doesn’t go tighter, but neither is he anywhere close to letting go.
“You’re out here doing magic and shit so you can steal from the crowd, right? Do some magic if you want the money.”
She gives him an incredulous look.
“Dude, I just tried to,” she’s suddenly aware that they are in public and that she and Riley will likely need this section of the park in the future, “rob you,” she says in a low hiss. “And now what? You want a fucking show?”
“You want the money? You ain’t stealing it from me. Do a trick and earn it, fair and square.”
(modern verse AU in which joel and ellie meet after she tries to pickpocket him)
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28 Aug 2025
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Tea (I Am Stronger Than You Give Me Credit For) by MagicSchoolbusDropout08
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
21 Sep 2025
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Silco's... not a good parent. As much as he loves his daughter, he has a few flaws when it comes to her. But he can explain it all away, from slipping drugs into her tea to keep her his perfect little girl to keeping her safe away from the world. He can even explain giving her to the Enforcers in exchange for Zaun - after all, they've given their word that Jinx is not to be harmed.
Ekko, meanwhile, went to the bridge upon overhearing the Enforcers' plans to capture Jinx on their radios - she's too far gone, and as the last person who knew Powder as well as the leader of the Firelights, it's his job to put her down.
But after rescuing her instead upon realizing Jinx is still at least a little Powder, when he learns that 'Jinx' the persona isn't real but instead a defense mechanism, upon learning about the drugs in her system and the pain and fear inflicted on her, he insists she can be saved.
And thus begins the rest of her life.
(Featuring childhood-friends-to-enemies-to-friends-to-lovers Timebomb, a complicated relationship between Jinx and Silco, genius Firelight bioengineer Jinx/Powder, and Jinx proving she's stronger and better than anyone gives her credit for.)
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09 Aug 2025
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Gun Midoriya by rictus_flame (Anna_Hopkins)
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
01 Dec 2022
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It started out as a Saturday like any other.
Then:
"Oh hey, a present from Dad!" Midoriya beamed down at the black-wrapped box on the table. "Sweet!"
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"Holy shit Deku is that a gun-"
"Deku NO-"
"Deku YES!"
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- Part 3 of Dad For One Week 2021
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07 Aug 2025
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The Ghost and the God by QuothRaven
Fandoms: Agatha All Along (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe, WandaVision (TV), Doctor Strange (Movies), Ironheart (Marvel TV)
31 Jul 2025
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Agatha Harkness has been alive for 352 years. She's been dead for two days. She's still getting used to that part, but it's fine. She adjusts pretty quickly. What she DOESN'T adjust to is being the de facto babysitter for one of the most powerful magic users she's ever met– and she's met the SCARLET WITCH, for crying out loud.
Billy Maximoff/William Kaplan/some other third thing doesn't know who he is. If he finds his brother, it'll all make sense. He knows that. It's all he knows. He's going to find Tommy, even if he has to team up with an undead witch serial killer to do it.
Jennifer Kale just got her magic back, and she was REALLY looking forward to taking a break from it all. Unfortunately, this random girl is insistent on going back to confront Billy Maximoff for reasons she refuses to tell the Potions Witch.
Thomas doesn't know who he is. Nothing makes sense. Everything feels wrong. He knows that. It's all he knows. Even his name doesn't feel right. He only remembers one name, but he's pretty sure it's not his: "Billy."
(Sequel to "An Unexpected Encounter")
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- Part 3 of Don't Try to Fight the Chaos
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29 Jul 2025