captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms
- The Last of Us (TV) (31)
- The Last of Us (Video Games) (30)
- Gladiator (Movies - Scott) (2)
- Materialists (2025) (1)
- Narcos (TV) (1)
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be still my foolish heart (don't ruin this on me) by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
18 Aug 2025
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“Her name is Ellie,” she says, eyes still on the sweet, slumbering child. “Take care of her. Don’t fuck this up, Joel.”
He doesn’t respond, just watches until Marlene is gone and moves to lock the door once more, knowing it’s probably about to be a long night with very little sleep.
Glancing down at the baby – Ellie – Joel releases a slow breath. “Looks like it’s just you and me, kid.”
Fucking hell, he’s got his work cut out for him.
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(Joel raises Ellie. Some things change while others stay the same. A journey from Boston to Wyoming.)
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where is your light (am i home?) by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Jul 2025
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She's a slender, tiny thing; a slight wiry frame that must be part FEDRA upbringing and part her mother's family.
The very same firecracker personality. A hint of quick temper and unrelenting stubbornness that he recognizes as all his own. A dimple he knows is a reflection of the one in his cheek.
The thing that stills the very breath in his lungs though, that makes his heart just about beat out his chest entirely – the girl – Ellie, he forces his mind to supply – has his eyes. They match. It's just about the only part of himself he recognizes.
The rest is all Anna.
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or honey, hope (even on this side of the grave) again by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Jul 2025
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While on a FEDRA mandated job, Ellie is paired with a grumpy old man who doesn't talk. Not a single word spoken aloud. No one seems to get exactly what his deal is, but Ellie, she spends one day with the dude and understands him just fine.
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You very carefully try not to wonder if you're wearing a dead woman's wedding band.
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perched on wings of whimsy by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandoms: Materialists (2025)
25 Jun 2025
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On paper, Harry and Rose are the perfect match in every way. The relationship should be effortless. He should be happy. Content with his lot in life. He's been trying to take Lucy's advice for months, but he has yet to see how love could ever be easy. Until he meets you.
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through the looking glass by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandom: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Oct 2024
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The path to peace is often treacherous, but Ellie and Joel are trying their best.
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- 13,027
- Works:
- 1
- Bookmarks:
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The Missing Scene Archives by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis), CodenameArtemis
Fandom: Law & Order: Organized Crime (TV 2021), Law & Order: SVU
06 Oct 2022
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- 5,098
- Works:
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Fic Exchange Prompts by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis), CodenameArtemis
Fandom: Law & Order: Organized Crime (TV 2021), Law & Order: SVU
03 May 2022
- Words:
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- Works:
- 1
- Bookmarks:
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Conversations and Ruminations by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis), CodenameArtemis
Fandom: Law & Order: Organized Crime (TV 2021), Law & Order: SVU
26 Feb 2022
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- 12,611
- Works:
- 4
- Bookmarks:
- 15
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Little House AU by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
Fandom: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
17 Jan 2025
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Fics inspired by The Little House on the Prairie episodes.
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- 24,733
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- Bookmarks:
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i open the window by shinestarhwa
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
06 Sep 2025
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Joel said, and she quotes, “You need to make friends, Ellie-girl.”
Friends. She has friends. She has Joel. Maybe he wasn't technically a friend, but he counts.
“I meant friends your age, Ellie.”
He insisted upon it. Arms crossed, looking at her with a look that toe between concern and determination. And how the hell was she supposed to say no when she was already enrolled?
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Ellie's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad first day at school in Jackson.
Bookmarked by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
08 Sep 2025
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The first time Joel notices that Ellie can't keep her eyes open is somewhere between the capitol building and Lincoln.
He chalks it up to two nights of little to no rest and two days packed with loss.
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A rambling sort of one-shot inspired by the myth that gold can leave tarnished marks on the skin of those who are anemic.Bookmarked by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
01 Sep 2025
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safely, gathered in by RandomRuth
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
19 Aug 2025
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Then it’s the scythe’s turn, with its long, two-handled shaft and huge, curved blade attached at an angle. Beside him, Ellie straightens up in her chair from the slump she’d fallen into like someone’s dumped a bucket of ice water on her head.
“Oh, shit,” she whispers, near breathless.
Joel straightens too, glances around. “What?”
“I’ve never seen one in real life before,” she tells him, watching the scythe, her eyes practically sparkling. “That’s the Grim Reaper’s stick.”
Joel is frazzled, but he has been listening — it helps that he already knew what this one is called from Before. “It’s called a scythe.”
Ellie’s delighted grin is only getting bigger. “Sick.”
(Joel and Ellie attend a town meeting to discuss the upcoming barley harvest, Joel worries about the future, and Ellie picks up a new hobby.)
One-shot, set after season 1, and almost a year after "creatures, great and small".
Series
- Part 2 of all, who live
Bookmarked by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
20 Aug 2025
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burning one hell of a something by two_birds_alone_together
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
17 Aug 2025
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“I just… I wanna wear short sleeves again. But… but Joel’s gonna think it’s his fault. I-I didn’t think…”
The simple explanation breaks his heart, just a little. Of course she didn’t consider how Joel’s going to react. She’s fifteen, she’s new in town, and she just wants to fit in with the other kids without questions or stares. It shouldn’t be a surprise that she went and maimed herself so she can wear short sleeves.
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(an uncle, a niece, and more confessions then one man can handle)
Bookmarked by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
17 Aug 2025
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another two years gone (spent forever letting go) by fabbee
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
26 Aug 2025
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Jackson Hole sat at the base of two mountain ranges, with long, winding rivers that ran around its perimeter. The rolling fields seemed to go on forever and ever, full of bright wildflowers and blooming butterweeds. It was breathtaking to stand on top of the hill and look down at their new home.
It was the kind of shit people would paint pictures of.
It sort of made her want to throw up.
“Whadda’ ya say, kiddo? Ready to go home?” Joel asked.
Home.
He made it sound so fucking simple.
“Yep.” She forced a smile onto her face that she hoped looked believable. “Let’s go, old man.”
OR: After Salt Lake City, Ellie and Joel return to Jackson and try to build a life. Sometimes it’s hard to let go of the past.
Series
- Part 2 of back to you verse
Bookmarked by captainredspade (CodenameArtemis)
14 Aug 2025