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Robin Buckley's Expert Field Guide to Catching Fireflies (and Other Childhood Favourties) by smileweakandwrong
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Jul 2023
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“What do you mean you’ve never caught anything? Like…anything anything?” Nancy shook her head. “After the things I’ve seen in the last year and the way you’ve handled them there’s no way I’m believing that Nancy Wheeler was an inside girl afraid of getting dirt under her nails growing up.”
“Not by choice! But it was always ‘don’t get mud on your shoes’, or ‘you can’t climb trees in a dress’, or ‘don’t touch anything, you’ll get salmonella’ or ‘stay out of the woods, it’s not ladylike to get dirt on your clothes’,” Nancy said in a deep voice mocking her father. “Catching tadpoles and frogs was ‘boys’ play’ so I just stuck to riding bikes and the playgrounds.”
Robin shook her head sadly. “You poor thing. Well, that settles it then—” She patted Nancy’s legs and moved to finally stand up. “—I’m going to teach you how it’s done, expertly, starting tonight with fireflies.”
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Or, five times Nancy goes catching creepy crawlers with Robin and one time she catches something more.
Or, Or, five days of oblivious lesbians failing at flirting and dancing around each other like absolute ding dongs <3
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05 Jan 2026
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What if Joyce was the one who saw Robin and Vickie in the hospital that day instead of Will?
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09 Dec 2025
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robin buckley has a secret. nancy wheeler's determined to find out.
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- Part 1 of ronancetober 2023
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02 Dec 2025
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alabaster in the evening by flannelfeelings
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
13 Nov 2024
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Joel rarely gets calls from unfamiliar numbers, so his tone is gruff and cautious when he answers.
“Is this Joel Miller?” Asks the girl on the other end.
“Who’s this?” He demands.
“Oh, right. My name is Ellie Williams. I’m a criminal justice student at the university. I was calling to see-“
“Don’t call me again,” his voice is a growl, rage seeping into his veins as he puts together the purpose of this call.
“Mr. Miller, please just give me a minute. I run a true crime podcast about unsolved cases. We’ve already solved two-“
“Don’t call me again, do you hear?”
“Listen, there’s some evidence in your daughter's case that was overl-“
Joel hangs up the phone. For good measure, he blocks the number like Tommy showed him how to do.
(Joel's daughter was murdered 20 years ago, and it's still unsolved. Ellie runs a true crime podcast. - AKA finding eachother in every universe- true crime AU)
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i hear you calling (but i can't come home right now) by vvalormorghouliss
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
25 Apr 2025
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It fills up her soul, to see all these people she loves so dearly in a room together. Hence the immediate panic when instead of Joel showing up at noon on one cold Sunday, it’s Tommy.
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Or: Joel's getting older and Ellie's not sure what to make of it, as well as an ode to Sunday family dinners
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29 Oct 2025
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Ellie is convinced to join the band for the college's fall musical - an experience that is sure to be close to hell on Earth. It's made worse after she meets Dina and Cat who both seem to fight for Ellie's attention. Relationships are hard, messy, ridiculous things that Ellie has never understood and Joel has never been much help at. She's totally screwed.
or - The Jackson Gang goes to college and does a lot of theatre!
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- Part 1 of Second Chances
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26 Oct 2025
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Starting a new school was scary when you’d basically been kicked out of the last one. Haunted by her violent past, Ellie wants to fade into the background; but someone notices her.
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Ellie being a mess, Dina making her into more of a mess as they slowly fall in love.
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Migrating Monarchs by ciaconnaa
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
29 Dec 2024
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“I’m still getting used to that.” Ellie tells him. “Someone caring where I am all the time.”
Joel chooses his words very carefully. “It’s my job. I quite like it, if I’m honest. ”
She smiles, a little wry, expression molding into something awkward to hide the tremble of her lip. “Interesting take considering I’m the government equivalent of a last draft pick.”
He hums in acknowledgement. “But you’ll always be my first round pick. That’s what counts.”
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It's been twenty years since Sarah died and he fell apart. It's been fifteen years since Tommy couldn't take the heartbreak of helping someone who didn't want to be helped and left without looking back. And it's been ten years since Joel's started to rebuild.
It's day one of fostering Ellie Williams.
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What's it gonna be? by survivingasafangirl
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
15 Jun 2025
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“You never told me why you and Jesse stopped going out.” Ellie said, trying to sound less interested than she was. “I mean, do I have to kick his ass or something?”
“Nah, he didn’t do anything wrong. I guess it’s because I don’t really like guys that much.”
Ellie nearly choked, instantly blushing.
“Sorry, you what?”
“Wait, you thought I was straight?” Dina laughed. “Wow, I wasn’t expecting to be attacked like this today.”
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Dellie College AU in which Dina is unapologetically queer and very clearly flirting, but Ellie’s is too deep in her own feelings and misses all the hints.
(Yes, Isabella said she’s not really into guys in an interview and I am not being normal about it)Bookmarked by iaruca
25 Sep 2025
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A coffee shop AU where Dina is tired, Ellie doesn't like coffee and the timing just keeps not being right.
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staying in by flannelfeelings
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
16 Jun 2023
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Familiar words ring true in his ears, a tone of voice similar to Sarah’s when she would come home from school upset about another little girl’s harsh words. She’d fret and fuss over her looks, try her hardest to fit in even when he assured her she was perfect already.
He has no doubt in his mind when Ellie suddenly starts caring about her hair, or the stains on her jacket, or making sure her teeth are flossed before she goes out on patrol with the others.
Dina is a mean girl.
(Ellie has a crush- Joel is oblivious)
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24 Sep 2025
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In which Dina is highkey flirting and Ellie is too fucking oblivious to catch up on it.
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- Part 1 of whatever happened to the teenage dream
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23 Sep 2025
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“Don’t leave.”
“I won’t,” Shauna whispers, pressing a kiss to Jackie’s knuckles. “I won’t go anywhere.”
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22 Mar 2025
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Takes place right after Part II
On her way back to Jackson, Ellie spends the night in an abandoned little cabin in the woods. If she had known that the cabin would teleport her into a world where the cordyceps doesn't exist and Joel is very much alive, she'd have made a ten mile detour around it.
But as it is, she's stuck in a modern Jackson now and neither she nor Joel have any idea how to get her back. Ellie has no choice but to confront her demons, and Joel—
Well, he has a few demons of his own to deal with.
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14 Mar 2023
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LA PUTA MADRE LLORE COMO UNA TARADA ESTO ED HERMOSOOOOOO
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manifest by PenAndInkPrincess
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
21 Feb 2023
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“Hey Joel,” she says after a long moment.
“Mm?” He asks, still scanning the dark night around them.
“Can sheep live where it’s warm?” The last word is stretched out by a yawn.
“Not sure.” He shifts his weight and rests one hand on her back so she won’t tip off. When he’s done, he leaves it where it is, rubbing slowly back and forth. She’s almost out, he can tell, lulled by warmth, and rubbing her back like this was always the secret to getting Sarah to conk right out. She’s been restless the past few nights, and he knows she needs to get some actual quality sleep in, not that he has much room to talk on that front.
“You should have some tropical sheep,” she says with a yawn, closing her eyes, body relaxing against him now that she’s warm. “Because this snow stuff is bullshit.”
(Five times Joel and Ellie talk about their futures, and one time they get to live in it)
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Without a second thought, he'd wrapped his coat around the girl's shoulders and led her upstairs to the car. He sat her in the passenger seat and cranked the heater before radioing the station. She didn't say a word on the drive. When they'd gotten back to his office, Joel wasn't even sure she was listening to his questions. "Where do you live?," he asked. "Nowhere," she said. After maybe an hour of dodging questions, she left.
"If I'm not under arrest, then I can leave."
Joel couldn't argue with the facts. He saw her buying a soda at the vending machine on her way out.
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Her arm itches, a deep graze stretching from her elbow to her wrist and smarting in a way that makes Ellie examine it closely, as though she may be bitten. She wasn’t though. Riley had saved her and she didn’t save Riley.
It was a blur after that.
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prompt: family, day 4 of elliedina week
Ellie's mother doesn't die but Ellie still grows up alone. Ellie was never bitten but she still goes on a journey.
Alternative Universe where I ignore two specific parts of canon.Series
- Part 4 of elliedina week 2021
- Part 1 of everyone i've ever loved has either died or left me
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07 Mar 2023
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“You don’t even know me.”
“So, what, I can’t want to get to know you?” Dina challenges her with a cocked eyebrow.
“Uh,” Ellie stutters. “I guess that’s your risk to take.”
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A break from the apocalyptic setting, and a vacation into a whole other type of struggle. College isn't without its challenges, no matter how tough you think you are.
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- Part 2 of TLAU: The Last Alternate Universe
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15 Feb 2023
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college au tristeza amor climbing jesse perdio a la novia joel casi muere ellie era una gangster pero se recupero
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There's No One Like You by betterTomorrows
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
03 Dec 2023
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The instructions were simple: The TA would randomly pair them up with a classmate with whom they had to write journal-like emails to. No real names were allowed, everything must be kept anonymous and vague. They had the option to be themselves, or to create a fictional persona. The choice was theirs.
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Dina and Ellie unknowingly get partnered up to be each other's Mystery Pen Pal.
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Slowly learning that life is okay by jamesisnotonheaven
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
23 Jan 2023
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Every adult says High School is easy. Maybe it isn't hard, but it sure can get complicated. You get parents expectations, university entrance exams and the worst of it all: feelings.
As a new girl enters her school and her life, Dina's carefully balanced life is shaken. Nothing couldn't have prepared her for Ellie.OR
The High School AU where Ellie, Dina and Jesse are trying to survive school and their personal drama.