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“Fairly sure this has nothing to do with you, Percy.”
“It has everything to do with me, Hermione,” he argued, still pouting at her back as his glasses slowly slipped down the bridge of his nose.
She’d just announced, calmly and without preamble, that she was dating one of his brothers and had been for quite some time, but that they’d recently made it official and were making the rounds in telling his family.
Which would’ve been all well and good, except she’d picked Fred.
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26 Aug 2025
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She knew that Fred had walked in before she even looked up. There was a sudden hush followed by a flurry of giggles and whispers suddenly sweeping the classroom, serving in stark contrast to the usual bustle of lunchtime. As she lifted her gaze from the papers in front of her, his eyes locked with hers and she felt a faint flutter in her belly as a wry grin twisted his lips.
“Come on now,” she chastised the students, trying, with some effort, to draw their attention, “finish eating your lunches and then we can get to work on our craft projects with Mr. Fred.”
It took several moments, but the children eventually turned back to their food, sitting in groups around the room and chattering excitedly as they ate.
“Hello, gorgeous,” Fred greeted her, having made his way to the front of the class to give her a hug. His arms snaked around her waist as he squeezed her gently. He smelled of cinnamon and nutmeg, tinged ever so slightly with gunpowder. It was a pleasant combination, to say the least.
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31 Jul 2025
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dodors (and other birds) by ketchupchipsaregross
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
01 Feb 2024
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“Duck do?” Ellie asked from her spot in the carrier.
Joel kept a hand on her back as he scrambled eggs. He was half twisted away from the stove to keep her out of kicking distance of the pan, “Quack-quack.”
“Dog do?”
“Woof-woof.”
“Snail do?” She peered up at him expectantly.
“Snails don’t make a sound,” He flicked the burner off and scooped eggs onto the waiting plate.
“Yep,” Ellie brightened, “They do crunch!”
(or how Tess and Joel accidentally restarted parenting in their 40s)
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11 Jun 2025
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Next of Kin by ketchupchipsaregross
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
07 Jun 2025
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“Wow,” Ellie breathed, her face turned up to the triceratops skeleton, “It’s super big.”
“His name is Cliff,” Tess read off from the plaque, “He’s 65 million years old.”
“That’s not as old as sharks,” She said.
“Not quite,” She agreed, “But it’s still cool.”
Ellie nodded, still transfixed, “Super mega cool.”
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(gender equality dictates that sometimes Tess has to be the semi-unwilling foster parent)Bookmarked by or_worse_expelled
11 Jun 2025
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“You don’t touch her,” Tommy says. “You don’t fuckin’ touch her!”
“Not really in a place to be making demands, old man.” The man's hand leaves Ellie's hair, coming up to her chin instead. He moves the gun from her temple to the back of her head. She resists the urge to bite him, her teeth clenched. “Gotta be from a settlement. No one who’s been out for long is this clean. No girl stays out long either. Always hiding ‘em behind walls. Don’t leave much for the rest of us.”
Joel’s told her about people like this. People who wander around the country alone or in pairs. Usually very young men who don’t fit into even hunter groups for one reason or another.
“Sometimes they’re even worse than the groups," he'd said. "They don’t got anyone holding them back.”
When Ellie and Tommy are attacked, Tommy is forced to put his own potential for brutality on full display. They deal with the aftermath.
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11 Jun 2025