the garden as our home (a place where we can grow)
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of wounded minds and wounded souls (we are coming home) by cardigains
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV)
11 Jun 2023
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“Are you in trouble? Back home?”
The ends of her sweatshirt are grasped in her fists, wrapped around her hands. He half expects her to pull the hood up, tie the strings over her face, and completely tuck herself away. It makes him think of the other night with that nasty motel bedspread pulled right up beneath her chin, asking about locks on the door. It makes him think of a scared kid.
“What difference does it make?” Ellie mumbles out while avoiding his gaze. “I’m out of there now.” She turns a steely gaze towards him. “And I’m not going back.”
“Wasn’t planning on makin’ ya,” Joel whispers in the late night air. The stars are coming out. If it’s a clear enough night, maybe he can point out Mars to her.
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Ellie's a foster kid who helps herself to the bed of Joel's truck to get where she needs to go. Joel is a sucker who just can't turn her away.
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i felt it from the start (it grew inside my heart) by cardigains
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
02 Aug 2023
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“You don’t have to give me an answer right away, Ellie.” The words are said like they’re meant to be comforting, but Ellie knows it’s really just marking the end of the conversation. Which is annoying because Ellie has a lot more to say without really knowing how to say it and no answer to offer, just a tingling in the back of her nose and a gnawing in the pit of her stomach. “Think about it. No pressure.”
“Right,” she shoots back, tone dry. No pressure, just make this decision that could alter the entire course of your very newly stable lifestyle. Just decide if you want to enter into the hazy, uncertain territory of some man who might just be your biological father.
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The hard part’s over. Now they’re just supposed to figure out how to live. It’s harder than expected.
One-shots of Ellie and Joel’s life. A sequel to ‘of wounded minds and wounded souls (we are coming home)’
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