Messy

Please see Ao3 for full summaries.

Works rated E for explicit:

'Blooming in Decay' - Rated E - In progress

Weeks into a cross-country journey to meet up with Tommy post fireflies, Joel and Tess are forced to grapple with what it means to smuggle an unborn child from Boston to Wyoming. (Mama Tess and baby Ellie, with a heavy dosing of Joel/Tess figuring their shit out).

'Like God Needs the Devil' - Rated E - In progress

Sequel to 'Let Me Be Your Shelter'. *NO MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH*

'Time Cast a Spell on You' - Rated E - Complete

A tender moment with Bill and Frank on their morning off as they celebrate a small anniversary but make it smutty and angsty. Can be read as a stand-alone.

'In This Burning House' - Rated E - Complete

Firefighter Joel and Preemie Ellie take two? With a heavy dose of Tess and Joel being horny as hell for one another. One chapter for every Saturday in November covering at least one prompt a week (except for c5) for Bumblepony's Tess/Joel. month

'All Primal Screams (and quick relief) - Rate E - Complete

Tess makes the belated realization that she's harboring a tiny fugitive (Ellie) and decides that it's best if Joel doesn't know (Outbreak compliant, takes place within Boston QZ) For Tess/Joel month 2025

'These Things Eat at Your Bones' - Rated E - Complete

Even when he’s fighting cancer, Joel can’t help but be dad as fuck, especially when Ellie’s fighting it right beside him.

'Moonlight Raising from the Grave' - Rated E - Complete

Joel and Tess find Ellie in the carnage of her pack. Post outbreak, a wolf pup is rare thing, something to be protected at all costs.

'Lay Your Weary Head Upon My Chest' - Rated E - Complete

Joel finds baby Ellie after Marlene fails to show up for Anna, he and Tess make the hard decision to raise her themselves. (Eventual cross country with itty bitty Ellie.)

'Living on the Edge' - Rated E - Complete

Joel and Ellie meet at an NA meeting. Joel is ten years sober, and Ellie is just four weeks clean. After begrudgingly becoming her sponsor, Joel finds himself stepping back into the shoes of a father for the first time in 15 years.

'Let Me Be Your Shelter' - Rated E - Complete

Another modern/western vibe. After Ellie ages out of foster care in Boston, she greyhounds it out to Wyoming to work at Miller Ranch where Joel is waiting in that dad shape of his. (Morally grey Joel & Tommy doing hunter type shit)

'Fix You' - Rated E- Complete

A story of 'What If's'. What if Sarah died some other way? What if there was no outbreak? What if Tommy fell apart too? What if Ellie came into Joel's life before he got the chance to spend twenty years spiraling?

Works rate M for mature:

'Ashes to Ashes' -Rated M - In progress

Joel stumbles on Ellie at the bottom of a pile of dead bodies meant for the burn pits, one shallow breath and a steady heartbeat is all it takes to undo him.

'Air In My Lungs, 'til the Road Begins' - Rated M - Complete

The modern au in which Joel is a firefighter thrust back into fatherhood at 36 by our favorite little shit Ellie that literally no one asked for. (My very first piece of writing, please be kind.)

'Uncle Is Thy Name' - Rated M - Complete

In universe Tommy and Ellie hunting trip gone awry, one-shot.

'Family By Another Name' - Rated M - Complete

My take on how the cross-country journey would have gone had Ellie been in Joel’s life years before they left the QZ. Or, Joel is dad-shaped in every version of the timeline.

'Everywhere, Everything' - Rated M - Indefinite Hiatus

The second part to 'Family By Another Name' that I kept promising. Or, a Fic about a girl and her self-assigned dad figuring out how to live in peace and process the trauma I keep bestowing upon them.

Works rate T for teen & up:

'Eremophobia' - Rated T - Complete

Ellie’s first chaperoned group patrol ends in disaster. A classic Ellie whump with a much-needed side of Joel being her parent.

'Thanatophobia' - Rated T - Complete

Joel's POV of 'Eremophobia' from the desperate search for Ellie to the repercussions of her injuries and the lengths their family will go to, to save her.

'Ride On' - Rated T - Complete

Tommy and Ellie are two dipshits cruisin' on a motorcycle in this AU. Everything is fine and dandy until it isn't. Poor Joel.

‘Paint My Spirit Gold’ - Rated T - Complete

A dream. A memory. A visitation. A haunting. It was never going to be enough.

A vague, bittersweet moment with Ellie and Joel. Canon compliant.

‘Oaths Are but Words’ - Rated T - Complete

A very short Tess whump set in the same AU as my accidental baby acquisition fic that featured teensy baby Ellie. (who is mentioned to be a toddler in this particular one-shot)

Works rated G for general audiences:

'Bone Deep' - Rated G - Complete

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.

'I'll Love You 'til My Lung Give Out' - Rated G - Complete

Bill’s got a cold and Frank grapples with his terminal illness while caring for the big ole pain in the ass. BillxFrank week: Sick day/Injury.

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