Diane Salvino had never been dealt a winning hand. Life seemed hell-bent on testing her limits-growing up rough in the outskirts of Waco, enduring a childhood best left unspoken, throwing herself into the military, and carving out a place in Black Ops before trading combat boots for scrubs. Survival had always been her specialty. But for the first time, she thought she'd found something worth living for. Joel Miller and his daughter, Sarah. A family. A future. Until it all went up in flames. Two decades later, the world had rotted, and so had the last remnants of her heart. The outbreak stole Sarah on the first night, shattered her marriage the next, and left Diane to forge a new legend in the ashes of a world that once was. To FEDRA, she was the Boogeyman. To the Fireflies, a War Dog. To Joel, a ghost. And to one defiant, sharp-tongued girl named Ellie, she was something else entirely. A reluctant protector, maybe even a second chance. Now, fate had thrown her back into Joel's path, their history tangled in grief and blood, both bound by the impossible task of shepherding the one girl who might just save the world, and a sixteen year old boy with a deadeye shot, the journey ahead is certain. But in a place where survival demands sacrifice, Diane knows better than anyone, hope is the most dangerous weapon of all. #1 in Joel #1 in Miller #1 in The Last of Us #1 in Pedro Pascal #1 in season one #2 in Post-Apocalyptic #3 in Ellie #5 in survival #6 in outbreak #9 in The Last of Us

ָ ▋٬ 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗪𝗡. 🦌❄️ ╭ ──╯ ╰┈➤ ✕ a group of friends return to the final resting place of hannah and beth, discovering the dark past involved with the mines beneath the mountain. 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙨 ; 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 | 24/04/24 𝘜𝘕𝘛𝘐𝘓 𝘋𝘈𝘞𝘕 2015 (video game) 𝘮𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘦 𝙭 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦! 𝘰𝘤 cover by @tiishas © 𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗲𝗶 , 2023

❝ 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗠! Butterfly effect! ❞ ―› in which ruby keene and her friends return to blackwood mountain to support their grieving friend. ... mike munroe x fem! oc ... until dawn ... completed ( 22 / 8 / 25 ) ! cover by me

"ᴛʜɪs ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀʏ ꜰɪʀsᴛ ᴘᴀɢᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏʟɪɴᴇ ᴇɴᴅs. ᴍʏ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛs ᴡɪʟʟ ᴇᴄʜᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ɪ sᴇᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ. ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅs ɪ ʜᴇʟᴅ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴀs ɪ ᴡᴀs ʟᴇᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴏ sᴏᴏɴ. ɪ ᴡᴀs ᴇɴᴄʜᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ." [sᴇᴀsᴏɴ 1 - ???] ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄx ᴄᴏɴʀᴀᴅ ꜰɪsʜᴇʀ ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄx ᴍᴀʟᴇ!ᴏᴄ

Amelia 'Amy' Delany struggles to live her New York dream of becoming a writer, whilst stuck in a dead-end job, feeling like she'll never escape it. Whilst trying to make a name for herself with her stories, she spends each night in the nearby Irish bar with her closest (and only) friends. As she navigates through her mid-twenties, some of those relationships develop into more than just 'old college neighbours' and 'drinking buddies'. * How I Met Your Mother fanfic bc I never see any and I love the show :) OC x Barney Stinson (Little bit of OC x Ted Mosby)

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐬 : 𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐱 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐂 September 27th, 2013 an infection took over the world. Twenty years later, a young girl is immune. Ruth doesn't expect her life to turn more upside down than it already has, but then her fourteen-year old niece shows up with a bite mark on her arm with no sign of infection. A rebellion, The Fireflies, think the teen's immunity could be the key to a vaccine. Despite Ruth's feelings, they decide it's worth a shot. Two smugglers agree to escort the aunt and niece to the Capital Building in Boston. When things go array, Joel quickly learns this is more than he signed up for. A story of loss, heartbreak, and love. Warning: There is an 18 year age-gap between Joel and my OC. If age-gaps make you uncomfortable, I would avoid this story. This is also based off the video game and NOT the tv show. #1 rated in tlou : 9-12-22, 11-03-22 #1 rated in thelastoufus : 9-13-22 #4 rated in videogames : 10-12-22 *I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE LAST OF US. ONLY MY OC RUTH AND MY ORIGINAL IDEAS*

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐲 - 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐓𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐧. A story about a lone vigilante who goes by the title '𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳' and has spent almost the entirety of the global cordyceps pandemic travelling the States. Then one day she crosses the Miller brothers and her life is turned around when they convince her to finally settle somewhere she doesn't have to sleep with one eye open. 𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐱 𝐎𝐂 𝐒𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐔𝐬 (𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈). 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲/𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 : 𝐆𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒. -- 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴? 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵: 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.

❝Ain't it a gentle sound, the rolling in the graves?❞ (BOOK ONE) ( joel miller x fem! oc) (age gap!) (mature themes!) (follows the HBO show and game the last of us part i) (word count: 190.000 k) #1 thelastofus (03-09-2024) #1 elliewilliams (28-11-2024) ☢︎ kaynothanks, 2024 I do not own anything regarding The Last of Us. If it be characters, plot, or even some of the dialogue, and so on-it's all owned by HBO and Sony Computer Entertainment. The only thing I own is my character and the storylines I'll add. (completed 29. Dec. 2024)

"𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐀𝐑." A husband and wife find themselves in a unique situation when a fungal virus infects the city surrounding them, where they're forced to make tough choices for the sake of living. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 always loved her husband but after the apocalypse she found it difficult recognizing the man he had become. She found it difficult even recognizing herself, even more so with the haunting memories of her past. They have to navigate this world together and with the help of a young girl, they learn to make it work. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐔𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝟏 - 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄

Laura knew the dangers of her world. Between Cordyceps and the survivors, she often wondered how she'd made it twenty years. Lacking a purpose, she acted as a FEDRA plant for the Fireflies before she became the guardian of an immune kid. Ellie. But, of course, her life wasn't challenging enough already. And so, to stay with her kid she'd have to work with 'Texas'. He was a reminder of why it was dangerous to let people in - a reminder of her biggest regret. Joel never forgot 'Quebec', a person with whom he'd shared parts of himself he never wanted seen. It was safe to do so with her, because they'd agreed never to share their real names. It was a failed attempt at emotional detachment, which was why he'd never admit how much it hurt when she'd left four years ago. But when they have to cooperate to get Ellie across the country, he's confronted with their entwined history. Joel just wants to survive long enough to find his brother, and all he can do is prevent Laura from pulling him in again. He didn't realise he was already drowning until they made code words. 'Silver' meant 'help'... God help anyone that made Laura say 'silver'. ||Joel Miller Fan-Fiction - The Last of Us|| ||basically a season 1 rewrite with a new OC and an epilogue correction to what will happen in season 2 iykyk - 🏌‍♀️|| ||canon-typical violence, swearing, and trauma I guess|| ||complete - undergoing edits|| notable rankings: #1 in joelmiller #1 in tlou #1 in thelastofus #1 in mutualpining #1 in foundfamily