Then We Run /// The Last of Us

When the world ends, some things shatter faster than others.

Magnolia "Magnus" Miller never imagined her life would collapse in a single night. A tattoo artist, a protective little sister to Joel and Tommy, and above all, a devoted mother to her ten-year-old son, Grayson - she thought she'd faced hardship before. But when the infection hits Austin, she finds herself thrown into chaos with nothing but her family, her grief, and a fierce will to survive.

As the world burns around them, Magnus must navigate unimaginable loss and a harrowing road ahead. Trapped between the horrors of the infected and the colder cruelties of the living, she clings to what remains of her humanity - and her brothers - in a world where every choice comes at a cost.

But when a girl named Ellie enters their lives - immune, stubborn, and carrying the fragile hope of something better - Magnus is forced to confront everything she tried to bury. With Joel, she journeys west across a ruined America, through fire and frost, raiders and infected, haunted memories and impossible choices.

As the road winds toward something like redemption, Magnus will have to decide what it means to survive - and whether it's still possible to live.

Ellie might be humanity's last hope, but Magnus isn't sure she has any left.

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HBO'S The Last of Us
Season 1-?
Joel!sister fic