Gifts for Bumblepony
List of Gifts
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Stand on the Rock by Nandorluna for marchflower, Bumblepony, Ameerawrites
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us
08 Jan 2025
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He’d give anything to hear her say his name, he thought – not the sterility of Miller, but the forgotten music of his first name, sculpted by the lush melody of her voice. It had been a while since anyone had bothered with it, last names more common amongst the ranks of the Fireflies, the commonality of Miller automatically carried over when he and Eugene had made those first cautious introductions to the people of Jackson – and he’d been fine with that, a badge of anonymity when everything had seemed so uncertain, when Jackson and the people within it had seemed like a stopping point rather than a place of finality.
He didn’t hear his first name enough, these days. It would be a nice thing, perhaps, if she was the one to coax that part of himself back to life.
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Tommy and Maria, and the family they've created for themselves.
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Bleed to Love Her by Nandorluna for two_birds_alone_together, Bumblepony, renegade_knight
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us
24 Dec 2024
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He doesn’t know how he does it, he just knows that it happens with frightening quickness; that suddenly he’s howling like a wounded animal, he and his brother tumbling against the side of a dumpster in a tangle of limbs and fists, and it’s only his slight edge in speed that gives him the upper hand, that lets him straddle Joel’s legs and rain punches to his ribs, his jaw – and he barely feels the retaliatory hits to his own ribs, his stomach – but he feels the arms around his neck, choking him, pulling him back –
The world is swimming, the tops of the buildings blurring into the wispy gray sky. The taste of copper floods his mouth. He's flat on his back, the rough, wet pavement biting into his skin through his shirt, and Tess looms over him, grinding her boot into his chest, pinning him in place.
“You are not fucking doing this."
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Slight AU: Tommy never leaves the Fireflies. He still heads west, assigned to help establish their newest base and protect their most essential asset - a scientist who thinks he can develop a "cure." Even without his help, Joel and Ellie manage to find their way to Salt Lake City.
Some things change, while others stay exactly the same.
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Everywhere You Go by Jess_the_baker for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
24 Dec 2024
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Joel knows they’ve had a rough few months together since returning to Jackson after the debacle at the hospital. There was that period after they came back that he doesn’t like to remember because he’s still ashamed of himself for it.
But...she was willing to give him another chance. Eventually. He talked, she listened, she...forgave, if not forgot.
He knows that their peace is tentative and he doesn’t want to do anything to shatter that. But. She is still cautious with him and it’s breaking his heart. He wants to do something, anything to bridge the gap between them.
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trade your heroes for ghosts by two_birds_alone_together for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
30 Oct 2024
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When they crest the final hill, Ellie pulls the horses to a stop, patting Joel’s hand. “That’s Jackson,” she says, pointing to the gate. “Patrol goes in through East Gate Two. They might not let us in that way because… well…”
“I’m eleven?”
“You’re eleven,” she agrees.
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(joel inexplicably transforms into an 11-year-old. the most important people in his life step up.)
Series
- Part 2 of whumptober 2024
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littlest digit, you've got the world by the handle by ketchupchipsaregross for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
03 Oct 2024
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“There’s my baby,” Sarah bent to scoop Ellie up. She smushed her cheek with a kiss that had Ellie trying to push her face away, “Did Dad say Happy Birthday yet?” She gave him a pointed look and he turned back to the stove, dunking the next piece of bread in the egg mixture and setting it in the pan.
“No,” Ellie said, though he was pretty sure it was just to hear her own voice.
“How could he?” Sarah gasped. She flipped Ellie around and held her out to him. Ellie’s legs kicked in the open air, “Dad, say happy birthday.”
Joel rolled his eyes but wiped his hands on a kitchen towel before accepting her and dotting kisses all over her face. Her cheeks were sticky from the banana she’d already eaten, “Happy birthday, baby girl.”
(or ellie turns one surrounded by family)
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- Part 1 of Bitty Ellie, she's living her best life
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Nothing Need Change by Arien for Bumblepony
Fandoms: Dune - All Media Types, Dune (Movies - Villeneuve)
23 May 2024
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Certain responsibilities come with the Dukedom of a Great House, but Leto values something else more.
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we could walk forever, walkin' on the moon by flannelfeelings for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
22 May 2024
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“Alright.” Joel blows a breath out, shaking his head like he feels stupid. “I wanted to see if you might like to take a little road trip with me to Houston this weekend. They’re doin’ a launch, and I got us some tickets. Thought…thought you might wanna go down there and see it? We could stay overnight, there’s this hotel there that’s space themed and it’s got-”
His sentence is cut off by Ellie launching herself across the chair, arms tangling around his neck so tightly she’s sure she must be cutting off his airway.
She doesn’t care. She buries her face in his shoulder, tamping down the tears that yearn to surge from her eyes. His large, warm hand presses into her upper back, and his low voice chuckles, surely relieved.
“Is that a yes?” Joel asks.
“Are you fucking stupid?” Ellie demands.
He laughs again. “I’m takin’ it as a yes. There…there is one other thing, though.”
Pulling back, Ellie arches an eyebrow at him questioningly.
Joel clears his throat, nodding more to himself than anything. “Tess is comin’ with us.”
(the one where joel, tess and ellie take a family road trip)
Series
- Part 9 of adult Ellie verse
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tilted halo by tessaservopoulos for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
22 Apr 2024
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Tess had only meant for it to be a one time thing. Maybe two, if the sex had been good (and boy, had it been good), but never this…tangled, blossoming thing it had become. They were partners, in business only, and she didn’t need anything threatening her dynamic with her guard dog.
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daily routines by tessaservopoulos for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
17 Mar 2024
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They’ve established a routine by now so that the mornings go smoothly; Tess usually rises first, starting the coffee and checking on the girls in the nursery while Joel stumbles into the shower, bleary-eyed and still half-asleep. By the time he’s clean and dressed, she’s got breakfast ready and at least one girl is awake- usually Sarah, babbling in her crib while Ellie remained sound asleep under her covers, dead to the world.
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- Part 2 of life makes love look hard
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double knots by tessaservopoulos for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
17 Mar 2024
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In the evenings, she, Joel, and Ellie took long walks through the town.
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Routines by PaigeGoneRogue for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
26 Feb 2024
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Everyone had a routine, and Joel was no different. Some people strayed from their routine, making it inconsistent, unreliable, but they always came back to it. Their routines changed and shifted over the years, the only thing staying the same was that they woke up and fell asleep each day. Sometimes they died, and then that routine was over, leaving nothing but the memory of it. The ache to go back to a safer, happier time.
Almost everyone changed their routines. Trying new things or letting go of old ones. But not Joel. Not anymore. His routine was normal. Safe. It wasn’t happy, but it was what he did. He didn’t know what he’d do without it.
It repeated over and over and over again. An infinite loop. Monotony.
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Prison AU -
my cow, your cow, our cow by ciaconnaa for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
25 Dec 2023
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The midwest is boring. At this point, the crops are harvested and the fields are literally just dirt, so she spends all her time looking for those sweet cows. But she can’t seem to find any, despite there being nothing but pastures. There are, however, plenty of churches. Ellie ends up marrying her cows twice as often as Joel. After the fourth or fifth time, when the cows are up in the hundreds and she’s had to break out a notebook just to do math and keep track, Joel starts playing dirty.
She barely sees a steeple, a little building behind an old abandoned school when she says, “Marry my - hey!” She doesn’t finish. Instead, she falls into a fit of laughter as she tries to squirm away from the hand he’s pressed firmly over her eyes so she can’t see to play.
“Ain’t no church,” he says, deadpan. He keeps his hand over her eyes. “Oh, hey look. My cow.”
“Joel!”
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Ellie and Joel take a massive roadtrip to Wyoming for the impromptu wedding of his estranged brother. There's stories, adventures, and a massive car game about claiming cows along the way.
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T-ball gives Kevin and Tommy a chance to bond
This takes place a little over a month after the end of "not alone".
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- Part 7 of Tumblr Ficlets
- Part 3 of Show Me Family
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Tommy and Maria come home after date night at the Tipsy Bison
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- Part 2 of Tumblr Ficlets
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hold fast to my destination by two_birds_alone_together for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
21 Sep 2023
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Joel and Ellie encounter hunters in Nebraska.
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- Part 16 of Bad Things Happen Bingo
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what goes up, must come down by flannelfeelings for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
21 Sep 2023
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“I have a few ideas but I just don’t know what a guy likes, yknow?” Ellie sighs. “Like, would he like going to dinner and having the servers sing to him? Probably not right? You’re a burly old straight guy like him. Do you?”
He’s not sure why her words suddenly send him into a slight tailspin, but being called a “straight guy” by this girl he considers himself friends with, fucking hurts.
(Ellie and Joel help their coworker Andre with something major)
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- Part 5 of adult Ellie verse
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your fire your soul by two_birds_alone_together for Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
09 Sep 2023
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Joel and Tommy rescue a woman from a field.
Joel doesn't exactly want company for the rest of the trip to Boston.
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- Part 10 of Bad Things Happen Bingo
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ily, imu, im sry (i love you, i miss you, im sorry) by mariatesstruther (JenniReals) for Bumblepony, Arien
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
20 Jul 2023
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3:42 PM
Ellie: yeah my mom def knows ur uncle dude wtf is going on
Sarah: idk
Sarah: they’ve been pretending to not since we got here
Sarah: i cant tell what theyre tryna do but my uncle cant act for shitEllie: he really cant
Ellie: we’ll talk abt it in my room once he leaves. i have a theorySarah: omg what
Ellie: idk if i should say it lmfao
Sarah: ????? SAY IT
Ellie: what if they used to
Ellie: ya knowSarah: EW
Sarah: 🤢🤮🤧
Sarah: I WAS THINKING IT BUT I DIDNT WANT YOU TO SAY ITEllie: I MEAN LOOK AT THEM ITS AWKWARD AS HECK
Sarah: ik its kinda embarrassing
Ellie: do u wanna go up to my room
Sarah: yes pls
(in which joel and tess haven't spoken for ten years, but are reintroduced for their daughters’ english project. sarah and ellie misinterpret the situation quite a bit.)
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Fear of Heights by mariatesstruther (JenniReals) for Arien, cannedpeaches, timelesslords, Bumblepony
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
15 Jul 2023
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Maria pushes aside any positive feelings she’s had about this day and this man, meeting his eyes coldly. She tries not to think about how not even ten minutes earlier, Tommy was watching her scream for her life, dangling from a goddamn tree.
“This isn’t an invitation,” she starts, voice unyielding and stern. “We’re talking you to somewhere where our people can make a decision on you. So you’re officially on probation, Tommy Miller. You steal anything, you’re out. You fuck with anyone, you’re out. We find out you’re still with the Fireflies, and you’re dead. You do anything at all to put my people in danger, and I will make sure to shoot you myself. Am I understood?”
Shockingly enough, Tommy just smiles—it’s a small, soft grin, boyish aimed straight at her. Either he was left deranged from his injuries or a tried-and-true adrenaline junkie, because her threats only seem to intrigue him. “Yes, ma’am,” he says, voice deep and charming. “I understand you clear as day.”
(in which Maria meets Tommy, and Tommy meets Jackson)
Series
- Part 2 of Duty and Love