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Title: "Uncertainty"
Fandom: The Last of Us
Characters: Joel, Ellie, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Word Count: 350,075
Chapters: 47
Rating: R
Summary: With romance now mixed into the equation, Joel and Ellie face some new challenges. Keeping the secret isn't easy, and they begin to wonder if perhaps Jackson isn't the best place for them to live. Sequel to "Accretion" (although you don't have to read that first).

~crossposted to FFN and AO3~

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UGH, stupid LJ doesn't want to post this as one chapter, even when I delete the header!
I guess I'll just split it at the break then. *grumbles and curses*


Title: "Uncertainty" Chapter 47: "A Fog of Uncertainty" (47/47) Part 1
Fandom: The Last of Us
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage [please see A/N of doom in Chapter 1!]
Word Count for this chapter: 11,669 (for both parts combined)
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

Author's Note: Wow, so this is it -- the last chapter, after working on this story for 18 months. Man, that flew by! Thank you for your comments, owlofnevermore, when you catch up... and anyone else who may come along after, I appreciate them... and if you're reading as a lurker only, I appreciate you too... er, even if I don't know you're reading... yeah, something like that :)

Without further ado, please enjoy the final chapter!


( That's not how promises work, Joel... )

CONTINUE TO PART 2...

Title: "Uncertainty" Chapter 45: "The First Time - Part 1: 'And I have loved you dearly...' " (45/47)
Fandom: The Last of Us
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage [please see A/N of doom in Chapter 1!]
Word Count for this chapter: 8500
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

A/N: Chapter title contains a lyric from "The Last Farewell" by Roger Whittaker -- and, to kill two birds A/Ns with one stone, Part 2 contains the lyric that follows this one.

You'll see I tried something different with the POV, in both parts/chapters. It still feels weird to me, but I hope you guys like it :)

( it's not just tonight... it's TONIGHT!!! )

~Continue to Chapter 46~

Title: "Uncertainty" Chapter 43: "New Rules" (43/47)
Fandom: The Last of Us
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage [please see A/N of doom in Chapter 1!]
Word Count for this chapter: 9627
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

A/N: Chapter title from the song by Dua Lipa.

( ...Not so relaxed that he didn't still have a gun on his hip )

~Continue to Chapter 44~

Okay so this time I know LJ can't handle chapters of 12k+ words and I'm dividing it into 2 posts before it doesn't let me edit the "continue" link in later. I think of this as all one chapter, though.

Title: "Uncertainty" Chapter 42: "Sifting the Sands" (42/47) - Part 1
Fandom: The Last of Us
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage [please see A/N of doom in Chapter 1!]
Word Count for this chapter: 12,450 (for both parts combined)
Rating (for fic as a whole): R


( Someone besides Anakin HATES SAND... )

I wanted this to be all one post, but LJ FAILS.

~Continued from PART ONE! READ THAT FIRST!~

( *grumble grumble stupid LJ grumble grumble* )

~Continue to C41~

Title: "Uncertainty" Chapter 39: "Where the Heart Is" (39/47)
Fandom: The Last of Us
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage [please see A/N of doom in Chapter 1!]
Word Count for this chapter: 8659
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

A/N: Chapter title from the 2000 movie (aka "the Walmart baby movie").

( Sophie! Hurry Upppppp! )
~Continue to Chapter 40~

Title: "Uncertainty" Chapter 37: "The Sound of Silence" (37/47)
Fandom: The Last of Us
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage [please see A/N of doom in Chapter 1!]
Word Count for this chapter: 8731
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

( ~Hello darkness, my old friend~ )

~Continue to Chapter 38~

Title: "Uncertainty" Chapter 35: "Mistakes Can Kill You" (35/47)
Fandom: The Last of Us
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage [please see A/N of doom in Chapter 1!]
Word Count for this chapter: 10,374
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

( ~Happy 50th Birthday to Joel~ )
~Continue to Chapter 36~

Title: "Uncertainty" Chapter 33: "Pain Don't Hurt" (33/47)
Fandom: The Last of Us
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage [please see A/N of doom in Chapter 1!]
Word Count for this chapter: 7733
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

A/N: Chapter title is a (badass) line from the movie Road House.

( ~Most of my patients would disagree with you~ )

~Continue to Chapter 34~