"Subterranean" -- 5 prompts

Title: "Subterranean"
Author: Wendy/luminations
Fandom/Universe: The Last of Us
Characters/Pairings: Joel & Ellie (not paired)
Rating/Warnings/Genre: Rated PG-13, no warnings apply
Length: 1613 words
Summary: Ellie attempts to bond with Joel via a tree house. Takes place between the events of Summer and Fall.
Prompts: See list at end of fic :)

Read it on: my LJ ~ AO3 ~ FFN


"Lullaby" -- 6 prompts

Title: "Lullaby"
Author: Wendy/[livejournal.com profile] luminations
Fandom/Universe: The Last of Us
Characters/Pairings: Joel & Ellie (not paired)
Rating/Warnings/Genre Rated PG-13, no warnings apply
Length: 2657
Summary: Joel picks a bad time to get restless. Takes place between the events of Winter and Spring.
Prompts: See list at end of fic :)

Read it on: my LJ ~ AO3 ~ FFN

Players Masterlist Catch-Up: October, November, December 2016

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"Cargo Limits" - 8 prompts

Title: "Cargo Limits"
Author: [livejournal.com profile] luminations
Fandom/Universe: The Last of Us
Characters/Pairings: Ellie & Joel
Rating/Warnings/Genre: PG-13
Length: 1686 words
Notes/Summary: Some decisions about how much to carry are easy; the others are best not to think about. Takes place in fall, at the university -- a "deleted scene," if you will, right before the horrible part.
Prompts: Fire (flamethrower), avian, Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear The Reaper" (I used the lyric "redefine happiness"), holiday gatherings or lack thereof + angst, hunting (tracking), chilly/windy/cold, socks, happy

Read it at: My LJ // AO3 // FFN

"Bury Them Deep" - 5 prompts

Title: "Bury Them Deep"
Author: [livejournal.com profile] luminations
Fandom/Universe: The Last of Us
Characters/Pairings: Ellie & Joel
Rating/Warnings/Genre: PG-13
Length: 2823 words
Notes/Summary: Joel and Ellie say goodbye to Henry and Sam... well, Ellie does, at least. [Title is from a Western I've never seen, but maybe Joel has!]
Prompts: Janet Jackson's "Black Cat" (I used the lyric "not afraid to die"), cleaning up after others, warrior/guardian (technically Joel is a smuggler, but in the game he's Ellie's bodyguard for all intents & purposes), summer's heat/miserable, definitive right/wrong (wrong)
WARNING: References suicide.

Read it at: My LJ // AO3 // FFN

"Heat of the Night" -- 6 prompts

Title: "Heat of the Night"
Author: [livejournal.com profile] luminations
Fandom/Universe: The Last of Us
Characters/Pairings: Ellie & Joel
Rating/Warnings/Genre: PG-13
Length: 2551 words
Notes/Summary: Ellie wonders what Joel is really up to when he wanders off... and decides to spy on him. Set in late summer, after all summer events in game. Suggestive but not smutty
Prompts: dragon, spy ("peeping Tom"), moon, tunnel, metallic, timepiece

Read it at: My LJ // AO3 // FFN

"Detach" - 5 prompts

Title: "Detach"
Author: [livejournal.com profile] luminations
Fandom/Universe: The Last of Us
Characters/Pairings: Ellie, Joel, Tess
Rating/Warnings/Genre: PG-13
Length: 741 words
Notes/Summary: Ellie vignette set in early summer, downtown Boston, before the Museum. WARNING: Contains "video game" violence/gore and mentions of death. My first inspiration for these prompts was rather fluffy but this is what the muse ended up churning out, lol.
Prompts: Ruth B's "Lost Boy" (lyric "nowhere to go and no place to call home"), looking back with regret, dancing (physical metaphor), crunchy, and cutting device.

Read it at: My LJ // AO3 // FFN

"Lost" - 4 prompts; drabble

Title: "Lost"
Author: [livejournal.com profile] luminations
Fandom/Universe: The Last of Us
Characters/Pairings: Ellie
Rating/Warnings/Genre: Rated PG
Length: a true drabble of 100 words :)
Notes/Summary: Ellie is not the same after David. Warning: vaguely references attempted rape. Set after the in-game events of winter, before spring.
Prompts: wind/air, high noon, mountain, clean

Read it at: my LJ // AO3 // FFN

"Miles To Go Before I Sleep" -- 3 prompts

Title: "Miles To Go Before I Sleep"
Author: [livejournal.com profile] luminations
Fandom/Universe: The Last of Us
Characters/Pairings: Joel, Ellie
Rating/Warnings/Genre: Rated G
Length: a true drabble! Exactly 300 words
Notes/Summary: Joel flirts with death after his injury in Colorado. Title taken from my favorite Robert Frost poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
Prompts: A winter's night, time, bloody. I wanted to incorporate the demons somehow but I would have had to sacrifice the drabble-ness!

Read it at: my LJ // AO3 // FFN