Title: "Singularity"
Fandom: The Last of Us (first game only)
Characters: Joel, Ellie, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Word Count: 460,671
Chapters: 49
Rating: R
Summary: When their "vacation" comes to an abrupt end, Joel and Ellie must get back to reality. How will they handle what life throws at them next? [This is Part 3, following Part 1: "Accretion" and Part 2: "Uncertainty", although you don't necessarily have to read those first.]

~crossposted to FFN and AO3~

Each chapter has a link at the end to continue to the next.

Chapter 1: "Too Good To Be True"
Chapter 2: "The Experiment"
Chapter 3: "Diamonds"
Chapter 4: "The Old Man and the Sea"
Chapter 5: "Boys and Girls"
Chapter 6: "A Simple Plan"
Chapter 7: "Seeing Red" Part 1 and Part 2
Chapter 8: "Trouble In Paradise"
Chapter 9: "Sitting Ducks"
Chapter 10: "Kill Or Be Killed"
Chapter 11: "Never Surrender"
Chapter 12: "No Body No Crime"
Chapter 13: "Rules of the Road"
Chapter 14: "Stuck With You" Part 1 and Part 2
Chapter 15: "Curse of the Fold" Part 1: "El Diablo"
Chapter 16: "Curse of the Fold" Part 2: "Spooky Little Girl"
Chapter 17: "The Sky is Falling"
Chapter 18: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ornery"
Chapter 19: "Heavy in Your Arms"
Chapter 20: "Sweet Sixteen"
Chapter 21: "Eighty-Nine Seconds"
Chapter 22: "Six Feet Under"
Chapter 23: "Karma is a..."
Chapter 24: "Come Join the Murder"
Chapter 25: "Black Hawk Down"
Chapter 26: "It's Good To Be King"
Chapter 27: "Object Permanence"
Chapter 28: "Sugar and Spice"
Chapter 29: "There's No Place Like Home"
Chapter 30: "Cool Hand Luke"
Chapter 31: "...And Your Enemies Closer"
Chapter 32: "Inside Out"
Chapter 33: "A Bird In Hand"
Chapter 34: "Guilty Pleasures"
Chapter 35: "A Good Man"
Chapter 36: "Somewhere Between 'I Love You' and 'I'm Leavin' "
Chapter 37: "Escape the Dungeon"
Chapter 38: "Wheels"
Chapter 39: "Right Here, Right Now"
Chapter 40: "These Violent Delights"
Chapter 41: "Terms of Endearment" Part 1
Chapter 42: "Terms of Endearment" Part 2
Chapter 43: "Complicated"
Chapter 44: "Look for the Light"
Chapter 45: "Built by Ruin and Run on Sin"
Chapter 46: "If You Love Someone"
Chapter 47: "Together Enough"
Chapter 48: "Known by Heart"
Chapter 49: "The Spaces Between"

Title: "Singularity" Chapter 49: "The Spaces Between" [49/49]
Fandom: The Last of Us (first game only)
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage
Word Count for this chapter: 9,533
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

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( Ultimatum time: play by the rules or get the f*** out?Collapse )

Title: "Singularity" Chapter 48: "Known by Heart" [48/49]
Fandom: The Last of Us (first game only)
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage
Word Count for this chapter: 8,646
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

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( Joel kind of just wanted to go homeCollapse )

~Continue to Chapter 49~

Title: "Singularity" Chapter 47: "Together Enough" [47/49]
Fandom: The Last of Us (first game only)
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage
Word Count for this chapter: 8,787
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

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( Now I KNOW I'm dreaming...Collapse )
~Continue to Chapter 48~

Title: "Singularity" Chapter 46: "If You Love Someone" [46/49]
Fandom: The Last of Us (first game only)
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage
Word Count for this chapter: 9,452
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

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( Eventually, Ellie stopped expecting Joel to returnCollapse )
~Continue to Chapter 47~

Title: "Singularity" Chapter 45: "Built by Ruin and Run on Sin" [45/49]
Fandom: The Last of Us (first game only)
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage
Word Count for this chapter: 8,501
Rating (for fic as a whole): R
Author's Note: Chapter title is a lyric from the song "Ghost Train" by North Country Gentlemen

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( Joel had found that he quite liked robbing trainsCollapse )

~Continue to Chapter 46~

Title: "Singularity" Chapter 44: "Look for the Light" [44/49]
Fandom: The Last of Us (first game only)
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage
Word Count for this chapter: 8,760
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

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( Why did I ever care about this?Collapse )

~Continue to Chapter 45~

Title: "Singularity" Chapter 43: "Complicated" [43/49]
Fandom: The Last of Us (first game only)
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage
Word Count for this chapter: 8,513
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

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( He just plain missed the hell out of his baby girlCollapse )

~Continue to Chapter 44~

Title: "Singularity" Chapter 42: "Terms of Endearment" Part 2 [42/49]
Fandom: The Last of Us (first game only)
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage
Word Count for this chapter: 8,276
Rating (for fic as a whole): R

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( How stupid she was to take his affection for granted before, and not appreciate it as a finite resource...Collapse )

~Continue to Chapter 43~

Title: "Singularity" Chapter 41: "Terms of Endearment" Part 1 [41/49]
Fandom: The Last of Us (first game only)
Characters: Ellie, Joel, Tommy, Maria, OCs
Pairings: Joel/Ellie
Warnings: Underage
Word Count for this chapter: 8,264
Rating (for fic as a whole): R
Author's Note: Chapter title for this 2-parter is from the 1983 movie of the same name

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( She just couldn't say yesCollapse )

~Continue to Chapter 42~