Here is a list of all the fics and art for Tess/Joel Month 2025. I can not say enough how happy I was to do this and to see all the fantastic fics written for this event. If you have fics or art you still want to contribute, please do so; no need to worry that it's no longer during the challenge. Just link this page @tessjoelmonth2025 or add tess joel month 2025 to the tags, and I will reblog it.
Here also is the link to the AO3 collection.
Week 1: First Impressions, Home Sweet Home, Only One Bed
X.Y.U. by @hypnotisedfireflies - A fresh meeting for Joel and Tess, a different way things might’ve gone down. - Mature
Said the waves to the sand by @finnelfin - A girl and a werewolf meet on the road. Part of the The beast you've made of me series.
getting used to by @tloulily2007 - Tess and Joel meet on the road, it's a bit rocky at first. - Mature
Moíra - μοῖρα by @bumblepony - Tess and Joel meet while going to night school and become friends. On the night of their final class, they cross some lines and end up in bed together. It wasn't supposed to mean anything, but then fate seems to have other plans for them. - Mature
Week 2: Revenge, An Unlikely Place to Spend the Night, Good Days/Bad Days
you make me better by @tloulily2007 - a glimpse into a bad and a good day between Tess and Joel. - Mature
After the Zero Hour by @hypnotisedfireflies - After a successful trade with Bill and Frank, Tess and Joel have serious trouble getting back into the QZ. - Mature
Mortified by Praises by @bumblepony - Joel is a fallen knight, fighting for gold instead of honor, and Tess is a squire, hiding from a storied past. - Mature
Week 3: Sampling the Merchandise, Touch/Touch Starved, Call Off Your Dog
All Primal Screams (and quick relief) by @messitydepressity - Tess makes the belated realization that she's harboring a tiny fugitive (Ellie) and decides that it's best if Joel doesn't know (Outbreak compliant, takes place within Boston QZ) - Mature
with the touch of your hand by @tloulily2007 - Even if it wasn’t sex, something as simple as lying in bed together or an innocent brush of their hands. It felt so natural but so foreign all at once. - Mature
I need my empty halls to echo with grand self-mythology by @consultingzoologist - Trans Tess, before and after the end of the world - Mature
X.Y.U. by @hypnotisedfireflies - A fresh meeting for Joel and Tess, a different way things might’ve gone down. - Mature
Week 4: Canon Divergence, Making Amends, Secret Language/Love Language
All Primal Screams (and quick relief) by @messitydepressity - Tess makes the belated realization that she's harboring a tiny fugitive (Ellie) and decides that it's best if Joel doesn't know (Outbreak compliant, takes place within Boston QZ) - Mature
Roulette by @hypnotisedfireflies - Joel is a mess and everything is miserable. - Mature
Bonus: Damage, Taking Orders, In the Dark
After the Zero Hour by @hypnotisedfireflies - The Kraken is awake and with Tess injured, it's up to Joel (and his magic piss) to find a way back into the Boston Quarantine Zone. - Mature
Random: Fics with all, or none of the prompts
Rewrite Our History by @lostgirlslikeus - A Tessjoel Second Chance AU (no cordyceps)
Fixed on Your Hand of Gold by @childofthebarricadewrites - A story about grief, and also how hard it is to get a good curly hair haircut.
In This Burning House by @messitydepressity - Firefighter Joel and Preemie Ellie take two? With a heavy dose of Tess and Joel being horny as hell for one another. - Mature
Tess/Joel Fanart & Fanedits
Tess/Joel from A Soul For Sale Or Rent by @kenobiwanx
Firefighters by @be-an-echo
Touch/Touch Starved by @catherine-brown-24
Tess/Joel Fanedit by @sirsealery
areudirty
snowghoul
theartofmadeline
dededos
romaincrisis
