Catherine Brown

"No matter what, you keep finding something to fight for"- Joel Miller (TLOU) | 26 | 🇿🇦🤙🏻| Banner art by: @illusioncanthurtme--art

[sadmishutka]

commission <3

[dr-cassie-mckay]

@pscentral​ anniversary event: take four (dynamics + love) ↳ joel & tess + peace by taylor swift

[seethesunny]

NOBODY TALK TO ME. I'VE WANTED THIS FOR AGES

[bumblepony]

Tess Commission

My beloved, my Queen, made again by @yomi345345345

2010 Tess, QZ Tess, and Tess lives in Jackson.

[catherine-brown-24]

Anna talking about how great it was working on The Last of Us show and how Pedro was awesome to work with 😭

[catherine-brown-24]

[bumblepony]

Tess/Joel Commission

Another wonderful commission of one of my favorite blurbo pairs, Joel and Tess, made by the amazing @illusioncanthurtme--art

This is so stunning and I absolutely love how smitten they look for each other.

[azazazalea]

Ding Ding!

those two were definitely contemplating how much they really needed that battery

[tessjoelmonth2025]

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

QZ Chat by @spoiledmilks

In Jackson by @looshelle

Tarot by @miranhas-art

Firefighters by @be-an-echo

Polaris by @miranhas-art

Predestined by @verkomy

Touch/Touch Starved by @catherine-brown-24

Tess/Joel Fanedit by @sirsealery

[tessbandana]

Merry late Christmas and happy early new year!

srry I haven’t posted on here in a bit, been busy and I’m just more active on Twitter (loser ik ik)

[elliespuns]

Merry Christmas from Joel the Miller

You just know this man would wear the ugliest Christmas sweater just to make his kid happy.

[catherine-brown-24]

Need someone to write a Tess Lives fic where she surprises Joel with some coffee beans for his birthday in Jackson that she found whilst on patrol with Tommy or where Maria tells her where to find some.

[dykedivorce]

"There was one moment that we had in the game where you can see that Tess is the one that's leading Joel, and Joel is the muscle. [...] She's one of the few that can control him, she's the Joel whisperer."

HBO's The Last of Us Podcast - Episode 1: "When you're lost in the darkness"

[elialys]

Chapter 18 of my Tess & Ellie AU is up!

*** READ ON AO3 ***

(yes, it's been nearly two years since my last update, what's your point? 😂)

That kind of independence appeals to the side of Ellie that has never known such freedom, brought up as she was in a FEDRA school. She wouldn’t trade what she has in exchange for her own ‘studio’, though. It’s only been a couple of weeks, but she realizes this is as close to a home as she’s ever had. Excited at the mere thought of being invited like that by Dina, Ellie had asked Tess, who’d let her go without any fuss. All she said was ‘have fun’ and ‘hydrate’, indicating she knew exactly what would be going on, and apparently not giving a fuck. It quickly dawned on Ellie that the evening wasn’t going to be...easy, though. Enjoyable? Sure. But not easy. She knows everyone who’s been invited. Jesse, Cat, and Logan, all of them around Dina’s age. As in, all older than Ellie, even just by six months, like Cat. Still, Ellie’s the youngest. And she’s fucking out of the loop. Whatever version of ‘group socializing’ she’s had at school, it’s nothing like this. It doesn’t help that back then, Ellie didn’t like most people, and most people didn’t like her. Except for Riley, but she’s trying hard not to think about that too often. She knows this isn’t even that special. Five teens watching a derelict movie, laughing louder and louder as that bottle of booze gets passed around. Too loud, if you ask her. Ever since Ellie’s been paired up with Dina, she’s handled those peer situations fairly well. Dina always acted like a buffer, helping her feel more at ease. Unfortunately, there’s been a thing going on between Dina and Jesse, tonight. A thing that is getting more and more obvious as they both get more drunk. A thing that looks a lot like flirting, the consensual kind of flirting.

*** READ ON AO3 ***

[tessjoelmonth2025]

I know this is not for Tess/Joel Month, but I'm still going to share it here because it's amazing.

[catherine-brown-24]

Touch/touch starved

[bumblepony]

Tess & Joel

So this is a commission for Tess/Joel month, but I needed to share this today on All Hallows Eve! This is Tess and Joel from my fic, A Soul For Sale Or Rent, which is very spooky-themed. It was made by the amazing @kenobiwanx and I am completely blown away, because she made me not one but three diffrent versions of this beautiful picture. The first one will be above the cut, but the rest will be below because they give away spoilers from the fic.

@tessjoelmonth2025

[userblorbo]

Anna Torv as Tess Servopoulos

The Last of Us | When You're Lost in the Darkness

[catherine-brown-24]

Can't wait for @tessjoelmonth2025! Busy working on an art piece for one of the weeks which I'm really looking forward to sharing. Also, really excited to see everyone else's works for the project! 😁