The last of Tays

28/boy mom/fic writer/Joel Miller Apologist/Gemini 💙❤️💜

[thelastoftays]

Hey y’all you know I live in my Joel Miller era. I’ve got a whole stack of fics already out there and even more simmering in the background. But let’s be honest the Joel tag is crowded. Saturated. Overflowing with kings, cowboys, dads, disasters, all of it.

And the past few months I’ve been itching to do something a little different.

I’ve been wanting to write a full, novel-length Javier Peña fic not just a spicy one-shot, but the kind of story I always end up telling, soft, romantic, messy, dramatic, slow-burny, a little painful in the best way. Less smut, more heart and angst and healing.

I know there are tons of Javi one-shots or short fics, but not many that are really character-driven romances (that I've found 😭). And I keep wondering…would anyone actually want to read that?

I write for myself first, always but I also love when people connect with my stories, when someone messages me saying a chapter hit them in the chest. That’s the best part.

So idk…should I post it? Should I dive into my Peña era?

Let me know. 🖤

[thelastoftays]

heyyyy guys 💜✨

I managed to sneak one more chapter out today for my birthday!! 🥳🎂💜

https://archiveofourown.org/works/84100056/chapters/226612471

[thelastoftays]

What happens if after the new year’s party, Joel just leaves Jackson?

no porch reconciliation. no abby. no closure. just Joel Miller and his pride disappearing into the mountains thinking he’s finally done ruining ellie’s life.

Until a dying man forces him into one last promise, and this time, it’s one he can’t break.

🦋 The Weight of Broken Wing🦋

https://archiveofourown.org/works/84100056/chapters/221752956

[thelastoftays]

hey guyyys 💜

I know i’ve been a little quiet lately — life got busy in the best ways — but i’ve really been trying to find my way back to writing again. I promise I haven’t abandoned my other stories 🥺 they still mean everything to me.

But this one has been sitting in my head for a while now. like really sitting there. the kind of idea that won’t leave you alone no matter how hard you try to ignore it.

so i finally gave in.

chapter 1 & 2 are posted !!!!

i’d love to hear what you think if you read it

https://archiveofourown.org/works/84100056/chapters/221752956

[writingdose]

writing fanfics has made me go out of my way to learn things and do deep research in ways no colleges, exams, jobs or other projects ever could. yes, it’s a hobby. but it’s also my love and passion. next time you say “fanfics are an unserious activity for kids”, I will actually bite you. no ma’am, while kids certainly can enjoy writing fanfics, it’s sleep-deprived adults — with jobs and responsibilities, bills to pay, kids to raise, animals to take care of, battles to fight — who have built the fanfic community and always been the backbone of it since day one.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

and make sure your comments are kind!!! “I love this so much!” and “this is amazing! I’m so excited for what happens next” are more likely to get your favorite fics updated than “when will we get the next chapter?”

[bambistjames]

non-writers will never understand the mental illness of writing an entire conversation in your head while doing dishes and then forgetting every word the second you open a blank doc

[kottasnightmode]

I have random followers I have an attachment to for no reason and whenever I see them in my notes I'm like "awww it's them :)" and it makes me happy. Listen to me....you never know the full enjoyment you bring to other people's lives

[asterrwritess]

I've noticed being a writer is one of two things:

1.) having five thousand different WIPs because losing inspiration for one can just mean working on something else

2.) having one mega WIP you've been thinking about/working of for five thousand years and not wanting to work on anything else because you have to finish that one first.

[thelastoftays]

A question hangs there between you — Why are you helping me? — and he hates that he doesn’t have a clean response. He hates that every answer he tries on in his head sounds like a lie, even to himself.

“I don’t know,” he says finally.

It’s the truth, stripped bare.

You frown at him, like you don’t believe people are allowed to say that out loud.

Like not knowing feels more dangerous than any accusation.

“I should’ve turned you in,” he continues, voice low, steady, more for his own benefit than yours. “The moment your name came up. The moment they connected you to the tip.”

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Teach Me to Stay

chapter 8 & 9 out now 😁

[joelismyserotonin]

Ugh-such a dreamboat!

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

AO3 appreciation post!! reblog if you love archive of our own

[thelastoftays]

He could let you go. He could wake you gently, tell you to leave, pretend this never happened. He could tell himself he’d done enough by not letting you fall and crack your skull. But he knew the truth about you, even without knowing your name, you wouldn’t walk out of his apartment and go home to a normal night. You wouldn’t go to sleep and wake up and teach and pretend life was fine. Something was already moving around you, something violent and inevitable, and if he was wrong about that, then he’d lost his mind.

If he was right…..

Teach Me to Stay

Chapter 7 out now on Ao3 🥺

https://archiveofourown.org/works/75462091/chapters/205802311

[kokoluwie]

[elliespuns]

My type in men is Joel Miller. Must be a grumpy, flannel-wearing survivalist who says 3 words a day but would level a city for you. The bar is now in the damn stratosphere.

[xbeababyx]

I ship them…

[thelastoftays]

Hey guys 🖤

I still get messages, comments, and questions almost daily about Somewhere to Land, which honestly means more to me than I can explain. I’m really glad that story stuck with so many of you.

I know the ending wasn’t everyone’s favorite 😅 but it was intentional. It ended where it needed to.

That said I’ve been thinking.

How would y’all feel about a second part to the series?

Not another massive 497k word monster, but a shorter 10–15 chapter companion called The Journey Along the Way. It would pick up right where we left off with Jackson’s birth and focus on the life in between, the years, the love, the struggles, the quiet moments between life and death.

I’ve got a lot of projects I’m working on right now, so if this happens it wouldn’t be immediate. I just wanted to see if the desire is there before I let my brain run wild 👀

Let me know what you think 🤍

🥹🥹🥹