Seeking
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seeking what is desirable by encasedinobsidian
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
30 Jul 2024
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Albert Camus said that "A man is always a prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them,” and it made me wonder how we justify romantic affairs — if we are free when we enter them in secrecy, or only truly free when we have burned the bridges we ran over to reach the arms of the other.
Naomi is married, Joel is married, and they can't stay away from each other.
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- Part 1 of Seeking
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seeking what is desirable AU extra #1: ✨The daddy dom/college girl AU✨
What would happen if Naomi didn't meet Joel on that fateful July night, but rather, six years before?
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- Part 2 of Seeking
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seeking what is desirable AU extra #2: ✨The parent/teacher school trip winter cabin AU✨
How would things have played out if Naomi and Joel met on a ski trip in December, rather than at a party in July?
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- Part 3 of Seeking
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That abyss he circled, dipped his toes in, bathed in, drowned in — it’s not so dark now, not a bottomless pit of darkness for him to fall back into or get drawn into by claws scratching at his skin. Someone gave him a lantern somewhere along the line, lit up the space around him so that he could see what rock bottom really was. And he was there alone, don’t get it twisted — he sat with his arms around his knees and looked around to see that there was nobody there but him.
And he still sits there sometimes. Every dark evening when Mia is asleep under his covers and he’s leaning over the kitchen island, eating the marshmallow-less Lucky Charms while the wind rustles in the trees of his backyard and he thinks back on a year ago. His chest tightens at the thought of being back there, in the house that didn’t feel like it belonged to him or his ex-wife.
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- Part 4 of Seeking
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arrabbiata by encasedinobsidian
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
13 Sep 2025
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On the side of studying psychology at UT Austin, Naomi nannies for the Millers a few days a week while Joel works long hours and Gwen is frequently away. What can possibly happen when Naomi has to stay overnight, and Joel realizes his inappropriate longtime crush is mutual?
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- Part 5 of Seeking