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In softball, the battery is the pitcher and catcher. The heart of the team, built on trust and unspoken rhythm.
Ellie and Dina have had seven years of near misses, soft glances, and something that feels a lot more than friendship. As their bar league - The Stalkers- fight for a championship, they’ll have to face what’s been quietly building between them all along.
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22 Jun 2026
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Dina Carter has always followed the plan: a steady boyfriend, a finance degree, a future her parents can be proud of. The only place she truly feels like herself is in Skystrike, the high-octane game where her team feels more like family than friends.
But when Ellie, her sharp, steady, impossibly talented new roommate, moves in, everything shifts. Ellie fits into the team seamlessly, and into Dina’s life even more so. Between scrims, late-night game sessions, and whispered jokes on coffee runs, Ellie makes Dina feel seen in a way she didn’t know she was missing.
Suddenly the future Dina mapped out doesn’t feel so certain. And the sparks she’s trying to ignore? Impossible to hide when you’re queued up side by side.
A slow-burn gamer romance about found family, following your own path, and the girl who makes you question everything.
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21 Jun 2026
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It’s all fun and games ('til somebody loses their mind) by SapphicScribes
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
04 Jul 2025
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In their senior year at NYU, Dina and Ellie navigate twists as their friendship takes an unexpected turn towards romance. Their friends-with-benefits agreement opens a Pandora's box of emotions, ultimately leading to a confrontation where Ellie realizes her unrequited feelings might not actually be unrequited.
Or Ellie is obvious and oblivious.
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19 Jun 2026
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A Part of Me by stumblingaway
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
27 Jul 2024
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“Yeah,” JJ darts back over, looking up at her, “hey, mom?”
“Hm?”
“Why don’t you ever talk about your dad?”
It’s Ellie’s turn to freeze.
Ellie comes to a deeper understanding of Joel's decision through JJ.
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18 Jun 2026
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You can’t spell Denial without Dina & El by TrashyGrammy
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
10 Apr 2026
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Dina has always been very good at knowing what she feels.
She’s just never been brave enough to say it out loud.
Everyone else, apparently, has already decided she and her best friend are basically married. The shared apartment, the shared groceries, the shared cat, the way they move around each other like second nature. Dina insists they’re just close. Just comfortable. Just two people who make sense in the same space.
So when a charming florist asks her out the week of Valentine’s Day, Dina decides maybe it’s time to stop orbiting the same woman and actually move on.
The problem?
Some silences are louder than jealousy.
And some people don’t realize they’re in love until someone else sets the table.The obligatory Valentine's Day TWO shot(because I can't do anything half assed)
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18 Jun 2026