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Joanne and her dad have been surviving in Michigan at their cottage since the day the world went to hell. After years of survival they realize they are no longer safe. They travel to the Boston QZ believing it to be the safest. During their travels they run into a small group also heading in the same direction. Joanne and her father join this group until they reach Boston. Here Jo starts to develop feelings for a man in the group named Joel. Though he's older, she's old for her age. She proves time and time again she doesn't need help from anyone, that she's not afraid to be alone, that no one will pull the wool over her eyes.
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What if Riley had a twin and watched over Ellie for her? What if Ellie wasn't the only one who was immune? What if the cordyceps modified into something more?
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You arrive at the Boston QZ after running from a smuggling group you’d gotten caught up in. Desperate to get back on the job, you start work at a bar- here you hear whispers of Joel Miller, Boston’s top smuggler and most feared man.
People turn away when they see him, some even run—but you can't seem to stay away.
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Somewhere to Land by ThelastofTays
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
20 Oct 2025
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You're nineteen, angry, and freshly kicked out of your mother’s new life.
Your last option is moving back in with a father you barely know and into a house that’s never felt like home.
Then there’s the man next door.
Older. Quiet. Off-limits.
His bedroom window faces yours. And some nights, you swears he’s looking.Joel Miller is everything you shouldn't want.
He says he’s too old. Too responsible. Too careful to touch you.
But tension this hot doesn’t just disappear.
And you're not the only one losing sleep over it.
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Joel Miller x Immune Reader
Before the 2003 outbreak, the Cordyceps virus was a secret government project led by your father, a dedicated scientist. After realizing his mistake, he discovered your immunity following a bite at age 10. Desperate to make amends, he made deals with Fedra and later with the Fireflies, while you chose to escape instead of sacrificing yourself.
Years of evading capture ended when you were eventually caught and taken to a hospital in Salt Lake with another immune girl. They thought two hosts would boost their vaccine chances, unaware that Joel was ready to take them all down.
Unbeknownst to him, he had saved both you and Ellie. Now, you set out on your own, hoping to find your rescuer again, leaving the rest of the Fireflies behind in your hospital scrubs.
It wasn't long before you unexpectedly encountered him in Jackson, but he had no idea who you were or about your immunity. -
the seventh commandment by stylespunk
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), joel miller - Fandom
19 Oct 2025
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A funeral shouldn't be the reason you decide to come back to town. Losing someone who was once part of your life, now turned into memories, shouldn't be the reason why you come back with a thousand words left to say.
Grief shouldn’t drag you home by your neck. To old streets, to old ghosts haunting the present, and to the man you had never truly forgotten.
And a breakup shouldn't be the reason you were losing yourself to whatever this was.
You had come back looking for answers, to reconnect with yourself and your younger self.
But you found Joel instead,
But he had already found God and faith.
And some love affairs never knew how to die truly.
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Nothing Left by Nonbinairyboi
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
19 Oct 2025
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You hadn't spoken in years. Technically, you had the ability to, though as the years wore on, you weren't so sure anymore.You'd settled in Jackson over a year ago and now it was Fall again. You are drawn towards Ellie and her 'not-dad' but you had always assumed any relationships deeper than surface level were beyond you at this point.
Please note MainCharacter/Reader is afab non-binary, has short hair, and has multiple nicknames but none are their name.
Series Warnings: This is my first fanfic and I plan to go into some dark stuff including some in-depth discussion of SA that was done to the main character (not by Joel) and the mental impact it has. Eventual Smut. MINORS DNI!
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After leaving an abusive relationship, you return back to your hometown in Austin, Texas, seeking safety and a fresh start with your father that you have not seen for many years. The quietness between you two feels strange at first - but peaceful, a feeling that's foreign to you.
Then you meet Joel, one of your dad's business partners and longtime friend -- steady, kind, and nearly twenty years older. What begins as a simple friendship slowly turns into something deeper, something that feels both unexpected and right. -
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When your high-powered marketing career goes up in flames, you find yourself back in Texas and out of options—until your old childhood best friend Tommy Miller offers you a job at his family’s growing construction company. The only catch? His older brother Joel, the project manager with a chip on his shoulder and zero patience for your city-slicker attitude.
You clash instantly: you’re clever, confident, and painfully corporate. He’s quiet, rugged, and set in his ways. You push his buttons. He pushes back harder. But somewhere between long meetings, late nights, resurfacing memories, and hurt, along with one very unexpected work trip… the tension starts to shift.
What begins as bickering turns into banter. Glances linger. Walls crack. And neither of you is quite sure when things started to change.
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Sun bleached flies by Elliewilliamswifee
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
17 Oct 2025
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The edges of your vision frayed, turning the already-dim alley into a blurry kaleidoscope of gray and orange. Your legs felt suddenly disconnected, distant. The immense arm around your throat loosened just enough to let you slump, but not enough to let you fall. You registered a moment of being lifted, effortlessly, then the cold, dizzying rush of black closing in.
This is it, you thought with a strange, numb clarity. This is how it ends. Not to a clicker, not to FEDRA, but in a dark alley to a man, this is how I die. -
love in the wrong lifetime by cyreneia
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
16 Oct 2025
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Keep Your 'lectric Eye On Me, Babe by essevo
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
16 Oct 2025
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Looking for a hookup, you stumble upon “Tommy” on a dating app. Only, Tommy is actually Joel Miller, and he has other things in store for you.
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Settled back in Salt Lake City, you scored radio contact with a nearby settlement in Wyoming. The chats were extremely brief, and you sometimes missed the casual banter; jokes were far and few in between, so it was always welcome, but never fulfilled. On the bright side, they were pretty generous with their booze, which was the only thing you wanted from them in return for your services. But then, the voice behind the station changed, and the radio began beeping for you at strange hours of the night.
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*or*
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You traded with a settlement in Wyoming, keeping contact through the radio, and even though the radio was meant to be used for business purposes only, you and the man on the other side decided that radio sex was on the table. Also, everything goes to shit because of course it does. -
All the Ways We Leave by DogsCantDrive
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
15 Oct 2025
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You came to Jackson five years ago, and since then you’ve built something that almost feels like a life. Steady work at the clinic, a roof over your head, the closest thing to safety you’ve known since the world fell apart. It isn’t perfect, but it’s yours.
Then you’re thrown onto patrol, partnered with Tommy’s brooding older brother, Joel Miller — and everything starts to unravel.
He’s moody, stubborn, infuriatingly bossy. He gets under your skin with every order he barks, with every look he gives you like he knows better. He’s also the one man you can’t stop thinking about, no matter how many times he’s made it clear he wants nothing to do with you.
But the longer you’re out there together, the harder it gets to ignore the pull between you. Banter turns to touches, touches to something you swore you wouldn’t want. And as the line between friends and something more begins to blur, you’ll have to decide just how much you’re willing to risk.
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The First Date by BrookesWords
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
14 Oct 2025
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It is your first date with Joel Miller, the first one for both of you in a long time, he is shy and nervous but treats you like the gentleman he is. He takes you to your place and things get heated up.
Based on a request on my tumblr account
Please comment and leave kudos <3
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You show up in Jackson with nothing, just a name on your lips and the faint crust of blood drying on your skin. Months after the horde rips its way through the heart of the town, and with no memory of how you got there, you struggle to assimilate. You try—and you fail miserably.
So Maria tucks you away on the expansion project with the other no-talent nobodies. Those who can’t shoot straight, who won’t follow orders, but are still alive enough to swing a hammer. With no other choice, you take the opportunity. At your wit’s end, no family, barely any friends, you're assigned to work under a man the town respects.
Joel Miller carries more than the tools and the orders—he carries weight. Authority. Fear. Trust. And maybe, if you prove yourself, he could be your ticket to something like purpose again. But Joel doesn’t like you. Doesn’t trust you. There are unanswered questions in his eyes—like he’s waiting for something to bleed out.
Maybe he’s right.
Because sooner or later, the past always finds a way back.
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The Remains of Us by littlemissmiller
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
14 Oct 2025
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It didn't take Joel long to fall for you. You were Sarah's favorite teacher at school, teaching English. It didn't help that you were also beautiful, kind, smart, everything he valued in a woman.
You loved Sarah like a daughter, as you did all your students. But there was something about her dad that threw you off; his lingering gazes, the way he'd always try to make small talk with you.
Before you knew it, you were head over heels for the father of your brightest student.
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No Cure For What We Are by Vstoday22
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
14 Oct 2025
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She’s Jackson’s oddball engineer: brilliant, eccentric, better with patterns than people.
She doesn’t do unpredictable.
Joel Miller is unpredictable. Dangerous. Gravitational.
What starts as reluctant proximity turns fraught, obsessive—and just controlled enough to keep breathing.
But old ghosts are clawing their way back. And one of them knows exactly who she used to be. -
A haunted body by Kodachromereader
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
13 Oct 2025
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You should have died that day. Instead, Joel Miller found you.
After the Millers saved your life, you became something of a miracle. Now you’ve been given a second chance, and the sweetness of your new home is overshadowed by the coldness of one of them: Joel. Unfortunately for him, Tommy assigns you to work by his side, as the assistant he claims he doesn’t need. -
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Joel Miller’s life has turned to ash—he's a year in a life after a ruined marriage, long work days at the fire station, and a four-year-old daughter who deserves better. He swears he doesn’t need help, but everyone else knows he’s drowning. Especially his brother and best friend.
Enter you—a teacher on summer break, broke, stubborn, and desperate enough to take anything. When Tommy recommends you a job, you figure it’s just another way to pay the bills. What you don’t expect is Joel—the same man who made your heart beat a million times faster. The same man who gave you everything, then left you with nothing.
For him, you’re supposed to be the babysitter he just happens to know. For you, he’s supposed to be just a paycheck with complicated feelings. But old hurts tangle with new sparks every time he looks at you too long. Guilt is easy. This feels dangerous. Because if you give in, it won’t just be your summer that burns.