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When Joel Met You by pandapetals
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV), When Harry Met Sally (1989)
25 Jan 2026
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You never expected to cross paths with Joel Miller again after college. He’d always been sharp-tongued, guarded, and impossible to figure out — your roommate’s boyfriend, and nothing more. Yet, life in Texas has a way of circling back, especially when you keep running into Joel.
*Or a slow burn inspired by When Harry Met Sally.
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- English
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- 23/23
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28 Jun 2026
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To Build a Home by NotYourLoveMonkey
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
21 Jun 2026
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When your grandmother leaves you a house outside Austin, you spend years saving to turn it into the family home you've always dreamed of. Then your marriage falls apart before the paint is even dry.
As the renovation progresses, Joel Miller finds himself watching a woman build something beautiful while the life she planned quietly slips away. The smart thing would be to stay out of it. Unfortunately, Joel has never been particularly good at that.
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28 Jun 2026
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Wasteland, baby! (I'm in love with you) by littleR13
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
19 Jun 2023
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Five years after the outbreak, you're coping however you can. Running into Joel and Tommy then seems a well-timed coincidence, a lucky turn as the three of you make your way to Boston. How long can this seemingly perfect alliance last after feelings get in the way?
Living in Jackson, so many years later, old passions resurface when Joel inadvertently comes back into your life. Will grievances and doubts get in the way yet again?OR
We get to see Reader / OC and Joel navigate the depths of their love, both in the past and in the future.
"Joel knows all this, knows to be prepared for the worst, as a way to compensate for his inattention. But he forgot all about it the day he first saw you again."
Now COMPLETE with epilogue!!
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- 19/19
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27 Jun 2026
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Joel Miller gave up on the idea of a soulmate at least 20 years and one apocalypse ago. But it turns out the universe hasn't given up on him quite yet.
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23 Jun 2026
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You see Tommy conversing with another man, slightly taller and more rugged, grayness collecting in his hair and facial hair.
You stare meekly at the new man, eyes meeting with his own as he tilts his head slightly to look back at you. His jaw sets firmly as he takes you in, your mind a storm ablaze. You and all your bloody glory.Bookmarked by aidapapi
16 Jun 2026
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Better In My Head by broad_shoulders
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
24 Mar 2026
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A wrong number text turns into something neither of you meant to start.
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- Part 1 of Better in My Head
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03 Jun 2026
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Miller Pest Control by HeroWithoutAMask
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
06 Oct 2025
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Joel kills the spider in your room.
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31 May 2026
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Two years ago you lost your son and Joel lost his daughter. Neither of you are sure that the support group you both attend helps - but here you are.
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- Part 5 of Joel Worms
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29 May 2026
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Joel and Ellie are settled in Jackson, and Tommy decides that the only thing missing from Joel's life is a girlfriend. Honestly, romancing Jackson's newest member would be easier if Tommy didn't try to help as much.
Or,
Joel is stressed and tired and feared by most of the town. For some reason, you're not afraid of him.
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15 May 2026
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Our Little Corner of the World by Marceline96
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
30 Jan 2025
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“Are you Joel?” the girl asks.
“Mmm,” he grunts in answer.
“My mom says it was kind of a dick move to open a diner with your brother and only name it after yourself.”
Joel hears Tommy bark out a laugh behind him. He almost chuckles. This girl has a pair on her, that’s for sure.
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You run the inn in your small town, and you and your daughter, Ellie, meet the surly new diner owner. Basically the Gilmore Girls AU that’s been haunting my dreams. Cue the la la las!Bookmarked by aidapapi
13 May 2026
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Always Been You by pedroscurls
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
23 Dec 2023
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You and Joel have become best friends, but as the years pass, you both realize that the love you have for each other goes beyond just “best friends”. Will either of you have the courage to express your true feelings or will you both just remain secretly in love with each other?
no-outbreak!Joel Miller au
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11 May 2026
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Leather, Lace, & Lust by mrs_barnes1941
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
06 May 2026
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Days before your 30th birthday, you return home to Austin, Texas from NYC to help your family take care of your grandma.
Upon your homecoming, you quickly run into your dad's buddy, Joel Miller-who is...a lot more handsome than you remember.
Are you able to keep your distance-even though he only lives four blocks away? Or will you give into temptation and throw inhibition to the wayside?
*Recommended for readers 18+ due to explicit sexual content and language*
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07 May 2026
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only if you mean it by downtowndarling
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
20 Sep 2025
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She was already in Jackson, one of the younger settlers, known for being competent but a little hotheaded, not afraid to speak her mind even if it ruffled feathers. Joel’s not used to a place like this, and definitely not used to people like her. She thinks he’s a brute clinging to old ways. He thinks she’s naive and reckless.
But they keep crossing paths, on patrols, at town meetings, in stolen glances from across the bar. And what starts as biting words and cold shoulders slowly turns into something else: quiet concern, lingering touches, late-night arguments that feel more like confessions than fights.
The more she chips at Joel’s defenses, the more he sees what she’s really hiding. And maybe, just maybe, Joel starts to wonder if this life - this second chance - isn’t just for Ellie. Maybe it’s for him too.----------------------------------------------------------------------
You can find the second part here.
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03 May 2026
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Choice by dreamedaboutitinthedark
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
10 Feb 2026
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You join the Jackson community already four months pregnant with another man's baby. Joel chooses to take responsibility anyway.
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01 May 2026
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In the months leading to the outbreak, you and Joel had been seeing each other secretly. What started as a casual hookup became more serious, but things were complicated. The night before the outbreak began, he lay in your bed and admitted he was falling in love with you. When he left that night, you didn’t know it would be the last time you would see each other, until now.
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30 Apr 2026
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Public Bookmark 112
Mystery Work
Part of Misc
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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30 Apr 2026
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Public Bookmark 124
Mystery Work
Part of Misc
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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29 Apr 2026
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Sunlight & Sawdust by pandapetals
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
09 Jun 2025
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For two years, Joel Miller has done nothing but scowl at you from across the room, barely tolerating your warmth, your kindness, your ever-present sunshine. For two years, you’ve told yourself his gruffness doesn’t bother you—that his clipped words and cold stares don’t matter.
But then, out of nowhere, he offers to fix the damaged floor in your flower shop.
For free.
Suddenly, the man who could barely stand to look at you is showing up every day, fixing things that don’t need fixing, sharing quiet lunches, and—most shocking of all—getting along with Ellie, your daughter, who has never warmed up to anyone as quickly as she has to him.
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- Chapters:
- 23/23
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29 Apr 2026
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Nights Like This One by moderatelytroubled
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
24 Dec 2024
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It’s 2003. Joel Miller is hired by an elderly woman to fix up her home. However, in the middle of the renovations, she dies and her daughter, Lily, moves from California to Austin to live in her mother's home. Joel continues to work on the house despite the two of them constantly butting heads. Tensions rise and the two are destined to crash whether they like it or not.______________
Joel Miller finds the love of his life right before the world ends.
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- English
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- 142,677
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- 26/26
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Bookmarked by aidapapi
25 Apr 2026
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You squeezed your eyes shut, willing yourself not to cry. You were left alone to fend for yourself and a child. You didn’t know how. Fuck, you’d never even had to look after a fish, and now some laughing deity had put a child in your care.
But you made a promise.
You’d give your life trying to keep her safe.
Even if that meant following a stranger, who seemed to hate your existence, to a settlement you had never heard of.
What else was there left in this world for you?
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Set 15 years after the outbreak if Joel was never asked to take Ellie to the fireflies. Instead, he continues his quest to find his brother, finding you and little more than he bargained for on his way.
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- Part 1 of Promises We Keep
- Language:
- English
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- 177,196
- Chapters:
- 41/41
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22 Apr 2026