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You should’ve bled out on that floor.
Instead, Joel patched you up.
Ellie didn’t trust you for a second — and you didn’t trust her either.
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The year is 2003. You’ve just graduated college and landed a job as an English teacher at Austin middle school. After a bad break up, you plan to focus on your work- on yourself. That plan unravels the moment your class includes one Sarah Miller… and her annoyingly charming frustratingly handsome father, Joel Miller.
Joel Miller has a way of getting under your skin. Between his dark eyes, heartbreakingly gorgeous smile- not to mention his kindness and wit- you know from the moment you meet him that he is going to be trouble.
Later, you will liken Joel Miller to the Cordyceps fungus. Once you are infected by him, there is no going back, No cure. He consumes you from the inside out.
The story follows a few short months before the outbreak, tracing your growing connection with Joel in early 2003 before continuing through the show's timeline and all the way to the end of your story together.Joel Miller x Female Reader. Minimal physical description of the reader and no use of Y/N, so you can easily picture yourself- or whoever you like.
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all that remains by ruinherself
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
05 Feb 2026
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Joel Miller comes to Jackson for his brother, but finds more than he expected.
Before Tommy can even give him a proper welcome, Joel sees a ghost from his past walking in the snow - and you're the last person he thought he’d ever lay eyes on again. -
At 17 I started to starve myself by BraggerFob
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
04 Feb 2026
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Tommy Miller, the one who's always in control.
Until he isn't.
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Recovery is'nt linear by BraggerFob
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
04 Feb 2026
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joel and ellie learn how to heal their trauma in the safety of jackson but for joel having safety means timeto think and.. well.. old habbits die hard i guess
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Sisters: A The Last Of Us Fan Fiction by Demelza92
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
04 Feb 2026
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Based on the hit The Last Of Us video games and TV series! Joel and his brother Tommy rescue a young girl named Megan. Joel brings her to live with him and his surrogate daughter Ellie. The two girls become practically sisters, growing up in the outpost. When Joel and Ellie’s violent past catches up and ends in Joel’s death, Ellie leaves to seek revenge, and Megan devastated from losing another parent, stays, fracturing the bond they shared.
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Not at Any Cost by katnissellie
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
04 Feb 2026
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Slow burn Ellabs set in Jackson while Ellie learns to forgive Joel.
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Held back by Owen’s arms Abby thrashed. Her sobs echoed in the surgical suite as fellow mourning Fireflies looked on. She begged her father to stand but Dr. Anderson remained bleeding, unmoving. As she stilled, her cries caught in her throat and she forced the words out. "Who would do this?”
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Evidently, no one could tell her. After piecing together the available information, all she knew was that she was looking for a male smuggler. Not much to go off. Someone said he came from Boston, like Marlene. Someone else said the guy was from a settlement in Jackson.
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After joining the WLF, Abby threw herself into her training and her purpose as a soldier. To push away her guilt, every Scar she slaughtered or tortured, she saw as her father's killer. It felt like enough, until 5 years passed and she finally got a new lead, causing her to uproot her old Firefly crew to track down the smuggler.
Mostly according to video game canon, some borrowed details from the TV show. Canon diverges after Abby and Owen's fight before Jackson. -
Nothing Hurts Like You Do by fxckingjo
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
04 Feb 2026
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At the time of the outbreak, Joel Miller was your godfather... and the man who murdered your father before he turned.
Twenty-one years later, Joel is your patrol partner. The pair of you are outcasts with matching sharp edges at the end of the world. Three things you have in common: a soft spot for Ellie, his adoptive daughter with a sharp tongue, love for Tommy, who raised you when Joel ran off, and an undeniable chemistry that'll end in blood or heartache.
Or likely, both.
But perhaps, neither.
Title from 'Knuckle Velvet' by Ethel Cain
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Stay With Me by Plaidamoosette
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
03 Feb 2026
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“I think I’m gonna go check on some things in the Lodge, maybe radio in with Tommy and see how things are doing down there.”
“No,” Joel growls softly, shaking his head, his grip tightening around your waist as he pulls you closer. “Stay with me?”
This causes you to smile, and you sigh, resting your head against his chest so you can feel the steady thrum of his heart against your cheek.
“Of course, Cowboy. I’ll stay.”
______________________________20 years into the Cordyceps outbreak, lies a town in the heart of the Teton Range in Wyoming. Jackson, the last hope for humanity. You've crawled through hell to find a place like this, and yet hell isn't done with you.
You've never had to reach out for help to pull you from the depths, so why now? What is it about the handsome cowboy who's invaded your town that's changed everything, that's flipped your world? Why does he insist on saving you?
When you think things couldn't get worse, right when you finally start allowing yourself to feel again, the Devil's just gotta swoop in to yank the rug right from under your feet. You thought the battle was hard when you lost your family?
You hadn't even seen the half of it.
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Two days to say goodbye, but you stay bleeding in my mind's eye by starryreader4
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
03 Feb 2026
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Sarah took a deep breath, locking the door behind her. Mercy immediately startled, and she was too stunned to shout after the normally docile dog as it ran away down the street, disappearing into the darkness.
Great. Now what the fuck was she going to tell Mrs Alder?
As it turned out, Sarah did not have to worry about telling the woman much of anything, on account of the fact she was occupied. By feasting savagely on the neck of her dead husband.
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I'm All Right Now by WhetherItsTwoMinutes
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
03 Feb 2026
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"What happened to you?"
"I was being nosy and took a beating for it. You should watch out so you don't end up like me."
The kid huffs and crosses her arms. "You can't even stand up to beat me, so I can be as nosy as I want."
Joel just stares at her blankly. Being silent usually worked on Tommy, whenever he made up his mind that today was the perfect day to drive Joel up the wall. Usually being the key word here.
She narrows her eyes and looks closer at his casts. "What, is it something embarrassing?" she asks and leans forward, the look on her face suggesting that she is delighted by the idea. "Like you fell down the stairs or something?"
"I didn't fall down any stairs," Joel grumbles.
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Joel has an accident at work and ends up in the hospital. Ellie is a foster kid who's there to keep him company. Joel is not happy about that. He's not.Spoiler alert: Joel totally fell down those stairs.
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then i'll believe it by ruinherself
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
03 Feb 2026
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Life finally feels simple.
Roberta has a home, a future, and someone who means what he says. But peace is fragile - and when her past finds its way inside the walls, everything they built is at risk of shattering.Part two of only if you mean it
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The Last of Me - The Story of Elizabeth "Ellie" Williams by thewolfwilliams
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
03 Feb 2026
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Ellie thought she had left everything behind—her guilt, her ghosts, her reason for surviving.
But when a message arrives from a forgotten corner of the Fireflies, she's pulled into something quiet, slow, and strange. A place where no one asks her to be a hero. A place where old names still echo, and where silence says more than words.
While scientists talk of immunity and research, Ellie searches for something else: stillness, purpose, maybe even forgiveness.
She's not sure what she’ll find.
But someone asked for her by name.
And the camera she now carries once belonged to the woman who gave her life. -
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divinize: to make someone divine.
That’s what the world has done to her. To her friends, to her voice, her body, her words. Despite how divine they believe her to be, they also feel entitled. To her, her friends, her voice, her words, her body, her life.
But after an incident with a record label A&R representative, brooding, single father Joel Miller is signed on to be her bodyguard, and he sees her for what she is. A scared, damaged, exhausted woman who can’t escape her past, no matter how she might try. What happens when the one person who is supposed to see you as divine, so they might protect you at all costs, sees you as nothing more than broken? Even worse, what happens when he grows attached and tries to help—because goddammit, he cares. More than he should.
Or joel miller bodyguard!au where he falls in love with the reader because she’s pretty, sharp tongued, talented and knows it, and he needs to be needed and she’s tired of holding up the world at the cost of herself
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“Oh, and Joel?”
He stopped dead, shoulders tight, refusing to face her. Tears burned hot at the corners of his eyes. He tilted his head just slightly — the smallest concession that he was listening.
“Don’t you dare come near this house again.
Because if I ever see even ONE single fucking hair of yours on my porch — I swear to God, Joel…”
She sucked in a sharp, shaky breath.
“…I’ll put a bullet between your goddamn eyes.” -
It comes and goes in waves, It always does. by BraggerFob
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
02 Feb 2026
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When tommy catches Ellie hurting herslef in a works shed on the west side of town.. he takes things to the extreme to try and get her help but will she survive joels overbearing wrath? or will she revel in the guilt of it?
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The Distance between Stars by Marmaladejam
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
02 Feb 2026
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Joel had always believed in names.
Parent. Friend. Partner. Lover.
Names drew lines, and if you stayed within them, you stayed decent.
But Ellie never fit into any of those lines.
To her, the man who stood by her the longest had shifted roles again and again in her heart, until a birthday surprise stripped away the fog and showed her where she truly stood.
When her feelings come into focus, Joel is caught between desire and restraint, truth and lies. The ghost of Salt Lake threatens to tip everything into ruin, forcing Joel to choose: walk away, or fight for something new.
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The Savage and the Sanctuary by JustAGalWhoWrites
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
01 Feb 2026
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After the death of his daughter, Joel Miller fell apart. But when searching for answers at the bottom of a bottle and within his own rage doesn't fix it, he resigns himself to working for his brother in private security. It's a job that starts him down the path to stability and a semblance of a life, even if it's not one he particularly wants. At least it does until you show up.
The biggest movie star in the world with your newly adopted niece in tow, you throw everything about Joel's life into flux. Is he capable of letting himself feel something again while protecting the only things left in the world that matter?
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APOSTASY
noun
apos·ta·sy [ə-ˈpäs-tə-sē]plural - apostasies
: a giving up of a religious faith or a previous loyaltyOr,
Sometimes you must give up your previous loyalties to find new ones.
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Hold On, I Still Need You by AMY_MorningStar
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
01 Feb 2026
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“What did the doctors say?” She reached out and took Joel’s hand in her own. She wasn’t even squeezing, just holding it. If he was awake, he’d squeeze and tell her not to worry because he was
going to be okay.“They don’t know. They said he has some serious damage. Concussion, possible brain damage, broken ribs. He might not walk, if he wakes up.”
“If?” Ellie repeated.
Shit, Tommy thought. He probably should’ve been more careful about what he said to her.
What if Abby hadn't killed Joel? What if he had survived? I know we're all sad about Joel's death - I am, at least, and that's enough for me to write this - so here it is. Title from Hold On by Chord Overstreet.