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   To the Light by moderatelytroubled

   Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   13 Jan 2024

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Joel & Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie & Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Light Dom/sub
   • Oral Sex
   • Smut
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Protective Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Possessive Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Competence Kink
   • Praise Kink
   • Daddy Kink
   • lot of fucking kinks
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Slow Burn
   • but not that slow
   • emotionally stunted idiots
   • Age Difference
   • Joel is 50 and OC is 25
   • Loss of Siblings
   • Loss of Parent(s)
   • Size Kink
   • Soft Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • oops breeding kink again
   • Face-Sitting
   • Fate
   • Fated mates vibes
   • Joel Lives (The Last of Us)

   Summary

   
   Joel finds a young woman being held hostage by a group of men while he's out on patrol one day. He brings her back to Jackson, where she's given the opportunity to have something resembling a real life, for the first time. The two of them orbit around each other, destined to crash, if both of their reservations don't get in the way.

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   Joel finds the love of his life lost in the woods.

    

   Series

   • Part 1 of To the Light (In the Light)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   96,843

   Chapters:

   13/13

   Comments:

   257

   Kudos:

   1,267

   Bookmarks:

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   Bookmarked by Spock_88

   22 Jul 2025

   Bookmarker's Collections:

   • joel miller