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   Nights Like This One by moderatelytroubled

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

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   24 Dec 2024

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Ellie & Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel & Sarah (The Last of Us)
   • Joel & Tommy (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)
   • Soft Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Competence Kink
   • Breeding Kink
   • Probably a daddy kink let's be honest it's me
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • slowish burn
   • Praise Kink
   • Age Difference
   • Loss of Parent(s)
   • Size Kink
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canon-Typical Behavior
   • brat taming vibes
   • but also switch behavior from the oc
   • she wants to top joel but he isn't having it
   • slight enemies to lovers vibes but they're both secretly down bad from the start
   • major character death is not joel don't worry
   • ok so DEFINITELY a daddy kink
   • pre-outbreak through post-outbreak
   • Love Triangles
   • but not in a super annoying way i promise
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
   • Heavy Angst
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Joel Lives (The Last of Us)

   Summary

   
   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.

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   Joel Miller finds the love of his life right before the world ends.

    

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