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The Red Thread of Hearts. by chicaanxiosa
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
25 Jan 2026
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"The loneliest moment in someone's life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.
And blankly she stared for months; like a frozen statue, she stood. But something pulled her. He pulled her. His love pulled her. Unbeknownst to them, the red thread of fate that connects their hearts is pulling them closer to each other. Will they meet midway and walk towards their happiness together, or will they walk away from each other...?
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His Sweetest, Lucy by Bunnygirlinlace
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV), Pedro Pascal - Fandom
25 Jan 2026
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Texas sun. Hot summer nights. White lace. Sunday sermons. And his best friend's daughter.
Summer 2003, Paris, Texas. Lucy Belle Monroe returns home after eight years away, hoping to mend her bond with her father, the town's beloved pastor. She expected nights on porch swings, church potlucks, and the comfort of her old Southern roots.
What she didn't expect was Joel Miller- her father's best friend. Older. Untouchable. Off-limits. Until now.
As Lucy tries to reconcile faith, family, and forbidden desire, she's forced to face the line between sin and salvation, and what it means to choose her own kind of love.
Follow Lucy's journey as she navigates her new life in Texas, where she will be rebuilding relationships and exploring life beyond her once small world. This summer, the good Christian girl finds herself torn between the faith she was raised on and the desires that refuse to stay buried.
Start Date (on Wattpad): 5/27/25
End Date: _______Disclaimer: This story does not follow The Last of Us storyline- all characters and some ideas borrowed from the original video game/story belong to the rightful owners.
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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 the Debts I Owe by Creamcheesegoblin66
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
22 Jan 2026
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When you return to your hometown after years away, the plan is simple, lay low, get back on your feet, and avoid digging up the past. But nothing about home is simple, especially not with Joel Miller still in it.
You were close once, neighbors, childhood friends, and something else entirely before it all fell apart. Now, he's a single father, running a construction business and trying hard not to look at you the way he used to. And you're trying just as hard not to remember what it felt like when he did.
What starts as a job at Joel's office slowly becomes something harder to avoid, stirring up old memories, and a history neither of you ever really escaped. And as past decisions start pushing their way back to the surface, you’re forced to decide whether leaving was enough—or if some things are worth coming back for.
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I'm All Right Now by WhetherItsTwoMinutes
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
22 Jan 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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The Savage and the Sanctuary by JustAGalWhoWrites
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
21 Jan 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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When Joel Miller is tasked with traveling to Lassen City to secure a pack of highly trained dogs capable of detecting and hunting the infected, he knows it’s vital for Jackson’s future. But the true challenge isn’t getting there unscathed, or leaving Ellie behind for an entire month while he helps the colony of Lassen construct a new training facility. It’s convincing their best dog trainer to relinquish a few of her precious hounds. While there, Joel finds himself drawn to the fiercely independent trainer, a woman who built a fragile sanctuary from ruins. With danger closing in from both the infected and the living, Joel will navigate old wounds, new loyalties, and an undeniable connection with the person who might hold his fate in her hands.
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In the months before the fall of the Boston QZ, you move your family to a subdivided apartment in a crumbling building zoned for a FEDRA rooftop-agricultural program. But as political unrest grows and your husband's volatile temper pushes you to past the breaking point, you come to realize your last chance at safety might be waiting on the other side of the plywood wall that divides your apartment from the next. Your neighbor might not be one for words, but he says he can help you. The only question is, what kind of help is Joel Miller offering?
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Healed by WhoCaresStillTheLouvre
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
20 Jan 2026
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After Joel's suffering at the hands of Abby, he survives. You, once a doctor, and now a new resident of Jackson, are tasked with healing him, bringing him back to life in more ways than one.
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When you meet a girl that has been captured by your group and not agreeing with the fate they chose for her, you make a decision that brings overwhelming consequences to your life. You end up being saved by someone you may not have the desire to be saved by. Someone who has the same wounds and losses that you, that doesn't know what a delicate touch is for a long time. Who doesn't allow himself to be loved and to show love.
"And I'm not here to be the saviour you long for
Only the one you don't
And are you watching me, with eyes of a predator
As you move towards the door (...)
Show me those pretty white jaws, show me where the delicate stops
Show me what you've lost, and why you're always taking it slow
Show me what wounds you've got, and show me love (...)
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Almost four years after the events at St. Mary’s Hospital, Ellie finally learns the truth. And it cuts deeper than any wound. The lies meant to protect her have shackled her instead—and torn Joel away from her forever.
What follows are months of silence. Cold. Empty. Heavy. Ellie comes of age, finishes her tattoo, loses her relationship—and the last fragments of stability she had. Meanwhile, Joel starts a new life—with another woman, with another chance at happiness.
But that’s the one thing Ellie can’t stand.
She doesn’t want him back. She wants him to suffer. Just like she has. And the only way to truly hurt him… is through herself.
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Stay With Me by Plaidamoosette
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
18 Jan 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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Everyone in Jackson knew Joel Miller. He was the miserable fighter who had lost just about anything, only letting his guard down around those closest to him.
You quickly noticed Joel when you first got to town, watching him from the safety of your guard post long enough to become infatuated with him. Everything from his routine to his weapon of choice became common knowledge to you. Yet, you were completely invisible to him -- or at least you thought.
It was only on New Year's Eve that you would finally step into the light, ultimately falling deeper into your fascination with a night that would replay in your head so much it made you sick. And as for him, he wasn't giving you up that easily.
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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)
15 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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the road to hell (is paved with good intentions) by Olldtimerbuckley
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
15 Jan 2026
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This is a bad, foolhardy, and potentially dangerous idea. And yet, something dark and equally dangerous swells in his chest.
“Just a peek?”
Ellie's head bobs up and down enthusiastically.
“Oh-kay,” Joel hears his own hoarse voice say before he can allow any logical thoughts to catch up to him.
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Every wrong, immoral, and downright depraved thing he's done since the day they met, it's all been for Ellie. Every line crossed. Every drop of blood spilled. Every lie told. All for her.
At least that's what Joel keeps telling himself.
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To Build a Home by Madpanda75
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
15 Jan 2026
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You wind up in Jackson after escaping the Washington DC QZ. Unfortunately with the influx of refugees coming into the settlement, there is no more housing and you are made to live with Joel Miller and Ellie. Life starts out shaky with your new grumpy roommate, but when you least expect it, a connection begins to form between you both. That is until your present catches up with your past and threatens everything.
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2003 - After the sudden passing of her parents, Margo Kennedy is making it one day at a time. They left behind their family home, a hardware store, and Margo's younger sister, Daisy. Margo is simply trying to make it-Tending to the store, making sure Daisy gets into university, and keeping her misanthropic neighbor Bill on his toes. When the outbreak begins Margo's once predictable life transcends into absolute chaos.
2007 - On a winter’s day, Margo finds herself alone on a supply run. Then, she has an unsuspecting run-in with a man and woman called Joel and Tess. Guns raised, and ready to kill they take what they can from Margo. She manages to get away alive-Little does she know that this won’t be the last time she sees them.
2023 - Margo finds herself traveling alongside Joel Miller, a friend with the task to deliver an immune teenage girl, Ellie, to a group called the Fireflies.
REVISIONS: start date 1-13-2026
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When the news of a funeral drags Dahlia Johnson back to the sleepy Wyoming town she once called home, she tells herself it's only temporary. After all, she's built a life in New York - one filled with high-rise apartments, demanding clients, and noise loud enough to drown out the past.
But home has a way of pulling things to the surface. Memories. Regrets. And Joel Miller.
He's older now. Quieter. Still wearing that same guarded look in his eyes. He was always just a friend of the family. So why does one look from him make her forget what's right and what's allowed?
In a town where everyone knows your name, where whispers travel faster than wildfire, Dahlia finds herself caught in something she can't quite name.
A touch too lingering.
A stare too loaded.
A connection neither of them dares admit.But rules were made to be broken... and some desires? They never stayed buried for long.
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You ran from the only home you ever knew and found safety within Jackson’s walls. Under Joel Miller’s guarded watch, you begin to learn what it means to be seen, protected, and quietly loved. But love born from brokenness never stays innocent for long.
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“Missing her already?” The glint in the man’s eyes spoke of something twisted and rotten. Joel's hands began to shake around the metal barring. “Where?” He growled. The man eased back, arms raised in mock surrender. As if Joel posed any type of threat despite being chained and useless.
“Your babe’s alive. If that’s what you’re worried about.”
Joel and Ellie go out on a routine patrol and things go horribly wrong.