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1. The Quiet You Asked For by 21Raith

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

   • Mature
   • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   15 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Reader
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/You
   • Ellie & Joel (The Last of Us)
   • past Joel/Tess (The Last of Us)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie (The Last of Us)
   • Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Maria (The Last of Us)
   • Tess (The Last of Us)
   • Jesse (The Last of Us)
   • Dina (The Last of Us)
   • Sarah (The Last of Us)
   • Joel is Bad at Feelings (The Last of Us)
   • Joel is Ellie's Parent (The Last of Us)
   • Friends with benefits turned love
   • Unplanned Pregnancy
   • Good Parent Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Protective Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel Lives (The Last of Us)
   • Hurt Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Abby Doesn't Kill Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Smut
   • Eventual Smut
   • Eventual Romance
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Eventual Relationships
   • Temporarily Unrequited Love
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Requited Unrequited Love
   • Joel Needs a Hug (The Last of Us)
   • Reunions
   • Second Chances
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Slow Burn
   • Blood and Gore
   • Post-Apocalypse
   • Cordyceps Fungus (The Last of Us)
   • Could Be Canon
   • Could be Pedro Pascal
   • Could be Video Game Joel Miller
   • cannon-divergent

   Summary

   You were a FEDRA field medic when you met Joel. Friends with benefits for a while till eventually you caught feelings and wanted more. Joel Miller wasn't the type to commit. Not after all he's done and lost. You learn about your pregnancy three weeks later, and leave the Boston QZ after you learn he's working with a woman named Tess. You never expected him to be at your doorstep in Jackson three years later.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   10,327

   Chapters:

   5/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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