All the Wrong Ways to Know You

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• All The Wrong Ways to Know You by wickedwhimsy_wicker (forthelorewicker)

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

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  08 Aug 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Joel (The Last of Us)/Reader
  • Joel (The Last of Us)/You
  • Joel (The Last of Us)/Original Female Character(s)
  • Joel (The Last of Us) & Reader
  • Joel & Tommy (The Last of Us)
  • Joel & Sarah (The Last of Us)
  • Joel & Sarah & Tommy (The Last of Us)
  • Joel (The Last of Us)/Female Reader
  • Joel (The Last of Us)
  • Tommy (The Last of Us)
  • Sarah (The Last of Us)
  • Reader
  • Professor!Joel x Student!Reader
  • Age gap (reader is early-mid 20s/ Joel is late 40s)
  • No use of y/n
  • OC!Reader - Freeform
  • Slow Burn
  • Soft Joel (The Last of Us)
  • Joel is Bad at Feelings (The Last of Us)
  • Philosophy Professor Joel Miller
  • Professor Joel (The Last of Us)
  • Smut and Angst with a little bit of Fluff around the edges
  • references to family and religious trauma
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Depictions of Mental Health Disorders
  • Joel Has Anxiety (The Last of Us)
  • bisexual!reader
  • reader is bad at feelings
  • Attachment Issues
  • Trust Issues
  • Each chapter comes with its own warnings
  • Forbidden Romance
  • Original Female Character(s) - Freeform
  • Sexual Tension
  • Secret Relationship
  • Smut
  • Angst
  • Mutual Pining
  • Abandonment Issues
  • Romance
  • Depictions of Prescribed Medication Usage
  • Strangers to Lovers to Strangers to Friends
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Implied Sexual Content
  • college stuff
  • Use of nicknames/ pet names
  • Nerdy Philosophy/ Literature Content

  Summary

  Returning to your hometown for a fresh start, you are determined to rebuild your life on your own terms. With a new major, new apartment, and new friends, everything feels just unfamiliar enough to be hopeful. You’re focused, self-contained, and intent on staying out of trouble. But the past isn’t always behind you. You had ended things so you could focus on school with no distractions, but you couldn’t get him off of your mind. Turns out, the universe has a cruel twist of fate waiting for you in Carson Hall, room 202— PHIL 205.

  professor!joel x f!student!reader

  Series

  • Part 1 of All the Wrong Ways to Know You

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  43,046

  Chapters:

  6/?

  Comments:

  11

  Kudos:

  27

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  459