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   Gifted Kid Burnout by HanahLeah

   Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   10 Feb 2026

   Tags

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   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Reader
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/You
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Alternate Universe - No Cordyceps Outbreak (The Last of Us)
   • Age Difference
   • Competence Kink
   • Soft Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Soft Dom Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Light Dom/sub
   • Praise Kink
   • Anxiety
   • Oral Sex
   • Smut
   • Dirty Talk
   • Emotional Slow Burn
   • Joel is Good at Feelings (The Last of Us)
   • Reader-Insert is Bad at Feelings
   • Repairman Joel
   • Corporate girlie reader
   • Depression
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut

   Summary

   After weeks of working overtime, between looming deadlines and a dreaded annual performance review something just had to give. The AC gave out first. You weren’t far behind.

   Can the repairman fix it? Will you let him?

   (you’re an overachiever burning out in a corporate job and he’s just a guy who’s fixing your AC—until he’s not)

   Series

   • Part 1 of Gifted Kid Burnout

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   74,172

   Chapters:

   14/14

   Comments:

   348

   Kudos:

   499

   Bookmarks:

   122

   Hits:

   14,527

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