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1. You Can Feel It In The Silence by IryaMarjorieHill

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

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

   07 Oct 2025

   Tags

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   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Reader
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/You
   • Ellie & Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel & Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Joel & Sarah (The Last of Us)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Reader
   • Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie (The Last of Us)
   • Tess (The Last of Us)
   • Sarah (The Last of Us)
   • Maria (The Last of Us)
   • Bill (The Last of Us)
   • Frank (The Last of Us)
   • Marlene (The Last of Us)
   • Pre-Time Skip
   • Post-Time Skip
   • Time Skips
   • Parent Joel (The Last of Us)
   • The Last of Us Spoilers
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Dancing
   • Mentioned Sarah (The Last of Us)
   • Declarations Of Love
   • Song: You Are In Love (Taylor Swift)
   • Title from a Taylor Swift Song
   • I Wrote This While Listening to Taylor Swift's Music
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Feelings Realization

   Summary

   You met Joel when he was 29.

   You had just moved to Texas, to live with your aunt and your sick grandfather, after your parents death, leaving you mired in debt and complications with the courts.

   Few years later, when he needed someone to take care of Sarah so he can go to work, you didn't think twice to accept the offer. You just didn't know it would tie you to the Millers, even after the end of the world.

   20 years later, you've just arrived in Jackson with Ellie, in search of information about Tommy and the Fireflies, when during a conversation with Maria, you finally realize what you've neglected for so long.

   What you can feel in the silence.

   And that you could no longer ignore.

   So with a surge of courage, you went to Joel Miller to tell him the truth and make a wish to him.

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   English

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