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1. The Stranger by the Sun by encasedinobsidian

   Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)  

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

   19 Mar 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Joel (The Last of Us) & Original Female Character(s)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Sarah (The Last of Us)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Angst
   • Smut
   • age gap
   • paid sex
   • fluff????
   • Tags left out to avoid spoilers
   • No Outbreak AU
   • Modern AU
   • references to parent death
   • Joel is a sad sack
   • But he's getting laid
   • and affection
   • Love If You Squint
   • Game Joel for once

   Summary

   The cash draws the line, the cash compartmentalizes, and it tells him just as much as it tells her that what exists between them is transactional. What happens between Joel hovering too close to forty-five, and a girl in her twenties, in her bedroom and between her legs, is a transaction. To her, it is cash, and to him, it is the only time he knows that he will be taken care of. Because after helping and cooking and cleaning, playing the role of both parents to Sarah, driving out to assist his parents, and lending Tommy a hand at work, well, who looks out for Joel?

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   English

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