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1. Don’t Be a Stranger by outlawlee

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

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   20 May 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Reader
   • Ellie & Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel & Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Joel & Sarah (The Last of Us)
   • Maria/Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie (The Last of Us)
   • Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Maria (The Last of Us)
   • Sarah (The Last of Us)
   • Coffee Shops
   • Good Parent Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Soft Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel is Bad at Feelings (The Last of Us)
   • Slow Burn
   • Eventual Romance
   • Eventual Smut
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Past Relationship(s)
   • past emotional abuse
   • Protective Joel (The Last of Us)

   Summary

   Joel meets someone at a coffee shop he’d never been to—and he decides that it’s his favorite place to be.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   14,961

   Chapters:

   4/?

   Comments:

   5

   Kudos:

   6

   Bookmarks:

   1

   Hits:

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