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1. Sarah’s dad by cherryispunk

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

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, Multi
   • Complete Work

   04 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Reader
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/You
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Dina/Ellie (The Last of Us)
   • Maria/Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie & Joel & Maria & Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie (The Last of Us)
   • Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Dina (The Last of Us)
   • Maria (The Last of Us)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Slow Burn
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt
   • Mutual Pining
   • Age Difference
   • Smut
   • Eventual Smut
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Past Rape/Non-con
   • Soft Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Soft Dom Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Protective Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Good Parent Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel is Bad at Feelings (The Last of Us)
   • POV Multiple
   • Vaginal Sex
   • Oral Sex
   • Penis In Vagina Sex
   • Pregnancy
   • Pregnant Sex
   • Found Family
   • Vaginal Fingering
   • Reader has a name and a backstory
   • but you can still read this as an x reader story because I didn’t really picture it as an OC
   • It’s more like context to move the plot
   • and the plot is she is an idiot and so is Joel
   • Lack of Communication
   • Miscommunication
   • They really do not talk to each other lmao unless they’re drunk
   • Jealousy
   • Jealous Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Childbirth
   • Did I mention this is a fucking slow burn? Yeah
   • Mentions of past abuse
   • Past Sexual Abuse
   • Mentions of kidnapping
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Sad with a Happy Ending

   Summary

   The cordyceps outbreak stole humanity from their structure, and made civilization crumble. It took everything from Morgan, and everything from Joel.

   But in Jackson, the roots of a new world are emerging, and so they must, too, bloom again.

   ———

   Or: the fic where, bonded by trauma and fear of being single forever, Joel and reader start to hook up.

   This is a kind of a slow burn filled with TRAUMA so check tags! Reader has a name and a very traumatic backstory so please feel free to not read this if it triggers you in any way. We will get smut and a happy ending but we need to get there lol

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   59,219

   Chapters:

   21/21

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