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1. Nothing Else Matters by Virus_G for carl_solo

   Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   21 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Ellie/Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie (The Last of Us)
   • Slow Burn
   • Mutual Pining
   • Repressed Feelings
   • Unresolved Emotional Tension
   • Emotional Intimacy
   • emotional resolution
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • protective Joel miller
   • Age Difference
   • No Smut
   • No Kiss
   • moral conflict
   • Non-Sexual Physical Contact

   Summary

   “I think I’m in love with someone”.

   Ellie’s confession traps her and Joel in their shared house during a storm. What starts as denial turns into a game of signs Joel never saw coming—ones he's been giving all along.

   Nothing else matters tonight.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   5,392

   Chapters:

   2/2

   Comments:

   12

   Kudos:

   20

   Bookmarks:

   2

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