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1. Through the Tides by lode_st0ne

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

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   13 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Reader
   • Joel (The Last of Us) & Reader
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/You
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel Miller au
   • Fisherman Joel Miller
   • Maine Joel Miller
   • Alternate Universe - No Cordyceps Outbreak (The Last of Us)
   • Alternate Universe
   • Mainer Joel
   • maine
   • Moving
   • Joel is Bad at Feelings (The Last of Us)
   • Joel is Reader's Dad's Best Friend (The Last of Us)
   • DBF Joel Miller
   • dbf
   • slow burn?
   • Daddy Issues
   • Older Man/Younger Woman
   • Grief/Mourning
   • References to Literature
   • and poetry
   • like a lot of it because apparently I wanted to english major maxx
   • Complicated Relationships
   • Kind of a fucked up dynamic with Joel
   • POV Second Person

   Summary

   After the sudden loss of your father, his best friend Joel Miller, a gruff fisherman comes down from Maine and offers his home to you.

   With not many options and your life turned upside down you accept his offer, trying to navigate adulthood and grief in a new state and with a man you start to have complicated feelings for.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   19,171

   Chapters:

   6/?

   Comments:

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