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1. Why did you leave? by Luverboy590

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

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   22 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Reader
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)/Original Character(s)
   • Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Ellie (The Last of Us)
   • Tommy (The Last of Us)
   • Maria (The Last of Us)
   • Protective Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Soft Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Joel is Ellie's Parent (The Last of Us)
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Heavy Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Joel Lives (The Last of Us)
   • Smut
   • Tooth-Rotting Fluff
   • Slow Burn
   • Pining
   • Self-Harm
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Rough Sex
   • Oral Sex
   • Soft Smut
   • Possessive Joel (The Last of Us)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Scars
   • Past Relationship(s)
   • Dogs
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Lovers to Enemies
   • Strangers to Lovers

   Summary

   Quinn and Noah had now been in Jackson for over a year; things finally started to feel normal until the one man who she thought she'd never see again shows up one day with a young girl.

   That man....

   He left

   He left without even a goodbye

   He left her to defend herself from all his baggage.
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   Quinn was only 15 when the world ended, left alone with a 3-month-old (not related to each other) to take care of. 15 years in she met the man who would be the love of her life, Joel Miller.

   Together for 3 years surviving with a side of secret kisses and mind-numbing sex one day he left them with only a measly note "I'm sorry baby".... She swore him off after that, swearing she'd forget him, but every night those brown eyes come back to haunt her. What happens when she finally thinks she rid herself of him, and he pops up out of nowhere, will she forgive him?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   30,670

   Chapters:

   6/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   24

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