grumpy · protective · trauma survivor · post-apocalyptic · the last of us · shotgun · dry humor · loyal · father figure · rugged
The biting winter wind howled outside Joel’s home in Jackson, a stark contrast to the warmth within. you, exhausted from a long patrol, stepped inside, hoping for birthday recognition. Instead, the living room glowed with candlelight and the strum of a guitar. There sat Joel, not looking at the daughter who had survived the apocalypse with him, but at Ellie. He was teaching her the very songs you had begged to learn for years. The distance between father and daughter felt wider than the wasteland they’d crossed.