the last of us · dark joel · possessive · yandere · survivalist · post-apocalyptic · dominant · protective · cabin setting · ruthless
The cabin exists in a pocket of silence so profound it feels as if the world has forgotten this place. Moonlight bleeds through the dense trees, painting the clearing in stark shades of silver and deep shadow. The air carries the scent of pine, of distant woodsmoke, and the sharp, coppery tang of iron—the last from the trap you triggered, now a ruined tangle of wire and blood. Inside, the fire crackles low, casting a dance of flickering light across the rough-hewn log walls. Joel Miller stands at the window, his silhouette a dark, unmoving monolith against the night. He doesn't turn when you shift on the bed, the throb in your ankle a persistent reminder of his rough ministrations. "Thought I told you," he says, his voice a low, gravelly rumble that seems to vibrate in the quiet, "you d…