Joel Miller and Pedro Pascal Fanfiction (One Shots+Short Chapters)

I Don't Deserve You {Part 3}

Pairing: post-outbreak!joel miller x f!reader

Warnings: fluff, protective joel, age gap (reader is in her 20s and Joel is in his 50s), ptsd, mentions of rape attempt (lmk if i missed any)

Summary: Joel was late to walk you home but then he made you dinner and even danced with him.

Words count: 1k

A/N: This is part 3 for I Don't Deserve You series. Sorry for the long wait, I just finished Becoming Mrs. Miller series so I finally have the time to continue this series. Hope you like it!

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Joel had never been late to walk you home from work. But today, he was late. You had waited for more than an hour in your classroom for him but he hadn't come. So you decided to walk home alone.

"He probably has something important to do." You talked to yourself.

Joel wouldn't ditch you without a reason. You trusted him. He was a good man.

It was getting dark and you were getting goosebumps. Since Josh's incident at your house, Joel had never let you walk home alone. But today was an exception.

"Okay." You took a deep breath before you walked out of the school.

You were still traumatic to what happened. Your body felt tense as you walked slowly. Hugging yourself hoping to get a feel of calmness. You slowly moved your eyes to look around making sure no one was following you. You started to feel sick, sweating, and trembling.

You gasped and swiftly looked behind you as you heard a sound. There was no one. It was just a bird.

"Phew.." You exhaled and patted your chest.

It took 30 minutes to walk from the school to your house and you couldn't wait to be home. The way to your home alone was exhausting. You continued walking, walking, and walking. Your goosebumps got worse, you had a hunch that someone was following you. You wanted to check and look behind you but you were too terrified to move. Your heart was beating faster and you didn't realize your steps were getting faster. You saw your house was not far away from you so you started to run and close your eyes.

"No! No! Please! Just let me go! Please!" You hit the man you bumped into.

"Hey, hey, it's me. It's me. It's me. Joel." It was Joel.

"You okay?" Joel held both of your upper arms and his thumbs moving in circles.

"Uh-I-" You panted, tears streamed down your cheeks.

"Just breath, it's okay, just breath." He guided you to inhale and exhale until you were calm enough to speak.

"Did something happen? Tell me." His eyes were worried.

"I-I think there was someone following me." You panted and told him.

"Okay." He moved you behind him and he looked around.

"No one's here. You're safe." He didn't see anything suspicious.

"Can you bring me home, please?" You pinched the fabric of his jacket on his upper arm.

"Yeah, yeah. Come here." Joel put his arms around you and dragged you closer to him.

You put your head on his chest and walked to your house. Joel sat you on the sofa and made you a warm tea.

"Hey, I'm sorry. I got an emergency call from Tommy saying there was..That's not important. I'm sorry, baby. I promise it won't happen again." Joel apologized.