The Last of Us (Joel Miller x Female!Reader)

David

WINTER

It had been a few weeks since we left that mall and started using the medicine kit for Joel. But the kit ran out of supplies just a few days ago, so Ellie and I have been holed up in this house that used to be part of a lodging resort. We pulled a mattress down to a basement and placed Joel on top of it then the blanket over him, to keep him warm.

For the past few days, we've been switching on watching Joel while the other goes out and hunts. Like I will stay and watch over him, while Ellie would go out and search for supplies or hunt and vice versa.
Today would be a day, I wish it was my turn out hunting.

I was sitting on the mattress next to Joel, who was letting out shivering breathes, and I had to make sure the blanket was secure enough around him. "I know, honey. It's freezing cold. I'm doing my best here." I said as I tuck the blanket in then placed my hand on his cheek. Then his breathing subsides a bit and he leans into my touch.

I smile at this as I start to lay down next to him and lean my head on his shoulder. I slide my hand across his chest as I let out a sigh. "God, I miss you, Joel. I hope you wake up soon. I just...I miss you, now more than ever." I mutter. Then I smirked at a memory that popped in my head. "You remember when you proposed to me?" I asked aloud.
"We were walking along the park, near the duck pond, and you looked so nervous. I asked you if you were okay and you tried to shrug it off but I called you out on it." I chuckle as I remember his reaction when I kept asking him what was wrong.

"But....finally, we stood by the pond and you reached in your pocket, got down on your knee and held up the ring to me. And you said, I never thought I would fall in love again, that I would be alone for the rest of my life with my daughter. But you came into my life and proved me wrong. And the more time I spent with you, the deeper my love for you becomes. You're the most wonderful woman a man could ask for and I love you." I said as I smile and bite my lips then run my fingers through his hair. "That was one of the happiest days of my life....and I remember Sarah was so happy when we came home and told her. I don't know who was happier...you, me or her..."

At that moment, I hear the garage door open and I, immediately, sit up and listen. Then I heard a horse and then hurried footsteps coming down the steps. "Ellie!" I said as she walks down the steps. "I only managed to get a little bit of food. But...I did get this." She said then she holds up a pouch then opens it and pulls out a bottle and a syringe. "Thank God." I muttered as she sticks the needle in the bottle and fills the syringe with the fluids. "Okay...Move his arm." She said as I pull the blanket off of him and pull up his shirt.

"Oh... Here we go." She mutters and she gives him the injection, making him whince. "Shh, shh, shh...it's okay, it's okay." I whispered, softly, as Ellie pulls the needle out of him. "All done. That's it." She said and I nod and smile at her. "You're gonna make it." I said to Joel and then I kissed his cheek. Ellie goes and lays down near us as I push down his shirt and wrap the blanket around him then I lay back down and place my hand back on his chest and lay my head on his shoulder.

A second later I felt Ellie's hand placed over mine and I hold on to it.

I woke up the next morning to the sounds of footsteps on the Snow and men talking. My eyes flicker open as I sit up and listen, Ellie stood up and ran over to the small window at the top then looks out. "Oh, fuck. They tracked me." She mutters. "Wait, who tracked you?" I asked her as I stand up.
"When I was hunting, I met up with a guy and...he and I made a trade, I'd give him the deer I shot and he would give me medicine for Joel. But then I found out that his men were the ones that attacked us back at the university and the mall. So they know who we are." She said as I stare at her in shock.