Olivia learned that the only way to survive is to have purpose. Over the course of 15 years she lost that purpose and struggled. Once a sweet and kind woman, the outbreak turned her into a cold, silent, and deadly woman. That wasn't until a purpose to survive was reignited. Getting Ellie to safety and possibly save humanity drove Olivia. However, it came with baggage-cargo. Joel Miller. The two were more alike than they wanted to admit and the two had to learn to work together to survive. Joel Milller X OC

ᖭི༏ᖫྀ 🌿🏹 ── TLOU┊❪ ᴊᴏᴇʟ ᴍɪʟʟᴇʀ! ❫ ##. ❛ 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 ❜࿔*:･ﾟ a THE LAST OF US TV SHOW fanfiction. ╭──╯ IN WHICH ━━ many years after a pandemic has radically changed known civilization, infected humans run wild and survivors are killing each other for food, weapons; whatever they can get their hands on. joel, a violent survivor, is hired to smuggle the two sisters (y/n), and ellie, out of an oppressive military quarantine zone, but what starts as a small job soon transforms into a brutal journey across the county. ✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩ ꒰ 🧟🩸꒱ؘ ࿐ ࿔*:･ﾟ ❪ 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙻𝙰𝚂𝚃 𝙾𝙵 𝚄𝚂 ❫ ❪ 𝚂𝙴𝙰𝚂𝙾𝙽 𝙾𝙽𝙴 ━━ 𝚂𝙴𝙰𝚂𝙾𝙽 ? ❫ ❪ 𝙵𝙴𝙼! 𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙳𝙴𝚁 𝚇 𝙹𝙾𝙴𝙻 𝙼𝙸𝙻𝙻𝙴𝚁 ❫ ❪ ©-𝙷𝙰𝚉𝚉𝙰𝚆𝙲𝙺𝙳 ❫ ❪ 𝙲𝙾𝚅𝙴𝚁 𝙱𝚈 𝙴𝚃𝙴𝚁𝙽𝙸𝚃𝚈𝙴𝙸 ❫ ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌

Book one - season one hbo and game Violet Adams was only eight years old in Boston when the cordyceps outbreak occurred, she was left behind after watching her parents suffer dying tragically with a six month old sister, Lily, to protect, to keep alive, she was no longer a child as she forced herself to grow up and get shit done. Over the years in Boston, her reputation for being cold and merciless spread as she grew in power, no one knew her name, but as soon as your home was marked you were dead. Marked with a lily, a blood lily. Maybe it was because of her insane combat skills or maybe it was when she shot, she never missed. Happy endings aren't meant for the apocalypse but he gave her solace. Joel Miller lost his daughter on outbreak night and could never forgive himself for his failure. When he met the fearsome Blood Lily when Tess brings her to his doorstep. They did not like each other at first or even after but as they spend time together travelling to transport Ellie to the fireflies, they soon realise they have more in common then realised. Happy endings aren't made for the apocalypse but she gave him peace. The Last of Us Season One - also parts of the game

She sat watching him intently, trying to find any change in his face. It is hard to see anyone who has become like your own body to you. - Willa Cather, from "Neighbour Rosicky," Collected Stories (Vintage, 1992)