In which two broken souls connect so deeply, that if one should perish, the other would surely die of a broken heart. ----- *slow burn *timeline changes. After TLOU1, before TLOU2 *assumed knowledge of infected *uses elements from both show and game

Welcome to my twist on one of my favorite games ever. This is my very first last of us fanfic....So read it if you want too **FINISHED** This story is not perfect and I wasn't trying to make it as such, so again, read it if you want to!! (At the time of typing this story, I haven't seen like a huge abundance of dear Joel in fanfics so I thought why not?) TLOU belongs to Naughty dog and Sony

She never thought she would ever meet anyone as egotistical as her brother, but boy was she wrong. She never wanted to be in the lime light like Tony, so she kept a quiet private life, even changed her surname, not wanting to draw attention to herself. She was only a few years old, when their parents died, and Tony didn't want her growing up in the spotlight, so he had her raised away from it all. Though she loved her brother dearly for giving her a safe, quiet life, she missed having that bond with him. That is until the day he announced himself as Iron-man and joined the group of misfits that called themselves heroes. She had worked at the local hospital, as a doctor in the ER, but was often called upon to fix up the idiots who didn't know how to take care of themselves. On one of her shifts, she comes across HIM. That smug, egocentric asshole trying to prove that he knew best, arguing with her about a patient, when she had lost it, and punched him in the face. *** Stephen Strange was a man who prided himself on being the best, and here was this woman, who was telling him how to do his job. She was infuriating, stubborn and a huge pain in his ass. After a public disagreement, that resulted in her suspension, when she hit him, he had found out that she was none other than Tony Starks sister. He attempts to make amends, by inviting her to the party in his honour, in hopes of showing the board that she was an asset to the hospital, when his life takes a turn for the worst, and an accident occurs. Both their worlds collide, seeking help from each other, but can they put their differences aside, or will it tear them apart? I DO NOT OWN ANY CHARACTERS OF MARVEL, THIS IS JUST A FAN FIC. ⚠️Will contain swearing, descriptions of wounds, trauma, violence, mature scenes of a sexual nature, depression⚠️

Diane Salvino had never been dealt a winning hand. Life seemed hell-bent on testing her limits-growing up rough in the outskirts of Waco, enduring a childhood best left unspoken, throwing herself into the military, and carving out a place in Black Ops before trading combat boots for scrubs. Survival had always been her specialty. But for the first time, she thought she'd found something worth living for. Joel Miller and his daughter, Sarah. A family. A future. Until it all went up in flames. Two decades later, the world had rotted, and so had the last remnants of her heart. The outbreak stole Sarah on the first night, shattered her marriage the next, and left Diane to forge a new legend in the ashes of a world that once was. To FEDRA, she was the Boogeyman. To the Fireflies, a War Dog. To Joel, a ghost. And to one defiant, sharp-tongued girl named Ellie, she was something else entirely. A reluctant protector, maybe even a second chance. Now, fate had thrown her back into Joel's path, their history tangled in grief and blood, both bound by the impossible task of shepherding the one girl who might just save the world, and a sixteen year old boy with a deadeye shot, the journey ahead is certain. But in a place where survival demands sacrifice, Diane knows better than anyone, hope is the most dangerous weapon of all. #1 in Joel #1 in Miller #1 in The Last of Us #1 in Pedro Pascal #1 in season one #2 in Post-Apocalyptic #3 in Ellie #5 in survival #6 in outbreak #9 in The Last of Us

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐲 - 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐓𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐧. A story about a lone vigilante who goes by the title '𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳' and has spent almost the entirety of the global cordyceps pandemic travelling the States. Then one day she crosses the Miller brothers and her life is turned around when they convince her to finally settle somewhere she doesn't have to sleep with one eye open. 𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐱 𝐎𝐂 𝐒𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐔𝐬 (𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈). 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲/𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 : 𝐆𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒. -- 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴? 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵: 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.

the last of us (hbo series s1) Lexi and Rosa Rodriguez were Joel's neighbor's before the apocalypse and Lexi and Joel slowly started to develop feeling. Then on outbreak day Joel loses Sarah and can only turn to Lexi to help him out of his depression. Ellie comes into their lives 20 years later and Lexi and Joel become the parents she never got to have growing up. The Rodriguez's struggle to survive after being separated during the outbreak day until they reunite to take the cure across America with the help of Joel Miller. Joel Miller x O.C Tw: voilence, gore, maybe smut ,sexual assault, sexual harassment in a workplace, attempted rape

MATURE READ: We loved each other with fragments of ourselves that were dead - Nikita Gill Love. Such a poignant emotion. Such a terrifying feeling to give into. One that is stored right in the precious cavity of the heart. A sentiment that can turn the toughest of people plush but can forge such an aggressive desire to protect. A dangerous intensity, even more so when you're left to find it in the obsolete remains of what was once planet Earth. Or Joel finds himself catching feelings for an existing resident of Jackson. Feelings that he just can't seem to ignore but it's not all plain sailing as they navigate through one another's trauma. Disclaimer to say that I do not own the last of us or any of the canon characters, these belong to naughty dog. I will be using references from both the HBO show and the game so I'll let you guys decide who you want to base the canon characters on :) Notable rankings: #1 in Joelmiller #1 in fungus #3 in pandemic #7 in lastofus

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘦𝘭." 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥. "𝘑𝘰𝘦𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 Alice, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢'𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳." 𝘑𝘰𝘦𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 Alice, 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. "𝘞𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦." Alice 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘩. 𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴. A story of unrequited love, loss, friendship and heartbreak in the time of a global epidemic. Dr Alice Reid is the doctor in residence in Jackson. A Canadian who found her way down to Wyoming during the height of the outbreak, she is one of Tommy and Maria's closest allies.

Ellison "Sonny" Reign Former First Lieutenant of the Marine corps. Now a survivor of the cordyseps brain infection outbreak. After losing everything on Outbreak Day, Sonny became a near shell of who she once was. But when offered a job to transport a package to a safe place, will her shell be replaced by her former light? ∆ Disclaimer! I own nothing from The Last of Us, only my own characters and possible alterations to the storyline. Enjoy!

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