Joel Miller is hired by an elderly woman to fix up her home. However, in the middle of the renovations, she dies and her daughter, Lily, moves from California to Austin to live in her mother's home. Joel continues to work on the house despite the two of them constantly butting heads. Tensions rise and the two are destined to crash whether they like it or not. ______________ Joel Miller finds the love of his life right before the world ends. (Initially takes place pre-outbreak, story spans through outbreak day, all the way to 2023).

In a broken world where survival often demands the loss of humanity, Grace never imagined she could find a home - not in a place, but in a person. Joel was a man shaped by heartache, burdened by years of solitude and loss. Love was a luxury he thought he'd never touch again. But Grace, with her fierce spirit and quiet tenderness, changes everything. Their connection grows in stolen moments and lingering touches, a slow, undeniable bond that neither of them can deny. Together, they find something rare - hope. A reason to believe in tomorrow, even when the world outside threatens to tear them apart. When danger rises and the past resurfaces, Grace and Joel will face their hardest choice yet: fight for the fragile love they've found, or risk losing it forever. Until It Ends With Us, is a sweeping, deeply emotional love story about healing, finding home in another's arms, and choosing love even when the world tells you it's impossible.

this is a dbf joel miller book! no outbreak but set in 2003. kinda slow burn!

It had been a week since Ellie and Joel had returned to Jackson. What happens when the grumpy Joel Miller is indebted to the fiery girl next door? Ellie is on patrol one night with her new neighbor when they are attacked. The stranger comes to Ellie's rescue. What happens next makes Joel indebted to the new girl he can't stand. I OWN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!

After witnessing the death of your best friend Henry and his little brother, you're close to giving up and ending it all. Until Joel asks you to join him and Ellie on their journey across the country and gives you a reason to keep fighting. Or Joel falls for you and he falls HARD. But he hides it in fear of losing you too.

Joel Miller doesn't belong in the city, but he's here anyway, working, raising his daughter, and keeping to himself. He's a man built for fixing things, not people. But when new ties start pulling him in, he's forced to confront what he's been avoiding: the life still waiting for him.

After Joel loses his wife and your best friend during childbirth. You support him as he takes on parenthood on his own at 22. But when feelings start to develop, you battle with the guilt you feel for falling for your best friend's husband.

Moving from Oregon to Texas, You had no idea what to expect. All you knew was that you were going to be getting a position at the local hospital in Austin. What you didn't expect however, was to fall madly in love with your neighbor. Only to be stripped away from him on that dreadful night, September 26th 2013. This series is not a oneshot collection. This series does feature NSFW content. This series is from the POV of a female. Enjoy. I do not own any of the characters in this collection (Aside from original characters) all rights are reserved to Naughty Dog.

Kes finally is free from her emotionally abusive ex-boyfriend. At 25, she has successfully purchased her own home far away from anyone she knows who might cause her trouble. What she doesn't know is that her older sexy and single neighbor, Joel, is his own kind of trouble. He is a kind and helpful neighbor whose bedroom just happens to face hers. Joel's daddy vibes are making it hard for Kes to focus on her newfound independence and self-reliant life. Moreover, she finds it increasingly difficult to resist him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Even though this story has the character Joel Miller (aka Pedro Pascal) it has nothing to do with The Last of Us universe. I'm just obsessed with Daddy Pascal and his characters. Here's to our cool slutty father 🍻 Also this is the first thing I've ever written and published publicly, so go easy on me 👉👈🥺 (This book contains 18+ mature themes including BDSM, Smut, Brat/Sub-training, Etc.)

"𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥." "𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭." ‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾　　☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙ in which naomi maverick has to move home in the wake of a tragedy, and a new neighbor has moved in since she's been away. [ dbf ! joel miller | no ellie | no outbreak ! au | never seen tlou | absolutely heinous but legal age gap ]