🤍 JOEL MILLER X FEMALE CHARACTER 🤍 *STORY ON PAUSE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, BUT SLOW CHAPTER EDITS & RE-UPLOADS* Texas sun. Hot summer nights. White lace. Sunday sermons. And his best friend's daughter. Summer 2003, Paris, Texas. Lucy Belle Monroe returns home after eight years away, hoping to mend her bond with her father, the town's beloved pastor. She expected nights on porch swings, church potlucks, and the comfort of her old Southern roots. What she didn't expect was Joel Miller- her father's best friend. Older. Untouchable. Off-limits. Until now. As Lucy tries to reconcile faith, family, and forbidden desire, she's forced to face the line between sin and salvation, and what it means to choose her own kind of love. Follow Lucy's journey as she navigates her new life in Texas, where she will be rebuilding relationships and exploring life beyond her once small world. This summer, the good Christian girl finds herself torn between the faith she was raised on and the desires that refuse to stay buried. ** This is NOT a weird dbf Joel/Pedro fanfic. Female MC is of age/consenting ADULT. ** Please vote and leave comments! Much love 💞 Start Date: 5/27/25 End Date: _______ * this story can also be found on AO3 under the same username Disclaimer: This is the first fanfic I have ever written. Please be prepared for typos and many grammar errors. This story does not follow The Last of Us storyline- all characters and ideas borrowed from the original video game/story belong to the rightful owners. All images borrowed in this work belong to their rightful owners. WARNING: This story is a slight slow burn and will contain smut and some controversial themes. Story uploads may be sporadic. I am simply just a girl who's obsessed with Joel Miller.

"God loves you but not enough to save you," In the small town near Austin, Texas, Nora Gibson is trapped in a life of rigid expectations and silent suffering. As the preacher's daughter, she endure the mental and physical abuse of her father while her mother, bound by obedience, offers quiet love. Her longing for a father's warmth finds an unexpected solace in Joel Miller, the father's best friend and neighbor. In Joel's presence, Nora discover a forbidden sanctuary, where her yearning heart is met with a gentle strength she has never known. [joel miller x oc] [AU HBO Joel miller]

"𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚." "𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚." "𝙄 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥, 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙅𝙤𝙚𝙡. 𝙄'𝙢 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧." "𝙈𝙝𝙢."