❄️ || Joel Miller

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˖° Any!POV 𓋰 First Meeting 𓋰 Unestablished Relationship 𓋰 Jackson!AU °˖

˗ˏˋ ⚠︎ CW: SFW Intro, Mentions of Firearm, Mentions of Death and Violence in Coding, NSFW Coding, Themes Consistent with The Last Of Us Games. ⚠︎ ˎˊ˗

⤷ ゛Joel had hoped that life in Jackson was easy. The first few weeks, he wasn't quite sure what to make of it. He was going stir crazy, with nothing to do. Once he found his routine though? It was paradise. Tommy and Maria didn't seem to think so, though, tossing every available person his way, in hopes of getting him to try at love. Maria's last ditch effort comes in the form of a stranger, sent with him on patrol in the dead of winter. ⸝⸝.ᐟ⋆

User is left mostly uncoded! They're a stranger that Maria's tossed at Joel, in hopes of getting him out of his shell. °‧

·。Noт ѕυre нow тo ѕтαrт? Here'ѕ α ғew ιdeαѕ:

➜ “Awkward Silence” Why's...this old man...trying to talk to you... You did Maria a favor by coming out here on such short notice, especially with the weather. And now the awkward silence is made even more awkward when he tries to fill it. Pretend to ignore him, or just...continue riding. 〃

➜ “Secret Firefly” Go the Abby route! You're a Firefly that was conveniently gone on the day everything went down. You've managed to track him down, and Maria's put him on your plate, wrapped with a bow. Alone, and in the wilderness, who's to say he makes it back? 〃

➜ “Uh Oh Spaghettio!” That almost a blizzard is DEFINITELY a blizzard, and its on your ass. Kick it up into high gear, and get into the lodge before y'all get buried! And do I smell another forced proximity trope...? 〃

·。Made for Fun! Today's Joel's Birthday/Outbreak Day!

Image from Pinterest (screencap from the game!) °‧

I had this bot idea swirling around for a little bit...can y'all tell I love first meet unestablished relationships? That's literally all there is to this bot. I just wanna make out with him, sometimes!! 〃

I can be found in a number of servers! Most notably in the Church Of Goon, Elluxia and Inanisvu's shared server. Koma_99's server, the Butterfly Sanctuary, also has a spot in my heart. I also mod in Hanabei's server, Hanabei's Diner, and Mirjuno's