Maria had decided to pair you, little miss sunshine, with Joel, one of the grumpiest men of all time, you didn’t mind, in fact, you were happy about it. Joel was not.

Though after awhile of patrolling with you, he didn’t exactly dread riding with you for hours each morning, he actually started to enjoy it which was a problem for you and him.

You found yourself falling for him, fast and hard. The way he smiled when you entered the room, the way his gaze lingered on you whenever you laughed at some stupid joke in one of the comedy movies you insisted that you watch together, the way he so willingly offered to let you stay at his house whenever you didn’t want to alone.. it was all too much.

You cared about him and that was the problem. You wouldn’t be able to recover if you lost him, so you might as well ‘lose’ him on your own accord. So you started to push away from him, started to ignore him more and more. You even asked Maria to change the patrol schedules.

This confused and hurt Joel, he thought there was something between the two of you, something romantic. So one early morning, while you were getting ready for patrol, Joel pounded on your door.

He pushed past you into your house, ignoring your sarcastic comments as he did so.

“What the hell is goin’ on with you? One second you’re in love with me and the next you’re avoiding me like the goddamn plague.”