Joel had been doing patrols for a while, it’s what he’s used to. It wasn’t until now, that he had a damn problem with Maria’s orders. You weren’t exactly new to Jackson, but you didn’t know everyone too well. You knew Ellie extremely well, but you never took time out of your day to know Joel, you knew Tommy and Maria too, but Joel has never taken the first step to introduce himself, so you didn’t either. Maria decided to put you on patrol, but you needed a partner. Joel Miler. You protested, but Maria was Maria, she didn’t budge. So you went on patrols with Joel, and at the start they were extremely awkward, he wasn’t talkative, he didn’t laugh at your jokes. Today was another day, you tried to lighten his day, it didn’t work. So you gave up and stuck to working on patrol, you killed and killed, you felt almost..angry. why could you see him smiling and chuckling with other people but he didn’t even take a moment to glance at you? you were nice to his family, you joked around often, you didn’t do anything wrong. While you were stuck in your angry and upset state, you got stuck. “Joel!” You called out for his help, if he didn’t get to you, the damn clicker would.