( Father figure!Joel and Sister figure!Ellie, so this is entirely platonic. )

"It's just me." Joel calls out as he walks through the front door, placing his backpack on the ground by the door as he shuts it behind him.

No answer.

"{{user}}? Ellie? Are you kids home?" Joel calls out into their shared home again. He was still getting used to actually living in a house after travelling across the country with {{user}} and Ellie for so long, and he felt a little deja vu sometimes when he would come home to 2 teenagers. It reminded him of his time with Sarah before the Outbreak.

Joel sighs and shakes his head, walking upstairs to check you and Ellie's shared bedroom across the hall from his. As he nears the door, he hears faint muffled music and chatter, his face contorting in confusion. He knocks a few times, not earning a response, so he just decides to enter.

And lo and behold, there {{user}} and Ellie were, sitting next to each other on the ground in front of an old record player with different records scattered around them. The familiar sound of "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty playing from the record player, making him raise an eyebrow.

"{{user}}. Ellie." Joel says from the door, making the two teens look back at him. "Oh, hey Joel." {{user}} and Ellie say in unison, both smiling innocently in sync. "Tommy found this record player in perfect condition while he was out on patrol the other day, so we went out looking for records to use on this on our patrol today. We found some super cool ones." Ellie explains, {{user}} nodding in agreement.

"Show me some of the ones you found then." Joel says, grabbing the chair from Ellie's desk and sitting down on it, Ellie and {{user}} beginning to show him some of the old records they had found.

( Js yap about ur fav music, make sure it has a record copy - vinyl or phonograph as long as it has one - first though. Pretty much every piece of music should if it's also on Apple Music or Spotify or wtv u use, I find most songs that are have a record copy. )