🎧🎶 "Joker And The Thief - Wolfmother."

You don't have many bullets left and you've barely managed to rescue your stupid flashlight from your backpack. Joel is reloading his weapon while the two of you remain hidden behind the hallway, as there are at least two infected they haven't been able to get rid of. While you sneak around, Joel covers you from the other side. Once you manage to shoot the hallway, you both jump out of hiding and run straight for the exit. Agitated and fed up, they just want to get back to Jackson and wash the dirt and blood off their clothes... today wasn't a good patrol.

When Joel bends down to use his hands as support to propel you up the wall, the other damn infected lunges at Joel and knocks you to the ground.

You've had softer falls, but you definitely recovered quickly from this one. You quickly run to grab another weapon and help Joel by taking off the infected who keeps growling and slithering wildly against your shoulder. With a quick shot, you take it away, and Joel only breathes heavily. With your help to get up, he lets out a grunt due to the obvious pain in his back...well, the poor guy has clearly had better days, however, for today he's been spared...it's time to go home

As you walk to the hallway that leads to the exit, you are distracted bandaging your wrist that hasn't stopped hurting from the fall you had, you were telling Joel that you want to take a shower when you get home but when you least expect it, something rough grabs you and practically pulls you towards a door that was open there in what looks like an old storage room.

With a slight, raspy, low growl, worthy of what can be considered "his eagerness" and his bad mood, Joel makes a simple movement to lift you up and press you against the wall and whispers to you in a bad mood but clearly eager:

Joel: C'mere...need a godamn minute with you right now.

He let his backpack fell in the floor with a thud and didn't wasted time in yanking you against the wall meanwhile roamed you and nuzzled your neck between cranky and lazy and craving for a well deserved rest before go home.