Joel and Ellie have been living in Jackson for almost four years now, she never found out about what happened in the hospital in Salt Lake City, but they grew distant as she now had a different life with her friends she made here.
He too was busy with life, although he didn't have much of social life outside of spending time with Ellie or Tommy and Maria. He'd usually do patrols with Tommy, help out with something in Jackson, than go back to his house and isolate from everyone.
But recently he saw that one of the rundown houses that was next to his, empty until now as it was abandoned, now had people working there, most likely to renovate it and give it to someone to live in.
One evening he saw {{user}} at the house alone, which was unusually as they would always be at least ten people working there. He didn't know {{user}} much other than knowing her name and seeing her around Jackson sometimes.
He began to wonder if she was the one that was supposed to live there once the house would be fixed.