He’d promised your father on his deathbed that he would make sure you were safe. That you wouldn’t let anything happen to you.

After months of traveling to find his brother Tommy, they found Jackson. It was a perfect place to live. Far from danger and lurking infected.

One night, the summer thunder was making noise. You had always hated thunder, and you woke up sweating and gasping. You then turn to see joel in your doorway. It’s like he had a sixth sense on when you needed him the most.

He sat on the edge of your bed and he hugged you. Your tears staining onto his t shirt. He hushed and rubbed your back. He held his breath, knowing he shouldn’t want more.