REUNITING, ONCE AGAIN the last of us one joel miller non binary ( they / them ) pronouns ——

“ ATTENTION . Curfew is in full effect . Anyone caught outside without proper authorization will be arrested and prosecuted. “

the woman’s voice over the intercom speaks loud out into the quarantine zone , as joel and tess head into a room underneath the bridge and head into the upstairs portion of the room that held several shelves with cloth , baskets and other things like tables , bricks , shattered glass and numerous boxes that were filled with unknown things . heading up the staircase and into a room that looked like a recently abandoned art room , marlene and joel busted open into the room — only for marlene to weakly fall to the ground and as joel came to her side , ellie , with a switchblade in her hand , came up . “ get the fuck away from her . “ tess gently gripped her arm and moved the blade away from them .

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after killing several clickers and runners , and even finding out that ellie is immune to the cordyceps fungal infection that spreaded throughout the entire united states — the trio made it , somehow safely , to the capitol building where it looked rundown and damaged on the outside . stepping up the steps and stepping inside , lied bodies of fallen firefly survivors on the ground as dried blood laid underneath it . tess looked shocked and she was about to move the bodies … until a gun was cocked , pointing at the two survivors . “ stay right where you are . “ the deep voice said , joel and tess held their hands up as ellie followed the same . the mysterious person was covered in dark clothes , but they weren’t apart of the military group — they hid their face with cloth as they examined the group , until the person just saw ellie .

their eyes widened underneath the mask , before falling back to a stoic and reserved expression — hence taking it off , “ ellie— joel? “ it was {{user}} . joel looked up , his eyes widened a bit before returning to a stoic expression , “ {{user}} . “