#I was not prepared for bill and frank omfg

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omfg after episode 3 if ur down for it I’d love to see a fic where frank hosts a garden party but joels sick, tess is worried/annoyed joel said nothing and bill is cranky as per but surprisingly helpful?? only if ur down for it!! im so in love with the idea of those 4 as a friend group ugh

I'm very down for it! I feel like Frank is the mom of the friend group for some reason? lmao Fandom: The Last of Us Summary: Joel doesn't like to let on that he's sick, and doesn't want to bother anyone with it. He doesn't need to be taken care of because he's the one who takes care of others. CW: Another similar to the show sorta Joel/Tess Word Count: 1.2k MINORS DNI

“Been hearing a lot of ’70s lately, Joel. This could be good. Real good. We could get some real trades and stuff to sell this time around.” Tess said enthusiastically as she kept a brisk pace along their usual route to Bill and Frank’s. Her thumbs were hooked behind the straps of her pack and Joel thought there was almost a spring in her step as they took the familiar trek.

A soft grunt of acknowledgment was all that left him as Joel lagged behind, almost using it as a way to clear his throat of some of the irritation there. More than his usual exhaustion tugged at him. He’d woken up that morning feeling like he’d choked on sandpaper all night and with his sinuses trying to make breathing as difficult as possible. He was constantly having to wipe his nose on the back of his hand and sniff, claiming this morning it was the fall allergies he sometimes suffered.

Dirt and gravel crunched under his boots as he continued to stumble along the trail, feeling worse for ware as the compound of Bill and Frank’s came into view. Once again, Joel swiped a knuckle roughly under his slowly reddening and damp nostrils only for it to spark a tickle just like it had this morning. “Teh-eh… Tess- heh-!”

The desperation was obvious, like a plea for her to wait for him, but Tess continued on ahead to the gate while Joel lagged behind to struggle with his nose. Without a second thought, Joel pinched his nose shut with his pointer finger and thumb to almost completely muffle the sound. “NgH’Tsh! Ugh… snf! “

He swiped his damp fingers on his dusty jeans and continued on to meet Tess at the gate. His head felt heavy with congestion and he hung back a little, letting Tess do the talking as per usual so as not to let on just how exactly he was fairing. But there was the feeling of eyes on him as they went to sit down at the table as per usual.

It had been a year since Bill stopped bringing guns to the table every time they sat down but he was still tense every time. Now it seemed even more so but Joel pointedly avoided his gaze and the food this time around. A little unusual for them given they came from the QZ where food was distributed through rations which often began to restrict in the fall to prepare for the winter months. Joel just couldn’t bring himself to swallow much.

“Joel?” Tess said softly, looking over at him with concern. Now all eyes seemed to be on him. Christ, that was the last thing he needed right now.

Frank’s brows were furrowed in an almost motherly type of concern as he suddenly reached out to Joel with a hand to which both Tess and Bill shouted a warning of “no, don’t!”

Like a reflex, Joel caught Frank by the arm before he could touch him. He cleared his throat softly, wincing a little at how it stung painfully before sniffling. “D’dot a good idea, Fradk.” And then let go of him.

“Oh, Joel…” Frank said softly as the three finally heard the painful, congested rasp that was now Joel’s voice. “You sound like you could use some tea instead of wine. I think I have some in the house. Let me go heat up some water for you.” And without another word, Frank got up to hurry inside to go start making tea.

Already Joel could feel Tess’ irritation with him but he couldn’t be bothered with it because there was a much more pressing irritation plaguing him. His nose felt like it was alight with the tingling urge to sneeze, his nostrils twitching and flaring as he brought a hand up to rub at his nose.

Now Tess was up and moving over towards him, “You told me this morning it was only allergies. What changed?”

“D’nothi’g c-chhhadged… Hih- ngXH’T! Uh… m’FGH’T! Ugh. I’b fide. You were excited to get out here add trade. Just sobe sdiffles, Tess.” Once more his hand had shot up to pinch his nose shut instinctively to muffle the sound even if the space was “safe”. And as if to prove his point, Joel sniffled though it sounded a little soupier than he intended which made Tess frown in concern.

At that moment, Frank popped his head out of the house to call for Tess and ask her to come inside and help him choose what kind of tea she thought Joel might like. Which left Bill and Joel at the table together. It happened somewhat often now. Frank called Tess inside to swap goodies unseen by their more stern partners who would undoubtedly disagree with whatever they were trading.

 For a few moments, a tense silence lingered, broken only by Joel’s sniffles until finally, Bill broke it with a harsh- “You’re shivering.”

Joel was so startled all he could reply with was a confused and congested, “What?”

Bill took a breath which came back out as an exasperated sigh at having to repeat himself for the sick man before him. “You’re shivering because you’re dressed like an idiot. Probably how you let yourself get sick in the first place.” He pushed himself up from the table to head inside.

This left Joel now alone and cold at the table in just his flannel, t-shirt, and jeans. He’d thought this had been perfectly acceptable for the weather, but well if Bill thought-

And then there was Bill… come back out of the house with a warm-looking, dark gray thermal shirt. “Here. Put it on before your woman worries herself sick over you.”

“We’re d’not-” Joel starts as he reaches up hesitantly to take the shirt from Bill.

“I don’t care what you two are. Frankly, I don’t care much about you two at all, but Frank does… So, I do care.” Bill said quietly, politely looking away towards the house as Joel slipped the thermal shirt on over his t-shirt.

Once his flannel was back in place, Joel cleared his throat and sniffed. His shivering had stopped almost entirely now, and he gave Bill a grateful glance. “Thadk you… what do you wadt as a trade for the sweater?” He asked, plucking at the thermal he now wore. His nostrils were starting to twitch as the need to sneeze was rearing its head again, prickling up through his nose.

Waving his hand, Bill seemed to just wave him off. “It’s a gift, but if you come across painting supplies I’d be grateful for them… Frank seems interested in learning.”

“I’ll keep ad e-eeh eye out for you,” Joel promises, clearly starting to struggle with his nose, so his hand comes up at the ready to pinch it like last time.

Though Bill seems to have an opinion on that. “Don’t do that. Stifle. You don’t have to here. It’s fine to make noise. Just…” He sighed like he couldn’t believe he was the one having to say it. “Relax, Joel.”

There was the barest hint of a nod from Joel who moments later pitched into his inner elbow instead to cover his sneeze. “HhhISHHue! Ihh…ISShuh! Jesus…” He gave a bit more of a watery sniff after the unstifled sneezes into his flannel which he used to wipe his nose.

Moments later in the distance, there was a screech and an explosion. Safe, Joel reminded himself.

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What is that I hear? Episode 3 thoughtssss! + update on how my bingo card is going

First off im like 30 minutes late and I really wish I wasn't....anyway

Hes making a lil stack for tess 🥲

He gave ellie his jacket 😭😭😭

Ellie continually asking for a gun 👌👌👌

You ask alot of goddamn questions. -yes I do 🙂

THE ARCADE GAMEEEEE

Is there anything bad in here? -Just you. -Oh getting funnier (keep this joke going pleaseee)

Ellie what the fuck?!!! Do not go in there!

Id count ellie moving a dumpster, but honestly it wasn't joel

Tampons!

Get the fuck outta therrreeeeee

Ellie you fucking sadist, just kill it wtffffff

Joel you really should keep a better eye on her Jesus fucking christ

It the screen grab from the first reveal!!!

Flour! Flour! Flour! Flour! (PANCAKE MIX)

Outbreak Day! (Sep 26, happy bday joel)

Joel trying to protect ellie by trying to go around the mass grave so she wouldn't see it 🥲

Im not surprised at all, fuck fedra (dead people can't be infected...smh)

Ohhhh flashback!

Honestly reminds me, I hope we get to see Ish's story line

Ope! There's my paranoid Bill <3

Bills got a nice house damn, what do you think he did before the outbreak?

Im laughing so hard, this is 100% cannon Bill

I love that we are getting a montages of bill building up his town and its defenses lmao

Ooo do you think he's gonna teach Joel how to make a nail bomb like in the game?

I spy with my little eye a churchhhh

Me and Bill are kinda the same frfr alone and prepared 😌

And there's his traps

Not the "Dont Tread on Me" Flag, he's gay, not homophobic

Frank! My boy!!!I love him already (he better wear an ugly ass hawian shirt or im gonna riot!)

I love the hinting to the falling if the QZs

I already love them, im gonna read so much fanfic about these two <3

Bills gay lil stance with the hand gun lmao

Literally love at first sight for bill I will not hear otherwise

Hes giving frank a cute lil dinner date <3 <3

I cannot handle them, they better fuck this episode and im gonna cry when frank dies

Franks lil smile im screamingggggg

Theyre gayyyyyy istggggg

Bill is literally so fucking smitten

He can play piano 🥺🥺🥺...kinda lol

Bill made him stop bc he realizes he's getting too attached

Omg bills playing and singing nowww 🥲

The song is perfect foreshadowing omfg

Girl? Haha thats a queer frank

Literally screamingggggggg omfggg

Frank crying i cannot omfg

He didn't not just tell Bill to go take a shower 💀

Frank waiting in bed for bill these bitches are fuckingggggg

I literally told you it was love at first sight

Omg baby virgin bill is 👌👌👌

Squabbling like a true married couple

We are going to have friends. - Excuse me. (I love my recluse paranoid Bill)

Frank and Tess chatting too while Joel and Bill glower at each other 💀💀💀

Joel really speaks Bill's language lol

I love Joel trying to help Bill by warning him 🥺

Bill running just like me frfr

Bill really does love Frank omg

The strawberries omg

Older means we're still here. 🥺🥺🥺

Oh this episode is gonna rip my heart out, im not ready

Oh no! OH NO!

The dude on fire spinning i can't stop laughing and I shouldn't be

Bill talking like he's gonna die

Call Joel, he'll take care of you. 🥲

Theyre old men 🥲

He paints! And it looks like the concept art from the game!

Theyre so cute my heart is breaking

Cause this is my last day?! Wtf do you mean, frank???

But I've had more good days with you than anyone else. So just give me one more good day (sobbing)

We'll get married (nnoooo, I cant take this)

Frank has thought about this too much istg 🥲🥲🥲🥲

Igh i can't stop thinking about the radio in the first episode, what goes wrong?!

Im already sobbing

Theyre exchanging rings 🥺🥺🥺🥺

Bill made frank the same meal he made him the first time, im sobbbiiinnngggg

Of course Bill did it too

You were my purpose. I cannttttttt

Why do I get the feeling its only gonna work for Frank, that Bill is gonna live?

The music 🥲🥲🥲 (this is, or is similar to the one from the game right? The giraffe area?? I'm probably wrong, but ik its from the game)

I never liked you. Thats 100% bill 🥲

Im sobbing, you're sobbing, everyone's sobbing

Lol no battery

Ok nm Joel made one

Tommy!

The Rules!!!!!!!!!!

What you say goes.

Ughhhhh

He didn't reset the radio thats why the radio played 🥲

Ellie grabbing toilet paper lol

THE SHIRTTTTTTTT

Ellie leave the grandfather clock alone

Ope she found a gun

I have a flannel like the one Joel puts on 🙂🙂🙂 (he looks so fine <3)

Hey Ellie knew how to drive in the game!

The cassette :)

That ending shot 👌💗💗💗

WHERES THE GAY PORN?! Literally all I could mark on my bingo card this episode smh

I do like having literally all of Bill's section of the game different from the game, but I do miss Bill talking to himself, all his little notes to himself, and literally all of the highschool. Idk I just love how they handled Bill and Frank's relationship and we got to see Frank at all versus in the game we just find his body covered in bites.

Ok ok trailer for ep4:

Joel has coffee!

Hunters!!!!!!!

Who's that girl hunting Joel 👀

Anyway, updated bingo card-

Edit: forgot to mention red is ep1, yellow ep2. Music got crossed off twice bc I can and I love the music :)

As always if you wanna talk about the episode or have something you want written for Joel, my askbox is open!

Ok ok ok The Last of Us episode 1 thoughts below!

• CLIMATE CHANGE?! (Love that honestly)

• Not me sobbing at the intro (I HOPED they'd do something like the games intro so this was a perfect surprise)

• Joels shirt is inside out 😭 (ok noticed this before it was mentioned)

• Let the man have his coffee Sarah

• Gabriel as tommy?! Sounds almost identical omggg

• The neighbors 😭 (oh I understand now.....)(I like how they changed the changing/infected neighbor scene)

• Desert Storm???? 👀

• Sarah fixing the watch instead of getting him a new one 🥺

• Sarah's backpack is so cute omg

• The dog 🥲

• "Drugs. I sell hard-core drugs." Happy screams

• Joel and his shitty movies smh (hope this is ref later with ellie and joels movie nights)

• Dammit Tommy, jail, really??

• Yo wtf grandma. No joke the cordyceps out of her mouth?!?!?

• The truck scene was done so welllllllllll

• Jimmy's place!!!

• The planes (OMFG THE PLANE)

• Ooo the car crash separating them, I approve

• These bitches CREEPY (Love that they have no fine motor control)

• Joel begging 🥲🥲🥲

• That is infact a small child (😭😭😭)(🥲🥲🥲)

• DONT YOU TWENTY YEARS LATER ME YOU BITCHES (both 2014 Hannah and 2023 Hannah)

Sarah's death was sadder here and I stand by that

• The amount of time it takes to change depending on where your bit poster is 👌👌👌

• Joel doing actual work in the QZ is kinda really funny to me (sewer maintenance) (now this is more like it....wait drug dealing??)

• MUSICCCCCCCC

• HANGING?????? IN THE QZ??? BY FEDRA???

• Tess 🥰🥰🥰

• Ooo truck battery and not guns (what about your guy?- He answers to me FUCK YEAH HE DOES....WAIT oh fuck explosion! Well fuck you anyway Robert)

•  ELLIE!! (SHE HAS HER EYEBROW SCAR! And her sense if humor) (veronica?) (unchain my child please)

• Oooo message operator! (TOMMY!) (Slavers 🤔)

• Joel planning a trip already is genius (wtf you doing drinking and doing pills?!)

• The watch 🥲

• Those walls are THIN or that baby is LOUD

• Marleneeeeeee

• I love all the yellow wires, ik in the game it was an obvious way to show you where to go, but u like that its been added to the show

• Oh damn, rip unnamed firefly Marlene talked too, you're dying in the capital (kim) (ope her ear)

• Tell me to look for the light and ill break your jaw 🥰🥰🥰

• Ellie getting water on her face lmao

• The knife 🥺

• Atleast the wrapped the handcuff so it wouldn't hurt her

• Don't talk about Riley bitch, I will fight you

• I like all the water dripping, good touch

• Joel talking construction 🥰🥰🥰

• Ok but that wallpaper in the hallway with the dead Robert, I want

• Well ellie you tried, but Joel is better

• Ellie is in fact feral, love her

• Give ellie her knife dammit (yes ellie I agree that was an asshole move)

• Ope don't mention Tommy

• What are they capable of?- alot ellie, alot

• You all talk it out but please remember I am bleeding out 😭😭😭

• God I love my husband

• Ellies shoes squishing 🤢

• Bill and Frank 🥺

• Your watch us broken 🥲

• Ok but why is all the wallpaper cute in this episode?!

• Ellie figuring out the radio code shes so smart i love her

• That door (or whatever you wanna call it) was hidden perfectly omg

• Worst time to take a piss (hahahahaha honestly fuck that guy)

• Pedro's eyes 😩 (oh fuck wait hes fucking that guy upppp)

• PTSD!!!

• THE RADIOOOOOOOOO

• THE RADIO AS IT PANS OVER THE CITY AND WE HEAR INFECTED?!? so good

• The trailer!

• The city landscapes 😩😩😩

• Frank!!!!

• There's no halfway with this, we finish what we started *indistinct screeching*

If you read all this PLEASE send me Joel thoughts, I wanna talk about my husband! Also if you want me to explain any of these ASK MEEEE!! Also, Also, I'll be doing this for every episode so if wanna be tagged in these just if be down 👉👈