Disclaimer : I do not own any character of (The Last of Us) TLOU is owned by Naughty Dog, but all the Oc character are from my invention.

Warning: This story is rated M for languish and violence in some chapter, also can contain some smutty chapters, I not sure how many yet,

maybe just one, but the warning still on. Most of the story is just T. Now this little Fiction story includes: age difference relationship romance,

but Ellie is 20 in this one, so she is an adult. If you read the first part, then you know all that.

TLOU Story Summary: This is a continuation of the ( Cabin in the woods) story. Ellie and Joel continue their mission, after the break they get

on the cabin. The way to California, is a long one and winter is close now. But the have a new way to see their journey. Do they going to make it,

to their destination, or something else is awaiting for them, before they get there.

A/N: Ok, now this is going to be a continuation of the story (Cabin in the woods). Is a sequel, but is going to be like a series, with 3 or 4 part

of 10 at 12 chapters each one. Well that is my plan for now, I LYK if all that change on the way. So this is going to be the second one, of the

series, and is going to continue 2 weeks after the first one. Even that this is a sequel, this one or the other part are going to contain, in some

chapter, flashback or description, of Ellie and Joel before they found the cabin in the first one. For the people that read the first one, I hope

you like this one as much you like the other one. For the new ones, you need to read the first one first before start this one. Thanks always

for the support, and read my stories, hope you liked.

Chapter 1 : Relationship

*Two Weeks Later*

It's now the middle of November, and the cold of the almost-winter has started to kick in. As Joel and Ellie continue their journey to find the guy they need in California, they cross the little mountain where, after the forest, they found the cabin. Then they take the road that is going to take them to the middle of the state of Idaho. They're now using more layers of clothing to keep the cold at bay, as the farther north they move, the worse the cold gets.. Lucky for them, they get to find some abandoned places, or cars to sleep in, during the night. The rains have stopped now, replaced by the snow that is starting to fall. It's not much for now, but enough to start to make the journey more difficult for them. Joel wants to cross these states before the real snow starts to fall and storms start to hit the road. But he knows that it's going to be a long way before they do that, especially if they need to avoid the big cities. Joel always tells Ellie that it's better to avoid any problems with infected or gangs that normally populate those places. Now, although their mission is still the same, their journey has changed a little… After the few days they spent in that cabin they found in the forest, something new happened there that is going to change what they have for the rest of their lives. Not only did they take a little break from their mission, but Joel proposed to Ellie. Their journey is going to be a little different now.

Joel and Ellie have been together for five years now, always partners and companions to each other. They've protected each other and cared for one another all that time, even after Joel needed to confess to Ellie what he'd done in Salt Lake City. It was hard for Ellie and Joel after that. Even though he knew that Ellie was going to be mad at him, Joel didn't expect Ellie to move to Tommy and Maria's house to get away from him. That was only for a short time, but it was hard for him to stay away from her so she could clear her mind. After a few months, she forgave him and moved back to their house so they could be together again - because above all, she loved him as much he loved her, and it was hard for her not being able to be with him. After they got back together, they continued with the work they'd been doing in Jackson, which kept them distracted, and after a while, things went back to normal. Well, as normal as can be in a fucked up world, but being in Jackson was a relief. Joel's life changed as he learned to love Ellie during their journey to the Fireflies. At first, it felt like he was replacing his lost daughter, but in time, she became more than that.

Ellie was strong and smart for her age, and more mature than other kids, so Joel started to see her more as a partner than a daughter. He knew that he could count on her to have his back, and he did the same for her, so their relationship grew to be more. Joel found that weird in some ways - how a man of his age could start to feel attracted to a young girl like her... not so much a physical attraction, but emotional, too. Sometimes it made him feel sick, what a pervert he could be, and that felt so wrong, but he couldn't explain why he felt that way for her. He started to feel like Ellie was his anchor, the light at the end of the tunnel, something he never felt before. Yes, he loved his girlfriend when he was in high school, but he was a teenager back then. But after she got pregnant, and he had to marry her, all of that changed. After Sarah was born, he tried to save his marriage, but all of that went to shit when his wife left them. And even with all the love he felt for his little girl, his love life was over, and he thought that he was never going to feel that way with someone again.

In Ellie's case, things were different: she never saw Joel as a father figure. At first, she saw him as a protector and companion, and after they got back to Jackson from the Firefly trip, she saw him more as a friend and a partner. That was good for her, because she never had someone so close that stayed with her for so long. Ellie never felt loved... at least, not really… she never knew her mother, and never had someone to take care of her or love her the way Joel loved her. Sure, she had Marlene at some point - she kept an eye on her, but never cared for her like a mother. Marlene was only checking on her from time to time, because she promised her mother she would keep her safe. But during her young life, between all the foster homes that she went to and the military school, she never felt loved. Ellie never had any romantic relationships, and even though she loved Riley at one point, they never got too far. They were best friends when she ended up at the military school, but even then, Riley was more into the Fireflies, just like Marlene. But after Ellie showed her how she felt about her by kissing her, all of that went to hell when they got attacked by infected and they got separated, Riley dying and Ellie surviving. A few weeks after that, she met the man that would change her life forever.

After the incident with the Fireflies, they went back to Jackson to start a new life. Ellie started to see him as a friend and a partner. Living with him and being part of his family was something new for her. She started to feel how much he loved her, and how much she loved him back, and after a year of living in the town with Joel's brother. Ellie started to feel for the first time that she belonged to a place... where she'd be loved. Joel was always close to her, trying to keep an eye on her to make sure that she was fine. Joel lived for a long time watching his back, and trying not to get close to people, so even though they were in a place that they could be safe, he didn't trust the people there. After Maria and Tommy gave them their own house, Ellie and Joel got closer. Joel always tried to be sure that she had a normal life, but what is normal in this world? She always found it funny, what people did in the old days - things that didn't make sense to her.

At first, Joel was the only person in town that she trusted, so she didn't get close to anyone, except for Tommy and Maria, but Joel insisted that she needed to make some friends. She didn't want to make friends at first, because she knew that any time she got close to someone, it didn't last. But Joel explained to her that in a place like Jackson, things were different, so she tried, and in time, she made some friends. Joel got a few himself; even though he said that they were just buddies from work, she knew that he got close to one or two of them. Relationships were weird to her… she always watched how Maria and Tommy showed their love for each other, and how they trusted one another. Even some of her new friends had someone to share their lives with, so she started to think about her own. How she was going to have one, or if she really wanted one. How was that going to work? Even if she found someone, she was infected, and the only ones who knew that were Joel, Tommy, and Maria. Of course, they had to tell Gabriella - she was the doctor in town. Maria insisted that Ellie needed to be checked out, just to be sure that she can't infect other people by accident. So a few days after they arrived at Jackson, they took Ellie to the doctor, and just let her know only what she needed to know. Maria and Tommy insisted that was better for the town if no one knew about Ellie's condition. After the doctor checked her and did some tests, she said that her condition was rare, and the infection she was carrying was not going to affect others, even by saliva or blood. So she told them that Ellie can have a normal life, and even have a family of her own someday if she wanted.

After a year in town, Maria tried to talk to Ellie about boys, and how when she got older, she was going to want to find someone to share her life with. Ellie tried not to seem like a weirdo… but Jesus, the only one I ever kissed was a girl, and the only man I really love is Joel, so what kind of relationship am I going to have? She tried to talk to Joel about what Maria told her, but Joel wasn't too happy to hear her talking about boys. He told her that she was too young and that she needed to wait for that. She thought that he was trying to be a protective father, even if Ellie didn't see him like that. But it felt good to have him at her side, always caring for her as no one ever had before, so that made her happy.

Joel not only gave her his love, he also gave her a family - something she thought she was never going to have. Marlene always kept an eye on her, and made sure that she was okay, but she was never her family. When they started to live in their own house, she had her own room, but Joel always made sure that she felt safe and happy. And when she had a nightmare or something, he always let her sleep with him in his bed, and he comforted her. In time, Ellie started to love that, and sometimes went to sleep in his room under the pretense that she had a nightmare, even when she didn't. As their relationship grew on both of them, Ellie started to worry for him, and any time he needed to go to the dam to work, or to go hunting. She always wanted to go with him to keep an eye on him and watch his back, but the town rule was not to let people who were under age outside. Ellie didn't see how that applied to her; she was more mature than even some adults in town. For some reason, Joel agreed with Maria and Tommy and wanted to keep her inside the fence, with the excuse of keeping her safe. In time, she found out that one of the reasons to keep her inside was because of the Fireflies. So after that, she made him tell her what really happened in the hospital in Salt Lake City. Joel didn't have any other choice but to tell her the truth, and the reason why he did it, and that almost ended their relationship, when Ellie got mad at him. But after a month, she knew that she couldn't live without him - that he was her life - so she decided to put everything that happened in the past.

After Ellie turned 18, she started to go out of town with Joel; now that she could, she wanted to spend more time with him, hunting or doing patrol. As the time passed, she felt closer to him. His care and love for her started to become more to Ellie. She even got jealous when Tommy tried to fix Joel up with some of the single girls in town. At first, she didn't know why she felt like that; Joel made her so happy, so she should have wanted the same for him. She knew that he was a single man, and that he had needs... she knew that he hadn't been with a woman since he lost Tess. She didn't know what exactly they were to each other, but she knew that they were together at the time she met them; of course, Joel didn't want to talk about that. But she knew that Joel was so happy, just living with her. Of course, it wasn't the same, but Joel told her that he didn't have much interest in finding a woman for that, and that he was okay, just with her. But anyway, Ellie always made sure that those women lost interest in him as soon as they tried to get close to him. Joel found that amusing sometimes, just to watch Ellie do something to make sure that those girls went away - and later, to convince Joel that he didn't need a woman like them. Joel didn't understand why she did that, but sometimes he thought that maybe Ellie was afraid that he was going to cast her aside if he found someone to share this new life with.

But after Ellie turned 19, her whole life would change. She started to figure out that the love she felt for him was more than simple affection. But she needed to know for sure, and to find out if Joel felt the same way for her. She knew that he loved her, but as she was too young, she knew that that was going to be a problem for him, to show any kind of romantic affection. So she needed to come up with a plan to find out if Joel felt the same way she did about him. Ellie started to make sure that Joel now looked at her more like a woman than a young girl, but sometimes, she didn't know how. So she asked Maria for some advice on how to get a person to notice her in a romantic way. Of course, she made sure not to give away who she wanted to apply that knowledge to. After a month, she made a plan to find out if Joel had romantic feelings for her. And after the Halloween party they had in Jackson, she found out how much Joel loved her. After that, they started a new relationship, but for a while, they needed to keep that a secret; they didn't know how Maria and Tommy were going to react to all that. So for a whole year, they kept their relationship to themselves.

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and thanks for read it.