#joeltess

[magnetic-rose]

at the end of episode 3 when joel and ellie are getting their supplies from bill and frank’s house, they find a box labeled “woman’s shirts.”

tess is the only woman they’re friends with, which means this box was for her. so whenever they’d go to the clothing boutique, they’d find something for her and set it aside for when she visited next time.

i just - they loved tess. they cared about her. they thought about her even when she wasn’t around. they’d go to their little boutique and pick out clothes for her that she could take back home to the qz. “paying attention to things is how we show love.” “i leave you all of my weapons and equipment, use them to keep tess safe.”

and bill talked a bit more about tess in his letter but we don’t get to fully see it:

“... and she decide you’re...”

also bill’s telling joel some wine pairing for food that he can share with tess, probably because one of bill’s love languages is cooking and he thinks joel should wine and dine her. how cute is that.

#i just.. bill and frank loved tess they thought about her they did things for her even when she wasn't there #and she loved them back like she 100% believed that they would have taken ellie #she trusted them to carry out the mission she couldn't #tess servopoulos #bill tlou #frank tlou #joel tlou #billfrank #joeltess #tlou #the last of us

[lousolversons]

Joel + Tess in S01E03 of The Last Of Us HBO

#tlouhboedit #the last of us hbo #joeltess #joel miller #tess servopoulos #joel x tess #tess x joel #anna torv #pedro pascal #tlou spoilers #tlou hbo spoilers #tvedit #referring to her as 'mine' #i'm @ the end of my rope #1k

[bi-alinaoretsev]

@tlounetwork​ | The Last of Us week 2023 day 5: favorite dynamic ↳ Joel Miller / Tess Servopoulos

#tlouweek2023 #tlouedit #tlouhboedit #thelastofushboedit #joeltess #joel miller #tess servopoulos #userbaz #userriel #usertiny #userhekaates #usercim #usermorgan #userpegs #userpickles #userrin #userdean #alielook #underbetelgeuse #mine

[stealingpotatoes]

consumed by joel & tess thoughts and pretending tess lived and everything is fine (lyrics from touch tank by quinnie)

(ko-fi requests are open!)

#joel miller #tess servopoulos #tess tlou #joel tlou #joeltess #tessjoel #the last of us #tlou #tlou2 #tess lives #my doods

[seethesunny]

Living off crumbs is so fun because this shoulder touch is doing things to my brain

#tess servopoulos #joel miller #joel x tess #tess x joel #joeltess #tessjoel #J&T #the last of us #tlou #tlou gifs #my gifs

[allfallsdown]

nothin’ hurts like the almost, almost, almost.

#I made the mistake of rewatching 1x02 after last night’s new episode #big mistake #all in my feels #tess servopoulos #tess tlou #the last of us #hbo the last #tlou #joeltess #joel and Tess #Joel x Tess #strong female lead #strong female protagonist #tess servopoulos x reader #anna torv

[crimescrimson]

Red's Favourite Gaming Pairings Of All Time [14/?]: Joel Miller & Tess Servopoulos From The Last Of Us (2014)

#Crimson's Gifs: The Last Of Us #The Last Of Us #TLOU #The Last Of Us 1 #TLOU1 #TLOU 1 #Tess Servopoulos #Theresa “Tess” Servopoulos #Theresa Servopoulos #Tess (TLOU) #Joel (TLOU) #Joel Miller #JoelTess #TessJoel #Tess x Joel #Joel x Tess #Pairing: Make This Easy For Me #Theme: Favourite Pairings

[bisexualdeans]

i never ask you for anything not to feel the way i felt. i never ask you for anything not to feel the way i felt. god. the nuance in this. they were together. they were. together in the way that lonely and broken people often are. they were together in the way that they were an anchor to each other in a desolated world. a community. a family. they were together in the way that they provided for each other and needed each other and worked with each other and there was something visceral there. something undefinable. but they were not for a moment together in the way of a great romance. in the way young people are. in the way people who are not so broken are. and tess might have. tess was a hopeful beam. tess was capable of hope and capable of love and capable of not running away from it or flinching at the very idea of it. tess had it in her to be emotionally open. tess had a warmth in her in spite of it all. joel did not. joel was too empty and too unavailable and too scarred and he put up a thousand walls at the very idea of love of any kind. even while experiencing it. at the idea of commitment. of defining bonds. of allowing himself to care fully and express that care and verbalize it and make it real. i keep thinking about tess holding him in bed at night and how it can only ever be in the dark of night. in the light of day all that joel is capable of doing is say 'pass' when asked about tess. so of course it's not to feel the way i felt. not because he didn't care for her. not because she wasn't a family. not because she wasn't a companion and a lover and an anchor and a community. just because for all that love, for all that care he could never allow himself to put down his walls. and that's extremely more painful than a classic unrequited situation. there was love there but it was always kept at bay like waves by a dam and the dam never broke down and that's all there was. i never ask you for anything not to feel the way i felt.

#tlou hbo #tlou spoilers #joel miller #tess servopoulos #joeltess #joel x tess #i love feeling pain and inflicting pain

[messrmoonyy]

MESSR WHERE IS THE WHOLE LETTER SHOW ME

I love how we all assumed bill was telling Joel what wine to pair for a romantic meal with Tess. And he was actually giving him advice on how they could both off themselves in the same way that he and Frank did. I’ve not been the same since

#ask #gonna throw myself off a cliff now bye #tess servopoulos #Joel miller #bill and Frank #joel x tess #tlou hbo #tlou #joeltess

[be-an-echo]

Life in Jackson

#they live in jackson #it took a while to get used to this life but they are finally happy #they haven't finished a single movie because they pass out so quickly #tess wears joel's shirts and sweaters (i don't make the rules) #joel was trying to watch jurassic park #joel x tess #joel miller #tess servopoulos #tess tlou #joel tlou #the last of us #joeltess #need more fics of them living in Jackson #tess lives

[joeltheresa]

Friendly reminder that Tommy knew Tess and probably knew how much she meant to Joel before they separated + will definitely know she’s dead by the fact that they’re not together

#tlou #the last of us #tlou hbo #tessjoel #joeltess

[lousolversons]

Tess Servopoulos + Joel Miller in S1E01 of The Last Of Us (HBO)

#tlouhboedit #the last of us hbo #joel miller #tess servopoulos #joeltess #joel x tess #tess x joel #pedro pascal #anna torv #tvedit #thanks for the canon #1k

[psychedelic-ink]

The Seed || Sneak Peek

pairing: joel miller x tess servopoulos

word count: 360

summary: To put it simply, Tess did not want to exist but did so anyway. She stared blankly at everyone and everything. Her mind and heart urged her to make the smart choices. She was quick to eliminate the possibilities that might cause her death. She assessed the weak links of the group. Stayed clear away from them. 

Smart choices. She blamed that part of herself for wanting to approach the Millers.

a/n: I'm very excited for this one, I've been in love with these two since I watched the gameplay, and with the show that love only grew. it's been haunting me for about a week and hopefully, I'll be finishing it soon-ish? We shall see, I'm taking my time and enjoying the process. Writing in third person still makes me nervous so I hope you enjoy this little sneak peek! 💜 (this takes before tess and joel reach the Boston QZ)

“I know you’ve been sniffin’ around for information,” he said in a firm tone, leveling her with a stern gaze. He felt his cheeks burning but couldn’t quite understand why. It was a cold night. “I ain’t gonna give you anythin’. This ain’t a get-together. We’ll travel to Boston with our skin still in place, if lucky, and that’ll be it.” 

“I agree.” 

Joel raised an eyebrow, his fingers tightening around the long muzzle of the rifle. “See you say you agree,” he grunted. “But you’re still sittin’ there, eager for a conversation.” 

“I never said I wanted a conversation,” Tess answers, her brows inching closer as she assessed him with a humorful smile. It made him feel stupid. Like she was in on some kind of joke that he wasn’t aware of. “I don’t care about you, Joel.” 

He blinked, confusion etching into the growing lines of his face. His lips parted, the air between them tense for multiple reasons. Tess sighed and leaned back as she arched her back, her spine craving from the pressure. She looked like a cat in a sunbeam. 

“I don’t care about your brother either,” she confirmed something that Joel already knew. “And if I’m being honest, I don’t really care about myself either but here I am, trying to survive. Get to Boston, hope FEDRA is better there.” 

“It won’t be.” 

“Well,” she answered, her voice growing soft along with the green of her eyes, slightly brighter compared to that swamp color. “A girl can always dream.” 

Unlike her, Joel did not soften. In fact, he hardened. He moved his jaw, locking it tight. His shoulders stayed firm, and his gaze, devoid of any color, looked directly into her own. 

“Was there a reason for you you tellin’ me you don’t give to shit about my brother and I or did I miss it?” 

“I’m just keeping everything out in the open,” the light faded in her eyes and Joel relaxed upon seeing it return. “I don’t care about you two, you don’t care about me. So how about we make this trip a useful one for the three of us.” 

#joel miller x tess servopoulos #joel x tess #joel miller #tess servopoulos #tess servopoulos x joel miller #joeltess #hbo the last of us fanfiction #the last of us show #the last of us fanfic #the last of us fanfiction #pedro pascal character fanfiction #pedro pascal character fanfic #pedro pascal characters

[tessaservopoulos]

hey friends! it's tessjoel big bang posting week and i just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone that participated in this fun little project. i had so much fun planning it and i hope everyone had just as much fun writing :)

if you wanna check it out, the collection is here on ao3- please give our writers some support and leave a lil love (comments and kudos are always appreciated!). so far we've had two works posted, by the lovely @hypnotisedfireflies and @seethesunny 🥰 and there's only more to come as the week progresses!!

#tessjoel summer big bang 2023 #tessjoel #tess servopoulos #joel miller #tess x joel #joel x tess #joeltess #tlou fic #liz speaks

[kokureno]

young tess and joel, 2008.

#tessjoel #joeltess #joel miller #tess servopoulos #joel x tess #tess x joel #tlou #tlou hbo #the last of us #the last of us hbo

[seethesunny]

Isn’t this Canon

#tess servopoulos #joel miller #tess x joel #joel x tess #joeltess #tessjoel #J&T #the last of us #tlou #tlou memes #mine