As long as you want - one shot - Joel Miller x f!Reader
As long as you want - ONE SHOT - Joel!Miller x f!Reader
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Summary: When you're injured in the stables one morning your patrol partner and enemy Joel Miller is the only one there to help.
Tags: Enemies to friends/lovers, Kissing, Mentions of Anxiety Attacks, Fluff, Mentions of Scars, Medication, Mentions of violence, Joel POV in parts, mentions of 'baby', Tooth-Rotting sweetness in parts, mutual pining. NO y/n.
a/n: Originally gonna be part of my ‘So Much to Lose’ story, but the characterizations didn’t feel right for it, so I made a few tweaks and now this is a one-shot.
Dedicated to @katiexpunk because she took the time to send me the sweetest most encouraging message filled with lots of advice and just damn fine support for a woman who sometimes feels invisible on this platform.
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On mornings you wake up earlier than usual it's because of anxiety.
You never know when it's going to hit because it's never logical. Sometimes it's a day you have patrols, sometimes its days you have nothing at all.
You've been an inhabitant of Jackson city for almost fourteen months. That's plenty of time for your nervous system to adjust, to know that you're not being chased by the infected or fighting malnourished raiders.
But your brain doesn't seem to grasp that yet. Every few months it wakes you before sunrise leaving you breathless and terrified until you adjust to your surroundings and remember that you are in your home. That you have a real home with a soft bed and easy access to food.
And yet those days, like today, you can't go back to sleep. You can't force your body to relax again. You're all nervous energy and you need to calm down.
Thankfully you've discovered one place that gives you that sense of calm; the stables with the horses used on patrols.
@auteurdelabre this is quite possible the sweetest gift I have ever received. Thank you. 🥹❤️ Joel in this one melts my heart, and their dynamic and obvious attraction is so palpable. Part 2!?!
But also —
TL;DR: likes do nothing - reblog, reblog, reblog.
Y’all, this should be the norm in fandom.
Support your creators!
I have seen so many new writers to this fandom struggle with low engagement recently, and I have even felt it myself. As much as we write for ourselves, the encouragement we get from others goes so far.
Getting low notes/reblogs/likes on something you work very hard on fucking sucks.
Tumblr is not Twitter.
Tumblr is not Instagram.
If you want your creators to keep creating, it’s imperative that you reblog their stuff. That’s how the Tumbles works.
Also, REACH OUT TO PEOPLE. Just say hi. Give a compliment. Send in an ask or a request. That’s what makes Tumblr, Tumblr. If you admire a writer, send them a message. Moots are everything! And I guarantee that 99.99% of us would be happy to hear from you and get to know you.
And while I’m on my rant, I’ll add:
Add your age to your bio and change your profile picture or header image so you don’t get blocked.
And finally…
If you are new writer to this fandom, DM me. I’ll support you. I’ll reblog your shit all day long. I’ll even beta for you, if you ask! I want to see this beautiful community, and its creators, thrive and survive.
End rant. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.xx
GIF cuz this is me when I see talented ass writers with immaculate fics and NO NOTES.
