darkmiller

[darkmiller]

Meet you then.

Pairing: Joel Miller x male reader No warnings, Joel is a little confused and awkward. Just a quick drabble. Short summary: you're new at the QZ and Joel becomes interested but it confuses him. --------------------------------------------

You're fairly new at the QZ, at least now you had an actual bed to sleep in. You didn't particularly reach out to the people living here, you were just doing your own thing, working as much as you could to collect ration cards. Joel was the same.

He wasn't new here, but he also worked a lot, even at the most disgusting and uncomfortable jobs. So you saw him a lot, but never talked to him. He seemed to prefer to be by himself anyway, you rarely saw him talking to anyone. Yeah you and Joel didn't speak but you looked. A lot. Stealing glances of each other from a polite distance. Maybe he respected you for being hard-working. You on the other hand, couldn't stop admiring him. He was handsome, rugged, broad-shouldered and had that sort of mystery to him that made you interested in him. Sometimes you smiled, or raised your hand a little as a way to say 'hi'. Joel just turned his head away.

At first you were just a new nobody to Joel. But you kept popping up at the same places, working always, like him. Then you started to smile at him. Waving at him. Even though you've never exchanged words. You were polite, he figured. Then your face crossed his mind when he was alone in bed. Joel shook his head and turned to his other side and tried to sleep again. But the next day, he saw you again when you we're both after your ration cards, and ended his day with having dreams about you. A loop that just never ended. Joel didn't like it. Why was he thinking about you? Why was he thinking about another man? Why was he having thoughts he had only had about women previously. It confused him, not because he found it wrong or disgusting, he just had never been in this situation, and it bothered him, especially at his age.

Eventually, Joel was the one to initiate some sort of contact. You were sitting by a wall under the shade, taking a break when the older man approached you. You looked up at Joel's looming figure, offering that sweet smile he now had gotten to see daily these past few months. Without a word he held out a bottle of water to you, which you accepted. Joel watched as the droplets of water ran down your chin and neck as you took a few gulps to refresh. You handed the bottle back and thanked Joel, admiring him up closer than previously for the first time. "Mhmh." Joel just huffed in response to your thanks. A silence fell between you two but Joel didn't leave, he didn't look at you either but hovered around you still. "You like beer?" Joel eventually grumbled out. "Yeah. Rare find though nowadays" you said back, as you still sat under the shade and looked up to Joel, who was dragging the nose of his foot along the gravel ground, as if he was fidgeting. "I have some at my apartment." Joel stated calmly. It was an invitation. Joel looked at you finally, his brown eyes meeting yours. You smile and give him a nod. "Yeah I like beer" you confirm again as you accept his invitation. This time Joel nods slightly. You couldn't tell from his face but he was glad you accepted his offer. "Okay. Meet up after this shift then."

[darkmiller]

joel miller x male reader

if u want give me suggestions :)

[darkmiller]

I wanna write a male reader x pedro character. also any suggestions are welcome