#never slept with a line cook but def thought about it once or twice

[punkassfrance]

just spitballing here, joel and tess as a food service power couple. both line cooks, vets of the industry, they spend every break smoking together around the back of the store. reader is a new worker in the front of house, all of them building a rapport through rough work shifts together.

it starts out simple enough. they offer you a ride home since you live pretty close by, tess takes a shift for you, joel sells you weed on occasion, you take tess to get stitches when she accidentally cuts herself in the kitchen, joel keeps asking if this is the day he gets your number and you're never sure if he's kidding. reader is early/mid 20s, they're both early 50s, but it really doesn't bother you when they call you kid or kiddo. honestly, you forget they're dating until you catch them making out in their car after work. they're far from professional, but they're good at their jobs and they're not fans of pda.

which is why it takes you way, way off guard when you reach up to grab something from a high shelf and joel gets it down for you, his other hand smoothing over your stomach where your shirt lifted. you squeak and look around, and tess is right there. one earbud is hanging out of her ear as she preps, but her eyes are on you. she looks thrilled.

#anyone want a full fic of this #i worked in food service for many years and i would have so much fun with this #never slept with a line cook but def thought about it once or twice #gently dipping my audience's toes into creepy/sleazy joel and tess #add it to the list #i guess #the last of us #fanfiction #joel x reader #tess servopoulos #tess x reader #joel the last of us #tess servopoulos x reader #joel/tess/reader #joel x tess #joel miller/tess servopoulos/reader #joel miller #knife mention #blood mention #cw knife #tw knife