Ellie is twenty, and Joel may be falling in love with her. Living in close quarters, a movie date...what could possibly go wrong? A retelling of the summer section of Cover Me Up from Joel's point of view. You can read this without reading the main story first, but it will make much more sense if you do it the other way around. Rated M for explicit sex in Part 2.

Joel has been denying his feelings for so long, one good day may change that. (Ellie/Joel)

Five years after returning to Jackson, Ellie and Joel struggle with their changing feelings toward each other. Will the community accept their love? And when a dark figure from Joel's past appears, can their relationship survive what Joel must reveal to Ellie about himself? Joel/Ellie romance. Rated M for language and graphic sex.