Michael and Joel find each other when they’re smack dab in the middle of the zombie apocalypse, when Michael wakes up in the middle of the night and finds Joel stealing from him. At first he kind of hates Joel. He’s not a great shot and he’s scatterbrained and Michael feels like he’s always yelling at him, but then he realizes that Joel is the one who hands him a knife and tells him not to waste their bullets and Joel is the one who wraps up Michael’s wounds tight, making dumb jokes about vampires.
Joel is the one who found a Red Bull in a gas station freezer and gave it to Michael (and only begged for a few sips) and Joel is the one who finds a stereo with batteries and a Taylor Swift CD still in it and makes Michael dance with him, tells jokes and stories about his old friends, and holds Michael when he wakes up from nightmares.
Michael makes sure they survive but Joel makes sure they live.
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