Nullable object must have a value

 var qry =
            from c in _context.CCC
            join f in _context.FFF .Where(t=>t.IsActive==true)
            on  new { c.ProjectId, cat = c.Category } equals new { f.ProjectId, cat = f.Category }
            where  c.IsActive == true 
            select
            new
            {
                c.Id,
                f.category
         }

 var qry =
            from c in _context.CCC
            join f in _context.FFF .Where(t=>t.IsActive==true)
            on  new { c.ProjectId, cat = c.Category } equals new { f.ProjectId, cat = f.Category }
            into temp
            from tt in temp.DefaultIfEmpty()
            where  c.IsActive == true 
            select
            new
            {
                c.Id,
                category=(f==null)?‘‘:f.category
         }