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Collateral | Frank Castle by afterhoursfics
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Sienna never meant to become collateral damage. One late shift. One wrong turn. One stranger stepping out of the dark when she needed him most. She thought she'd never see him again. Until she finds him standing outside the apartment next to hers. Frank Castle is rude, guarded, and entirely too comfortable with violence. Sienna knows she should keep her distance-and Frank seems determined to make sure she does. But as the cracks in her carefully constructed life begin to show, staying away from each other becomes harder than either of them expected. Getting close to Frank Castle has consequences. And sometimes, the people closest to the line of fire become collateral.
crush | frank castle by webslingingmurdock
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"I owe you a black eye and two kisses" - Moderately based on The Punisher Series and Daredevil. What happens when Melanie's strangely quiet neighbor shows up at his door bruised, bloodied, and barely standing just as she's leaving for her night shift. As a nurse, she can't walk away. As his neighbor, she probably should.
✔ The Fox Who Stayed » Bucky Barnes » MCU by TheBraveWriter
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COMPLETED↣ In which a former BAU profiler turned parole officer with a haunting past, gets assigned to determine whether Bucky Barnes is one of the monsters she used to hunt, or just a man deserving of a second chance. ❝There is no hunting like the hunting of man; and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it never really care for anything else❞. ☆。*。☆。 ★。\|/。★ ✎ Started ↠ 01/7/2025 © 2025 by ◦ Viktoria ◦ ♬ Status ↠ Unedited. ♘ Based off of the Marvel universe ♘ ⌨ Cover made by me ⌨ ★。/|\。★ ☆。*。☆。
Between Her and the Dark | Frank Castle x OC by thewritehour
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This is a slow burn with high stakes, plenty of spice, and a man who will burn the world down before he lets anyone touch her. Violet never planned on running, but when the life she knew falls apart, staying put isn't an option anymore, and staying alive becomes the only thing that matters. That's when she finds Frank Castle, or maybe he finds her. Either way, the Punisher has no reason to help a stranger and even less reason to care what happens to her, except somehow he does anyway. What starts as survival turns into something neither of them expected, and somewhere in between the danger, the tension, and the quiet moments that follow it, Frank becomes the reason she's still breathing. In more ways than one. ⚠️ Warnings - please read before continuing: Adult themes (18+) Spicy/explicit content Graphic violence Mentions of sexual assault
No Safe Distance  by Sunnythewriter123
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Her father, Sean, served in the military alongside the infamous Frank Castle. When Sean's service ended, he expected to leave that life behind and finally find some peace. Instead, he found himself caught in the middle of an illegal military weapons operation orchestrated by one of his former military buddies, Mercer. Sean testified against him, helping put Mercer behind bars for life. At least, that was where he was supposed to stay. Years later, Mercer is free-and he's coming after the families of every man who helped put him away. Twenty-two-year-old Y/N has built a life entirely separate from her father's past. She's independent, stubborn, and dedicated to her career as an ER nurse. She knows nothing about Mercer or the choices her father made all those years ago. Until Sean receives a photograph of his daughter leaving work. Someone has been watching her. And Sean trusts only one man to keep his daughter alive. Frank Castle. Now Y/N has a bodyguard she never asked for, a target on her back she doesn't understand, and a man following her every move who seems determined to make sure she survives-whether she likes it or not. But the longer Frank stays by her side, the harder it becomes to remember the one boundary neither of them is supposed to cross. Mercer is getting closer. Frank is losing control. And no one is safe.
POV: Frank Castle is Your Neighbor  by Sky4840
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Inspired by those goddamn text exchanges on TikTok
HARD TARGET - FRANK CASTLE by marianovarose
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At thirty-six, he's a lethal ghost who views her strictly as an assignment. At twenty-one, she's a reckless scientist who refuses to be told when to breathe. He's supposed to keep her safe and keep his distance. Instead, she's ruining his detachment, and he's realizing some lines are meant to be broken.
Painting The Bad Girl's Portrait by uvonnewrites
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Diana is looking forward to finally finishing high school. Stay out of trouble. Focus only on art. This is Diana's grand plan - until she is assigned to paint the portraits of a girl she can't stand to be around: the school's obnoxious soccer team captain, Alex Perez. ***** It's senior year. Diana just wants to keep her head low while dealing with a family that is slowly but steadily falling apart and a best-friend-turned-enemy that she could certainly do without. The last thing Diana wants to do is spend her last year of high school painting the portraits of Alex Perez. Everyone loves Alex - she's the town's prodigy and the school's golden girl. But Diana and Alex couldn't be more opposite; put them in an art room together and a disaster is bound to happen. [[word count: 70,000 - 80,000]] Cover designed by Ilafi Nastiti [WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST]
The Darkest Minds: Red by kazhang
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I.A.A.N.: Idiopathic Adolescent Acute Neurodegeneration. A disease that affected all children between the ages of 8 to 14. Over 90% of the population died of the disease. Those who survived were given powers. Each power corresponds with a different color. Greens are geniuses. Blues are telekinetic. Yellows are electrokinetic. Reds are pyrokinetic. Oranges are mind controllers. Reds are relatively rare. They possess immense destructive potential. Therefore, they are used by the government to destroy and execute multiple people. However, one managed to change the doctor's mind. At 16 years old, she was sent to Caledonia, along with other Psi children. There, she blended in with the other children. One year later, the breakout happened, and she escaped with a group of kids just like her. My name is Lily Anderson. This is my story.
Brew Books by ellekirks
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Free to read! 19-year-old Jane, newly-single, moves to London to work for her friend, Kitty. But Kitty is hiding something about the café - and about Jane and Kitty's past. ***** If you looked at her Instagram, you'd think Jane had the perfect life. But a family tragedy and a big break up shatters that illusion, prompting Jane to drop out of university and move to London. She gets a room above a bookstore and a job as a barista, thanks to her childhood friend Kitty. Struggling with feelings of loneliness among the happy staff, Jane feels further ostracized when Kitty refuses to discuss Matt, who used to live in the bedroom Jane took over and who left under mysterious circumstances. As Jane struggles to find herself, and get the attention of the cute bartender, Harper, she discovers that the Brew Books café is brewing with dark secrets. [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]