A freshly 21 year old young woman starts to attend AA meetings in hopes to get closure for her complicated childhood trauma with an alcoholic mother. What she never expects is to fall in love with a man who carried the same baggage that destroyed her whole family.

New life in New York, Stellar knew that a fresh start away from London would start new opportunities, she would be more confident, more bold, more hardworking, more fun! And yet when she finds herself dragging emotional and physical baggage from back home, she meets her first challenge, and she won't be one to back down. - Jon, mechanic in Brooklyn, he's gone long enough in his life not trying to please anyone, how? Not letting anyone close enough, what's the point? He's very happy with how things are right now, mostly peaceful But when a very opinionated British girl needs his help a random night in New York, he wonders if he'll ever see her again, better not, that weird tightness in his chest when she speaks can't be good.

Allis was running from the wrong people. Frank Castle was the last person she expected to save her. After getting caught up with a dangerous group, Allis finds herself being hunted, and Frank becomes her unlikely protector. She doesn't trust him, and he doesn't exactly make himself easy to like. But as Frank keeps Allis alive and they're forced to stay close, their constant arguments slowly turn into something neither of them expected.

Frank Castle was always just her dad's best friend. But when Valerie witnesses something she should have never seen. She suddenly now knows him better than anyone.

Rule number one: Don't look at her. Rule number two: Don't cross the line. Staying in her father's guest house was supposed to be simple, but Frank is finding it impossible to keep his eyes off Nora. He watches the way she hides behind her clothes and tolerates a guy who doesn't deserve her. Frank knows he's out of line. He knows he's too old to fall into this trap. He just doesn't care anymore.

At nineteen, Y/n knows better than to fall for her dad's best friend. Jon is older, protective, off-limits, and has been around for as long as she can remember. He's the man her father trusts more than anyone-the one person she should never look at the way she does. But everything changes during one family road trip. When unexpected circumstances leave Y/n riding alone with Jon for hours, stolen conversations, lingering glances, and undeniable chemistry begin to blur the line between friendship and something far more dangerous. The closer they get, the harder it becomes to ignore the feelings they've both tried to bury. Keeping their distance was supposed to be easy. Keeping their hearts out of it? Not so much. Will they risk everything for a love that could tear a family apart, or will some rules prove impossible to break?

What happens when your dad's best friend. Who you've known your whole life. Suddenly becomes the man you wana be with? Emma Grimes is about to find out. *I don't own the walking dead or any characters associated with the show.*

He's your father's oldest best friend: gruff, scarred, quiet, the kind of man who keeps a pistol holstered at his hip and his deepest feelings locked tight behind a rigid jaw. For years, he's stayed in his lane, hiding the want he's carried for you, content to just be the person you call when you need help.

When Jenna gets an acceptance offer for a role she's been waiting years for, she has to leave her mom for ten months, working in the woods and deserts, a first-time role in her career, a movie that can change her life. But working with a co-star she can't get a read on can choose to be a challenge that could affect everything.

When Y/N's parents leave for Europe, she's forced to stay with Frank-their family friend and her father's best friend. Frank has always been off-limits, but something changes between them when they're suddenly living under the same roof. Lingering looks, unexpected moments, and a tension neither of them wants to acknowledge begin blurring the line between what's innocent and what isn't. But Frank is hiding things. Secrets about his past, his bruised knuckles, and the life he keeps carefully hidden from everyone-including Y/N. The closer she gets to him, the more she realizes she may not know the man she's falling for at all.