He was a dead man serving a life sentence in a hell of his own making. You were the only pure thing left in it. Taking place after the events of Daredevil Season 2 and diving into the brutal storyline of The Punisher Season 1, this story follows a fiercely independent university student double-majoring in Abnormal Psychology and Journalism, and her father's grieving best friend, Frank Castle. --- To you, Frank is just a quiet, broken shadow of the man you grew up with-a blue-collar worker drowning in the grief of a murdered family. You have no idea that the bruised, battered man sitting in your living room spends his nights waging a one-man war as the city's most lethal vigilante. Remaining a ghost as Pete Castiglione is the only way he knows how to protect the few innocent people he has left in his periphery. But when a suffocating, unspoken tension ignites between him and his best friend's daughter, his personal defences start to crack. It has to stay a secret. With your father - an NYPD detective and Frank's fiercely loyal friend - standing right between you, every heavy stare and stolen touch is laced with the threat of destroying the only family Frank has left. While Frank desperately tries to keep you safely in the dark, your investigative instincts are too sharp to ignore the blood spilling into your city. As you start digging into the criminal underworld, you inadvertently step closer to the dark, lethal reality he is desperately trying to hide. --- Timeline Note The first few chapters of this book are dedicated entirely to exploring the intense, psychological slow-burn and character dynamic between Y/N and Frank. The events of The Punisher Season 1 will officially begin incorporating into the story around Chapter 14! Author's Note Thank you so much for giving this story a chance! I'll be doing my absolute best to upload a new chapter every other day. I love reading your reactions! Happy reading! ☠︎︎⋆˙⟡

Nicky Nichols lands herself a four-year prison sentence for drug addiction and a year-and-a-half later, Lorna Morello lands herself in the same prison with a three year sentence. When things get rough for these two young women, will they lean on each other for support? Nicky/Lorna. *Disclaimer*: I do not own the show or characters. All I own is the writing and story. NOTE: THIS IS MY FANFICTION STORY THAT IS CROSS-POSTED ON BOTH FANFICTION.NET (COFFEEWRITINGADDICTION) AND ARCHIVE OF OR OWN (WRITINGCOFFEEADDICTION). I FOUND THAT SOMEONE (JACKGHASTLY) ON HERE DECIDED TO COPY MY STORY AND POST IT ON HERE, CLAIMING IT AS THEIR OWN. I AM THE OWNER OF THIS STORY, THAT PERSON STOLE IT. I AM VERY UPSET AND ANGRY OVER THIS - HENCE THE ALL CAPS - AS I TAKE MY TIME TO WRITE EACH AND EVERY CHAPTER TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND THEN SOMEONE HAS THE NERVE TO STEAL MY STORY, MY HARD WORK...I AM ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIED AT SEEING THIS. Warning: This story is extremely dark and filled with mature themes. Do not read unless you are older than 16. Contains graphic depictions of violence, rape/non-con, strong language, suicidal thoughts, mentioned drug abuse/use, and more.