She's just turned eighteen-restless, curious, and far too aware of the man who's always been in the background of her life. He's her father's best friend-recently divorced, emotionally bruised, and old enough to know better. At a summer backyard barbecue, one accidental touch changes everything. A spark. A look. A moment neither of them can shake. What begins as tension builds into something dangerous-something they're both too scared to name. Because some lines should never be crossed. But some desires don't care. A slow-burn, age-gap romance wrapped in heat, heartache, and the ache of forbidden want. (Number 2 in #eighteen on August 6 2025) (Number 4 in #softsmut on September 18 2025)

"Your father trusted me to take care of you." Another thrust. "And now his daughter is wrapped around my cock." "Roman-" "Take it." I do. My hips lift for more. His eyes darken. "Twenty-two years younger than me, fucking your father's best friend like this." He leans closer. "Tell me that isn't humiliating." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eden Winkler comes home with a ruined transcript, a bad attitude, and a reputation she stopped trying to defend. At twenty-one, she is officially academically withdrawn from college and unofficially the girl everyone in Hawthorne Grove expected to disappoint them eventually. She is beautiful, reckless, careless with men, and very good at pretending nothing hurts. Then Roman Stinnett is waiting in her mother's kitchen. Forty-three. Widowed. Tattooed. Severe. Her father's former police partner and the one man in town everyone listens to. Roman has known Eden most of her life, but he has never looked at her like this before. He is not soft with her. He corrects her. Watches her. Calls out every lie before she can finish telling it. He says she needs structure. She says he likes control. They are both right. In a suburb built on clean lawns and dirty secrets, Eden and Roman become something they should know better than to want. It is not sweet. It is not simple. And it was never going to end clean. - Henry Cavill inspired MMC - Megan Fox inspired FMC 🥇 #1 in adultsituations 🥇 #1 in raindrops 🥇 #1 in dadsbestfriend 🥇 #1 in mdom 🥇 #1 in law

(book 1) y/n stark is really not here for this european school vacation because in this post-endgame world, she's mourning the loss of her dad. but one (1) sticky boi peter parker is just trying to be the friend he once was while also trying not to flirt too much because if she rejects him (which she wouldn't, not that he knows that) while they're in venice holy hell he'll just pitch himself off the gondola right then and there. basically, y/n has been distancing herself & peter misses her & this school trip is a great way for him to coax her back into the real world & y/n really loves peter but is super sensitive and scared to lose him & also mysterio shows up at some point ugh @ nick fury leave ned leeds alone *this story was written prior to avengers: infinity war & spider-man: far from home coming out. therefore, the canon in which these characters live in is different from the mcu. in this canon - tony stark, captain america, & thor have all died. black widow & vision have survived. the decimation, where half the population was snapped from existence was erased with time travel so those who were snapped came back within online minutes, leaving some residual trauma. in this canon, those who survived the decimation only lived six months without those who were snapped, but those six months have been erased - leaving only the avengers to fully remember what happened.

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.