At thirty-six, he's 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.

𝔊𝔬𝔡 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔰 𝔶𝔬𝔲, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔢𝔫𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲. Janie and her siblings play house under a religiously brutal father as they all struggle to keep it together, battling different hardships. Jackie wastes away from the drinking and beatings while Cynthia battles her deep-rooted sadness, and Janie, amongst, desperately trying to keep her faith together, and her overindulgence in oxy, ends up falling for the one man she should not. Her piano teacher. (jon bernthal) teacher x student

A Jon Bernthal AU Fan Fiction ~I always make an OC for my stories but I know there's people who enjoy xreader stories on here and AO3! So, I'll try to use the OC's name the least amount of times as I can! ( It'll still be said tho ) ~ Silva is trying to get into some self defense classes after her apartment had recently been broken into. She has no idea that the gym she's joining is where established Boxer Jon Bernthal frequents. And she won't know ... Until he wants her to. He's been keeping an eye on her since she arrived, her fluffy curls and pink outfits were eye catchers. Her face? The show stealer. Entranced wasn't the word he'd give the feeling she gave him.... Obsessed...? She didn't even have to say a word, just a shy smile and a bat of her eyes.... He was obsessed.

Allie has lived next door to Jon for as long as she can remember. He's always been just... there, the quiet house beyond the fence line, the man who keeps to himself, the one who never quite joins the rest of the world. Now she's freshly twenty-one, and everything feels different. He's thirty-five, a retired actor who left Hollywood behind for a quieter life, and he still doesn't belong to anyone, or at least that's what he seems to want people to believe. But distance has a way of changing shape when you've spent years growing up just out of reach of someone.

A couple of 22 year old girls get picked up by a man after a night out. He's friendly, kind. He takes a liking to one of them. June. They exchange numbers and start going out. Little does June know what she has gotten herself into. Corruption, deception, lies, the start of a strained friendship.