Living with a single dad almost all your life isn't easy. It gets worse when he dies and Jensen, his best friend, is the one that decides to take care of you. ⌈Jensen Ackles x Reader⌋ ⌈Dad's best friend⌋ ⌈Forbbiden Love⌋

Caught between a boyfriend who only loves her when it suits him and a life she's too tired to keep pretending fits, she's learned how to survive by staying quiet, staying small, and not asking for too much. But Jensen-her dad's best friend, steady as stone and impossible to ignore-starts seeing the cracks she's been trying to hide. He doesn't push. He doesn't rescue. He just shows up, again and again, with patience, warmth, and the kind of attention that makes her feel seen for the first time in years. And when being noticed starts to feel a lot like being wanted, the line between safe and dangerous gets thin.

He was the sheriff every person in town trusted. Calm. Respected. Unshakable. For over twenty years, he'd built his life on duty, honor, and never letting his emotions get in the way of the badge. Then one late-night call changes everything. When he's first on the scene of a devastating car accident, he expects another routine rescue-until he recognizes the wrecked car. Yours. From that moment on, he can't seem to walk away. He tells everyone he's only finishing paperwork. That he's just checking on the victim. That it's his job. No one believes him. Not the nurses who watch him spend night after night in the hospital. Not the deputies who notice he's quieter than usual. And certainly not you. What begins as concern slowly becomes something neither of you is willing to name. But in a town where everyone knows everyone, falling for your best friend's daughter isn't just complicated... It's forbidden. Some promises are made to be kept. Some lines are never meant to be crossed. And sometimes, the hardest person to protect... is your own heart.

Your dad has one rule for the summer: stay busy, stay out of trouble and work at the country club as a cart girl. It should've been simple. Until Beau Arlen starts showing up every day. You're 21. Your father's best friend is twice your age, completely off-limits and far too observant for your own good. The hundred-dollar tips. The lazy darlin's. The lingering looks. The way every conversation feels like a challenge neither of you is willing to lose. What starts as tension quickly becomes something neither of you can ignore. But Beau isn't the only problem. Someone knows exactly what is happening between you and they're willing to use it against you. Rumors begin spreading. Secrets come to light. Jealousy turns friendships into rivalries while someone determined to keep you and Beau apart starts pulling strings from behind the scenes. When threats and blackmail put everything you've been trying to hide at risk, keeping your relationship secret becomes more than a matter of protecting your father's trust. It becomes a matter of protecting each other. The closer you and Beau become, the messier everything gets. Manipulation, betrayal, jealousy and buried secrets force you both to question who you can actually trust and how much you're willing to sacrifice for each other. You were never supposed to fall for him. And now that you've crossed the line, someone is determined to make sure you pay for it. Face claim: Jensen Ackles as Beau Arlen.

"Some stories don't begin with love at first sight. They begin with years of knowing someone... until one day, everything changes." You're nineteen, and your dad's longtime best friend has spent years convincing himself you were just the girl he watched grow up. Then one afternoon in the kitchen, a batch of cupcakes changes everything. What begins with stolen glances and almost-accidental touches slowly becomes something neither of you knows how to ignore. Every mile of an unexpected three-day road trip, every quiet conversation, every shared coffee, autumn festival, snow-covered Saturday, and whispered "this can't happen" only makes staying apart harder. The hardest part isn't falling for each other. It's pretending you didn't. A cozy, small-town slow-burn romance about timing, friendship, and discovering that sometimes the person who has always felt like home is the one you never expected to fall in love with. Tropes: fanfic/age gap/dads best friend/sfw/forbidden/slow burn/unspoken feelings/ (this is a beau arlen fanfic I started posting on tiktok) it's my first time writing so please keep that in mind <333