Five years of love. Five years of lies. After discovering the betrayal that shattered everything she thought she knew, she leaves her old life behind and disappears into a city where no one knows her name. No family. No friends. No history. Just a new apartment, a fresh start, and the promise that this time, she comes first. Until she meets her neighbors. One is cold, distant, and anything but welcoming. Something is unsettling about him-something she can't quite place. He keeps his distance, yet somehow always seems to know when she's around. The other is everything the first isn't. Warm. Charming. Attentive. The kind of man who makes starting over feel less lonely. Two neighbors. Two very different temptations. And one woman determined never to lose herself to a man again. But secrets have a way of finding you-even when you run from them. And when the walls between them begin to fall, she'll have to decide who deserves her trust... And whether either man is telling her the truth. Because sometimes the most dangerous person isn't the one who makes your heart race. It's the one who already knows how to break it.

"Fuck. Elena, you really need to stop. I'm a grown man, Elena, not one of those little boys you're used to dealing with." New notification: 1 view-once photo. "Fuck. Stop it. I can see you from the window." Some lines are never meant to be crossed. Especially not the one right across the hallway. I know next to nothing about him. Nothing except his massive frame, the ungodly hours he comes home, and the dark exhaustion etched into his face whenever I secretly watch him from my window. He's a stranger, older, a man of few words, yet the pull between us is visceral. A suffocating, inexplicable tension that only thickens every time our paths cross. He knows he shouldn't come near me. So he keeps his distance, watching over me from afar, a fierce protective instinct and a quiet jealousy burning beneath the surface. Until tonight. A local dive bar, a boyfriend who just cheated on me, one drink too many, and my eyes finally colliding with his. Every boundary shatters. I don't know him, but tonight, his hands are the only place I want to lose myself in.

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.

Sequel to "Devil's Backbone" *COMPLETED* A year after Frank left and months after the loss of her brother, Scarlett Murdock goes through life head first, taking every hit that's thrown at her. Despite everything, life is good but there will be roadblocks and demons that come back to haunt her, how will she make it to the end? //So this story is taking place after the defenders and leading into the punisher season one so there are MAJOR spoilers for both. I'm not sure if this is the exact timeline but its what feels right so it's happening.\\

Well, we all have seen the edits after BND so... This is the version where Frank is your boss but he wants you and hates himself for that. Welcome back y/n ! I linked the mcu to this story so youll find Kate Bishop as her bff, a famous someone as her dad and cool interactions through her life in Hells Kitchen ;)

You found yourself face-to-face with The Punisher in the field...and he let you walk away. Until you found yourself face-to-face with Frank Castle in your kitchen...and you asked him to stay.

Inspired by those goddamn text exchanges on TikTok

in which Lainey Foster falls in love with her best friend's husband. Frank Castle x oc Punisher S1-? all rights reserved, I only own Lainey cover from @bruisedjaws <3

When your family cancels on your summer vacation at the last minute, your roommate drags you along on her family's annual wilderness camping trip. You weren't thrilled about spending a week surviving chaotic family games and sleeping in a tent, until you met her dad's best friend, Frank Castle. Tall, broad-shouldered, and fiercely protective, the single "uncle" immediately throws your sanity off balance. Between late-night confessions and shared jackets, surviving the outdoors is no longer your priority-getting railed against a pine tree before the week ends is. kurustarr on ao3 + tiktok ₊˚⊹♡⊹˚₊

Peter Parker and Loreleï Levine seem to have it all. As Spider-Man and the woman who's stood by his side through every impossible battle, they've built a life around love, trust, and sacrifice. But when Loreleï's path unexpectedly crosses that of the Punisher, Frank Castle, she discovers there's far more to the infamous vigilante than the monster the world believes him to be. As a mysterious scientist begins manipulating minds and conducting terrifying psychological experiments, Spider-Man, the Punisher, and Loreleï are drawn into a conspiracy that forces them to question everything they know about justice, loyalty, and compassion. In a world where everyone has a breaking point, one question remains: Can compassion survive when someone is determined to turn it into a weakness?