Everyone has a line they swear they'll never cross. For Catalina Reyes, that line was supposed to be simple: never fall for someone you shouldn't. She had the perfect boyfriend. The perfect future. The kind of love everyone dreams about. Until she met Jon Callahan, her boyfriend's father. Older. Guarded. Impossible to read. He was everything she wasn't supposed to want. But the more she sees behind his silence, the harder it becomes to remember why he's off limits. Because sometimes the most dangerous people aren't the ones who hurt you... They're the ones who make you feel seen.

after a violent crime leaves los angeles behind them, jon and rosemary disappear into a forgotten desert town where nobody asks questions and nobody seems to care what happens beyond the limits of their own lives. hiding out in a cheap motel, they dye their hair, alter their appearances, count their money, and wait for the world to forget them, but the world hasn't forgotten. at a quiet roadside diner, a lonely waitress named sherri watches the mysterious couple from across the room, there's something about them she can't explain, they seem reckless, terrified, and completely alive, everything she has never felt herself to be. when jon leaves behind a stack of cash stained with blood, sherri realizes who they are and instead of turning them in, she asks to join them. as the three disappear into motel rooms, trailer parks, stolen cars, and empty desert roads, sherri finds herself becoming closer to rosemary than she ever expected. meanwhile, a determined detective follows their trail into a town that seems determined to protect its secrets, discovering that everyone has their own reasons for looking the other way. jon and rosemary know the truth no one else does: they aren't running toward a future, they're running toward the end because sometimes love isn't about surviving together, sometimes it's about choosing who you'll die beside.

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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.

Aria has spent two years of her life convincing herself that her boyfriend, Brandon, is enough. He gives her enough love, enough attention, enough to keep her from being utterly alone. She ignores the jokes that hurt a little too much, the way he shuts her out when he is angry, and all the small things that she should not have to beg for. Ever since her mom passed, she has ignored obvious issues in order to avoid loneliness. Then she meets his father. Jon notices everything Brandon does not pay any mind to. Every time she gets quiet. Every time she laughs something off that clearly made her uncomfortable. Every time his son makes her think asking for the bare minimum is asking for too much. He knows that she is off limits. He knows wanting her would cross a line he has no business getting anywhere near. But the more he watches her, the more resentment builds toward his son, and the harder it becomes for him to ignore the urges he gets to show her that he could treat her so much better.

Sloane was supposed to be off limits. Frank was the extra seat around the dinner table, the guy who was now part of the furniture. Her dad's best friend. After being stood up on a date, Sloane finds herself blurring lines between her and Frank that she once respected. One drink becomes a conversation. A conversation becomes a look neither of them can ignore. Frank knows how wrong it is. Sloane knows she should walk away. But sometimes the things you shouldn't have, are the things you want the most. It's wrong. Complicated. And somehow, it feels so right. TW: lots of tension and angst, heavy on the smut! swearing, alcohol, violence, cheating mentioned, age gap, sexual activity

You never expected that working at a small bakery would somehow bring you into a weird old man's life. He's intimidating, and you're not sure if you should trust him. After accidentally seeing something you weren't supposed to, you find yourself caught in a situation far more dangerous than you ever imagined. Frank knows he can't just leave you alone, so for a while, you have no choice but to stay with him. What starts with awkward conversations, arguments and shared silence slowly turns into something neither of you expected. ❗️GUYS ENGLISH ISN'T MY FIRST LANGUAGE, I'M SORRY FOR THE GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES❗️ This is a 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 story. I'll try to post 1-2 chapters every day! Don't forget to vote if you enjoy the story! ❤️ If you don't like it, that's totally fine you can simply leave. No need for mean comments. I hope you enjoy the story! <3

There was something about the town of Ganford that made people stay. Maybe it was the burnt orange skies of the desert, or the state route that stretched across it. Everybody knew everybody. Everybody had their secrets. Lily Campbell spent 22 years of her life learning them. Ganford made people predictable. Except for one man. Foster Harrigan came and went with the seasons. The Campbells have been family friends with Foster longer than Lily could remember. After years of silence surrounding the mysteries of the town, Lily digs deeper, only to continuously run into the man who secretly ran Ganford.

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.

She never expected her one-night stand to be sitting at her father's Sunday dinner table the very next day. Jon is imagined as Jon Bernthal