Mara never planned on letting Frank Castle get close. He's stubborn, dangerous, infuriatingly persistent-and far too accustomed to solving every problem with force. Mara refuses to become another problem he can simply fix. So when Frank starts calling, she declines. When he texts, she ignores him. When he pushes, she pushes back harder. But Frank Castle has never been good at walking away. What begins as irritation slowly becomes something neither of them expected. Lingering looks last a little too long. Arguments carry an edge that feels dangerously close to desire. His protectiveness becomes personal. Her carefully built walls begin to crack. Frank knows how to fight wars, hunt monsters, and survive things that should have killed him. Mara is different. She can't be chased down, intimidated, or won over with persistence alone. If Frank wants her, he'll have to learn something far more difficult than fighting- how to wait for her to choose him. A gritty, emotional slow-burn romance about two stubborn people, impossible boundaries, buried feelings, and a man discovering that the one battle he desperately wants to win is the one he can't force.

You moved into a new building four months ago. Closer to work, a great café on the corner, the park nearby. It was a good choice. Your neighbor in 4B is anything but close. Frank Castle is stubborn, quiet, gets in too late, and stares a little too much. His bruises don't come with explanations. His words are two syllables or less. And his arms are hard not to stare at... Lucky for you, his dog decided yours was his new best friend. And eventually, close enough stops being enough. * * * NO USE OF Y/N. medium-ish burn. This is NOT a lore/canon accurate punisher character study (no dead family/frank is just an asshole). pieces of MCU lore are cherrypicked and sprinkled throughout for gentle immersion, those characters i DO NOT OWN. Expect: neighbors, dogs, thin walls, grumpy Frank, mutual staring, questionable "security work," tension, feelings against everyone's better judgment, and eventually an absolutely irresponsible amount of smut.

Evangeline has a life that is almost aggressively normal: university, friends, family, a boyfriend, holidays, nights out. Frank Castle has spent years living in a world where normal stopped being an option. He was her dad's best friend long before she was old enough to understand what that meant. Now, years later, she's grown up, and Frank is beginning to see her very differently. An age gap, a complicated history, and a line neither of them should cross. But some things are worth crossing a line for. Slow burn | Age Gap | Dad's Best Friend | Forbidden Romance

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 ;)

One drunken night. One mistake neither of them can forget. Hailey never meant to make out with her boyfriend's best friend-but from that moment on, Frank Castle wants her. Now, whenever Hailey, Derek, and Frank are together, her phone lights up with secret texts. Some seductive. Some jealous. Some daring her to finally leave Derek. Hailey knows she should stay away from Frank. Too bad she's already falling for him. How long can they keep crossing the line before someone gets hurt?

Returning to Blackridge was supposed to be temporary. But coming home means facing everything she left behind. Her best friend. Her father. Frank Keller, her fathers best friend. He's older. Off-limits. And determined to keep his distance. Some secrets should stay buried. Some feelings refuse to.

She's known him since she was a kid. He's known her the same way - until suddenly, he doesn't. Lina has been Maria's best friend since they were seven years old, which means she's spent half her life under Frank Castle's roof, his rules, and his ever-watchful eye. He's always been the quiet, dangerous man in the background - the one who checks the locks twice, who doesn't smile easy, who she never thought twice about. Until she does. Frank knows exactly how wrong this is. He's fought wars he shouldn't have survived. This should be easy to walk away from. It isn't. Some lines are drawn for a reason. He's about to find out just how badly he wants to cross this one.

jon bernthal as your boyfriend's dad

New life in New York, Stellar knew that a fresh start away from London would start new opportunities, she would be more confident, more bold, more hardworking, more fun! And yet when she finds herself dragging emotional and physical baggage from back home, she meets her first challenge, and she won't be one to back down. - Jon, mechanic in Brooklyn, he's gone long enough in his life not trying to please anyone, how? Not letting anyone close enough, what's the point? He's very happy with how things are right now, mostly peaceful But when a very opinionated British girl needs his help a random night in New York, he wonders if he'll ever see her again, better not, that weird tightness in his chest when she speaks can't be good.

Y/N's dad and Frank Castle have been best friends for nearly twenty years. Because of that, Frank has practically been a part of your life for as long as you can remember. You've grown up around him, always seeing him as your dad's best friend, the man who was there through your childhood and watched you grow up. But now you're twenty-two, and lately...something feels different. You've started catching Frank staring at you sometimes. Not just a quick glance, but one that lingers a little too long. At first, you convince yourself you're imagining it. Then come the longer conversations. The lingering eye contact. The way his hand brushes yours when you pass each other. Small moments that seem innocent enough on their own...but somehow feel like something more. You don't know what any of it means. And honestly? You're not sure you want it to stop. Is it all in your head, or does Frank notice the tension between you too? Will the two of you ignore whatever this is before it goes too far... or will Frank Castle risk a twenty-year friendship for his best friend's daughter?