Some people fall in love with the wrong person. I fell in love with my best friend's father. I was fifteen when my crush started. Twenty-two when I realized it had never really ended. Aaron Lawrence has always been my safe place. Calm. Patient. Untouchable. The problem? He's seventeen years older than me. And he's the only man I can never have. ~~ ❝ I-I...hate you. ❞ ❝ Good. ❞ A teasing smile plays on his lips. ❝ Now come on, love...move those hips for me. ❞ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED to noctrawrites 2026

Alyssa Harper [23] a nursing student at Indiana university Alyssa is back with her parents for the Summer to get some fresh air and relax before a very important year ahead of her Her dads best-friend (Dean 46) he's a single dad to Malcom 24 She had the biggest crush on Maverick but could never act it out because thats weird its her dads best friend and he's way older But now that she's back and 24 she's ready Dean assumes she's only being super sweet and kind and helpful because she has a crush on His son (Malcom) so he keeps mistaking her kindness as an attempt to get closer to Malcom Dean is completely oblivious to the fact that he's the one she's been trying to get closer to all summer long

"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