"He's cold,intimidating, and hard on everyone else. But with you,he has a soft spot he just can't hide" Returning home from college for the holidays was supposed to be simple.But the moment 19 year-old April locks eyes with Jon Her father's best friend everything changes. He is supposed to be completely off-limits. Unreachable,forbidden yet behind closed doors and quiet rooms,the tension between them is Impossible to deny. April knows she's playing with fire but Jon's protective,jealous nature makes it impossible to walk away. What happens when the one person you're never allowed to touch becomes the only one you can't stop thinking about?

He was only supposed to be the new neighbor a few doors down. And it was never supposed to become anything more.

** Jon Bernthal fanfic ** **Older man trope** Naomi thought graduation night would be the beginning of her new life. Instead, she catches her longtime boyfriend cheating, gets blackout drunk, and ends the night with a bruised cheek and a broken heart. When her father's stern, older best friend, Jon, comes to her rescue, Naomi's life takes an unexpected turn. Forced to stay under his roof while her fathers on a work trip, she quickly learns that Lawson has rules-and she's determined to break every one of them. He's supposed to be the man protecting her. She's not supposed to start wanting him. And neither of them is prepared for what happens when the lines between them begin to blur.

Brooke, known as Lacey on the stage, is a 21-year-old stripper with no family and barely enough money to survive. She's used to being on her own. Until she meets Frank Castle. What starts as a chance encounter quickly becomes an obsession, pulling Brooke into a dangerous world she never asked for.

Does his life-style impact his future with the only woman he's ever had a chance with? slow-burn, loving and protective Frank towards reader. TW: smut, sex, discussions

Dad's best friend. The one man Katelyn's not supposed to want. Katelyn is supposed to be focused on her studies, but tension neither of them can ignore is making one thing painfully clear: some lines are impossible not to cross. Every room feels smaller whenever Frank Castle is in it. Every look feels like a secret. Every moment alone feels like a mistake they're both tempted to make. She knows they can't, he knows they can't. But knowing something is forbidden doesn't always make the feelings disappear. Sometimes, it only makes them harder to resist.

She walked into the diner looking for a way out. She never expected to find him. ⋆˚𝜗𝜚˚⋆🍒 ⋆˚✿⋆˚𝜗𝜚˚⋆🍒 ⋆˚✿⋆˚𝜗𝜚˚⋆🍒 ⋆˚✿⋆˚𝜗𝜚˚⋆ Delilah Johnson has spent years trying to survive a home that never felt safe. One night, she finally finds the courage to leave everything behind, carrying little more than a suitcase, a bruised heart, and the hope that somewhere beyond her hometown, she can start over. Then she meets him at a quiet lil' diner. He's older, reserved, and unmistakably country-a rancher with a guarded heart and a life far removed from the one Delilah escaped. Their chance meeting should have been nothing more than a brief conversation between two strangers. Instead, it becomes the beginning of something neither of them saw coming. As Delilah discovers the quiet beauty of country life, she begins to realize that starting over isn't about forgetting where she came from. It's about finally choosing where she wants to go. • disclaimer : 18+ || sensitive topics such as smut, mention of abuse, and language are involved. copyright || all images belong to pinterest

"Oh lord, oh lord, what have I done? I've fallen in love with a man on the run." . . . "oh lord, oh lord, what do I do? I've fallen for someone who's nothing like you, he's raised on the edge of the devil's backbone." . . . Scarlett Murdock doesn't know anything about her new neighbor, but she will eventually and she'll be put to the test. Because the man she will fall in love with, was raised on the edge of the devil's backbone, and that, comes with many risks. -This story will have SPOILERs for season 2 of Daredevil And Jessica Jones, so be aware! -This story is inspired by the song Devil's Backbone by The Civil Wars

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.

Megan Voss finally has everything she dreamed of-a promising career, the perfect boyfriend, and a future she's worked her entire life to earn. Then her CEO begins mentoring her. Christian Price is brilliant, respected, and completely off-limits. As long hours become quiet conversations and admiration slowly turns into something far more dangerous, Megan finds herself questioning whether being truly understood is worth destroying everything she loves. Especially when the man she's falling for... is her boyfriend's father.