Frank Castle doesn't do neighbors. He doesn't make small talk. He doesn't get attached. And he sure as hell doesn't let people close enough to give him something to lose. Then Elana moves into the apartment across the hall with her one-year-old son, Noah. It starts small. A broken lock. A few bags of groceries. Noah's toy rolling against Frank's boot. Late-night texts that are only supposed to make sure they're safe. You home? Did you lock the window? Kid asleep? Frank tells himself he's just being careful. Protecting people is different from caring about them. Until Noah starts reaching for him whenever he walks into the room. Until Elana begins recognizing the man underneath the bruises, anger, and carefully constructed walls. Until the apartment across the hall starts feeling dangerously close to something Frank thought had been buried with his wife and children. A family. Frank knows exactly what happens to the people he loves. So when his violent world begins creeping toward Elana and Noah, every instinct tells him to walk away before they become another pair of names he carries with him. There's only one problem. Frank Castle has never been very good at walking away from someone who needs protecting. And somewhere between midnight text messages, baby toys scattered across his floor, and Elana refusing to be afraid of him, protecting his neighbors becomes something much more dangerous. He starts loving them.

#1 in Country #2 in Adoption #2 in Middle School #3 in Family #4 in Moving on from the Past #5 in Discipline #6 in Overcoming • The First Book In The Wildflowers Trilogy • After a car accident leaves her without her parents, five year old Isabella Riley is placed in the foster care system. Growing up, she learns how to stay hidden when she's placed in homes where that's her safest option. When her latest foster family claims she's too much for them to handle, strong-willed Isabella is forced to pack up and travel outside of the city to a small town in the mountains. She's told that a woman there is going take her in for good. Regina Flynn isn't looking to adopt a child, but when an old friend shows up on her doorstep with a troubled little girl, she finds herself letting them inside her home. And letting this free spirited, broken child inside her heart. 🌷WARNING🌷 This story contains the non-sexual spanking of minors, strong language, adult content and some triggering topics. Reader Discretion is advised.

『kaeya x f!reader』 ❝ you've always been here for me. i couldn't thank you enough. ❞ ❝ it's... it's my job, master kaeya. ❞ ❝ oh... so cold. ❞ started: 05/08/22 finished: - © dilucious

After her mother's unexpected passing, Gemma is sent to live with seven strange men who don't seem overly fond of her being there. Their secrets, their strange rules and behaviour make Gemma want to run, to hide, to go back in time to when everything felt safe again. But life doesn't always play the way's expected, and Gemma's life of before can only stay as that: in the past. Top Rankings: 6/11/2025: #1 in grief 7/1/2026: #1 in friendship 9/1/2026: #2 in siblings 13/1/2026: #1 in mystery 1/2/2026: #2 in selectivemutism 7/4/2026: #2 in brothers 8/4/2026: #1 in anxiety

[MHA x CANON] - fan writing inspired by the world of My Hero Academia. ✦ This story was born from my own imagination. My Hero Academia and its original characters belong to Kohei Horikoshi. Kazumi was never meant to be a hero. She was a vessel. A discarded daughter. An experiment. A girl whose body became a prison long before she was locked behind iron bars. Known as Experiment G-01 and whispered about as the Glitch Child, Kazumi spent years hidden beneath the world, surviving endless cruelty at the hands of those who saw her as nothing more than a tool. She stopped dreaming of freedom long ago. Then a new prisoner is thrown into the cell across from hers. Shota Aizawa. A weary pro hero who refuses to look away. In the darkness of an underground prison, where escape seems impossible and hope feels long dead, two broken souls begin to find something neither expected: understanding. But when the League of Villains attacks the USJ, Kazumi's past collides with the present. To protect Aizawa and the students, she unleashes the terrifying entity bound to her - Erebus - turning the tide of battle in a display of raw, otherworldly power. The heroes and students witness the demon inside her. Fear wins. Doubt spreads. Accusations fly. In the end, Kazumi is taken away to Tartarus, the high-security prison for villains, while Aizawa watches the one person who saw him as human dragged off like the monster everyone believes her to be. This AU contains: ✦ Imprisonment and survival ✦ Heavy themes and traumatic pasts ✦ Found family and emotional healing ✦ A broken girl learning to live again ✦ Slow-burn trust and companionship ✦ Canon events shifting around one forgotten girl If you enjoy stories about healing after unimaginable pain, stubborn hope in the darkest places, found family, and a tired hero refusing to abandon someone the world has already given up on, then welcome to: "The Villainess Only Wanted to Rest."

Beaten. Experiment. Weapon. JYD2641 has never had a name. Only a number. She's never known the kind touch of parents, or the simple joy of having the sun warm her skin. Only the frigid lab with its doctors who were determined to turn her into the next Winter Soldier. She knew of the outside world, yet she could never participate in it. Not with what she was. Not with what she could do. Death was becoming familiar enough for her to no longer react to it. In one last act of rebellion, she grabbed her bonded and ran. Safety was a lie. It didn't exist for her, so she didn't expect it. Especially not in one Tony Stark. = = = Marvel Cinematic Universe. Book one of three

Aizawa's POV The stench of salt and decay clung to the air, heavy enough to choke on. My boots sank into mud and debris as I moved through what used to be Hoshima Town. The streets were drowned, cars half submerged, and windows shattered. "What the hell happened here?" I muttered. Beside me, Best Jeanist adjusted his collar, "No reports of storms, no seismic activity. This wasn't nature." Endeavor stepped ahead. "Hoshima was known for its still waters, the sea so calm it mirrored the stars. Now it's a graveyard." His voice was low, edged with restrained anger. Bodies floated between buildings, faces pale and still. The smell of brine and rot pressed into my lungs. Three thousand lives gone without warning. Jeanist's voice cracked slightly. "An entire town erased overnight." I kept walking, scanning through the haze, when Endeavor halted near a collapsed carriage. He was speaking quietly. I approached. "Endeavor, what-" Then I saw her. A small girl crouched inside the rusted carriage, drenched, shaking, eyes glassy with fear. Her tiny fingers clutched her knees, knuckles white. My heart sank. "A... child survived?" Boku no Hero Academia belongs to the owner Kohei Horikoshi. The only thing that belongs to me are the original characters that aren't from the anime

𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐧. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧-𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬- "Why the fuck aren't you in jail?" "Now, is that any way to greet your father?" now introducing, the honorable evelina ania carina zemo. the falcon and the winter soldier. james barnes x fem! oc. AWARDS: #1 in jamesbarnes: 31/5/2021 #1 in thefalconandthewintersoldier: 12/2/2023 #1 in baronzemo: 27/7/2022 #4 in sebastianstan: 30/8/2021

𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 || 𝐁𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐘 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐒 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀❝ 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞. ❞ - JBB ˢᵒⁿᵍ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ⁱⁿˢᵖⁱʳᵉᵈ ᵗʰⁱˢ ˢᵗᵒʳʸ: ʰᵒᵘˢᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʳⁱˢⁱⁿᵍ ˢᵘⁿ ᵇʸ ᵗʰᵉ ᵃⁿⁱᵐᵃˡˢ The story of how James Barnes & The Avengers rescue a female ex-soldier who has been kidnapped by a mafia crime-lord & forced to perform in Madripoor's most exclusive underground gentleman's club. But the more they find out about their newest recruit, the more they realise that it could become the biggest threat they've ever faced. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⌈ • ｅｉｇｈｔｅｅｎ + ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀• ｓｅｘｕａｌ ｃｏｎｔｅｎｔ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀• ｓ／ａ ｗａｒｎｉｎｇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀• ｈｅａｖｙ ｖｉｏｌｅｎｃｅ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀• ｍｅｎｔａｌ ｈｅａｌｔｈ ⌋ Spice warning: 🌶️🌶️ *see profile description for details* Reading time so far: 8+ hours.

Idena Andrysiak teaches long division, sings songs about the days of the week, and brings extra granola bars to her classroom of third graders. She is not the kind of person who gets hunted by mercenaries or ends up under government protection. But when a building explodes near her and a very grumpy ex-assassin shows up to drag her out of the wreckage, Idena learns the hard way: she's involved in something she doesn't understand. And now she's stuck with the Thunderbolts. A chaotic, unstable team of morally grey "heroes" who would really prefer she just stayed out of the way. They don't know how important she really is. Neither does she. And one of them might just be falling for her.