"Well, if you don't like it you can always go and find somewhere else to live." Your cutting tone didn't go unnoticed. Van's eyes narrowed a little, the smirk falling quickly away but not for long. He folded his arms across his chest, fixing you with a look like he was sizing you up, just like a fighter might weigh up an opponent over the other side of a boxing ring. Well, if he was spoiling for a fight he'd picked the wrong girl to mess with, that was for sure. Van's your new next-door neighbour who you love to hate // an enemies to lovers story MATURE SEXUAL CONTENT 18+

"Yes... I want you to leave me alone. I mean it." The words leave a sickly taste in your mouth and you wash them down with even more wine, aware that the more you drink the more your resolve might weaken but you're not thinking straight. "Do you though? Do you really mean it? If you do, turn around and say it to my face. Look me in the eye and tell me..." There's a long pause before he speaks again. "Tell me that you don't want me." A story about desire, forbidden love and infidelity. MATURE SEXUAL CONTENT 18+

Catfish and the Bottlemen AU fanfiction. "Well... I couldn't just leave it ignored. You'd need to be punished of course." His words light a fire between your legs as a dark part of you stirs and comes to life. Your pulse races and your breathing deepens. "Van..." you begin, but your words don't come. They catch in your throat as he leans in, one hand flat on the wall and the other rising up, two of his fingers trailing gently down your jaw. You swallow deeply, anticipation thick in the air as his fingers come to rest on your chin, tipping your head back so you have no choice but to look up at him. "It's not Van to you, it's Sir... You got that?" MATURE SEXUAL CONTENT 18+

When it all ends, and the band's played its final show, where does it leave you? Does it leave you as a has been? A solo act with a backing band? Or do you turn away from music entirely, and strip yourself of everything you've ever known? Where does it leave you, when the lights go low? And who does it leave you with...

Van, Bondy, and Larry have found a way to share and visualize dreams, hoping to understand what they mean. They enlist participants for their study and one of them gives Van a hard time. In order for him to see her dreams, he has to let her into his. Book 1: REM Book 2: Dream

"You know, if they're really buggin' you..." Van's voice is quiet, but it cuts through the soft background noise of the street. He gives another one of his shrugs, as if what he's about to say next isn't important. "We could head back up to my room," He finishes. or Your annual birthday trip with your best friend to San Diego ends in a chance encounter with Van McCann. A/N: New chapter every Wednesday! I am always on tumblr at steppedoffaflight if you'd like to talk about this universe with me!

Is death really the end? Jess has been watching Ryan, her strange fifteen-year-old neighbor, for only a week and it's been one of the craziest weeks of her life. Who knew he and his family were full of secrets? And why was she so goddamn curious? A Van McCann AU. Book 1: Mirror Book 2: Reflect

When Abby comes out of a toxic relationship the last thing she needs is more complication in her life. But a chance meeting at a party takes her life on many twists and turns in the search for love.... Mature content: themes of abusive relationships/addiction/some sexual content

'Can he do what I do for you? I've not stopped thinking this shit since I come away' (Set in Llandudno, 2011)

The rise of Alt-Rock band Catfish and the Bottlemen brings with it recognition, fame, and compromise. Lead singer and founding member Van McCann has learned to balance all three of these over the course of the band's ride to fame, but there's one thing he's never gotten used to; loneliness. During a tour of the states and the writing and recording process of the band's fourth studio album, Van finds himself caught in a situation involving the girl he could never have, and her addiction to the toxic things in her life.