A lot can happen in a street where families aren't always blood related, criminals come and go, marriages, births and deaths, new faces and old faces.
Patrick Square is like a revolving door for all of the above, a conveyor belt for troubles and dramas where the police don't sniff more than 10 metres around the perimeter and panic buttons in every building. Employment is never above board, the residents with kids to nearly every neighbour and scrimping for cash is only on the surface.
Jasmine Bhatti - resident ice Queen of Patrick Square, rich business woman who was popular amongst folk for all of the wrong reasons, she was argumentative, hard to crack, a scowl that could turn a person to stone
Jessie Lawson - free out of jail for the first time in 3 years so she returned to her roots, back to the square, no money in her pocket, 2 pairs of jeans, a pair of joggers and some clean underwear.
How can two people so dramatically polar opposite possibly meet and expect to even know how to say 'hi' to each other let alone live in the same square?
Jessie is a loose cannon, charming, charismatic and endearing. Jaz is a mother to three children, 2 boys and girl, a hard faced older woman with a deep soft side, a yearning to care for those she chose to love.
A/N this story is NOT a light read
"Listen I know we've been flirting and shit but that doesn't mean I like you, okay" I cross my arms again and slightly smirk. He smirks down at me and he opens his beautiful mouth. "If that's true, then why did I hear you using the dildo while moaning my name?" Son of a bitch.
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Being friends with your neighbor isn't that bad. Need milk? He's got it. Need sugar? She's got it. Ever since she moved into the apartment next door to him, they got close and eventually became close friends. But what happens when four years of friendship starts to turn into something more. Do they want this or do they ignore it?
Penelope Jones is a tough woman. She's always on top of things and is always working to improve on her cafe, to make it thrive. She has no time for silly things like relationships, hookups, vacations, especially after everything she has been through. And she's perfectly happy with her life right now, right?
Grayson Miller is a caring and funny guy. He's always checking on Penelope, either in her apartment or cafe. But he rarely talks to the tenants in his apartment floor, the only exception is the girl he's had his eyes on. But he conceals his feelings, knowing she has no intentions of dating and knowing she will never reciprocate his feelings, right?
TW: Abuse and mention of abuse, stillbirth and slight SA
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Start date: 12/16/22
End date: 4/23/23