Since We Were 18 // Andy Barber
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Last published Wed, Apr 29, 2026
Chloe Hansen-Turner never expected to see Andy Barber's name on a case file again-let alone be handed the prosecution of his son. Years after their quiet fallout in law school, Chloe has built a life around discipline, control, and leaving the past buried. But when a classmate ends up dead and Jacob Barber becomes the prime suspect, Chloe is forced into the heart of a case that's anything but professional. Old wounds resurface. Loyalties blur. And the line between justice and personal history begins to fray.
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Love on case {Andy Barber}
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Blanks ⭐️
*~COMPLETE~* Based off the one shot by the same title. Andy and Mel Barber have the perfect family life with Mel having her stepson Jacob and everything in their marriage is going amazingly. They are looking to extend their family...well one of them is. Andy informs Mel of something he did in his first marriage that is now affecting their marriage and future now. Wil they be able to work past this or will it end them before they even get a chance?Complete
Trial and Error ⭐️
*~ COMPLETE ~* Andy Barber and Blair Walsh are nothing but enemies in the courtroom and can never play by the rules. What happens when lines get crossed, rules get broken, and Blair takes a case for a man who is insistent Andy be her co-counsel? Based off One Shot : Trial and ErrorComplete
Begin Again (Andy Barber x OC)
After finding out the truth about the car accident that almost killed his son, Andy and Jacob Barber have made for Colorado, desperate to start over and forget the events that happened back in Boston. Andy has made a vow to himself - to only focus on Jacob and his happiness, even if it means giving up on his own. However when he befriends the local nurse, Andy realises that perhaps there is an opportunity to begin again, and Nora Campbell may just be the answer. Defending Jacob characters are not mine, but my OC is.Complete
Home Truths (Andy Barber x OC)
Dealing with the loss of his son Jacob and impending divorce to Laurie, Andy Barber gets support from the only person who has been by his side through it all - the woman who Laurie has always seen as a threat... Defending Jacob characters are obviously not mine. Just my OC. Warning 18+ - Talks of death, swearing and eventual smut.Complete
Daddy Issues (Andy Barber x OC)
She was his first love, and soon he finds out she was also his biggest regret... With Laurie and Jacob away for the weekend, Andy Barber attends his college reunion, not expecting to see the woman who he had been prepared to marry in attendance. Pippa Everett had broken his heart, only for it to be mended soon after by Laurie. However when Andy and Pippa do reconnect, secrets and lies are soon exposed. Andy learns that years ago, Pippa had been telling him the truth - that he has a daughter he'd been told had been aborted, and that all the deceit leads back to their 'friend' who had wanted him for herself... Laurie... I do not own any of the Defending Jacob characters - OC is my own. Warning! 18+ - Contains swearing, sex, mature themes and mentions of abortion.Complete
Dangerous Game ⭐
~COMPLETE~ Boston A.D.A. Andy Barber and his family have had a rough couple of years since his son was being tried for murder but was found not guilty. Now Andy's marriage to his wife is taking a hit and Andy goes looking for the companionship in someone else, New Anchor Willow Taylor. She covered his sons trail and ho supportive she was. Willow knows Andy is married but something can keep neither of them away. Do they give into temptation?Complete
Silver Linings (Andy Barber)
Andy Barber is a broken man. With nothing left to stay for in Newton, Andy packs up his stuff and makes for the coastal town that he briefly grew up in. One that holds better memories of his childhood than any of the others, and that 'memory' comes in the form of Genevieve Tyler. Upon his arrival, Andy is stunned to discover that Genevieve still resides in the town, and that she too is trying to pick up the pieces of a shattered life... I do not own the characters from Defending Jacob - just my own OC Warning! 18+ - Talks of death, swearing and will contain mature themes.Complete
Dove (Andy Barber) 18+
With the festive season approaching, Andy Barber is prepared to spend his first Christmas alone and in a new country. However fate has other plans, ones that could turn into a messy situation quickly if both he and the young woman in question are not careful... I do not own any character from Defending Jacob - Just the OC's in this story. Warning! 18+ - Contains sexual content, explicit language, and other mature themes. Cover picture credit to Pinterest.Complete
Obsession (Dark!AndyBarber AU)
(A Dark!AndyBarber x OC AU) As soon as Felicity Sheridan walked into Andrew Barber's office, he had already made up his mind to hire her. Being at the helm of the largest and most successful law firm in the state, Andy is a man who gets what he wants. And his new assistant is just that. Even if she doesn't want him... For Fliss, Andy's growing infatuation with her makes her all the more intrigued by her boss, who keeps himself guarded, even from those closest to him. But why? The more they begin to connect, the more Fliss is determined to crack through the hard exterior - but in doing so? She is about unveil some shocking secrets - ones that may change her opinion of the man she has fallen for... I don't own any Defending Jacob characters - just my own character WARNING! 18+ - Warnings listed in the introduction.Complete
From a Table Away ✓
~Complete~ Celeste was working as a singer in a high class restaurant in Boston when she first met Andy Barber. Unaware at the time of his other life, the wife and son he forgot to mention, she enters into a relationship with him, continuing it even after the truth about his other life comes out. He's magnetic and she can't stay away. But those promises to leave keep getting pushed back and eventually Celeste has enough, forcing him to choose by taking herself out of the equation. A year later and he shows back up at her apartment door. But time hasn't been kind to either of them. After suffering from so much heartache, can Andy open up again to let her mend his broken heart? And after everything they went through and all the damage that he caused her, will Celeste even care enough to want to put him back together again?Complete
Back To The Beginning (Andy Barber)
Questioning her ex lover in front of her mother and the grand jury. Savannah Canavan isn't the only person in the courtroom keeping secrets. As far as Lynn Canavan is aware, the relationship between Andy Barber and her daughter was a professional one, but after working hours, it was anything but that. And they both know it. Now, as she faces the man who she found it hard to stay away from, old memories resurface and Savannah is taken back to the time where everything was so much more simple. She knows they can never move forward with one another, because Andy is still married and still defending the woman who she knows is guilty as sin. I don't own any Defending Jacob characters, just my own OC Warning!18+ - contains, sex, swearing, and other mature content.Complete
Lessons (Andy Barber)
The Barbers had hoped that a new start in Colorado would solve their problems, but their marriage is at breaking point. For the sake of Jacob they choose to put on a united front and stay together. Odette Winters is Jacob Barber's new teacher, and has noticed that he is struggling. His mother is cold and distant however his father seems more willing to see that Jacob is given the extra support to succeed. With her help privately tutoring the boy, she soon discovers the truth as to why the family are in Colorado, and in the process becomes closer to Jacob's father Andy. Odette knows she is treading in dangerous territory- a parent/teacher relationship is forbidden in her line of work, but both she and Andy cannot deny the chemistry that is rising between them... I do not own any of the characters in Defending Jacob - oc is my own Warning! 18+ - will contain swearing, smut, and romance with an age gapComplete
Alibi (Andy Barber x OC)
No one had ever met Iris Logiudice, however when the time came for Neal to show his wife off, Andy Barber could see why... She had to be the perfect wife. The wife he'd expected her to be, but behind the false smiles and closed doors the Logiudice marriage was far from that. But, after meeting Andy Barber at one of her husband's work parties, Iris soon realises that this could be the man who could help her escape her living nightmare. However, a shocking turn of events many months later means that Andy must return to Newton to find out the truth of just what happened on that fateful night of August 12th, and to try and prove that Neal is anything but the loving husband that he makes himself out to be. Defending Jacob Characters are not mine, just my OC. Warning! 18+ - contains sex, swearing, talks of murder and other mature themesComplete
Y/n finds herself in the middle of a crime scene whilst trying to help the victim but due to no evidence proving she was just helping the woman she gets put in house arrest until the woman gets out of a coma and tells the truth. The only thing she can do is turn to her sisters friends father who is the ADA to build her case. Andy Barber going through the stress of a failing marriage takes a up a case for his son's happiness but what he didn't think he would realise how this case would turn his life around. -for the purpose of the book none of the events that Jacob was involved in happened -
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