Two Houses Down | Frank Castle Fanfiction

Florence Abernathy has known Frank Castle for years. He is her father's closest friend, the man who lives two houses away, drives her home when needed, calls her kid, and somehow turns concern into an argument every single time.

At twenty-two, Florence wants one thing above all else: to be trusted to make her own choices. Frank, meanwhile, has spent most of his life believing that caring for someone means keeping danger as far away from them as possible.

For years, their dynamic is simple.

She challenges him.
He tells her what to do.
She tells him to go to hell.
He makes sure she gets home anyway.

Then, slowly, something changes.

Florence begins noticing the man beneath Frank's silence, while Frank is forced to confront the fact that Bryan's daughter is no longer someone he can neatly place in the category of kid.

They live only two houses apart.

It should have been enough distance.

It isn't.