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   In the Firelight | Frank Castle by bubblegumandboba

   Fandoms: The Punisher (TV 2017)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   21 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Frank Castle/Reader
   • Frank Castle
   • Slow Burn
   • Age Difference
   • Protective Frank Castle
   • Angst
   • Female Reader-Insert
   • Female Friendship
   • Inspired by The Punisher (TV 2017)
   • Eventual Smut
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Porn with Plot
   • we’ll get there i promise pls believe in me
   • Neighbor Frank Castle
   • Dad’s Best Friend
   • Neighbors
   • Wrong Phone Number
   • Forced Proximity
   • Frank Castle is Bad at Feelings
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Porn with Feelings
   • Forbidden Love
   • Size Kink
   • Masturbation
   • Rough Sex
   • Oral Sex
   • Oral Fixation
   • Masturbation in Shower
   • Nude Photos
   • Sexual Tension
   • Frank Castle as The Punisher (Marvel)
   • Canon Divergence - The Punisher (TV 2017)
   • Top Frank Castle
   • Stalking
   • Date Rape Drug/Roofies
   • Soft Frank Castle

   Summary

   The first year of graduate school has ended, your boyfriend has cheated on you, and you are left with only the companionship of your best friend Meredith to get you through the hot, painful summer.

   You find yourself confiding in Frank, the gloomy best friend of Meredith’s father, over the warm light of bonfires and cigarettes. Your infatuation is sudden and all-consuming. Only when Frank’s past comes blazing back to haunt him do you understand the gravity of your connection.

   Amongst the sex, obsession, and secrets, how are you meant to face your own truths?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   31,330

   Chapters:

   5/?

   Comments:

   16

   Kudos:

   62

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