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“You don’t know who I am?”
Frank has that look on his face that she knows means he’s very uncomfortable with the situation at hand. His eyes take in the color of the comforter, the bedroom furniture they picked out, the decor without any hint of recognition. He swallows hard and says something that makes her want to run far, far away.
He looks away from her to Curtis and asks, “No, I don’t. Curtis, where’s Maria?”
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27 Apr 2025
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Frank is a logger living a life of isolation up in the mountains of Seward, Alaska. Running from his grief, he has retreated so far into himself that he couldn't find his way out if he tried.
Karen is an author who has rented the cabin down the way from Frank’s in order to get away and write her next novel in solitude. Having suffered severe writer's block, she's hoping that the quietude of Alaska will help her find her muse.
After years of falling apart, the universe has decided that it's time for these two to fall together.
"Frank watched her, with her head thrown back, fascinated. It had been a minute since he’d made anyone other than Curtis and David laugh. He was surprised at how easily it was coming to him—how relatively effortless it was to talk to Karen. He supposed, in part, it was because of her profession; he was sure that someone who spent most of their time studying people and writing dialogue would be a great conversationalist. But it also felt like he was dusting off the parts of him that used to be really good at this—the parts of him that were capable of making Maria laugh; were comfortable joking around. The parts that, while creaky and unused, were still there."
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23 Jan 2025
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Dr. Frank Castle is a notoriously misanthropic physics professor, and he has the Rate My Professor reviews to prove it.
Dr. Karen Page is a young, idealistic journalism professor who sees the humanity in everyone.When the Liberal Arts building floods, they are forced to share an office. He's all order and precision and logic. She’s all chaos and curiosity and emotion.
But eventually, that line they drew right down the middle of the office starts to blur.
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23 Jan 2025
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Frank Castle is a boxer at the top of his game. Laconic and anti-social, he has a reputation for being an incredibly-tough interview.
Karen Page is a sports reporter trying to prove herself in a male-dominated field. She's done playing games--trying to be the "Cool Girl" who caters to the male fantasy--and now she's on a mission to take no shit.
"For a while, the fact that an interview with Castle lasting longer than 5 minutes even existed was big news. Splashed all over the message boards—circulated among boxing and Castle fans alike. The very concept that someone actually got the man to sit down for more than a breath of time and give multiple-sentence answers to a question—it was huge. Massive. It was the only thing Castle fans could talk about.
Until three months later, when Frank Castle disappeared.
Then that was the news. It was the only news."
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This whole series is so amazing 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Every single chapter was so well written and made me wish it was canon, such a beautiful, gorgeous, brilliant, dazzling, magnificent and splendid works 💖
PS: Now I have to live wanting a love like Carina and Maya share in this story jsbakjdvkb