Will his teenage neighbor add to his nightmares? - I love that! 🤣 We'll find out as we go along. This story is complete and will be uploaded every 3 days.
A quiet, solitude life without stress, commitment or responsibility is all Ed wants. But when his new neighbors move in next door, it all seems to have come to an end. Alex, a teenage brat, has made it his life goal to befriend Ed no matter the cost. Is friendship all that the odd, wired kid wants...or does he have other feelings towards the giant, grumpy bear? (R18, love, loneliness, friendship, neighbors, slow burn, darkcomedy, mxb, age gap, mental health)
A loud bang made Ed jump up from his couch.
His heart started to hammer painfully in his chest, and memories of his fallen comrades flashed before his eyes. their corpses mangled and burned beyond recognition. He rubbed his forehead and tried to suppress the images that he wished so desperately he could just forget. Then he took a few calming breaths, just like the doctor had advised him. It seemed to work, at least until there was another bang. Ed flinched and looked in the direction of t
Tuesday morning at work, the entire block experienced an outage that set back everyone's schedules by at least an hour.
"Oh, come on," I said, frustration simmering. My usual workload was demanding on its own—now, with five trainees and an outage, it felt overwhelming. Time was an enemy I couldn't outpace.
I rescheduled my first meeting with the new employees. They all gathered by 11:00 a.m., but it was just for introductions. I provided a brief overview of the departments and their re