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Frank Regroups: A Punisher Mini-Fic

The boy was smaller than Frank expected. That was the first thing that stuck with him. Billy Russo’s son sat on the edge of a metal folding chair in a bare precinct interview room, sneakers not quite touching the floor. His hands were folded tight in his lap, knuckles pale, like he was holding himself together by force alone. Too quiet. Too still. Survivor.

Frank didn’t step in right away. He watched through the narrow window in the door, arms crossed, jaw set. Counted exits. Clocked the flicker in the fluorescent light. Noted the way the kid flinched at raised voices down the hall. “Same look Amy had,” Frank muttered. Rachel Cole stood beside him. “When you first met her?”

Frank nodded once. “Before she trusted anyone.” Rachel glanced through the glass again. “You didn’t scare her off.” “No,” Frank said. “She scared me first.” That earned the faintest smile from Rachel before she opened the door and went in. She crouched to the boy’s level. “Someone wants to meet you,” she said gently. “He’s not a cop.”

Henry's eyes lifted, sharp and guarded. Frank stepped inside. He didn’t smile. Didn’t soften his posture. Instead, he stopped a few feet away and dropped to one knee—so he wasn’t looming. So the kid had space. “My name’s Frank,” he said. Henry studied him. “Frank what?” “Just Frank.” A long pause.

“You knew my dad,” the boy said. Frank met his eyes. “Yeah.” “Everyone keeps saying different things about him.” “They will,” Frank said quietly. The boy hesitated, then asked, “Was he bad?” Rachel stiffened. Frank didn’t. “He made choices,” Frank said. “Some hurt people.”

Henry's voice dropped. “Does that mean I’m bad too?” Frank answered instantly. “No.” The boy searched his face. “You sure?” “You don’t inherit someone else’s sins,” Frank said. “You make your own choices.” That landed. Henry exhaled, just a little. “Why are you here?” he asked.

Frank shifted his weight. “Because things your father did made the world dangerous for you. And because kids deserve someone who doesn’t lie to them.” Henry frowned. “You do this a lot? Help kids?” Frank thought of Amy Bendix—smart mouth, stolen backpack, eyes that never stopped scanning for exits.

“I’ve got a friend,” Frank said. “She’s about your age. Didn’t trust me either.” Henry blinked. “What happened?” “She stuck around anyway,” Frank said. “Turns out she’s tougher than most adults I know.” Rachel smiled softly. Henry considered that. “She okay?” Frank nodded. “Yeah. She’s okay.”

That seemed to matter. “Are you gonna lock me up?” Henry asked. “No.” “Send me away?” “No.” A beat. Then, barely audible: “Hurt me?” Frank’s voice didn’t waver. “Never.” The boy slid off the chair and stood on his own. “You don’t talk like grown-ups.” Frank snorted under his breath. “I get that a lot.” Henry studied him, then said, “You look tired.” “Yeah.” “From fighting?” “From surviving.”

That earned a small, surprised laugh—the first crack in the armor. As Frank opened the door, Henry paused. “Frank?” “Yeah.” “You’re not like my dad.” Frank held the door open, letting the hallway light spill in. “No,” he said quietly. “I’m not.” And for the first time, Frank felt something unfamiliar settle in his chest—not rage, not grief. Responsibility.

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Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom (2009) #2

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there's one specific canonical frank that i kept in my mind when writing my silly little stories (and so far no one has managed to guess which one) but that feral neanderthal-brow'd frank that gets me riled up like a wild dog is 10,000% how henry sees frank in thicker than water.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Punisher (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Frank Castle/Henry Russo Characters: Frank Castle, Henry Russo Additional Tags: Sex Pollen, Drugged Sex, Mildly Dubious Consent, Manhandling, Mentions of Murder, Blow Jobs, Rough Oral Sex, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Multiple Orgasms, Open/Ambiguous Ending Summary: Henry knows he’s about to do something stupid. He just doesn’t know how stupid.

An update after only a week? Goodness me.

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