Categories: Matt, Foggy, Matt/Foggy, Matt&Karen&Foggy, female characters being awesome (Jessica Jones, Karen, Claire, Marci)
Title: My Boyfriend's A Superhero And All I Got Was This Lousy ER Trip by paperclipbitch
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Karen Page/Claire Temple, Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Karen Page & Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Claire Temple, Karen Page, Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Word Count: 2013
Summary: AU: “This is the fifth time in two months,” Claire says, […] “Sixth,” Matt corrects her, “if you count that time you said Foggy was being melodramatic and sent us all straight home.”
Why I rec this fic: Sweet and funny.
Title: All You Holy Men And Women by Mad_Maudlin
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page, Claire Temple
Word Count: 1593
Summary: "Everyone in Matt's life suddenly seems to be sporting some interesting accessories."
Why I rec this fic: I love stories about people trying to deal with their stuff in better ways, and Matt really does that here.
He's walking Karen home, not because there's any particular danger on the streets but because sometimes she still needs the reassurance. She takes his arm like she's guiding him, but the jangle of her heartbeat smooths out and the smell of adrenaline isn't quite so strong when she does. Karen, he suspects, is bravest person he knows.
"Are you gonna go out later?" she asks, with just enough weight to know she means Going Out and not going back to the bar.
"Just a couple hours," he says. He's practicing telling the truth lately.
Title: command me to be well by neverfadingrain
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Wilson Fisk, James Wesley, Vanessa Marianna Fisk, Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page, Ben Urich, Claire Temple
Word Count: 3043
Summary: “HDM Daemon AU“
His Josephina settles and it’s like the blow of the hammer all over again, in the quiet moment immediately after he’s pulled back from the edge. She makes a dismayed noise, sharp and rattling, and Wilson looks over the dead body at her instinctively.
For a second, he doesn’t recognize her—for a second, he thinks his father’s Tahlia has miraculously survived. Then he sees the gold Dust scattered liberally across her wings, recognizes her beady amber eyes and the shift of her talons against the hardwood floor. What does it mean? Josephina asks anxiously. Wilson, I can’t change—I’m stuck.
Title: I am a queen, understand by Ahavaa
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Marci Stahl, Karen Page
Matt Murdock & Marci Stahl, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson & Marci Stahl, Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson,
Word Count: 3298
Summary: Marci knows Foggy is in love with Matt (of cause she does),so she decide to take him along for date night.
Why I rec this fic: I love Marci, i love her wanting to be kind even if that urge annoys her and then she falls in love and isn´t that unfair? It´s funny and sweet.
They realized their mistake after Matt showed up half-an-hour late to Date Night for the third time in a row.
"The hell, Murdock?" Marci asked, because it was rude as shit, and he didn't even look guilty.
"You okay, Matty?" Foggy asked, because he would always be a giant marshmallow around Matt.
"I'm fine," Matt said, sliding into his seat: his ears and his cheeks had gone bright red. That hadn't changed since law school; good to know. "I just wanted to. Give you guys. Space?"
Marci fought the urge to bang her head against the table. She'd just dyed her hair. She was wearing some nice mascara. Matt didn't have the right to make her freak out.
MattTitle: Seeing Red by DJClawson
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock
Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page, Melvin Potter
Word Count: 1128
Summary: "Matt likes red. Or, he thinks he does."
Why I rec this fic: I like the focus on Matt in his ordinary life and as a lawyer.
Title: compulsory heterosexuality & you: a love story by returnsandreturns
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock
Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, OCs
Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Matt Murdock/Original Female Character(s), Matt Murdock/Original Male Character(s)
Word Count: 7305
Summary: Matt comes to terms with his sexuality
Warnings: compulsory heterosexuality, internalized homophobia
Why I rec this fic: I really liked Emma (the OC) and the the general „feels“ way of it.
“I’m not—” Matt starts, not sure how to do this.
“Yeah?”
“Gay,” Matt says. “I’m not gay.”
“Wow, rub it in,” Sam says, laughing. He starts to move away and Matt reaches up to slide fingers into his hair and pull him into a kiss. Sam returns it for a moment before he pulls back to stub the joint out on the floor, say, “Yeah, not gay at all,” and climb into Matt’s lap.
Title: Above White Noise by patster223
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Claire Temple, Stick, Karen Page
Word Count: 7418
Summary: Daemon AU: Matt is separated from his daemon at the age of 12.
Why I rec this fic: Best writing about daemon seperation I read so far.
Matt sighs. It’s one of those days when they can barely remembered to act like they’re not separated. When their senses don’t even seem compatible – when Fallon’s unrelenting eyesight makes Matt grind his teeth, and when Fallon can’t comprehend how the stench of Foggy’s Doritos could be giving him a headache.
It’s been a rough week.
“Just feeling distracted, Foggy” Matt says. “Don’t worry about it.”
Fallon’s ears twitch -- rather noticeably, Matt thinks in irritation. He can more or less conceal his true nature, but separated or not, Fallon is his nature, is everything inside him.
Piritta notices, of course, and will not stand for Fallon’s sudden moodiness. She noses at Darwin and Fallon until they obediently settle themselves on her paws. She nuzzles at both of the small daemons’ heads before giving them each a long, affectionate lick.
“She’s going to mess up Darwin’s feathers,” Karen says. Matt can hear the muscles contract in her face as she smiles.
“And Fallon’s fur,” Matt adds, but it’s not really a complaint. It’s no secret that Fallon loves Piritta’s attention. Fallon’s contented humming is probably audible even to Foggy and Karen’s ears.
FoggyTitle: Guesswork by prepare4trouble
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Word Count: 3317
Summary: prompt. Foggy has prosopagnosia, Matt helps him out.
Why I rec this fic: The fic is really funny, and there is something about reading someone going through simelar things one has lived through, specialy if they have such support in their life like here – it is comforting.
“I was just thinking,” Matt said one night. They were both in bed, the lights turned out and Foggy on the verge of being asleep already.
“Dangerous,” Foggy muttered.
“I was just thinking about eyewitness testimony,” Matt continued.
Foggy turned over in bed. “I was just thinking about Marci Stahl. I think my pre-sleep thoughts are more interesting than yours.”
“I was just thinking,” Matt said again. “You’d actually be worse at IDing a criminal than me.”
“Yeah, but a jury’d be more likely to believe me than you,” Foggy told him. “Ridiculous, right?”
Title: It Whispers So Listen Closely by enthusiasmgirl
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson,
Bess Mahoney
Word Count: 5154
Summary: The orgin story of Foggys tiny plastic dinosaurs.
Foggy loved to tell stories about his family. Matt heard endless tales of the Nelson clan, a large working class group of misfits, petty criminals and schemers. And when those ran dry, there were still more stories to tell about the O'Malley family on his mother's side, fourth generation Irish Catholics whose family tree supposedly encompassed gangsters and bootleggers going all the way back to the days of Five Points.
In fact, Matt heard so much about Foggy's family that it took him longer than it should have to realize that he knew more about Aunt Christina and her rich third husband than he did about Foggy's parents.
Title: I Need a Hero by petricholour
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Matt Murdock, Marci Stahl, OCs
Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Marci Stahl/Foggy Nelson
Word Count: 8033
Summary: "Foggy is the Child Whisperer and the patron saint of his building"
Why I rec this fic: Foggy being his own kind of heroic and being admired for that by everyone! Super sweet/heartwarming!
Mariam immediately turns to Foggy to solemnly ask "Foggy uncle, is this your wife?" "He wishes, honey," Marci replies, folding herself neatly onto the floors."But why would I be?" "Because you match," comes Fae's reply, and she sits up on her knees to hold up a handful of Foggy's hair in one hand and Marci's in the other to compare." Encouraged, Mariam too leans in to tentatively touch a curl. And Marci, god bless her, looks like a completely different person as she charms Mariam into her lap, and even gets offered a crayon. Fae declares, "You look like my Barbie."
Foggy is soon discarded utterly as an unattractive and unworthy playmate as Fae decides to do Marci's hair while Mariam watches the proceedings. Marci is still held together, but in a completely different way, letting herself get carried away by enthusiasm as she helps the girls unpack her entire handbag and messily apply some of her lipstick on Foggy. She applies tiny dots of lipstick to Fae's cheeks and teaches Mariam to braid Foggy's hair. They spray themselves silly with a tiny bottle of Marci's perfume, and Foggy's apartment begins to smell like the inside of an expensive boutique.
Matt/FoggyTitle: Mollycoddler by raven_aorla
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson,
Word Count: 1091
Summary: "Nelson & Murdock go over the list of things Foggy demands from Matt, with commentary, banter, and a new teasing nickname."
Why I rec this fic: Funny but also sweet? Hopeful? Reassuring – to have them negotiate some ruels for their relationship.
6. The Mollycoddler is allowed to start aggressively searching for the undersigned if the undersigned has not checked in within 24 hours.
"Let's not talk about that one right now." (Not exactly simultaneous, but close enough.)
[...]
8. If the undersigned takes a spectacularly stupid risk, the Mollycoddler reserves the right to sell his record collection on eBay.
Title: take it easy on my heart by smilebackwards
Fandom: Daredevil, The Defenders
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage,
Word Count: 1093
Summary: AU: Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
Matt, Foggy thinks, do not do this to me. Do not. He stares at the horizontal stripe on the wall of the hallway, the sharp drop between taupe and blue.
Matt has never been easy on Foggy’s heart. Foggy used to wait up nights in their dorm room, re-reading the same page of tort law over and over, worrying that Matt missed the WALK indicator tone crossing Amsterdam, until he finally got wise to Matt’s secret study carrel on the third floor of Diamond and started dragging him out by midnight.
“Sorry,” Matt used to say, every time for months, his face expressive with surprise, “I didn’t think— I didn’t realize you’d care.”
It’s three o’clock in the morning, Matt, Foggy thinks nonsensically. Come home.
Title: whatever by Cloudnine101
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson,
Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson,
Word Count: 1649
Summary: AU: Matt and Foggy as kids. Matt is in hospital, Foggy visits him.
Why I rec this fic: Super cute, tiny babys in love.
Matt rolls to one side, and scowls. "You don't appreciate me," he says.
Foggy rolls his eyes. "No," he says, "and that's why I'm here, in the middle of the night. Gee, Foggy! You're such a great pal, Foggy! Thank you, Foggy!"
"Thank you, Foggy," Matt grouses. "Now gimme the sweets."
Title: Your Catholic is Catching by alphera
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Father Lantom, Brett Mahoney
Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Word Count: 1687
Summary: "Foggy’s most memorable experiences with Matt’s Catholicism."
Why I rec this fic: Funny footnotes! light hearted happy Matt!
(The next time Foggy meets Father Lantom, the priest smiles at him with a most irritatingly innocent looking expression and says “You know, you should consider converting. You’re already ahead of Matt. He’s never been slain in the spirit before”.) (1)
(Looks like the whole “butter wouldn’t melt in my mouth” thing runs in the collective Catholic consciousness too.) (2)
[...]
(2.)Only those with extreme exposure to nuns. It’s a survival tactic.
Title: stop me if you've heard this one before by spacenarwhal
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Matt Murdock, Karen Page
Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson/Karen Page, Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson & Karen Page
Summary: Time loop AU: Matt dies, every single time.
Word Count: 2098
Why I Rec This Fic: Perfect Angst.
This is how The First Morning goes: Foggy wakes up in his bed, in his tiny apartment, and on the bathroom door his pink shirt is hanging, ironed and waiting for him to put on. On his phone there’s an alarm set to go off in fifteen minutes so he can call Matt to make sure he’s—alive—awake. There’s sweat on his temples and his hair is already frizzy from the humidity of New York City in July.
That never changes.
Title: Born and Raised by poisonivory
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Word Count: 4017
Summary: AU (Kind of): "Hell's Kitchen isn't actually all that big, and Matt and Foggy entered each other's orbits long before Columbia - they just didn't know it."
Why I rec this fic: Super sweet babies, and also funny Annotations about the choices made for this fic, that are really human and relatable in their mix of layers.
“Bye-bye,” Foggy calls without much hope.
Matty’s head lifts, and he contemplates Foggy’s receding figure for a minute before giving a small wave. “Bye-bye.”
Foggy lights up. “Bye-bye!” he shouts, waving frantically. “Bye-bye!”
Anna rolls her eyes affectionately. “Tell me you won’t always fall in love so easily, kiddo.”
Title: Not a Catholic Thing by Sapphy
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Word Count: 4812
Summary: "Matt's been subbing for Foggy for years. It's just that he never actually got round to telling Foggy about it."
Warning: (Mostly) Non Sexual Kink
"Matt has essentially been involving Foggy in scenes without Foggy's permission. It's all light and pretty innocent and Matt doesn't really understand what he's doing, but it's still something some of you might find icky. Matt has also been putting himself into subspace without warning people and without any kind of safety precautions. Basically Matt is very bad at BDSM.
Also Matt may actually have some kind of attatchment disorder."
Title: Giving the Game Away by poisonivory
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Stick, Karen Page
Word Count: 7463
Summary: "You weren't supposed to fall in love with him, dumbass." Stick pays a visit.
Warning: light suicidal ideation
Why I rec this fic: I like the idea of Foggy meeting Stick, because of cause Foggy sees that Stick was an asshole and he is protective of Matt.
He promised to call. He has to call.
Foggy picks up halfway through the first ring. “Are you okay?”
Matt never listens to his own heartbeat. Now that he is, he can hear the way it picks up at the concern in Foggy’s voice. “I’m fine, Foggy.” He’s a goddamn disaster, but not because of Stick. Not this time, at least.
“Actually fine, or Matt fine?”
Matt’s laugh sounds tired even to him. “What is ‘Matt fine?’”
“Putting on your brave little soldier voice and insisting you don’t need to go to the hospital even though you left a kidney on a fire escape somewhere.”
“Well, I do have two,” Matt points out.
“You are a lunatic.” Foggy sounds entirely fond. Matt is in so much trouble. “Seriously, how badly are you bleeding?”
Foggy&Karen&MattTitle: Can't Be Too Careful by RAINMAK3R
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page
Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Matt Murdock/Karen Page, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson/Karen Page, Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson & Karen Page
Word Count: 227
Summary: "A scene rewrite from 2.06."
Why I rec this: Show, how about healthy (poly) relationships with open communication?
Title: The Legalities of Flower Crowns by geekinthejeep
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page
Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson & Karen Page
Word Count: 638
Summary: "The crew of Nelson and Murdock spend a lazy afternoon in the park after putting Fisk away. They break a few parks and recreation laws in the process."
Title: if you're ready like i'm ready by spacenarwhal
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page, Brett Mahoney
Word Count: 1180
Summary: "It all starts as a joke. Or is it a bet? No wait it starts as a dare."
Brett looks right pass both of them at Karen who has been radiating an aura of judgement and disappointment since they got in the cab. “Are they drunk?”
“Her testimony isn’t admissible. Inadmissible. She’s impaired too.” Foggy exclaims triumphantly and Karen actually laughs so she can’t be too upset with them for not letting her finish her drink. “Now, are you our man or not Mahoney?”
Brett looks at Foggy with all the derision of a man who has never gotten over the time he was talked into sticking a roly-poly up his nose on the schoolyard. “This can’t be legal.” He says dourly.
Matt, like the total boy scout he never was, reaches into his jacket and produces the piece of paper they affectively sold their souls and livelihoods to Judge Yancey in order to get after hours. Foggy makes a note to send her some flowers on Monday.
Title: Praised From A New Perspective by plinys
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson/Karen Page
Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page
Word Count: 1321
Summary: Matt, Foggy and Karen try to have sex.
Warning: Sex
Why I rec this fic: There is something about stories about the process instead of the result, about trying and human inperfection – including when it comes to sex, i like the light happy tone of this negoiations.
“This sounds like a bad porno,” she says, a bit breathless, and that gets a laugh from the two guys in the room, and she joins them a second later.
Who knew she’d be the type of person that would laugh so often during sex?
Or well, attempted sex.
Title: If Found Return To... by Catolyn
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson & Karen Page, Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson,
Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page
Word Count: 1334
Summary: "Matt Murdock carries a handwritten, business card sized piece of paper in his wallet. In smudged and nearly illegible scrawl it says “If found return to Franklin “Foggy” Nelson” on one side, the other is a slightly more legible phone number."
Title:read all about it by returnsandreturns
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page, Ben Urich, Brett Mahoney
Word Count: 2507 (work in process)
Summary: AU: "Karen founded the newspaper during their freshman year with some vague mission statement about truth and justice and dragged Foggy and, by natural extension, Matt into it."
Why I rec this fic: I like how the setting sets the stakes lower, how that, highens my escapism self care thing about reading about fictional people having a good/better live (finding coping mechanism, and having people who love them this kind of things), it is sweet and funny. (Also this remainds me of Disneys Filmore and that alone makes me smile)
“Did you just screw somebody on school grounds?” Foggy demands. Karen looks delighted, and Mr. Urich, reading a paperback in the corner, makes a noise like he’s already died several times today.
Matt pauses. It’s a very long pause, a suspiciously long pause, even.
“I bet it was what’s-her-name,” Karen says, nudging Foggy. “The future doctor.”
“Claire,” Foggy says. “Tell me it was Claire.”
“It was not Claire,” Matt says, laughing in that way that makes Foggy’s heart do funny horrible things that he still refuses to acknowledge. “Now, let me hear the final draft.”
“He just had illicit school sex and he wants to talk about the newspaper,” Foggy says, to no one in particular, standing up to give Matt his seat at the computer while Karen leans over to start the screen reader. “I’m surrounded by lunatics.”
“I know the feeling,” Mr. Urich says, darkly.
He should probably be giving them detention for most of the things they do, but Foggy’s pretty confident he won’t do anything that could cause him extra paperwork. The public school system will do that to a person.
Title: Broken If Revealed (The File It Under the Letter D Remix) by significantowl
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson & Karen Page
Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page
Word Count: 3114
Summary: "In a file folder buried deep in her desk, Karen has contingency plans, a how-to guide for keeping Nelson and Murdock afloat if she's gone."
“Foggy.” That was Matt’s voice. “Breathe with me, okay? In, hold, hold, out. In, hold, hold, out.” And that was Matt’s mediation breathing, which damn, Foggy was going to have to admit kind of worked. “In, hold -” Karen’s hands were clasped warmly over his, and Matt’s broad palm was weighty on his shoulder. It would be comforting, if only Foggy thought he could keep them there forever; but that was the problem, wasn’t it? And Karen’s file folder, Matt’s will - those were the opposite of solutions. Those were parting gifts.
“You're gonna kill me,” Foggy said, eyes closed, breath finally slowing. “The two of you. You're gonna put me in the hospital. I swear my heart can't take this.”
Title: Mea Maxima Culpa by prettybirdy979
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson & Karen Page
Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page, Brett Mahoney
Word Count: 9156
Summary: "Matt always knew he was going to be the death of his (ex-)friends. It's all his love is good for, after all."
‘You know, you’re not in too deep yet,’ Foggy says, his voice shaking. However Matt’s not sure anyone who doesn’t know him like Matt does would pick up on that; his voice is perfectly calm, like they were a court not a hostage situation. Each word is still a blow to Matt’s chest, God please find a way to shut Foggy up because now is not the time for him to… to… to be Matt . ‘Right now, with a good lawyer, you could walk away from this. You’ll do time, but not a lot. No one’s died ye-’
‘Shut up,’ the gunman snaps, and Matt hears the clink of Foggy’s teeth as he does. Then the grinding of his teeth, exactly as he does before speaking. Luckily Matt’s not the only one to notice because a moment later Foggy huffs like he’s been elbowed. Good work Karen.
Female characters being awesome
Title: Living it up in the city by doctorcakeray
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Karen Page/Marci StahlFranklin "Foggy" Nelson/Marci StahlKaren Page, Marci Stahl, Foggy Nelson, Matt MurdockWord Count: 1224
Summary: "Karen Page, asexual but not aromantic, loves fierce and bright and true. She didn't expect to love meat grinder Marci Stahl, but Karen slowly discovers the warm blooded human being beneath the cool shark skin exterior." Title: The Night Is Crawling Through My Eyes by keepitdreamin
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Karen Page/Claire Temple
Karen Page, Claire Temple, Matt Murdock
Word Count: 1397
Summary: "Karen hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep in a long time. Something about Claire helps."
Why I rec this fic: Karen deserves happiness, and we all deserve more femslash in our life.
The first time Matt calls her instead of dropping by, it’s from Claire’s apartment, and Karen’s out the door before he even hangs up. They spend a few hours on Claire’s couch, hashing over the information he has on some corrupt city official and the best ways to legally verify it enough to publish, while Claire fixes him up and shuts down some of the most ludicrous suggestions (Matt doesn’t have a frame of reference for feasible, not overly dangerous plans, and Karen is really not all that better). After they’ve done all the can for the night and it’s been determined that Matt will be fine, he and Claire start cleaning up while Karen curls up and writes in her notebook. She’s exhausted though and ends up drifting off pretty quickly to the sound of their companionable arguing.
Karen wakes up in the morning after a rare decent night’s sleep (it was probably at most 4 hours, but there weren’t any nightmares so she’s pretty rested) underneath a slightly scratchy but warm afghan. Claire’s already up, getting ready for work and making coffee, which she offers to Karen when she sleepily pads into the kitchen.
ClaireTitle: The Night Nurse by igrockspock
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Claire Temple
Luke Cage, Misty Knight, Mariah Dillard, Matt Murdock, Soledad
Word Count: 6726
Summary: "Claire Temple is her own kind of hero: she saves lives and helps people in broad daylight, in a costume of surgical masks and scrubs."
Why I rec this fic: Claire focus! Claire finding a way to continue to help people! Claire and agency!
Claire had thought that if she sat around long enough, some desperate vigilante with superpowers would show up and beg for her help. Given how her life had been going, it seemed like a reasonable assumption. But no new vigilantes appear. Maybe she’s exhausted New York’s whole supply. What’s she supposed to do? Search all the dumpsters in Manhattan? Ride the train to another troubled neighborhood and hope a superhero pops out of the woodwork?
“You know, superheroes aren’t the only people who need saving,” her mother says after Claire’s fourth day on the couch.
Claire snorts. “There’s not one hospital in New York that’ll hire me. You know that.”
Her mother just rolls her eyes and hands over her nurse’s bag. “Mrs. Llamosa’s incision isn’t healing. Why don’t you go check on her?”
The bag is heavier than it was a few days ago. Claire opens it and peers inside. “Where did you get all this?” she asks, fingering the vials of local anesthetic and antibiotics.
Her mother just shrugs. “I know people. Now go help Mrs. Llamosa.”
Karen
Title: What's done cannot be undone by whitchry9
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Karen Page
Matt Murdock, James Wesley
Word Count: 424
Summary: "Karen's done a lot of things in her life that she's not proud of. But she knows there's no going back."
Why I rec this fic: Karen is a girl dressed in death, she is terrifying and terrified.
He doesn't believe that she's shot a gun before.
She shows him.
But god, it might have been a mistake, no matter how terrified or close to death she was.
Because bullets have weight, and each one she shoots into his chest doesn't lighten the gun so much as it weighs her down.
MarciTitle: Like Tired Kites by paperclipbitch
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Marci Stahl
Franklin "Foggy" Nelson/Marci Stahl
Word Count: 503
Summary: "Foggy’s business card is on pretty cheap stock."
The Nelson & Murdock business card is flimsy in comparison, but Foggy got the font he’s always wanted, the one he’s been mulling over since law school, asking her opinion no matter how many times she told him she didn’t care. It was one of the few things he couldn’t take to Matt, of course; fonts and shirt colours and tie patterns.
Title: drink to your health (and you'll drink to mine) by returnsandreturns
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Marci Stahl
Word Count: 1585
Summary: "At this point, though, she really just wants to know when these small dumb children who keep following her around are finally going to get their own shit together."
Why I rec this fic: Great Marci voice, had me smile like hell for this dorks in love and her fondness for them.
Halfway through the night, after Foggy’s dragged Marci to Hell’s Kitchen to get cheap ass drunk on liquor that’s not even labeled, Matt’s the one who ends up wearing Foggy’s jacket—which is. . .okay. You know, it’s not like they’re dating, Foggy and her. They did, briefly, a weird spat of monogamy and dorm room domesticity that didn’t sit right with either of them. Now, they just mostly fuck each other and hang out and study, which is better. Feelings are messy and Marci’s not great at them—and, frankly, she doesn’t like not being great at things.
Title: Marci Stahl, Avocado at Law by igrockspock
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Marci Stahl, Karen Page, Matt Murdock
Franklin "Foggy" Nelson/Marci Stahl, Marci Stahl & Karen Page, Marci Stahl & Matt Murdock
Word Count: 13621
Summary: "Fisk's indictment is good news for everyone - except the members of his legal team. When no one else will hire Marci, she's forced to take a job at Nelson & Murdock. To make matters worse, she's starting to develop actual feelings."
Why I rec this fic: Characters who like to position themself as uncaring falling for people! Characters for who it doesn´t come naturally trying to be nice/careing. Marci being despite this devolpment, absolutly Marci.
Foggy’s face splits into a slow grin. “It was a good thing you did for Karen.”
“Okay,” she says and goes back to her book. So she’s occasionally a decent human being. They don’t have to make a big deal out of it.
“You were right that something bad happened, you know. She didn’t tell me what it was, but she’s been going to the therapist.”
“Good,” Marci says. “She’s a good employee. It’s important that we take care of her.”
“You don’t have to pretend it was just a business decision,” Foggy says.
Marci glares at him over the top of New York State penal code 589-7A. “I’m not debating you about the true nature of my soul.”
Foggy claps his hands. “Excellent. That was easier than I thought. As a reward, I will not foist my companionship on you on both days of your moving adventure. I'll allow you to decide if you'd like my help packing the Manhattan apartment or unpacking in Queens.”
“Neither,” Marci says firmly. She goes back to her book and waits for Foggy to do the same. Then she shifts so that she’s facing him from the best possible angle, and okay, maybe she surreptitiously undoes a button. Then she smiles. “I could use some help saying goodbye to a certain fabulous bedroom though.”
Help a secretary, get free orgasms. It’s not a terrible deal.
Jessica JonesTitle: Meet Me on the Rooftop by monroesherlock
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Jessica Jones, Matt Murdock
Word Count: 286
Summary: “Tell me, is the leather functional or fetish? I’m not judging, just asking.” She smells of cheap bourbon and week-old sex. “Though if you don’t answer, it’s kind of an answer.”
Title:If you care, you stay by Clockwork
Fandom: Daredevil
Character/Pairing: Karen Page, Jessica Jones
Word Count: 1116
Summary: "Jessica Jones tries to convince Karen Page to do the wrong thing for the right reasons."
Why I rec this fic: Female characters interacting! Karen/the city! Ordinary (non super power) people fighting for what they believe in!
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