if this isn't a kingdom

bold are applicable / almost always; italics are depended on circumstance or partner/sometimes; strike-throughs are hard limits / never.

INCLINATIONS / HABITS:

is submissive | is dominant | prefers to top | prefers to bottom | likes to switch | identifies as heterosexual | identifies as homosexual | identifies as bisexual | identifies as pansexual | identifies as demisexual | identifies as asexual | enjoys sex with men | enjoys sex with women | enjoys sex with multiple people at one time | initiates | waits for partner to initiate | spits | swallows | prefers sex in the morning | prefers sex at night | prefers sex at any time | no sex drive | low sex drive | average sex drive | high sex drive | fluctuating sex drive

BODY / APPEARANCE:

small build | medium build | muscular build | curvy build | voluptuous build | wears boxers | wears lingerie | goes ‘commando’ | shaves / waxes | doesn’t shave / wax | cup size a-c | cup size d-f | 1-5" in length | 6-9" in length | 10" or over in length

SOUNDS:

is silent / makes little to no sounds | is very quiet | is very loud | grows in volume over time | bites hand / partner / pillow to muffle themselves | calls out partner’s name | curses | fakes / exaggerates | prefers a quiet partner | prefers a loud partner | is turned on by dirty talk | is turned off by dirty talk

TURN-ONS / KINKS:

having their hands pinned | pinning their partner’s hands | having their hair pulled | pulling their partner’s hair | being watched ( by their partner ) | being watched ( by a third party ) | watching their partner | receiving oral | giving oral | calling their partner ‘daddy’ | being called ‘daddy’ | giving praise | receiving praise | biting / marking | being bitten / marked | spanking | being spanked | teasing | being teased | having toys used on them | using toys on their partner | giving anal | receiving anal | choking | being choked | dirty talk | being tied up | tying their partner up | being worshipped | worshipping their partner | humiliating | being humiliated | degrading | being degraded | knife play | blood play | being pegged | pegging their partner | whipping | being whipped

PLACES:

in a bedroom | in a shower / bath | in a pool / ocean | in a kitchen | in a bathroom ( home ) | in a bathroom ( public ) | in a car | in a tent | in an alleyway | in a field / forest | at a school | in an empty / abandoned building | in a library | on a rooftop / terrace | in a dressing room | in an elevator | in a parking lot | at a museum | at a cemetery | at a beach | in a closet | at a hospital | in a confession booth

tagged by : stole it from @devilsdare​

𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞 , 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 …

fight honourably / fight dirty / prefer close - quarters / prefer range / chat during / go silent / low pain tolerance / high pain tolerance / attack in bursts /attack steadily / go for the kill / aim to disarm / fight defensively / strike first / provoke easily / provoke their opponent / tease / get visibly frustrated / shout while attacking / use strategy / focus on their battle / experience conflicting thoughts during battle / rush in recklessly / try to read their opponent before fighting / fight wildly / fight calmly and/or apathetically / fight with anger / fight with excitement / fight because they have to / fight because they want to / fight without regards to wounds / run away when wounded / hide wounds / take a blow to protect another / prefer a blade / prefer a gun / prefer to use their ability / prefer a bow / prefer a shield / prefer a pole arm / prefer a personalised weapon / prefer magic or spells / prefer brawling / their greatest weakness is physical / their greatest weakness is mental / their greatest weakness is emotional / transform for battle / fight as they appear / rely on strength / rely on speed / use everything they have / hide their full potential / exhaust quickly / high stamina / doubt their strength / proceed with caution / behave arrogantly / brag after landing a hit / belittle their abilities / use psychological tactics / use brute strength / avoid civilians / strike down civilians / damage surroundings / avoid damaging surroundings / signature fighting style / making it up as they go / mastered their skillset / learning their skillset / fancy footwork / sloppy footwork / messy fighter / elegant fighter / accept defeat / refuse defeat / beg for mercy / compliment their opponent / insult their opponent / use unnecessary movements ( flips, twirls ) / move efficiently / barely move / prefer to dodge/ prefer to block / defend their blindside / has no blindside / use all available advantages ( ex: use a gun but also throw punches, kick out while blades clash, etc. ) / strictly use one main method / play around / hold back / fight ruthlessly / show mercy / wait for opponent to be ready / strike when opponent isn’t ready / fear death / fear pain / fear killing / has ptsd / avoid fighting / has lost a fight / has won a fight / has killed / refuses to kill / want to die standing / would succumb slowly

A picture. A single image reminding you of someone or something you've lost, something you don't want to live without. You can't seem to move on, to accept life has changed, to live again. You're trapped in the picture, in the past.

Maybe this was a lost family member or friend, maybe this was a sickness that isn't going away, maybe this was sinking into depression. But you can't help but remember how life was before, how life after will never be the same, and can't help but feel that nothing in the future will be able to fill the hole the past left. 

“You could at least close your eyes,” comes out in lieu of the firm and perfectly sensible request for her to have some respect and leave the room that he’d had all lined up before the playful note in her voice and the shuffling of fabric as she peeled off her jacket incited some—stupid competitive instinct that refuses to balk at this game of chicken she has to know she’d started. Matt unbuttons his shirt on the way to the closet, feels the sting of a few not-quite-healed wounds as he peels it off and tosses it aside to retrieve his gear. Nothing bleeding, nothing that will affect him in combat. “—You know. Level the playing field.”

It hardly makes a difference, when he’s more attuned to her presence through his other senses than she could ever be with her eyes open, but it doesn’t have to. It puts the ball back in her court. Keeps the momentum going so he can’t slow down and think about all the reasons he’d probably be better off kicking her out and demanding she never come back.

“I was hiding, in the mask. I thought you wanted me to embrace who I am.” Maybe it’s a testament to the healing power of time that he only sounds bitter, not anything worse. “Daredevil is a symbol. Something people can recognize. Can admire—or fear.”

“Fine. But it’s nothing I haven’t seen before.” Elektra lets her eyes follow him, skimming over the scars she doesn’t remember and the injuries he’s too stubborn to let heal completely before turning away. Maybe it’s just that same stubbornness that keeps him from asking her to leave, but she’ll take it, she’ll let him have this because she’s winning as long as she’s here. “How will you know if I’m peeking?” 

The bitterness is so palpable she can almost taste it, but he keeps talking, doesn’t shut her out, and so she doesn’t push further, doesn’t say that his true mask is the face he presents to the world. Of course she doesn’t fear him, but the Roscoe Sweeneys of the world--weak, abusive, cowardly men--should, and she’s immensely pleased that they do. 

“I did--I do. I know you.” Knows the loyalty, the compassion, the violence, the hunger for feeling alive. Knows that he’s glad they fear him too. She drops her jacket onto the floor, admires the look of it there. Like it belongs. It’s a shame, really, that she came ready for action and doesn’t have more clothes to leave behind. 

    bold  what  applies,        italicise   what   could,        strike  what  would   never

         POSITIVE   TRAITS   active.  adaptable.    admirable.    adventurous.    alert.    articulate.   aspiring.    athletic.    attractive.    balanced.    benevolent.    calm.    capable.   captivating.    caring.    charismatic.   cheerful.    clean.  colourful.    compassionate.   confident.    conscientious.    constant.   courteous.   creative.   daring.    decisive.    dedicated.    determined.    dignified.  dramatic.    earnest.    educated.  eloquent.    energetic.    fair.    faithful.    flexible.    focused.   forgiving.   friendly.    gallant.   generous.    gentle.    genuine.    gracious.   hard-working.    helpful.    heroic.    honest.    honourable.    humble.   idealistic.   impressive.    incorruptible.    independent.    innovative.    intelligent.    intuitive.    kind.   liberal.   logical.    loyal.    mature.    methodical.    modest.   neat.    objective.   observant.   optimistic.    organised.  original.    opinionated.    passionate.    patient.    patriotic.    peaceful.    perceptive.    perfectionist.    persuasive.    playful.    popular.   practical.    profound.    protective.    punctual.    rational.    realistic.    relaxed.    reliable.    resourceful.    respectful.    responsible.    romantic.    scholarly.    selfless.    sensitive.    sentimental.    serious.    simple.    sober.    sociable.    sophisticated.    spontaneous.    stable.    suave.    subtle.    sweet.    thorough.    tolerant.    trusting.    understanding.    victorious.    warm.    wise.  witty.   zealous.

         NEGATIVE   TRAITS   abrasive.    aimless.    aggressive.    aloof.  amoral.    angry.    anxious.    apathetic.  argumentative.   arrogant.    artificial.    asocial.    bewildered.    bizarre.    blunt.    boisterous.  brutal.    calculating.    callous.    cantankerous.    careless.    childish.    clumsy.    cold.    complacent.    compulsive.    conceited.    confused.    cowardly.    crass.     critical.    crude.    cynical.    deceitful.   delicate.    demanding.    dependent.  desperate.    destructive.    devious.   dirty.    dishonest.    disloyal.    disruptive.    domineering.    dull.   egocentric.    envious.    erratic.   extravagant.   false.   fanatical.    fickle.    foolish.    forgetful.    frivolous.    greedy.    gullible.    hateful.    haughty.    hedonistic.   hesitant.   hostile. hypocritical.   ignorant.    impatient.    impractical.   impulsive.   inconsiderate. inhibited.    insecure.    insensitive.    intolerant.    irrational.    irritable.    lazy.    libidinous.    malicious.   mechanical.    messy.    misguided.    morbid.   naive.    narcissistic.    neglectful.    neurotic.    obnoxious.   obsessive.    obvious.    odd.    opportunistic.    paranoid.    passive.    perverse.   petty.    possessive.    predatory.    prejudiced.    presumptuous.    pretentious.    regretful.    repentant.    repressed.    resentful.   sadistic.    sanctimonious.    scheming.    secretive.  shallow.    shy.    sly.    sordid.    steely.    stiff.    superstitious.    tactless.    tense.    timid.    unappreciative.    uncooperative.    unfriendly.    ungrateful.    unreliable.    unstable.  vague.  vindictive.   vulnerable.    weak-willed.

         NEUTRAL TRAITS   absentminded.   ambitious.    authoritarian.    boyish.    busy.    competitive.   complex.  conservative.    contradictory.  cute.    deceptive.    dreamy.    dominant.    dry.    emotional.    enigmatic.    experimental.    familial.    formal.    frugal.    glamorous.    hurried.    hypnotic.    impassive.    intense.    irreverent.    maternal.    mellow.    modern.    moralistic.    noncommittal.   obedient.    ordinary.    outspoken.   paternalistic.    physical.    placid.    political.    predictable.    private.    progressive.   proud.    questioning.  quiet.    religious.    reserved.    sarcastic.    self-conscious.    sensual.    skeptical.    soft.    strict.    stubborn.    stylish.    subjective.   tenacious.  submissive.    tough.    whimsical.

It should probably trouble him more how quickly Elektra cedes on that—she doesn’t disapprove outwardly, doesn’t prod him about how soft it is to value human life, and that means she’s won, he’s already given her all she wanted just by agreeing. It should. It doesn’t. Maybe she has ulterior motives, but this, to not have to explain himself—not the way he does to Foggy or Claire, not the way he would have to to Karen—to simply be seen for what he is by someone it doesn’t disturb—

It’s exciting. He craves it in a way he hadn’t realized, and maybe that should bother him more than it does too, given what she’d done the last time she’d been that close. Her heart tells him she’s not lying about agreeing to his terms, but how well had he really know her heart?

—- Well enough to know he still makes it race.

“Wear a mask and follow my lead. I know how to stay out of sight of any security cameras.” Matt takes off his glasses and sets them on on the dining table, grabbing the shot glass out of Elektra’s hand as he passes her en route to the bedroom. “—Where there are any. Thank God for underfunded infrastructure.”

Elektra considers making a quip about him being easy, or saying something smug about missing her too, but for all of her confidence part of her is surprised--and moved--that he’s willing to share this with her, to let her in again. It’s not as if she can reasonably expect his trust to come easy after she left him standing alone in Roscoe Sweeney’s mansion all those years ago without so much as a goodbye. 

But he doesn’t have to wear a mask with her, doesn’t have to pretend to be anything better. She knows him, even still, and he--

He makes her feel alive. Alive and whole and realized, because he knows her too, senses something in her that no one else has bothered to look for. 

“I’m nothing if not subtle.” There’s an undercurrent of laughter in her voice, and she relinquishes the glass without objection, though she considers telling him that her liquor is more of a sticking point than his stipulation about not killing. 

“I liked the black mask better,” she notes casually, following into the bedroom after him. “The suit fits in all the right places, of course, but the devil motif...it’s a bit too on the nose.” She strips off her jacket and glances around the room, taking the opportunity to breathe it in, to occupy his space.