those who dare shall win

Matt tenses, lips pressed tight as he considers the implications. Half-recalled tales of Peter Pan and stories about doppelgangers flood his consciousness, because - he’s a blind man. What use does he have for his shadow? He hasn’t been able to see it for the past twenty years anyway. The answer should be obvious, but-

Every interaction he’s had with Spencer thus far hasn’t led him to harm. She isn’t nice, doesn’t go out of her way to give him aid, but he hadn’t asked for any. Not til now, and somewhere, something inside him is willing to b e t what most people would covet.

teacher starters // @matt-mmurdock

It’s dangerous.

More than she predicted, more than it – should have been. Taking is so e a s y , tricking mortals into handing over everything they need, until there’s nothing left. But he is – too willing, giving it all up without a FIGHT…took his voice, and now she’s in his h e a d , controlling his BODY, and his heedlessness has her wondering…who’s really in control.

But sharing his space does more than give her access to HIM, his thoughts, his memories … it’s giving him access to hers. Doesn’t know how much he knows…doesn’t know if he’s realized it, but he’d mentioned a recollection she hadn’t T O L D him, and she’d jerked up a wall between them like he’d walked in on her slipping out of her d r e s s .

Keeps an eye on it. Makes sure the pieces are in place, only letting herself slip through the archways that are SAFE for him to see. But it’s – not simple. Doesn’t come easy, even when he isn’t p u s h i n g – can’t keep it all assembled in her sleep, when her dreams entwine with his, the moments when she drifts into a thought she SHOULDN’T, and he gets too close to it.

          Because we don’t have time for mistakes.

His face is different now, with her occupying his l i m b s : brows knit, mouth perpetually curled in disgust, lacking the smirking smile she still feels pressing against the back of her m i n d . Keeps her mouth closed in the sanctuary of their silence, easing back on the controls, releasing her magical hold on his throat so he can attempt to fit into his VOICE again.

I decided to make another two-part drabble game because the last one was a lot of fun to make and write.

Pick a character, a situation, and a sentence, and I’ll make a drabble out of it.

Situations:

1 - Roommates AU 2 - Stuck indoors on a rainy day 3 - The aftermath of a bad fight 4 - At a bar 5 - Home after the hospital 6 - In bed at 2am, blissfully drowsy 7 - The anniversary of something 8 - After working for six hours straight 9 - Settling in for a cozy night together 10 - After a near-death experience 11 - Soulmates AU 12 - Finally home after a hard day 13 - Someone does something stupid 14 - Stuck together for a long period of time 15 - Someone is jealous/hurt 16 - After their first date 17 - One is recovering from a wound/illness 18 - Someone’s birthday 19 - Comforting the other 20 - Both are drunk and happy 21 - Spending a holiday together 22 - Jealous 23 - Miserable/in a bad mood 24 - Right before a passionate/first kiss 25 - Being somewhere you’re not supposed to be 26 - A very cheesy date 27 - Seeing each other for the first time in a while 28 - Love confession 29 - Breaking up 30 - One person is scolding the other 31 - Lost in the middle of nowhere 32 - Date night gone wrong

Sentences:

❛  you’re a weapon and weapons don’t weep.  ❜

❛  hurt me once, I’ll kill you twice.  ❜

❛  never trust a survivor until you learn what they did to stay alive.  ❜

❛  death is the only god that comes when you call.  ❜

❛  I am teeth. I am royal. you are nothing to me.  ❜

❛  the sun will rise and we will try again.  ❜

❛  we’re just kids. we aren’t supposed to be heroes.  ❜

❛  I like my women like I like my Absinthe: bitter and intoxicating.  ❜

❛  what doesn’t kill me better run.  ❜

❛  she wasn’t looking for a knight. she was looking for a sword.  ❜

❛  don’t dehumanize bad people, because it’s their humanity which makes what they’ve done so terrifying.  ❜

❛  she isn’t just pretty. she is otherworldly and vaguely threatening.  ❜

❛  magic is not good or evil. is a knife evil? only if the wielder is.  ❜

❛  I don’t want your crown. see, I’ve come to burn your kingdom down.  ❜

❛  they broke my wings. they forgot I have claws.  ❜

❛  all that blood was never beautiful, it was just red.  ❜

❛  what do you do when there’s no hero in the story? simple. you kill the monster and crown yourself.  ❜

❛  how terrible it is, to love something that death can touch.  ❜

❛  you may not be interested in war, but it is interested in you.  ❜

❛  I feel divinity in my bones like aching. like fire.  ❜

❛  you make me feel and I don’t like it. I want it to stop. now.  ❜

❛  you are losing my interest and that is very dangerous.  ❜

❛  she will burn your kingdoms down, herself with it, if it means your ruin.  ❜

❛  it’s okay to be scared. it means your about to do something brave.  ❜

❛  she looks like divine absolution.  ❜

❛  I will not be another flower, picked for my beauty and left to die. I will be wild, difficult to find and impossible to forget.  ❜

❛  be careful with words. they can be forgive, but never forgotten.  ❜

❛  you not wanting me was the beginning of me wanting myself.  ❜

❛  I’m tired of fighting. for once, I want to be fought for.  ❜

❛  never run back to what broke you.  ❜

❛  I was quite, but not blind.  ❜

❛  your gut knows what’s up. trust that bitch.  ❜

❛  we all eat lies when our hearts are hungry.  ❜

❛  do not judge my story by the chapter you walked in on.  ❜

❛  I’m just a girl, standing in front of a salad, wishing it was a donut.  ❜

❛  you can miss something but not want it back.  ❜

❛  you can’t save people, you can only love them.  ❜

❛  I came, I saw, I made it awkward.  ❜

❛  we buy shite we don’t need, with money we don’t have, to impress people we don’t like.  ❜

❛  you’re always one decision away from a different life.  ❜

❛  my brain has too many tabs open.  ❜

❛  I’m not saying I hate you, just that you’re like the Monday of people.  ❜

❛  there’s no ‘we’ in fries.  ❜

❛  apology accepted, trust denied.  ❜

❛  death and I have been scandalously intimate for some time now.  ❜

❛  life happens. coffee helps.  ❜

❛  I am mine before I am ever anyone else’s.  ❜

❛  I rely a bit too heavily on alcohol and irony.  ❜

❛  very early in my life it was already too late.  ❜

❛  is that a threat or are you flirting with me.  ❜

❛  was the use of force necessary in completing your objectives?  ❜

❛  I’ll let you drag me to hell if it means you’ll hold my hand.  ❜

❛  I do bad things, and I do them very well.  ❜

❛  you drink too much, you cuss too much and you have questionable morals. you’re everything I ever wanted.  ❜

❛  they will kill you, but first they will have to catch you.  ❜

❛  drugs might kill you but they’ll never break your heart.  ❜

❛  good girls are just bad girls that haven’t been caught.  ❜

❛  a pretty face doesn’t guarantee a pretty heart.  ❜

❛  no airbag, we die like men.  ❜

❛  true evil is, above all, seductive.  ❜

❛  it takes more courage to suffer than to die.  ❜

❛  you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time. but the wolf? he only needs enough luck to catch you once.  ❜

and i’ll tell you…

who’s the werewolf and who’s the hunter

who’s the mermaid and who’s the fisherman

who’s the witch and who’s the familiar

who’s the barista and who’s the coffee addict

who’s the professor and who’s the TA

who’s the knight and who’s the prince(ss)

who’s the teacher and who’s the single parent

name: diana nicknames: di and dd zodiac: i have my entire astrological chart memorized, but basically i am intensely libra  sexual orientation: demisexual ethnicity: mexican and portugese favourite fruit: nectarines! the grocery store had the first selection of them today, i am super excited about breakfast tomorrow, it’s kind of ridiculous. favourite season: autumn favourite flower: gardenias favourite scent: baked goods, always. gardenias, new books, sweet perfumes and candles favourite animal: ocelots!  coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: coffee cat or dog: i like both, i would.. die for a pitbull pup or rescue dog, but tbh i would very much like an independent cat because i need something in my house to not want my attention 100% of the time thanks dream trip: tbh i have no idea. i like climates that are fairly temperate, bordering on cool with rain tho, just like home number of followers: between this blog and matt i have like.. 25.. 26? total? idk what do i post about: AUs and angst lmao do i get asks on a regular basis: i haven’t exactly been active on a regular basis so no favourite band: i listen to a ridiculous amount of folk music or tv soundtracks ok. 13 yr old me would think i was tremendously uncool. aesthetic: eclectic faerie witch or something lol fictional character i’d date: i honestly had to save this as a draft and come back to answer it, because even though plenty of characters appeal to me mentally and i find characters left, right and center pretty it doesn’t mean i’d want a relationship, bUT characters that I think i could date and it wouldn’t be a hot garbage mess: Tara Maclay (BtVS), Dick Grayson (Robin/Nightwing), ooorrr Claire Temple (Daredevil/Luke Cage). im sure there are others but i would have to sit for ages to think about them. hogwarts house: slytherin, my ambitions are intensely important to me ok? ok.  

                                                         by the moon the reaper weary,                                                         piling sheaves in uplands a i r y,                                                         listening, whispers: ‘tis the fairy

                             independent and semi-selective multi-muse                                                    written by di