#devilshock

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I AM CONSIDERING

the dragon of hell's kitchen, half myth and all monster

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(....Matt who maybe has gleaming red scales up his spine from the small of his back to the middle and over one of his shoulders)

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do not go out after dark if you've got mischief on your mind

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He can smell it and he'll scorch it right out of you

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i am grinning the evilest of grins right now

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I'm glad

(also: the horns are real

He shifts when he goes out at night and those horns are /real/)

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i slightly want a crossover with my dragon!darcy fic where they meet and greet and it's very amiable because no overlapping in hoards yes, good

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!!!!!!!!!! Yes omg xD

No overlapping in hoards, all is well

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We will get along fantastically so long as you don't touch my hoard

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OH MAN, YOU KNOW WHO WOULD BE THE BONE OF CONTENTION BETWEEN THEM???

JENNIFER WALTERS

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ABSOLUTELY

Darcy: ....mine.

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because she is bruce's cousin and, while not a scientist, very smart and also hulkified

BUUUUUUUT

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Matt: I FOUND HER /FIRST/

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she's a lawyer and hangs in the kitchen

YES

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Jenn: OH MY GOD BOTH OF YOU /FUCK OFF/ (jk she loves them but being a tug of war toy between two dragons is not fun)

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jen has to deal with two dragons snapping and snarling over her and also OBSESSIVELY TRYING TO CARE FOR HER WHEN SHE GOES ON RESEARCH BINGES HELP BRUCE STOP LAUGHING AT ME

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Skdjdjfhsjbfjed

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bruce: *sips tea darcy has flown in for him from india*

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Matt who will come in to her office with food and /glare/ in his way until she eats it

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tony: shhhhh, just let it happen

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Darcy who turns up without warning and books of English common law she had flown in from Dover

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darcy makes care packages with tea and coffee other assorted nonsense and then makes the saddest most manipulative puppy eyes if they go unused and somehow she always KNOWS

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YUUUUUUUUUUUUP

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matt HATES darcy's little sisters because they like taunting him and they visit REGULARLY

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SNORTS

(she might have set them on him deliberately)

("Darcy says stop stealing from her hoard."

"Stop setting my paperwork on fire.

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darcy totally wouldn't do that, honest, she just pointed out that there was another dragon in the city and that it would be proper to pay respects oh and have you guys met foggy?  YOU SHOULD MEET FOGGY

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SNORTS

BLESS

Foggy who was the first member of Matt's hoard after Jack Murdock died and so he's just like

So used to being fuss over /constantly/

(Matt's hoard is in broad terms Hell's Kitchen but he takes special care of the people closest to him)

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foggy does not realize that darcy's sisters and/or mother are not eyeing him up as potential hoard but as potential MATE

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Matt /does/ and he doesn't have a clue how to feel about it

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on the one hand MINE and on the other hand he is... oddly proud of foggy?  and also having foggy spawn around for the rest of forever sounds delightful?

MATT IS SO CONFLICTED

WHAT IS HIS LIFE

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....goddamn now I want to do a dragon!Matt au with regular human Darcy whoops

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why do you want regular human darcy (not that i am objecting)

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I'm not good enough at smut to do the BDSM au xD

Mostly to differentiate from your dragon Darcy au xD I think

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I BEG TO DIFFER THANKS

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Although witch!Darcy with dragon!Matt could be super interesting

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YOU DO SOME OF THE BEST SLOW-BURN AND UST IN THE BUSINESS

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sksjdjsjhdjsjdbejd

JEJDJSNFBJSBFJENDNJABFJSJD

LIES

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witch!darcy who totally thinks dragon!matt is warning her away from his territory and doesn't realize he's trying to hoard her until he's neck-deep in her life and she tries to run but WHOOPS, TOO LATE, YOU DONE BEEN BAGGED AND TAGGED GIRL

I ONLY SPEAK THE TRUTH

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Re the dragon thing YUP HE LIIE

HE SMELLS HER WITCHINESS FROM ACROSS THE DAMN CITY AND WHEN SHE SHOWS UP IN THE KITCHEN ONE NIGHT ALL HIS INSTINCTS /SCREECH/

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AND HE JUST STARTS GIVING HER THINGS AND TURNING UP OUT OF NOWHERE AND BEING AWKWARD AND GLOOMY AND HIGHLY DEFENSIVE OF HER FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN TO IRRITATE HER

(or so she thinks)

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witch!darcy slowly acclimating to being part of a dragon's hoard and grumbling all the while, ignoring foggy's shit-eating grin because she's not sure of the source, finally granting that she is being hoarded and bitching about it and foggy spills the: actually he's COURTING you beans and she flips out all over again

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And then WHOOPS

SNORTS

YEAH BASICALLY

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YES PLEASE I LOVE THIS MAKE IT A THING PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WITH A CHERRY ON TOP I WILL WRITE YOU A RECIPROCAL THING PLEASE

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!!!!!!!!!! DEF CAN DO

I have class at two tomorrow but I can write before that xD

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LOL - no deadline, i am working on a thing i owe emma/waffles now because she wrote me a porn and then requested a pregnancy fic but i gotta rewatch FF: rise of the silver surfer first

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Witch!Darcy who might be able to cast any spell she wants in the technomagical realm but getting a dragon off her back is fucking iMPOSSIBLE

(The first time she does healing magic on him and sees all those scales up his back and all the scars like she realizes she doesn't /want/ him to leave her be, now)

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*snort* and then getting a dragon off her back is LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE once he gets a ~taste of her in a physical and not magical way

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Y U P

(dragons bite during mating)

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OF COURSE THEY DO

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Darcy starts getting /very/ proud of the bite marks on her shoulders

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darcy has three or four patches of red scales she has to keep hidden because sometimes when matt bites WITH INTENT it leaves actual permanent marks

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Y u p

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:D

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(the first time /she/ bites /him/ he loses his goddamn mind)

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i just want all of the grumbly matt and reluctant/oblivious darcy while foggy knows EXACTLY what's going on

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Foggy teases the living shit out of Matt when Darcy's not there

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darcy all: I DO NOT NEED A DRAGON IN MY LIFE THANKS BYE

matt: YOU DO AND HIS NAME IS M-A-T-T

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"I don't get why dragons don't just /say/ something instead of all this fussing."

Matt: /growls

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matt: i give you permission to stay in hell's kitchen (dragon translation: if you move into my territory you're MINE)

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YUP

Y U P

consider: Darcy moves out of the tower because she keeps fucking up Tony's equipment by casting spells with it and the first night in her new apartment in Hell's Kitchen the Dragon shows up and just kinda

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Glowers at her for a bit

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foggy: is gleeful but also slightly concerned re darcy because he knows matt's proclivities (that thing with the necromancer's daughter in college was super trippy)

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(Matt's brain, shrieking: MINE! MINE!! MINE!!!!! NOW MINE IN MY HOARD MINE I DON'T CARE IF SHE'S A WITCH AND THUS DANGEROUS M I N E)

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foggy: meets this grumbly witch with colorful knit hats and scarves and suddenly understands why matt is coming home with TONS of skeins of colored yarn

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He leaves it on her fire escape every day until it rains and then he starts leaving it at her doorstep and Darcy just /sighs/

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foggy: sidles up to matt, "those don't even match"

matt: *twitches violently*

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Because does he /have/ to do this with such /nice/ yarn

(Matt who buys yarn purely on feel because it's his dream to have something made by his witch and he couldn't stand it if it were scratchy)

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darcy: dude, stop leaving passive aggressive commentary on my sartorial choices

matt: you mean?  presents? 

darcy: what?

matt: *silently glowers and slinks away without explaining*

foggy: *dies laughing*

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(also, he has a vague idea that softer is better quality)

S N O R T S

Matt is huffy for like a week

Because they were /presents/ goddammit

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matt finally finds a present that darcy WILL accept and spends like a week preening and joyful and then darcy shows up and wards his office to hell and back while he's out (this is where she meets foggy) because she has some harebrained idea that the present confers a DEBT and she knows better than to be indebted to a DRAGON

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Matt who turns up one day with this really gorgeous set of knitting needles and leaves them on her desk and she's just

Is this an apology or????

/wards everywhere

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only it turns out that now she's just surrounded matt's workspace with the scent and taste of her magic so he's literally inundated ALL THE TIME with how talented and awesome she is and HE CANNOT STAND IT

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Matt who has to /walk through her wards/ on his way in and out of the building every day and his knees give out every time

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Matt just /whines/ and Foggy is like

Just write her a love letter or something you psychotic lizard

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(Karen thinks all of this is fucking hilarious)

SJFJDJJFJED DARCY REALIZING KAREN HAS MAGIC AND WINDS UP TAKING HER AS AN APPRENTICE AND MATT'S JUST LIKE

HE'S SO PROUD WHEN KAREN MANAGES TO CAST SPELLS BUT ALSO NO YOU'RE MESSING UP DARCY'S WARDS

NOOOOOO

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matt shows up at her place and just stares at her with intent until she opens her window:  WHAT DO YOU WANT 

matt: *literally just breathing her in*

darcy: *hello, anyone home???*

matt: thank you for the warding, it's giving karen a headache though

darcy:  ???? i need to check on soemthing

darcy: so karen is a budding witch and also she's now my apprentice bye

matt: WHAT.  W H A T. NO

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(Matt winds up being a cunning lil lizard and showing up at her bedroom window every night to "check on Karen's progress"

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karen's first project is putting wards on the office and she layers them with darcy's which is totes cool because since darcy is stealing matt's secretary she OWES him again so she goes and WARDS HIS APARTMENT BUILDING

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Really just to get himself covered in her smells and her magic)

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MATT IS UNDONE

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HE IS THE BIGGESY MESS

The only time he's a bigger mess is when Darcy takes it upon herself to make a protection charm for him

Laid into a cross made out of sterling silver and /drenched/ in her smells

And he's just like

HER MAGIC IS ALL OVER ME ALL THE TIME

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darcy does not realize that she is now part of matt's hoard until some big climactic event hits the city and he FINDS HER and takes her someplace SAFE with foggy and karen and a few others and darcy looks around and puts two and two together and goes NOPE, GOTTA GO VISIT MY GRANDMA OUT OF STATE FOR A WHILE

matt is like a cat wearing a catnip collar

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Y u p

He keeps /playing/ with it

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foggy: "you're gonna go blind...er"

karen: *snorts*

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(Darcy's grandma is just like. Mi amor, you have a dragon willing to do /anything/ for you. Get on that boy.)

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darcy's grandma: honey, you got yourself into this mess, might as well make the best of it.

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Yuuuuuuuuuuuup

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darcy is still in violent denial of matt's fuzzier feelings and only JUST THEN accepts that she is in a hoard and maybe friends with a dragon

the difference between darcy who thinks she is grudgingly allowed in the dragon's space and darcy who realizes she is hoarded and FRIENDS with the dragon is lots of magic.  and hugs. and matt S U F F E R S

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(Matt who /freaks out/ when she comes back into the borders of the Kitchen and basically flies to crash into her and drown in her smells because YOU CAME BACK YOU CAME BACK YOU CAME BAAAAAACK)

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He might possibly bury his face in her hair and breathe as deep as he can each time

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darcy: oh my god are you like this every time somebody leaves and enters your territory?

 matt: no

foggy: YES

karen: *looks at foggy skeptically*

foggy: college was... weird.

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(there was an incident after Foggy went on study abroad that they prefer not to discuss)

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YES

foggy escaped their dorm room eventually, but he was wearing matt's clothes and ONLY matt's clothes for like a week.  MATT IS MUCH SMALLER THAN HIM AND IT WAS AWKWARD

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Sidifueud and Darcy gets used to the idea of being friends and then like. Possibly Kitty Pryde (ironically, a dragon were herself) shows up and is like

Girl that boy has been wooing you for months

Do you have any idea

You're driving him /nuts/

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He has basically done the dragon equivalent of lighting fireworks in the shape of MARRY ME and simultaneously peeing around her in a circle and also literally carving out his heart and presenting it to her

like, he gave her SCALES to use in her spells

HIS SCALES

darcy: ...but i used the scales on wards FOR HIM

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Kitty is /astounded/ when she hears that because oh my /god/ do you have any idea how we /feel/ about our scales

They're chips of our /souls/ basically

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kitty: *sees the wards and HOWLS with laughter because, seriously, that poor boy*

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Darcy: ....but... Matt...no...that's...I'm in his hoard, I'm not... you're--

Kitty: honey that boy would actually throw himself into ice for you and that could kill him

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kitty: next time you see him i want you to put both your hands on his cheeks and hold him and then see what he does

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darcy: whyyyyyyy?

darcy: wait do you think he's gonna... kiss me or something?

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Christ Matt would just fuckin drop into the floor his knees go out so fast

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kitty: i think he's gonna go catatonic

kitty: and it will be HILARIOUS

kitty: i'm gonna take pictures

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Sjdjdjsjdhsjdj Darcy doesn't work up the nerve for the whole day and then she just kinda does it in a joke way but Matt is like

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darcy: *firmly* you're wrong, and i'm gonna prove it

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Suddenly and completely high on life holy shit this is the /best best thing/

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matt just... is completely still but also vibrating so hard darcy's arms shake

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like he's going to burst out of his skin but also he is incandescently HAPPY

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And his eyes are /huge/ and he's just

There's this really slow smile that turns into something huge and brighter than she's ever seen on him

And then /whoops/ her heart's gonna burst

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I KIND OF WANT MORE DARCY DENIAL BECAUSE A RELATIONSHIP WITH A DRAGON IS *FOREVER* AND ALSO HE NEEDS TO DO MORE WOOING NOW THAT SHE REALIZES THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING, LIKE - DOES HE WANT KIDS?  HOW BIG IS HIS HOARD?  HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN HIS HOARD?

what does it mean for HER and her MAGIC if she mates to a dragon?

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Y U P

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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, MATT

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Darcy like

Tears her hands away and /bolts/

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Because SHIT IF KITTY IS RIGHT THEN

UM

U M M

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matt is literally too stunned to chase her

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Foggy: ... what'd you do now?

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like he just kind of stands there and SWAYS for a minute

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Matt: ???!???!?!!?!?

Matt who essentially has just had Darcy say "yeah you can court me if you figure your shit out" with her hands and then she panicked and ran away

He's overloaded

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kitty hunts darcy down: you're going to have to talk to him

darcy: i know, that's the mature thing to do -

kitty: well, yeah, that too, but i meant that he's going to hunt you down sooner rather than later and you're gonna wanna be prepared

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Aidjdiej Matt who like

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darcy: hunt... me down?

kitty: if this was a couple centuries ago you would have been stuck in the back of a cave or castle until you didn't smell like anything BUT HIM and then MAYBE you'd get outings sometimes if the wind was right but luckily dragons have grown as a species

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He holds off until Kitty leaves Darcy alone because she's in /his hoard/ but Kitty is also better at breathing fire than him

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darcy: ???!!!!?!!

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Darcy: I will set his tail on fire if he tries that with me.

Kitty: You already have him mostly trained it's fine

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kitty:  oh honey that's encouragement.  use ice if you need to get the point across

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HEJFHHEJDD OKAY BUT

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I HAVE THIS MENTAL IMAGE OF DARCY HURLING ICE CHIPS FROM A CUP AT MATT WHENEVER HE DOES SOMETHING SUPER DUMB

LIKE, JUST, HANDFULS OF ICE

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AFTER THEY GET THEIR SHIT TOGETHER DARCY WILL JUST FORM ICE IN HIS CLOTH WHEN HE'S BEING AN ASSHOLE

AND YUP

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HANDFULS OF ICE AND SNOW

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and matt is just PAINED like "darcy this melts and gets wet everywhere"

darcy: THEN STOP BEING A DUMBASS

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"STOP BEING A DIPSHIT"

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darcy: I WILL FREEZE EVERYTHING YOU LOVE INCLUDING MYSELF

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Skdjjejdjejdj

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darcy: *encompasses her whole body in a two inch layer of frigid air

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Winter is the worst and best season

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Darcy comes in with snow in her hair

And Matt's just like

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but she also wears lots of knitwear

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I MUST P MY HANDS EVERYWHERE RIGHT FUCKING NOW

*PUT

Darcy, bemused: I have heating spells, you know

Matt: I AM GOING TO BREATHE ON YOU ANYWAY

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matt: *high on darcy smell and darcy feel*  LET ME WARM YOU UP MY WAY

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I'm still just

The first time Darcy bites him Matt loses his fucking mind

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:D

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Like

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it's worse than that time darcy used one of his leftover scales to make herself a protection amulet

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He loses his /fucking mind/ and won't stop making little growly chirpy noises and nipping at her and hands /everywhere/ and Darcy's like

Holy shit that's a thing for you, huh

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matt: *literally beyond speech*

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He can't talk for /hours/

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darcy: *adds play-biting to her repertoire of 'how to drive matt absolutely nuts'*

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It's only after when Darcy kinda rests her fingers to the mark she left like "sorry I bruised you" and Matt is like

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darcy: proceeds to gently nip his fingers in public WHENEVER the opportunity arises

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"You should never ever ever apologize for that"

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matt: both hates and LOVES this

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"Please bite me all the time"

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matt: MORE BRUISES PLZTHX

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MATT IS SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE HE WANTS TO DRAG HER INTO HIM AND NIBBLE AT HER BUT HE /CAN'T/

IT'S NOT HUMAN AND HE HAS TO PRETEND HE'S HUMAN BUT HOLY /CHRIST/

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and darcy just GRINS at him and she is SHOWING HER TEETH and he CAN'T DO ANYTHING

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I'm gonna have to write this in the morning goddamn

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and if she's feeling EXTRA mean, she'll kinda tap at him with her magic too and matt is just: total shutdown, cannot function, has to be guided like he's ACTUALLY FUNCTIONALLY BLIND AND DEAF AND MUTE TO THE WORLD

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Y U P

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I LOVE ALL OF THIS

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She gets frisky on snow days especially and will tap at him with her magic to kinda give him an excuse to cling to her as close as possible

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BUT ALSO I NEED TO GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING SO I NEED TO GO TO SLEEP NOW

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Okay I have to go to bed but please consider:

Darcy: I get to keep my job. And do what I want. I'm not gonna be in the apartment all day.

Matt: *buzzing out of his own skin* Obviously.

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i honestly feel like we should share this entire convo with the world because it's hilarious

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Darcy: You can't growl when people talk to me.

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Matt: sounds fake but okay.

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Matt, through his teeth: Fine.

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Darcy: And you can't bite my neck in public. Or my ears. Or anything really.

Matt: KEJDJEJFHEJDJJWD

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Darcy: You also can't growl when people touch me INNOCENTLY.

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Matt, darkly: No touch is innocent.

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Darcy: YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, DO NOT LAWYER ME HERE.

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Matt: I DON'T LIKE OTHER SMELLS ON YOU.

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Darcy: THEN HELP ME SHOWER THEM OFF.

Matt: ....this is an acceptable compromise.

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Darcy: THEN WHEN I GET HOME AT NIGHT YOU CAN SHOWER WITH ME OR SOMETHING IDK

Matt: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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/snorts

Darcy: ....you don't want me to stop doing magic or anything right because--

Matt: DO ALL THE MAGIC PLEASE OH MY LORD

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Matt: NEVER STOP YOUR MAGIC EVER

Matt: YOU SHOULD MAGIC ALL OF YOUR CLOTHES

Matt: AND MY CLOTHES

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ALL OF THEM

AND THE BLANKETS

AND THE WALLS

AND EVERYTHING

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MAGIC THE FRIDGE

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Matt: AND MAYBE COME REFRESH THE WARDS IN MY OFFICE ONCE A WEEK JUST IN CASE

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I DON'T CARE

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Matt: OR DAILY, DAILY IS FINE

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Darcy: ....but Karen.

Matt: DAILY.

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Matt: SHE NEEDS THE PRACTICE

Matt: YOU'RE ONLY HELPING HER

omg i need to SLEEP NOW

IT IS MIDNIGHT

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Darcy: ....or I could just. Ward you in the morning

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Matt: EVERY DAY?

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I'm sORRY I JUST LOVE THIS SO MUCH

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Darcy: ...sure?

Matt: SOLD.

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Darcy: It takes like ten minutes

Matt: /swoons

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Matt: SHOULD YOU REFRESH IT AT LUNCH TOO?

Darcy:...no.

Matt: *pouts*

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I can't stop laughing oh my god

BDSM turned into dragoncrack I love it

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other dragons cannot decide whether to laugh at him or be jealous of him

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(jealous. Definitely jealous.)

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and darcy has to meet all of the local dragons so matt can show her off and also so he can say HANDS OFF

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SNORTS

Frank Castle, sadly: ....I could use a witch.

Years later: Karen is a fully fledged witch and fond of his dumb ass for some reason.

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darcy: HAAAAAAVE YOU MET KAREN?

karen is like: this is my dragon.  he is an idiot.  and he bruises easy.  i love him.

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frank: *is always holding karen's flower no matter where they go*

frank: *literally has a necklace of flowers that karen made for him as a joke once, and then it turned into an actual protection ward and now he WON'T TAKE IT OFF EVER*

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FRANK LOVES HIS FLOWER NECKLACE

SO MUCH

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it is made of daisies and carnations

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THE TERRIFYING PUNISHER WITH DAISIES AND CARNATIONS AT HIS THROAT

NOBODY DARES COMMENT

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when he has to go into REALLY dangerous situations, karen breaks out the crown

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/clears throat

KEKFJEIFJISJFJS

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Oh My good

(go to beeeeeeeeeed)

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I KNOW

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The flower crown is all daisies and thistles xD

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BUT THIS IS HILARIOUS AND NOW I AM PUNCHDRUNK AND I JUST

DRAGON MATT

WITCH DARCY

I WANT TO SEE HIM SUFFER

like you should literally name this fic "i burn, i pine, i perish"

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I WILL DO THE THING AND SEND YOU SNIPPETS

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O H M Y G O D

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and it should just be like 10,000 words of darcy making matt suffer

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SOLD

I AM SO DOWN

I WILL DO THE THING

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darcy makes matt suffer and foggy is LIVING

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Foggy is overjoyed

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like he is making popcorn for the entire supernaturally aware portion of hell's kitchen

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Foggy, the first time Matt comes back from failing hard at giving Darcy presents: ....new pick not working out?

Matt: Shut up.

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Foggy: ooooooo, feisty

Matt: /growls

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Foggy: What DO you get for the witch who has everything... and wants nothing to do with you?

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Foggy: You don't scare me, gecko boy

Matt: I'M NOT LISTENING

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Foggy: She's on Stark's payroll, pretty sure she could buy and sell us several times over.

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Matt: N O T L I S T E N I N G

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Foggy: Well maybe you should START listening AND using your WORDS.

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Matt slams the door and Foggy is just like

I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME

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USE YOUR WORDS, NOT YOUR NOSE

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Thor, meanwhile, is watching all of this from Stark Tower and COMPLETELY APPROVES of Darcy's new valiant protector.

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Thor shows up one day and is like

I HAVE SLAIN MANY MIGHTY DRAGONS BUT NONE HAVE HAD SO FINE A TASTE AS YOU

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Foggy: Does she smell as suspicious of your intentions as she looks? Because wow.  She thinks you're sketch as fuck, man.

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I AM CONTENT LEAVING MY LIGHTNING SISTER IN YOUR CARE

Foggy is /losing his shit/

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Matt:...*is slightly relieved he doesn't HAVE to fight for Darcy BUT HE WOULD DO IT IN A HEARTBEAT*

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HE WOULD FIGHT AND WIN

DEMIGOD OR NO

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FOR HER

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Darcy, at a distance: STOP MEASURING YOUR DICKS JESUS

Kitty: Honey, no, it's a dragon thing

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Foggy actually receives knitwear from Darcy before Matt does and he actually feels kind of bad about it but Matt just tells him to wear it because it's soft and perfect and ONE of them should get to wear something from her...

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Oh my god Matthew you dramatic child

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Foggy: .... are you... getting high off of my new scarf?

Matt: NO.

Foggy: I'm going to put this in the closet.

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Darcy like

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Foggy wraps the scarf around Matt's stuff because he is a Good Bro and then takes his stuff before Matt so Matt has plausible deniability.

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Eventually starts giving Matt knitwear

And Matt doesn't wear it

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Because he's /hoarding it/

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WHYYYYYYY

OMG YESSSSSSS

it is his pillow

and darcy thinks he doesn't like the pattern or something so she KEEPS TRYING and matt is just like YESSSSSS GIVE ME ALL OF YOUR KNITWEAR

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Matt: IT'S IN MY CLOSET

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Foggy: I'VE SEEN YOUR CLOSET, IT IS NOT IN YOUR CLOSET, YOUR CLOSET IS FULL OF LIES AND SO ARE YOU.

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Darcy eventually confronts him like

Dude if you don't want it I'll stop giving you knitwear

Matt, panicking, shows up the next day wearing gloves and a scarf and a hat

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none of them match even REMOTELY

all of them are weirdly worn out

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(and socks)

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ALSO, I want Matt to be slightly inexpressive in human form because stuff doesn't translate well but he's actually the MOST EMOTIVE DRAGON EVER like other dragons are like Dude, Chill, CONTAIN YOURSELF MATTHEW YOU ARE MAKING US LOOK BAD

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Darcy: ....wut

Matt: MOAR

HE'S THE CUDDLIEST DRAGON

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He like

He's the most expressive lil bean of a red dragon

He wiggles and his tail flicks around and he flares his wings and he has all these cues

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And in human form he's this walking stump

With no ability to express himself

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in dragon form he has an entire MANE of semi-flexible horns that retract and lay flat and puff up and do all sorts of things

and in human form he has fluffy hair

it doesn't translate well

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It really doesn't

Oh my god just

With that in mind

Matt racing to Darcy when she crosses back into his territory

But he's flying and running because dragon form is faster

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And whoops there's a massive horse sized red dragon aiming right for her should she run

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IF SHE RUNS THEN HE HAS TO CHASE HER AND NEITHER OF THEM ARE READY FOR THAT OH SHIT

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Darcy: YOU ARE NOT CRASHING INTO ME WITH CLAWS DUDE

CHASING GAMES OH GOD

MATT LOVES CHASE GAMES

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I HAVE TO GO TO BED

I CANNOT

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IT'S HIS MAIN FLIRTATION MECHANISM THAT ACTUALLY TRANSLATES

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I HAVE WORK AT 8:30AM

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I mean me too xD

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Guh

GO

GO SLEEP

GO

GO

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GOOD NIGHT SHUU

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GO

GO

GO

Gnight :3

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THIS HAS BEEN AWESOME FUN AND GOOD NIGHT!

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I'll send you snippets

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YAAAAAAAS

OKAY GOOD NIGHT

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SLEEP WELL

Today at 4:39 PM

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Honestly want to publish this conversation of dragons on tumblr

May I, please?

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Of course of course

:3

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He sighs, because that’s true, he can’t. Every night he goes out, he knows he’s risking his life, risking every part of himself, but not going out isn’t an option. He’s not sure it ever was or could be. “I can promise I’ll put up a hell of a fight.” He offers a smile, hopes it might break the tension or relieve it even a tiny bit. 

Instead, her lips tremble and she purses them to hide it. “Fighting is what you do, and I get that. I knew that walking into this. But...” She stares at him, at the yellowing bruise on his cheek where her fingers hover,  the split in his lip that he can feel clotting, the blood still trickling from the wound on his forehead. “I don’t know. I don’t... I thought it’d be easier. I thought I could handle it. But every time you come home, every time I see you like this, I just...” She rubs her forearm over her face and blinks back tears; he can smell the salt. “There are nights you go out and I wonder if you’ll come back.” Her voice cracks and he tenses at the sound. “I wonder what I’ll do if you don’t. If I’ll see your face on the morning news. If... If I’ll get a call from Foggy that you were found downtown somewhere. And I... I don’t want to lose you, Matt.” 

He reaches for her, hands steady on her shoulders. He feels her shaking, the fine tremble that rocks her, and he slides his hands very slowly up the slopes of her neck, her skin is soft, there’s a specific lotion she uses, he likes how subtle the scent is. He tips her head back so she’s looking at him, wipes a tear with his thumb. 

“I have to do this. It’s who I am. It’s not pretty and it’s not easy and there are going to be close calls.” He can’t, won’t, lie to her. “I don’t want to hurt you, Darcy. I don’t want to put you through that. And it’s not fair to you to constantly worry about me.” 

His breath catches in his throat then, because this feels like goodbye. This feels like that moment with Claire, when they ended before they really began. Only he and Darcy had begun, they’d more than begun, and he doesn’t want it to end. He doesn’t want to walk away. But he doesn’t want to hurt her either. And when it comes to who will win, he knows the devil will always overshadow everything else. Maybe it’s a sign, a reminder that good things only burn around him. 

“I know that. I know.” She squeezes her eyes shut for a moment and then shakes her head. “I’m allowed to worry and to have moments where I doubt things. It’s normal. Or at least I think it is, there’s not exactly a handbook out there for how to be a vigilante’s girlfriend. But... I do. I worry and I panic and I plan for the worst. And then you come home and it... It gets a little better. Until tomorrow night, when I do it all over again. I just... I need you to know that I’m here and I-- I love you and I don’t want to lose you. So just... Yeah, fight, fight really, really hard, and then... come home. ‘Cause I’m waiting. And I’m not going anywhere until you do.” 

He swallows thickly, considers telling her maybe it’d be smarter, better for her, to walk away. But he’s selfish. He needs her and wants her and loves her. So he kisses her, pulls her into his lap despite the way his ribs protest, and he wraps his arms around her, face buried in the soft scent of her neck, and he holds on tight. 

There’s footsteps coming, quicker than the others around him. The slap of rubber on cement. A bag is bumping their hip, jostling textbooks (they’re heavier, louder than regular books), a tablet, and a single apple (golden delicious, he thinks). Their breathing is heavier; there’s a small indent between the top front teeth, he can hear a whistle there, quiet though it is. And hair, long hair, bouncing at their shoulders. The scent of shampoo (coconut) and body cream (vanilla and cinnamon) lilts toward him. 

"Quick! Catch that cat,” her voice shouts, "It stole my wallet!” 

The cat is weaving around legs effortlessly, ducking and bounding without problem. It’s thin, undernourished though there’s the faint smell of turkey on it’s breath, it’s overwhelmed by a stench that speaks of unwashed, clumped fur. There’s something else too; leather and money; thin, dirty paper soiled with the oily fingerprints of thousands of people. 

He bends at just the right moment, before it can lurch out of reach, and pins the cat down carefully by its shoulders. It won’t hurt him, but it’ll keep him from attacking. He’s wily; he squirms and hisses and sends his tail swiping around like it can lash him, force him to let go. Matt appreciates its spirit. 

The rubber soles of running shoes come to a stuttering stop, the clump of textbooks all slide forward against the bag she’s wearing; a thick fabric, built for carrying weight. She’s panting a little, and it sends the cherry scent of her chap stick wafting in his direction. She’s had coffee recently; light on sugar, heavy on cream. 

“Thanks,” she says, and kneels in front of him, reaching in front of the cat to pluck the wallet from his teeth; a watch at her wrist ticks calmly. “I don’t know who trained this guy, but he lifted my wallet right out of my bag... And to think, I tried to share some of my sandwich with him.” She clucks her tongue. “Judas.” 

Matt laughs; the whole situation is strange, to be sure, but there’s something nice about it too. He releases the cat to bound off, in search of its owner, whoever that may be. “He probably felt bad about it. But he’s gotta think of his next meal. Can’t blame an empty stomach for thinking ahead.” 

“Yeah, well this girl needs to eat too. I have Mr. Noodle and frozen pizza to stock up on,” she informs him. 

His mouth curves up at the corner. “A healthy, balanced diet.” 

“Only the best for us poor college students.” She pushes on her knees to stand and he follows, his hand squeezing around the handle of his walking stick. She doesn’t offer hand like most people do, quick to acknowledge that he’s blind and do what they can to “alleviate the burden,” as it were. Instead, she hooks her fingers through the loops on her jeans and eyes him. He can feel the weight of her gaze even if he can’t see it. “So, you always save strangers from thieving cats or is this a break in your usual day?” 

“I can’t say this is how I usually meet people, no, but it’s not an unwelcome change,” he replies. 

“Smooth.” She smiles. “Can’t say I’m usually robbed by rogue felines either. But it breaks up the monotony.” 

“I suppose that’s all we can ask for.” 

“I don’t know, I think we should be able to ask for a little more...” She’s bold; he imagines she’s quick to debate in her classes, to raise her hand and argue with the teacher; to push when others tell her to pull. He likes it. "How about a coffee for the hero? I chased Scruffy McSmells A Lot for three blocks and you were the only one to try and help.” She waves her wallet; he can hear the change knock against each other (six quarters, eight dimes, three nickels). 

His life is hectic. He doesn’t sleep. He’s a vigilante at night and a lawyer by day. And if Claire taught him anything it’s that the life he leads is dangerous, too dangerous. Enough so that very few people can or will stick around for it. He doesn’t blame her, he gets it, and maybe it was meant to be a wake up call, a warning. If he were a good person --and he often wonders if he is, often questions his path and his actions and his choices-- a better person would tell her no, would ask for a rain check he would never cash in on, would thank her but tell her it wasn’t necessary before blending in with the crowd, never to cross her path again. He’s not a better person. He’s... He doesn’t know what he is. He supposes that’s a question he’ll be asking for a very long time. Maybe Father Lantom can shed some light on that quandary. But later. For now...

“I’m Matt,” he says, holding a had out. “Matt Murdock.” 

“Darcy Lewis,” she answers, swinging her hand out to shake his. Her grip is firm and her skin is smooth. She’s left handed; he knows because there’s ink on the side of her left hand, no doubt from writing notes and then accidentally smearing them along the way. She wears a ring on her thumb, clunky and round; a mood ring, he thinks. He wonders what color it is currently. There’s a small skip of her heart, excitement or enthusiasm or nerves, maybe all three. She bites her lips and releases his hand, letting hers fall, gripping the strap of her bag. “So. Coffee?” She tips her head, and the beanie on top shifts against her hair. “I know a place, makes a wicked raspberry danish. You interested?”  

“Lead the way,” he says, mouth ticking up faintly. 

She smiles, ducks her head a little, and then moves to his side to start walking. He keeps step with her, listening to her heart and her breathing and the swipe of her tongue over her bottom lip whenever she turns her head, just slightly, and looks at him from the corner of her eyes. 

The coffee shop is a few blocks over; she spends it talking. Darcy has a degree in political science and she’s recently decided to go back to school. For what, she’s not sure, she’s just kind of testing the waters and seeing what fits. “I don’t know. I’ve seen some stuff, done some stuff, and now I’m just trying to figure out where I fit. World’s a big place, some of it’s good, some of it’s bad, I guess I’m wondering where that Darcy-shaped hole is, so I can fill it.” 

He hums, nodding, and reaches out to open the door of the coffee shop for her. She grins, reaches up to tuck her hair behind her ear. And as they step forward, standing side by side as they wait in line, she turns to him, “What about you, Murdock? Where do you fit?” 

There’s a few ways to answer that. He fits behind a desk in an office that needs a lot of repairs, and even more more clients. He fits on the rooftops overlooking Hell’s Kitchen, dressed in red and black, ready and waiting to help. He fits in a courtroom, asking the hard questions, convincing juries and judges of difficult decisions.

What he says to her instead is, “Right now... I think I fit right here.”