I've seen some fics touch on it, but I really want one entirely dedicated to where Matt Murdock was during The Battle of New York. In 2012, Matt and Foggy would have just been finishing their second year at Columbia or starting their third, so where were they when the aliens invaded? In class? Studying for exams? Home for the summer? Just hanging out getting coffee?
+1 for the story starting in Josie's with patrons swapping their experiences before going into Matt flashbacks
+10 for Matt's first reaction to an alien invasion being ditch the cane and glasses and help evacuate the area - tracking heartbeats to make sure alleys and buildings are clear, tackling people out of the way of falling debris and lasers, maybe even pretending to be a volunteer firefighter or something so he can stay in the disaster area and the cops are desperate so no one even looks at him twice.
(+100 for Matt and Foggy showing up a week or two later to help in the aftermath and being kindly turned away because Matt's blind and there's nothing they can do to help anyway - because irony and casual ablism are apparently my weaknesses)
Basically, gimme flashbacks to Matt's first "heroic" outing and bitter Matt quietly seething about the Avengers leaving normal people to pick up the pieces they leave behind. Good thing Daredevil's watching out of the little guy ...
"The Incident"? Is that what we're calling it now?
+1 for the story starting in Josie's with patrons swapping their experiences before going into Matt flashbacks
+10 for Matt's first reaction to an alien invasion being ditch the cane and glasses and help evacuate the area - tracking heartbeats to make sure alleys and buildings are clear, tackling people out of the way of falling debris and lasers, maybe even pretending to be a volunteer firefighter or something so he can stay in the disaster area and the cops are desperate so no one even looks at him twice.
(+100 for Matt and Foggy showing up a week or two later to help in the aftermath and being kindly turned away because Matt's blind and there's nothing they can do to help anyway - because irony and casual ablism are apparently my weaknesses)
Basically, gimme flashbacks to Matt's first "heroic" outing and bitter Matt quietly seething about the Avengers leaving normal people to pick up the pieces they leave behind. Good thing Daredevil's watching out of the little guy ...