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Re: Fill: Civil War AU: Daredevil doesn't fight, part 1b/?
(Anonymous) 2015-08-01 06:48 am (UTC)(link)“You want a legal representative. That's what you meant by making some exceptions,” he guesses, no questioning tone, just a clear and concise statement. He can tell just by the soldier's heartbeat that he hit that nail right in the head, but the thought is not as reassuring as it should be. “You want one of us to defend us out there, to show Stark and the rest of the world our side of the story, in the only way they'll listen, in the only scenario they'll even allow us to use words instead of our fists,” Matt continues, his stomach slowly sinking. He knows where this is going, but maybe... maybe if he plays dumb, Steve will abandon the notion... Maybe. Matt smiles tightly. “Why didn't you just say so? So I keep doing what we're doing, we stick to the plan, only difference is I keep my day job. I wouldn make a shitty engineer anyway...”
Please, please, please let it go...
No such luck.
“Listen, Darede–“
Matt almost winces.
“No,” he cuts him off icily, firmly, and prays Steve will just drop it because the man can be too convincing for his own good. He can hear both Hercules' and Goliath's muscles tensing reflexively. "You cannot ask this of me-"
“Matt,” Steve says, and though Matt hates him for sounding so reasonable, his body betrays him by deflating minutely. Some of the tension in his shoulders disappears.
“You're ordering me to stay out of this,” Matt says coldly, accusingly - beggingly - , but his tone is more resignation than straight out resistance. Steve sighs tiredly. Almost like he's sorry he has to do this. Matt scoffs.
“I'm asking. We cannot risk our lawyer being exposed as one of us. Do you have any idea what a scandal that would turn into?” Yes. Matt has a pretty good idea. “We need someone to represent us, and with Walters on Tony's side...”
“And you want me to face the She-Hulk in court?”
He manages to end the sentence in a loud whisper, but his indignation is still tangible enough to turn some heads in their direction.
“You're insane,” he whispers as he waits for their attention to be diverted elsewhere, grabbing onto the edge of the table with both hands. He would bet his knuckles are white as snow.
Foster chuckles amusedly.
“What's the matter, Daredevil? Scared?” he teases, impervious to the unfocused glare Matt inflicts on his collarbone.
“I'm not afraid to admit Jennifer Walters is an amazing lawyer who can wipe the floor with me and my partner. Literally,” he growls, crossing his arms petulantly before wilting as a horrifying thought strikes him. “And even if she doesn't, she's probably the type who eats little guys like Foggy breakfast, oh God... cut it out, guys, I'm serious! You haven't heard the stories!”
That only seems to fan the snickering.
“Oh, man,” Hercules wipes a tear away, only to dissolve once more into chuckles as he looks at Matt's horrified face.
“Is that... the kind of urban legends you hear about in law school, Murdock?” Foster asks mirthfully. “Did they tell you the big, bad, green lady would come for you if you-”
“This is not funny,” Matt says, voice muffled behind his two hands.
“Cut it out, both of you,” Steve orders, but his voice betrays the slightest tremble of barely contained mirth. “You can talk about this later, in private-”
“Fuck you, Rogers.”
“But now,” he stresses, his voice decidedly more serious, as he waits until the other two have sobered down. “Now we have a decision to make. A decision in which Matt has the final word,” he adds, directing an expectant look at the redhead. “Not only are you in a position to do a lot of good for our cause. You also have a huge advantage that nearly no one else on our side has. Only the three of us, plus Luke and Danny – now that Jessica is in Canada with Danielle – , know who you are. Out of all of us, your identity is the most airtight-”
“Parker knows as well,” he retorts weakly, grasping at straws.
“But Tony doesn't know that,” Steve counters like he was expecting that argument. Probably was, the bastard. “We'll have to trust Peter to keep your secret. He's a good kid, he won't out you against your will.”
“What about Wilson? Wade Wilson?” he makes the correction before Captain can inquire about the Falcon. “He's known about me for... years,” he waves his hand around vaguely. Even Matt can't remember how long it's been. “I can't even remember how he found out. Last I heard he was hired by Stark to bring us in. A Hero Hunter of sorts.”
Steve actually pauses at that.
“Was he?” he asks, frowning worriedly. “Is he likely to come after you?”
Matt opens his mouth, but the words that stumble out are not the ones he'd expected. They're true, nonetheless.
“Not really,” he admits defeatedly. “Deadpool might be a sleazeball, but he can be downright decent when it matters.”
“And he's no longer working for Stark as a Hero Hunter,” Hercules inputs, in the tone of someone sharing the latest gossip, going on over Captain's outraged you knew about this? like he doesn't even hear him. “Not since him and Cable had their little lovers' spat over the whole thing.”
“Lovers' spat?” Foster asks with a frown, taking a moment to digest the words over Steve's frustrated moan of no one tells me anything anymore before adding, “I thought it was more of a divorce?”
“No shit. That bad?”
“That's what they're calling it. Even if they weren't technically married, you know...”
“Damn.”
“Uh-huh.”
“If you guys are done, can we please go back to business?” Steve actually pleads, that tired he is. It seems more effective than an actual order. “Thank you. Now, Matt... you don't have to give me an answer right now. But please, just... think about it. Sleep on it. Talk it over with your partner... I can give you a couple of days to decide.”
Matt nods mutely. Defeatedly.
"Even if it proves useless to try to get to Stark - which I'm not losing hope of yet -, it'll still be a huge help to have someone out there looking out for us," he adds softly in a tone whose effectiveness in convincing others Matt is sure Steve is fully aware of. "We need someone to defend us where our superpowers fail. And if you can get us some sympathy with the general public... well, that doesn't hurt either."
Matt runs his hands through his hair, cursing inwardly at being put in such a tough position. He wants to rebel at the suggestion of staying out of the real fight, of keeping to the sidelines, but Steve made a strong case and it's hard to ignore it.
He can tell when the others wordlessly decide to give him some space, and it irks him as much as he appreciates it. He shuts them out as they empty their plates and make small talk for the rest of the evening, his thoughts whirlwinding inside his head.
Foggy will, undoubtedly, be delighted by the proposition. That'll make one of them, he thinks sourly.
He vaguely senses Steve waving the waitress over and paying for their food. The clicking of her heels on the tiled floor and the way her heartbeat spikes when Steve smiles at her go unregistered.
“Keep the change, Ma'am, and thanks for a wonderful meal.”
He's already turning the idea around in his head, looking at it from every angle, and making a list of the pros and cons of agreeing to Steve's request.
He cannot help but feel like, whatever choice he makes, he'll end up regretting it.
Re: Fill: Civil War AU: Daredevil doesn't fight, part 1b/?
(Anonymous) 2015-08-01 10:26 am (UTC)(link)omg, omg, there's a fill! and it's seriously awesome! \o/ I'm having to be quiet squeeing over here so I don't wake anyone and it's hard because THIS. IS. SO. GOOD. OMG.
“My name is Brett Hendrick, and I'm a security supervisor at a shopping mall in Queens.”
How much fun did Fury have picking these name and occupations? I'm guessing A LOT.
If you decide to bring Brett Mahoney into the fic, how much confusion is this alias going to cause? :D
He briefly considers proposing the idea, if only to feel Foster squirm a little bit, but Steve cuts him off before he can so much as open his mouth.
I bet Cap has a pretty good Daredevil-Is-Going-to-Stir-Shit-Up sense by now.
“I can't speak for all of us, but this isn't a choice I made just because you asked nicely,” he says bluntly. “It's a choice I made years ago, when I first put on the costume, for no other reasons than my own. This fight is no different from any I've fought before. And not even you, Captain,” he adds teasingly, to lighten up the defiance of the statement, “could keep me out of it.”
:: cackles ::
“So we can continue our... the important stuff,” Steve finishes awkwardly, aware of their very public surroundings, eyes darting briefly to the waitress wiping down a table two tables over.
They are all so bad at this: Hercules fidgeting with his glasses, Goliath's whining, Matt calling Steve "Cap" all the time. I love how it's obvious that they might be heroes, but they're not trained spies who would be used to something like this.
Matt smiles tightly. “Why didn't you just say so? So I keep doing what we're doing, we stick to the plan, only difference is I keep my day job. I wouldn make a shitty engineer anyway...”
Please, please, please let it go...
Oh, Matt. You poor baby. You want to help but sometimes that means not punching people in the face. Life's terrible like that.
“And you want me to face the She-Hulk in court?”
He manages to end the sentence in a loud whisper, but his indignation is still tangible enough to turn some heads in their direction.
JENNIFER WALTERS HAS A REPUTATION THAT SCARES THE SHIT OF THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR! :: incoherent squealing :: That is just so amazing. He's so intimidated already! And scared about Foggy! He is so right to be scared too - she has experience prosecuting (defending?) SPACE CRIMES! She is way out of his league.
“Is that... the kind of urban legends you hear about in law school, Murdock?” Foster asks mirthfully. “Did they tell you the big, bad, green lady would come for you if you-”
Did she go to Columbia? Did he have to listen to his professors say shit like "You're good, but you're no She-Hulk"? Do they use her old papers as examples of A-worthy material - "Something none of you could ever achieve"?
The shit the others are giving him is just amazing <3 And how can you fit this much humor into a story set during Civil War? I'm amazed at your talent.
Matt opens his mouth, but the words that stumble out are not the ones he'd expected. They're true, nonetheless.
“Not really,” he admits defeatedly. “Deadpool might be a sleazeball, but he can be downright decent when it matters.”
Ahhaha, Matt trying to lawyer his way out of it but not being able to actually raise any valid objections.
“And he's no longer working for Stark as a Hero Hunter,” Hercules inputs, in the tone of someone sharing the latest gossip, going on over Captain's outraged you knew about this? like he doesn't even hear him. “Not since him and Cable had their little lovers' spat over the whole thing.”
“Lovers' spat?” Foster asks with a frown, taking a moment to digest the words over Steve's frustrated moan of no one tells me anything anymore before adding,
I love Cap being out of touch with hero gossip. And Deadpool/Cable, yay! I keep meaning to start reading about those two since I keep hearing about how amazing their relationship is.
He cannot help but feel like, whatever choice he makes, he'll end up regretting it.
So very true. He can't ever give himself a break.
I love that you've built such a solid foundation for why Matt is being asked to not fight. Any thoughts of "but what about x?" that I had were answered by the time I got to the end.
Author!Anon, you are amazing and I hope you are feeling better.
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Re: Fill: Civil War AU: Daredevil doesn't fight, part 1b/?
(Anonymous) 2015-08-01 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)If you decide to bring Brett Mahoney into the fic, how much confusion is this alias going to cause? :D
Dude, I hadn't even thought about it :D but you can bet I'm gonna try to add some of that confusion at some point.
And not even you, Captain,” he adds teasingly, to lighten up the defiance of the statement, “could keep me out of it.”
:: cackles ::
Oh, man. I cannot tell you how bad I felt for Matt as I wrote that line. He really had no idea, poor baby-cado.
And yes, they really do fail spectacularly at being spies. Even in the comics, during that scene, Cap keeps refering to others by their codenames. And their disguises are just... *shakes head* I don't know if you've seen it, but I posted a link down below with a page from the comics that shows what they look like. Cap's mustache gives me life.
JENNIFER WALTERS HAS A REPUTATION THAT SCARES THE SHIT OF THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR! :: incoherent squealing :: That is just so amazing. He's so intimidated already! And scared about Foggy! He is so right to be scared too - she has experience prosecuting (defending?) SPACE CRIMES! She is way out of his league.
I'll be the first to admit I don't know much about Walters, but she seems like a really strong no-nonsense character. I figured lawyers in 616 would fear and respect her, even before she became the She-Hulk. The urban leyends just became more creative afterwards ;D and not just among law students.
Matt fear for Foggy is not unfounded, though. He is a delicious cinnamon roll, after all.
I love Cap being out of touch with hero gossip. And Deadpool/Cable, yay! I keep meaning to start reading about those two since I keep hearing about how amazing their relationship is.
I admit I had too much fun making Hercules and Goliath gossip buddies and leaving Steve out of the loop :D Mostly I just had fun with Steve just being so done with absolutely everything but keeping calm through most of it because let's face it, the guy can have a lot of patience.
And Cablepool is... wow, hard to describe. It's not by any means a healthy relationship, it's too unbalanced for that, but it somehow works. It is pretty much canon (they pretty much spelled it out for the readers, even if they never stated it explicitly) in Cable and Deadpool, the whole run is dripping with some subtle and a lot of not-so-subtle innuendo, and by the end of the series they've both done the other some good and they're both better people for the other's influence. I ship them HARD, and I totally recommend reading the series. They (Cable, Wade, and even other characters) actually refer to their fight during the Civil War arc as their 'divorce'. I had to make a reference to it, just as I'll keep making references to other stuff from the comics :)
He cannot help but feel like, whatever choice he makes, he'll end up regretting it.
So very true. He can't ever give himself a break.
You have no idea how true it is yet, OP-non. I have some plans, but feel free to make suggestions because as bad as I can make it, it can always be worse >:) Whump whump.
And it's a relief you thought the arguments made sense, because I struggled with the dialogue, I rearranged it a million times and rewrote it some more and once it was done I decided to add even more stuff to it right before posting it, and I didn't give it a last once-over before doing it. And through most of it I just kept asking myself 'does this make any sense at all? or does it just make sense in my head?' I can stop beating myself up over it now xD
Thank you once again for the wonderful comment :3 no idea when the next part will be up, but I hope it's soon. I had fun (mostly) writing this.
Re: Fill: Civil War AU: Daredevil doesn't fight, part 1b/?
(Anonymous) 2015-08-01 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Fill: Civil War AU: Daredevil doesn't fight, part 1b/?
(Anonymous) 2015-08-01 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Fill: Civil War AU: Daredevil doesn't fight, part 1b/?
(Anonymous) 2015-08-01 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)Super excited about the prospect of Matt/Frank, too. :)
Re: Fill: Civil War AU: Daredevil doesn't fight, part 1b/?
(Anonymous) 2015-08-01 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)And I'm super excited about others being excited at the prospect of Matt/Frank :D I started shipping them HARD after I found a size kink prompt that I just had to fill (not because of the size-kink aspect, mostly because the thought had just never occurred to me). Now I spend my free time looking for comics in which they interact, which helps come up with some interesting ideas :P I have plans for the Matt/Frank, but the main focus is definitely gonna remain on the plot this time.
Re: Fill: Civil War AU: Daredevil doesn't fight, part 1b/?
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