Matt and Frank are working together against a tough baddie when Frank gets knocked out by a blow to the head. Matt fends off the bad guy long enough to get Frank to a safe house and take care of him.
However, when Frank wakes up, he does not recognize Matt. He seems very confused about where he is and why he's hurt, so Matt asks him several questions.
"What year is it?"
"I think...it's 2006, isn't it?"
"Are you in the Marines?"
"No, but I used to be."
"Who do you live with?"
"My wife and kids."
Cue Matt trying to slowly re-introduce Frank to the defining tragedy of his life while also trying to protect everyone from a bad guy he knows he can't handle alone.
If you go the Matt/Frank route, please don't have the romance be based on Frank misunderstanding things as soon as he wakes up. If you want them to have been in an established allies-with-benefits-but-we-don't-actually-care-about-each-other-until-we-do sort of thing before the accident, that'd be great...but Frank forgets about that, too.
Bonus: -Frank visits one or more people he remembers being friends with before, and they all hate/are terrified of him. He eventually comes to the realization that Matt is practically the only friend he has left. Cue protectiveness. -Matt struggles with whether it would be more morally right to tell Frank the truth about the Punisher or to try to prevent him from ever reverting back to his old ways. Double bonus if he talks to Father Lantom about it. -Frank never gets his memories back, but he still ends up becoming a version of the Punisher again, for different reasons this time (probably ones involving Matt).
Matt + or / Frank: Amnesia
However, when Frank wakes up, he does not recognize Matt. He seems very confused about where he is and why he's hurt, so Matt asks him several questions.
"What year is it?"
"I think...it's 2006, isn't it?"
"Are you in the Marines?"
"No, but I used to be."
"Who do you live with?"
"My wife and kids."
Cue Matt trying to slowly re-introduce Frank to the defining tragedy of his life while also trying to protect everyone from a bad guy he knows he can't handle alone.
If you go the Matt/Frank route, please don't have the romance be based on Frank misunderstanding things as soon as he wakes up. If you want them to have been in an established allies-with-benefits-but-we-don't-actually-care-about-each-other-until-we-do sort of thing before the accident, that'd be great...but Frank forgets about that, too.
Bonus:
-Frank visits one or more people he remembers being friends with before, and they all hate/are terrified of him. He eventually comes to the realization that Matt is practically the only friend he has left. Cue protectiveness.
-Matt struggles with whether it would be more morally right to tell Frank the truth about the Punisher or to try to prevent him from ever reverting back to his old ways. Double bonus if he talks to Father Lantom about it.
-Frank never gets his memories back, but he still ends up becoming a version of the Punisher again, for different reasons this time (probably ones involving Matt).