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(A shortish update today! And I am so so sorry to do this, nonnies, I was hoping to write a little faster and avoid this, but I'm going to be away from the internet from later today to Sunday, so this fic is going to pick up again next week!)

“You're an asshole.”

Marci Stahl. Matt takes his hands off the book he's been reading through for class. Karen had a meeting with a teacher before school, and he's in the library, but he wasn't expecting anyone to come up to him, much less one of Foggy's friends. “I've heard that.”

She pulls out the chair across from him and sits in it, and then from the sound of things crosses her legs and laces her fingers together on the table. “I don't care if you're an asshole. Actually kind of makes me like you. But I care a lot if you're an asshole to Foggy.”

“He's speaking to me. Presumably there's some level of forgiveness.” He really hopes so. “Why get involved now?”

“Because he's a lot nicer than he should be. And he probably shouldn't forgive you. So I figured I'd come here and threaten you a little, beat Brett to it while I'm at it, since I like winning.”

Matt folds his hands too. “Did he tell you what happened?”

“Not specifically, but I'm really good at reading between the lines, and when one day he's all aflutter over the romantic note you sent him and then a while later he tells me it was a pity date, I can draw some conclusions. Believe me, you're not the only one I'm mad at.”

If he told her he suspects Vanessa and Wesley, she would probably have answers out of them by the end of the day. Matt doesn't know Marci well, but he knows enough to believe that. He doesn't want to tell her, though, because conclusions drawn or not he doesn't have the right to say anything she doesn't want him to. “It wasn't a pity date.”

“Mm. Liar.”

Matt straightens. “It wasn't.”

“Try again.”

He clenches his teeth. “It didn't end up that way. Okay?” Marci doesn't say anything. “He ended it, I respect that, it's the end of it. I'm glad he's still being nice to me and that he still wants to debate together, but I don't have any expectations.”

“Both an asshole and noble. At least you're interesting.” Marci uncrosses her legs. “Great, so you don't have expectations. Apparently you also freaked out in a bathroom and he spent most of lunch worrying about you.” She leans forward. “Listen to me.”

“I've been listening.”

“Great. I'm not going to make Foggy's decisions for him, and I'm not going to be a strict movie dad and say if you hurt him again I'll kill you, because that's just tacky. I'm just going to say that I like Foggy a lot, and if you aren't careful with him this time I am really good at talking people into or out of things. Don't fuck up.”

Matt could be petty and say that he and Foggy are both on speech and debate, that Matt is just as good at swaying people to his side and Foggy knows when he's being swayed, but he knows what she means. He appreciates it, even. He thinks Karen would do it for him, in her own way. “I'm trying not to assume that I have a chance to screw up in the first place.”

Marci laughs. “You know, I think if you hadn't dicked around a friend of mine I'd actually like you.”

“Thanks, I think.”

“Definitely be honored. I don't like a lot of people.” Her hair swishes, a strong smell of coconut shampoo. “Anyway, keep it in mind. I'm still going to tell him it's a bad idea, but I figure it's worth working both ends of things.”

Matt nods and puts his hands back on the book. “I'm not going to push, but if he decides to forgive me I'm not going to say no either.”

“Fair enough.” She pushes the chair out and stands up again. “Do anything else and I'll let Brett talk to you next time, maybe he'll punch you. He's known Foggy forever and they're dicks about it sometimes but I bet he'd punch someone.”

“Thanks,” says Matt, as dry as he can, but she's already walking away.

*

“Do you have any idea why anyone would have given you that note in the first place?” Matt asks abruptly. They're in the library during study hall again, he and Foggy, putting arguments together for a practice Public Forum debate, and he didn't even know he was thinking about it until it came out of his mouth.

Foggy fumbles the book he's looking at and loses his place, judging from his muttered curse. “What a question, Jesus.”

“You must have thought about it.”

A pause. Foggy's heartbeat speeds up and he starts moving a little, restless, just thinking about it. Matt feels a little bad, but now that he's asked, he's not going to take it back. “I don't know. Like, it's the kind of thing asshole bullies do, but it's the kind of thing asshole bullies do in the movies, right?” He sighs. “I have thought about it. It's not like I think I have a lot of enemies.”

“But?”

“Probably someone I beat in a debate, sometimes I get kind of focused on winning and keep dismantling people's arguments even after everyone knows I've won.” Matt has noticed that, but he has to admit that he likes it. He even noticed it debating against Foggy before he ever noticed him properly, and respected it even if he was annoyed to lose. “I beat Wesley in a classroom discussion pretty recently, and Vanessa too. They're both kind of sneaky. And they're both friends with Fisk, who's kind of an asshole and might encourage their bad behavior. If I had to venture a guess ...”

Matt's guess too. It's not completely certain, but if the two of them are having the same thoughts for different reasons, chances are getting higher. “Vanessa and Wesley,” he says, and reaches across the table to tap Foggy's book. “The same ones we're practice debating in a few weeks?”

If he was expecting that to make Foggy nervous, he was underestimating him. Instead, Matt can hear the grin in his voice when he answers. “The very same, actually. Want to kick their asses?”

Matt grins back. “There's nothing wrong with a little bit of revenge.”

*

Eee! Thanks for the update! I am loving where this is going :D

(OP here)

God, I love Marci. xD And Brett! He would so punch someone for Foggy.

I love the idea that Foggy's kind of accidentally ruthless in debates. Though in this next one I assume he'll be very intentionally ruthlessness, which is great too.

Assuming Vanessa and Wesley really were the ones who wrote the letter, it looks like their plan is backfiring again. Having a common enemy seems to be helping Matt and Foggy's relationship. Yay!

Now I want Brett to meet Matt and be half scared cause "IF Brett is supposed to eb Foggy's enemy he doesnt want to know how protective he will be if they are friends"

I was browsing prompts and just came across this fill, and I love it! HS AUs are usually hit or miss for me, and this one is a huge hit. Thanks for writing it, can't wait for the rest! (Also, I hope you'll put it on AO3 when you're done?)

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