Oh, I also always enjoy a good Icarus metaphor fic :D There is another quote I really like, which would be awesome if you could work it into the fic somehow, but still end up fulfilling the author's prompt (of getting Matt to stop his recklessness) even though the quote seems to suggest the exact opposite (but it's so pretty) - "Pity not Icarus, for he touched the sky."...
Re: Matt + Getting Hurt + Icarus Myth