In this world, there's soulmates--people who you know are your perfect match the second you first see/hear/touch them.
There's also slavery.
To cope with these two competing facts, in this AU, all free people with enslaved soulmates are immediately made their enslaved soulmate's permanent owner, so they can be together forever as God/destiny/etc intended them.
Enter Matt, who's a lawyer and a slave and even Daredevil, owned by Marci Stahl, who he doesn't much like but can cope with, who's friends with Foggy but not owned by him. One night out on patrol, he goes to confront the new mass-murdering vigilante The Punisher, only to find that the Punisher is his soulmate/new owner forever!
++ for Matt suddenly being almost unable to actually argue/fight the Punisher because hey, he's his owner now +++ for someone else being there and leaking it, so it's widely known that Daredevil is the Punisher's slave soulmate ++++ for Frank's other soulmate having been Maria +++++++ for Frank being horrified by slavery/killing tons of slaveowners for their crimes ++++++++++ for Matt being just enough brainwashed to think that this is the best of all possible worlds--slaves who get owned by their soulmates usually end up healthy and happy-looking
Matt/Frank, Soulmates + Slavery AU
There's also slavery.
To cope with these two competing facts, in this AU, all free people with enslaved soulmates are immediately made their enslaved soulmate's permanent owner, so they can be together forever as God/destiny/etc intended them.
Enter Matt, who's a lawyer and a slave and even Daredevil, owned by Marci Stahl, who he doesn't much like but can cope with, who's friends with Foggy but not owned by him. One night out on patrol, he goes to confront the new mass-murdering vigilante The Punisher, only to find that the Punisher is his soulmate/new owner forever!
++ for Matt suddenly being almost unable to actually argue/fight the Punisher because hey, he's his owner now
+++ for someone else being there and leaking it, so it's widely known that Daredevil is the Punisher's slave soulmate
++++ for Frank's other soulmate having been Maria
+++++++ for Frank being horrified by slavery/killing tons of slaveowners for their crimes
++++++++++ for Matt being just enough brainwashed to think that this is the best of all possible worlds--slaves who get owned by their soulmates usually end up healthy and happy-looking