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"Few of us who choose this life are immune to tragedy or pain. Matt Murdock has suffered more of his share than most, but he keeps soldiering on, doing what he believes is right. The fact he has been able to take what most people call a ‘disability’ and turn it into his greatest strength, the fact a blind man takes to the streets every night to defend strangers, at huge personal cost—

Well. I know people look up to me.

I look up to Daredevil."
-Captain America

So. Uh. Apparently Steve looks up to Matt. Can we have something between the two? maybe when they meet and the beginning of that admiration on Steve's side. Can be shippy or gen, either way works for me.

Notes: The world has expanded. Matt's world has expanded. Naturally, Nelson and Murdock were at the front of the legal response when the government announced its plan to register and license all costumed vigilantes. Naturally, Daredevil was involved in the fight on the street against the NSA, Hydra, and any number of quasi-government thugs. It was ugly, legally and in terms of property damage. Nobody came out unscathed.

The US Supreme Court's decision that the Superhero Registration Act was unconstitutional and in violation of civil rights was almost an anticlimax. The battle had been won on the streets and in popular opinion well before SCOTUS got around to weighing in.

~

A party seems inappropriate, given the circumstances, and their small gathering feels more like a funeral. Some of them have lost friends-- to death and to bitter feuds-- and nobody feels much like celebrating their Pyrrhic victory. Matt's not even sure how they all ended up here, at Steve's apartment in Brooklyn. They just seemed to all drift there together.

He sits on the balcony in the dusk and marks the time by the way the air temperature drops along with the sun. It's too crowded inside, too many heartbeats and breaths, and under it all the lingering stink of fear. Any one of them still relying on their identity being unknown could still be exposed. Some of them already have been.

Matt's one of the lucky ones. Although his identity is an open secret amongst the people in that room, he's lived in fear for the last few months that it would get out. He'd probably be disbarred. Possibly arrested. Definitely sued. Steve, Sam and the others are already facing civil suits. The nightmare isn't over yet, not by a long shot.

He lifts his head as footsteps approach the door and it slides open. Smell of soap, whisper of cotton broadcloth, and a deep, even breath. Steve.

"Cap," he says, lifting his beer.

"Matt."

Steve comes out, tiny shifts in air pressure, and Matt leaves his head cocked. A slight uptick in Steve's heartbeat. He holds a breath and then lets it out. Matt waits for him.

"I wanted to thank you, for everything," Steve says.

Matt shakes his head. "You don't need to thank me for doing the right thing."

"It's not that. You put yourself on the line for me-- for all of us. I spent a lot of sleepless nights wondering if I was going to wake up the next day and see your other name plastered all over the papers."

The railing rings ever so slightly as Steve rests his arms on it.

"You and me both," Matt says with a smile.

His attempt to inject some levity into the conversation falls flat. Steve is motionless, breathing through his nose the way he always does when he's tense.

"You keep clenching your jaw like that, you'll break your teeth," Matt says, trying again.

He takes a sip of his beer, and this time he knows Steve smiles. He can hear it when he speaks.

"You know, that's still a little weird," Steve says.

The scuff of his feet on the floor, a creak and the slightest change in air pressure as he sits down next to Matt.

(tbc)

oooh! very excited for more of this!

The two of them are quiet for a while. Matt listens to Steve's breathing and the faint noise of traffic, content to sit and wait until Steve unburdens himself in his own time. He doesn't know what makes him ask.

"If you could go back and do anything differently, would you?"

Steve lets out a little sigh.

"No. No, I don't think I would. You?"

He takes a moment to think about it.

"No."

"Good."

Matt smiles. "Do you ever doubt that you're doing the right thing?"

Doubt is his constant companion, doubt and guilt, and he knows he's a self-righteous asshole with the weight of the world on his shoulders. Being around Steve makes him feel a little less like he's alone.

"Everybody doubts. But you can't dwell on it. Guilt'll eat you alive."

The slight acceleration of Steve's pulse flags his awareness of the hypocrisy-- Matt's gotten to recognise it by now. He says nothing, although the corner of his mouth does turn up.

"I'm Catholic. Guilt is what I do."

"You got nothing to feel guilty about. What you do..."

He hears the shift in posture and grasps the dual meaning. He scoffs.

"I just do what any other guy blinded by hazardous chemicals would have done."

He's glad Steve can't hear his heartbeat or the way it picks up even as he tries to be laugh it off. There's something about being complimented by Steve Rogers that makes him squirm. Maybe it's the seriousness that hangs over Steve these days. Maybe it's just his own self-loathing. Even now he doesn't quite feel like he belongs here with these exceptional people.

Steve's hand rests on his shoulder, making him jump.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you."

Matt waves it away. "Just caught me off-guard."

He feels the intensity of Steve's gaze, the warmth of his hand and the proximity of the rest of him. Sometimes he's glad he isn't expected to make eye contact.

"You're a good man, Matt. I want you to remember that."

The tightness in his throat prevents him from speaking normally, so he nods and rasps, "Thank you."

This great and fills me with all sorts of warm squishy feelings.

ohhh, this is wonderful. I didn't know how much I needed these two being friends until now. <3

This is great! Looking forward to reading more.

Prompt Post #1

Matt + Steve

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