Thanks again to OP for a very fun prompt, and for all the comments and love here. Full story posted on AO3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/8653291
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With Jack’s full encouragement and Foggy’s immediate approval, Matt took the second bedroom in Foggy’s apartment. Living alone for the first time was hard enough without any one of the challenges Matt was tackling head-on.
Matt’s rotating group of occupational therapists and speech-language therapists gradually move his appointments to their offices. Foggy has a hard time remembering to not roll his eyes at the people that constantly get in Matt’s way when he’s moving down the sidewalk with his red-tipped cane. Most people on the street will never know that Matt is a badass that occasionally works with the Avengers on local crimes.
Fogwell’s Gym steadfastly refused all extra money Stark waves in their direction until Foggy diffidently pointed out that it would be nice to get the place fixed back up. The owner begrudgingly accepted enough to finish repairing all the windows and a few prototype punching bags Stark had personally designed. Foggy suspects that might be because the prototypes came with a new gym member. The old-timers all have a marvelous time yelling at Rogers to stop being so fancy with the footwork and put some back into those punches.
Foggy stops at Fogwell’s Gym twice a week but makes sure to time his sessions around court dates. He’s more interested in keeping up his stamina than losing weight or learning how to destroy kidneys with a single punch. A few months into his lessons, Jack Murdock steps back into the ring again, and Matt happily battles it out after-hours. It turns out that a lot of sparring with Avengers was a good introduction to fighting without constantly seeking out an opening for a fatal blow.
Marci is seeing someone in Stark Tower and it’s serious enough that she isn’t interested in flirting with Foggy. Karen, however, is a beautiful woman and Foggy flirts with her outrageously whenever he stops by Stark Legal. They all know that Karen has zero interest in leaving Marci behind, but if Marci didn’t have a reason to roll her eyes at Foggy, she just might make one.
Marci and Karen regularly have lunch with Pepper Potts. Foggy is pretty sure that everyone should be more nervous about that than they are.
Matt keeps busy. On top of all his other lessons, he tears through GED prep and has started looking into local colleges. A few talks with Karen and the rest of the people he had saved ended with Elena Cardenas acting as Matt’s RCIA sponsor.
On days when Matt isn’t having tea with Mrs. Cardenas or trying out the obstacle course with the Avengers or saving part of Manhattan, sometimes he trails Foggy to court. Stark had set up a grant program to fund pro bono work. Marci and the rest of Stark’s legal wizards had somehow put together the program and nudged some FBI contact to recommend Foggy. Foggy has a modest legal office and an income that lets him afford his rent and groceries and utility bills all at the same time.
Foggy isn’t sure if Matt likes the idea of arguing with people for a living or if being a human polygraph really is as fun as it sounds, but Matt has started asking about various universities’ pre-law programs. Foggy is probably cheating when he notices Matt’s subtle hand signals that mean that a witness or lawyer is lying. He doesn’t let that stop him from taking advantage of the information.
Tony Stark is incapable of being calm for five minutes straight so he already made a sign for Nelson and Murdock, Attorneys at Law with a long Braille message curving along the letters of Matt’s last name. Foggy’s knowledge of Braille isn’t quite good enough to pick it out just yet, but by the time Matt finishes his bachelor’s degree Foggy thinks he’ll have it figured out.
Fill: Situation Excellent 12/12
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With Jack’s full encouragement and Foggy’s immediate approval, Matt took the second bedroom in Foggy’s apartment. Living alone for the first time was hard enough without any one of the challenges Matt was tackling head-on.
Matt’s rotating group of occupational therapists and speech-language therapists gradually move his appointments to their offices. Foggy has a hard time remembering to not roll his eyes at the people that constantly get in Matt’s way when he’s moving down the sidewalk with his red-tipped cane. Most people on the street will never know that Matt is a badass that occasionally works with the Avengers on local crimes.
Fogwell’s Gym steadfastly refused all extra money Stark waves in their direction until Foggy diffidently pointed out that it would be nice to get the place fixed back up. The owner begrudgingly accepted enough to finish repairing all the windows and a few prototype punching bags Stark had personally designed. Foggy suspects that might be because the prototypes came with a new gym member. The old-timers all have a marvelous time yelling at Rogers to stop being so fancy with the footwork and put some back into those punches.
Foggy stops at Fogwell’s Gym twice a week but makes sure to time his sessions around court dates. He’s more interested in keeping up his stamina than losing weight or learning how to destroy kidneys with a single punch. A few months into his lessons, Jack Murdock steps back into the ring again, and Matt happily battles it out after-hours. It turns out that a lot of sparring with Avengers was a good introduction to fighting without constantly seeking out an opening for a fatal blow.
Marci is seeing someone in Stark Tower and it’s serious enough that she isn’t interested in flirting with Foggy. Karen, however, is a beautiful woman and Foggy flirts with her outrageously whenever he stops by Stark Legal. They all know that Karen has zero interest in leaving Marci behind, but if Marci didn’t have a reason to roll her eyes at Foggy, she just might make one.
Marci and Karen regularly have lunch with Pepper Potts. Foggy is pretty sure that everyone should be more nervous about that than they are.
Matt keeps busy. On top of all his other lessons, he tears through GED prep and has started looking into local colleges. A few talks with Karen and the rest of the people he had saved ended with Elena Cardenas acting as Matt’s RCIA sponsor.
On days when Matt isn’t having tea with Mrs. Cardenas or trying out the obstacle course with the Avengers or saving part of Manhattan, sometimes he trails Foggy to court. Stark had set up a grant program to fund pro bono work. Marci and the rest of Stark’s legal wizards had somehow put together the program and nudged some FBI contact to recommend Foggy. Foggy has a modest legal office and an income that lets him afford his rent and groceries and utility bills all at the same time.
Foggy isn’t sure if Matt likes the idea of arguing with people for a living or if being a human polygraph really is as fun as it sounds, but Matt has started asking about various universities’ pre-law programs. Foggy is probably cheating when he notices Matt’s subtle hand signals that mean that a witness or lawyer is lying. He doesn’t let that stop him from taking advantage of the information.
Tony Stark is incapable of being calm for five minutes straight so he already made a sign for Nelson and Murdock, Attorneys at Law with a long Braille message curving along the letters of Matt’s last name. Foggy’s knowledge of Braille isn’t quite good enough to pick it out just yet, but by the time Matt finishes his bachelor’s degree Foggy thinks he’ll have it figured out.