daredevilkink | Daredevil Prompt Post #11

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Slavery, by Karen Page.

Matt ran his fingers over the words, reverently. Karen had done something good herself. She'd had a friend print up a Braille copy of her article just for him, and here he was, thinking about the small acts of goodness that a person was truly capable of.

He read -

I always tried to ignore slavery. Growing up, it was just one of those hard truths that you turned your head away from. Haunted people who were less than people, slaves had to deserve it somehow, right? So, I avoided slavery, because I did not want to think about it. I am willing to bet that most of you feel the same way.

This year, I met a slave.

Well, no, I did not meet him as a slave. I knew him briefly before he was thrown into the system. He was a criminal, a man who had committed many violent murders. He was also, however, a victim of circumstance and someone I learned much about.

Yes, that man. You all know him.

Meeting him as a slave was meeting a new person.

He had been broken. He had been trained to serve a master, yes, and that did not surprise me at all. What surprised me, personally, was the fear. He was so afraid. A raised hand left him in fear of being beaten, but that was far from the worst of it. A simple, kind gesture from his master made him brace for impending sexual assault, for rape.

The man chosen to be his master was a kind man, yet when he misspoke, he paralyzed the slave with fear. The slave feared being violated.

Slavery is a removal of personhood. No crime is worthy of that. Yes, I understand that violent criminals need to be punished, and yes, I understand that prison is a removal of liberty and freedom as well. Yet, our country was founded on the principal that we do not administer cruel and unusual punishment.

I do not support slavery. I never will. I know that this column very well may cause controversy, and that I will be called out for both my bias, and my reliance on appeals to emotion, but really, this is an appeal to your logic, and your efforts as a community. I have seen, firsthand, the effects of slavery on a good man, and to be unbiased would be criminal.

Matt's heart soared and ached all at the same time. Karen had taken a huge risk publishing those words. It was risky in general, and risky because of her ties to him, and to Frank. Of course, Karen had never been anything but brave.

He turned to put the copy down and took a breath. He needed to lie down. He needed to sleep.

The brick crashed through his window after two in the morning.

Matt sprung from a dead sleep. He had been sleeping on the couch, and sprung to his feet. He grabbed hold of the brick, and felt the note tucked around it, written in Braille just for him.

' I have your slave, Matthew. Found him in New Jersey, oddly enough. Want him back? I wnat to see you at the slave office at 7am today.'

There was no hiding that it was Emery. The note even smelled like the bastard. Matt ripped a piece off of it and called the police as he changed his clothes.

"Hello. My name is Matthew Murdock. Yes, the one they accused of being Daredevil. No, it's not true. I just need help. A brick went through my window. I'm not home, though. No. I was out with my friend and I slept on his couch. My neighbor just let me know she heard it happen. Can you send someone to check it out? Thank you. I'll be there soon."

Matt would be gone before they thought to leave the police station.

Daredevil Prompt Post #11

Fill - The Only Man - 26/28 - Matt/Frank - slave au