Matt is full of guilt and he's convinced that everything bad in the world is somehow his fault. Before he became a vigilante, he had to deal with that guilt and self-hatred when it became too much, right? So. Matt used to go out and pick up guys, the violent type that would always end up hurting him. Then he proceeded to let them have rough and violent (and bloody?) sex with him.
He stopped doing that when he became Daredevil. But now he's benched because of a really serious injury and the guilt is too much.
+100000 if Foggy was aware of that really bad coping mechanism of Matt's and actually considers vigilantism an improvement +10000000000 if Foggy learns of Matt's return to that bad coping mechanism and doesn't react well
Double fills from the secret santa:
OC version - http://archiveofourown.org/works/5399522
(barely an) Arrow crossover version - http://archiveofourown.org/works/5598946
Matt/Other, Matt has dangerous sex with people to work out guilt issues
Matt is full of guilt and he's convinced that everything bad in the world is somehow his fault. Before he became a vigilante, he had to deal with that guilt and self-hatred when it became too much, right? So. Matt used to go out and pick up guys, the violent type that would always end up hurting him. Then he proceeded to let them have rough and violent (and bloody?) sex with him.
He stopped doing that when he became Daredevil. But now he's benched because of a really serious injury and the guilt is too much.
+100000 if Foggy was aware of that really bad coping mechanism of Matt's and actually considers vigilantism an improvement
+10000000000 if Foggy learns of Matt's return to that bad coping mechanism and doesn't react well
Double fills from the secret santa:
OC version - http://archiveofourown.org/works/5399522
(barely an) Arrow crossover version - http://archiveofourown.org/works/5598946