What if at his wake, there's a scrapbook or pinned up copies of all of his best reporting over the years, and Karen realizes as she looks through it that he wrote several stories on Matt, basically starting with the story of the kid blinded by the accident, up through his dad's murder, his dad's murder investigation, etc. even including human interest pieces following up on Matt starting college, etc. Maybe Ben even had a hand in jailing the mob guys who killed Matt's dad or fixed his fights.
And she realizes that Matt must have known Ben for YEARS! They did not just meet when Karen went to him following the Union Allied story. Cue Karen talking to Matt about it and him sharing Ben stories with her about what a great reporter he was, and Matt just losing it completely thinking about his death at Fisk's hands.
Ben Urich Reports on Matt
Prompt: http://daredevilkink.dreamwidth.org/1742.html?thread=3355854#cmt3355854
What if at his wake, there's a scrapbook or pinned up copies of all of his best reporting over the years, and Karen realizes as she looks through it that he wrote several stories on Matt, basically starting with the story of the kid blinded by the accident, up through his dad's murder, his dad's murder investigation, etc. even including human interest pieces following up on Matt starting college, etc. Maybe Ben even had a hand in jailing the mob guys who killed Matt's dad or fixed his fights.
And she realizes that Matt must have known Ben for YEARS! They did not just meet when Karen went to him following the Union Allied story. Cue Karen talking to Matt about it and him sharing Ben stories with her about what a great reporter he was, and Matt just losing it completely thinking about his death at Fisk's hands.
Fill: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4514946/chapters/10269510