[Image ID: A digital drawing of hands holding a cellphone with an article from the Daily Bugle on the screen. The artical is titled “Way With Words” and is written by AsperJasper. An image above the headline shows a menacing shadow of Daredevil with his hand reaching for the man in the mask. The caption reads “art by onemagpie.” Text beneath the picture and headline reads “Mattfog Bang 2021.” End ID.]
The first time Foggy seriously brought up “The Man in the Mask,” it was over takeout and too much paperwork. He’d kind of mentioned the whole thing earlier with Karen, called him a nut, and moved on as quickly as Matt had.
“Who do you think he is?” Foggy said casually over dinner later, completely oblivious to the outfit lying in a grimy heap barely even hidden in Matt’s closet.
“Who do I think who is?”
“You know, the masked man. Our brand new off-brand Avenger. The dude running around like he thinks pirate chic should come back in style.”
My second piece for the Mattfog Bang run by the @themattfogblog! This one is a collaboration with the incredibly talented @onemagpie who made two wonderful pieces for this fic, the banner and the one I’m about to share below!
[Image ID: A digital drawing of Matt and Foggy sitting at a table. Matt is drinking out of a glass and sweating nervously. He has one eyebrow raised. Foggy has a cup of coffee in front of him and is on his phone, reading something and laughing. The table is scattered with papers. End ID.]
Nelson & Murdock is back and better than ever, Daredevil isn’t dealing with crime lords or evil organizations, and things are feeling settled.
Surely it doesn’t matter that they desperately need a new office, Matt’s bored (even with all of the new clients) and guilty about it, and Foggy’s still adjusting to all of the truth that is his best friend. They just have to try harder. Right?
It’s slowburn with pining and communication, but they’re actively falling in love in the fic and, of course, there’s some hurt/comfort as well.
This’ll be a long one too. First chapter is 5,321 words.
Matt picks himself back up after the mess with Elektra, with a little help from his friends.
[ID1: View inside a dorm room. There is a desk piled with textbooks, a chair with Matt’s cane and some clothes thrown over it, and a bedside table with the bed just out of frame. There is a window that bracketing the following text: a slightly kinder college AU, art onemagpie, text c_doves, MattFog Bang 2021 /End ID1]
[ID2: a close-up of Matt and Foggy sitting back on a lounge, shoulder to shoulder. Matt is holding a drink and appears relaxed and happy. Foggy is looking at Matt with a soft smile. /ID2]
Now that she knows he’s Daredevil, Karen Page schemes to test the extent of Matt Murdock’s super-powered senses. …At least, that’s what she tells Foggy when she enlists his help in the friendly pranks. Really, she’s masterminding a scheme to finally get Matt and Foggy to talk about the most powerful of all feelings: true love!
[ID1: Monochrome digital drawing in orange tones and highlights. An adult hand holding a mechanical pencil at the edge of a clipboard. The clipped paper shows the title, author, artist, and event associated with this fanfic: Testing. Author - brittlestars. Illustrations - onemagpie. MattFog Bang 2021. /End ID1]
[ID2: Monochrome digital drawing in orange tones and highlights. The breakroom of the law offices of Nelson, Murdock, and Page is shown from a low angle. In the foreground, Matt Murdock is on his knees, arms slung across Foggy Nelson’s shoulders to push Foggy down from a seated position on the floor. Foggy leans his shoulder heavily into Matt’s sternum, the side of his face pressed beneath Matt’s chin. Both men are smiling and their fancy suits are showing wrinkles as they wrestle on the floor. In the background behind them stands Karen Page in a business blouse and skirt. She is drinking from a coffee mug in one hand and holding up a cell phone in the other hand. Curved spikey lines radiate from the phone - she’s just taken a photo of Matt and Foggy! The men don’t seem to notice. /End ID2]
There is more art under the cut! Beware of slight spoilers :)
[ID3: Monochrome digital drawing in orange tones and highlights. Claire Temple and Karen Page are shown from the waist up, seated at a bar counter in front of three mostly-empty mugs. The women are wearing casual long sleeved tops with their hair down. They look directly at the viewer with narrowed eyes, Karen leaning one arm on the bartop and Claire resting her chin on the back of her hand, elbow also on the bartop. Claire has a slight grin and is tapping the fingers of her other hand on her knee, while Karen’s lips are pursed and her eyebrows are furrowed. A shadow falls across both women and there is a general sense they’re watching and plotting. /End ID3]
[ID4: Monochrome digital drawing in orange tones and highlights. The camera peers over Karen Page’s shoulder as she leans into Matt’s office. Foggy Nelson and Matt Murdock, wearing business suits with ties, are lying huddled together in the small, shadowy space under a fancy desk. This is Matt’s desk, judging by the plastic dinosaurs, plastic statue of the imp Honorable Judge Bobble, and the “I pitchfork Hell’s Kitchen” coffee mug full of pens and leaves. The men crane their necks up at Karen, their eyebrows arched and mouths slightly open in surprise. A folded piece of paper lays on the floor between them. /End ID4]
[ID5: Monochrome digital drawing in orange tones and highlights. Foggy Nelson and Matt Murdock are pictured from the waist up, seated at a restaurant table and wearing business suits. A large dish of tiramisu sits on the table directly between them. Foggy twirls his fork between his fingers, leaning forward. He is smiling with a wide open mouth and his pupils rolled up as if recalling a funny story. Matt has a fork loaded with cream raised toward his mouth, but he’s resting his chin on his other hand, face fixed in Foggy’s direction. The scene is intimate, with the body language of both men attentive to each other. /End ID5]
[ID6: Monochrome digital drawing in orange tones and highlights. A side view of Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson pictured from the shoulders up, face to face and close to each other. Foggy, wearing a striped pajama shirt, lifts a hand to cup Matt’s cheek. He is watching Matt’s lips with hooded eyes. Matt’s head is tilted into Foggy’s hand and his eyes are closed beneath tense eyebrows. Both men have somewhat messy, tousled hair. A gentle shadow falls over them, and the entire piece feels soft and intimate. /End ID6]
Really, it’s a good thing Matt Murdock married Foggy right after law school. Who knows what messy and dangerous relationships he would have gotten into otherwise? Doesn’t bear thinking about.
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