It can be the literal blind leading the proverbial blind in this case, then. I'm game if you are. I'm not that competitive. [Lies.] Maybe a little competitive. I like for everyone to have fun though, so we'll take it easy.
What is your game, then? So you can give it back to me.
[she is enjoying the food, it goes well with a drink and the company]
I didn’t entirely rule out the oiled wrestling. [he will be able to hear the little uptick of her heart at flirting with him] I’d love to lead if needed.
[He says it teasingly, nudging her foot back. Although he hasn't 'seen' her in his way, he realizes. She's felt his face, but he has yet to feel hers.]
Sounds like a fair trade. So who taught you how to dance? I guess it might have been a lot of people over the years. Do you have a favorite style?
[It simply had hurt too much to visit for a long time after Foggy died and Karen moved out of state. Like something was missing even when the place was packed and crowded. Now that Josie's is the homebase of the army he's building, Matt has been slowly getting reacclimated to the location and people he has genuinely missed. Josie's is one of the few places that feels like a part of home to him.
He thanks the waitress when their food and drinks arrive. He's opted for an Italian parm sub.]
So, do you have a place like this by your university that you visit a lot?
[They’ve never really talked about his friends, but she can tell there was a reason he didn’t come here beyond Daredevil.]
There is a cocktail bar near my apartment that I go to more than by school. Too close to campus and you run into students and I really don’t want to be drinking with them.
Yeah, that makes sense. It was always awkward and a little cringy when running into a professor near the campus. You expect them to stay in their ivory towers, not having a pint.
You'll have to share this cocktail bar with me sometime. Bonus points if there's a piano there that can be played.
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Date: 2025-05-15 11:20 am (UTC)What is your game, then? So you can give it back to me.
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Date: 2025-05-15 11:41 am (UTC)[they’ve been flirting a little since they met, but it feels easier like this.]
The classic athletics of oil wrestling, obviously. [she laughs] I used to dance, so I could teach you some dances.
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Date: 2025-05-16 03:09 pm (UTC)[He helped himself to another wing and tempura piece.]
Well now you got my hopes up about the wrestling. I'm open to dancing, though. I've done it in the past, you'll just have to lead in public.
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Date: 2025-05-16 06:18 pm (UTC)[she is enjoying the food, it goes well with a drink and the company]
I didn’t entirely rule out the oiled wrestling. [he will be able to hear the little uptick of her heart at flirting with him] I’d love to lead if needed.
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Date: 2025-05-17 10:51 am (UTC)Now I gotta know, have you really oil wrestled? And I trust you to lead without stepping on toes or waltzing into any walls.
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Date: 2025-05-17 11:31 am (UTC)[she nudges his foot under the table, a little playful]
I’m generally good at not running into walls while dancing and otherwise. And I’ll let you lead when we are in my apartment.
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Date: 2025-05-17 01:49 pm (UTC)[He says it teasingly, nudging her foot back. Although he hasn't 'seen' her in his way, he realizes. She's felt his face, but he has yet to feel hers.]
Sounds like a fair trade. So who taught you how to dance? I guess it might have been a lot of people over the years. Do you have a favorite style?
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Date: 2025-05-17 01:56 pm (UTC)[They’ve had some flirty little touches, but it has been mostly her touching him.]
I end up needing to learn all over every so often, the style changes enough. I always liked ballroom, there is something very romantic about it.
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Date: 2025-05-17 03:19 pm (UTC)[When the waitress returned Matt let Stella go first and then put in his dinner order, along with a drink refill.]
I'm with you, actually. I love a good waltz. Or tango.
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Date: 2025-05-17 03:33 pm (UTC)[Stella orders a fruity rum punch and a burger to go with it.]
We will need to try dancing then, see how it feels.
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Date: 2025-05-18 12:17 pm (UTC)You know, my law office is just down the street. I used to come here all the time with my former partner.
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Date: 2025-05-18 02:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-18 03:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-18 04:27 pm (UTC)[which is always nice to see, here is a guy that is genuinely liked by those around him]
Which I understand as I also like you.
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Date: 2025-05-18 04:35 pm (UTC)[It simply had hurt too much to visit for a long time after Foggy died and Karen moved out of state. Like something was missing even when the place was packed and crowded. Now that Josie's is the homebase of the army he's building, Matt has been slowly getting reacclimated to the location and people he has genuinely missed. Josie's is one of the few places that feels like a part of home to him.
He thanks the waitress when their food and drinks arrive. He's opted for an Italian parm sub.]
So, do you have a place like this by your university that you visit a lot?
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Date: 2025-05-18 04:44 pm (UTC)There is a cocktail bar near my apartment that I go to more than by school. Too close to campus and you run into students and I really don’t want to be drinking with them.
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Date: 2025-05-18 04:54 pm (UTC)You'll have to share this cocktail bar with me sometime. Bonus points if there's a piano there that can be played.
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Date: 2025-05-18 05:01 pm (UTC)They have a baby grand, and the owner likes me, so you could probably get a go at it.
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Date: 2025-05-18 05:13 pm (UTC)Sounds like a plan, then. Hopefully I won't be too rusty.
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Date: 2025-05-18 05:30 pm (UTC)[She is trying her best to make him laugh; she absolutely melts when he smiles]
We seem to be lining up quite a few plans for people who just met.
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Date: 2025-05-18 05:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-05-18 06:08 pm (UTC)[she laughs and rests a hand on his forearm.]
A google search would have been easier.
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Date: 2025-05-18 06:42 pm (UTC)[He gives her hand a squeeze as it rests on his arm.]
You want to try a bite of mine?
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Date: 2025-05-18 07:03 pm (UTC)[she wants to know how he pictures her, what he finds attractive]
Sure, you want a few of my fries?
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Date: 2025-05-18 07:19 pm (UTC)Sure. I do love a good fry.
[He cuts off part of his sub and moves his plate towards her so that she can take it onto hers, and put some fries on his.]
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