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From:

hawk_shot

Yeah, well... [She pauses.] Saying I don't have a 'long time ago'. I have. I went through a lot of shit and I'm not a kid. I know we are a team and you treat me like a partner, but I'm not that young, Matt.

[She takes a deep breath.] We've got this. In a few days we're gonna chill and do pole dance together.

For real? I was just messing with you, but you're on. And I love that you watch nerdy shows. I'm up for bingewatching something like that.

From:

streetlevel

You can appreciate though that your 'long ago' might not be for me, right? Your first love was what, perhaps around ten years ago? That's not long for me. That happens when people are in different periods of their lives. My first love was closer to thirty years ago. We can be a team and you can still seem young to me, because young does not equate to infant automatically. Stop making every discussion into extremes without nuance. Also, going through shit doesn't automatically equate to a long timeline. One person could go through more in one year than another in a lifetime. That doesn't mean shit for 'a long time ago.'

I'll make sure that you have a chance to rest and recoup.

I love science fiction. Especially when it's hopeful about the future.

Edited Date: 2025-04-19 07:45 pm (UTC)

From:

hawk_shot

[It's a touchy subject even though it shouldn't be. Why is she fighting to have a chance in a fight she's already lost? One that never really started. There's no point in trying to pretend that a relationship between them would't be innapropiate when he already has a girlfriend and Kate would never dare to make a move.

... Not consciously.

God, she's a horrible person for just thinking about this.]

... Fine.

Will you rest and recoup too?

What about Star Wars? It'd be pretty cool to see you do tricks with a lightsaber.

From:

streetlevel

If I can. I'm almost afraid to say too much about resting and jinx us all out of it.

I like Star Wars. I like some of the television shows a lot more than the recent movies. Well, I guess they're not so recent now, but the last made movies.

From:

hawk_shot

[Kate considered it for a moment.]

Because we are never resting again in our lives. After tonight? Work non-stop. And we hide in the sewers, Matthew. [Screw it, might as well try this jinxing technique then.]

Please, please for the love of everything that's good, dress in a robe next Halloween and do lightsaber tricks. I'll get you a lightsaber blind stick and you'll be the blindman with the most force that ever forced.

From:

streetlevel

Why does it feel like that's the start of a blues song.

Ha. I haven't dressed up for Halloween in a long time. Let me guess, you always do.

From:

hawk_shot

'The Song of the Devil in the Sewers' sounds pretty amazing.

Of course I do! You really haven't dressed up in years? I can't believe the guys let you get away with that.

[Brace yourself, Matt. There's no way you're not wearing a costume next Halloween.]

From:

streetlevel

Devils and hawks?

I haven't. I'm usually in the office during the day, then suited up at night. Except this past year, where I just didn't do anything at night. So what's been your favorite costumes?

From:

hawk_shot

The Blues of the Devil and the Hawk, that's what I'm calling your playlist. Ever listened to Måneskin, Matt?

How can you just 'not do anything' for Halloween. Seriously, start thinking what you wanna do this year or I'm picking for you. [She pauses.] My favorite? You realize that's a really hard question? Okay... okay, on my Top 3 for sure, the Avengersaurus.

From:

streetlevel

I have not, are they a blues group?

I sat on my sofa, drank wine, and listened to documentaries. I did pass out candy to trick or treaters, so. I wasn't the asshole who just turned off all the lights.

... what is an Avengersaurus?

From:

hawk_shot

For real, Matt? Not a blues at all, no. But, I mean, I have some lyrics you really need to hear. [And she sounds delighted about it.] 'I'm the devil who's searching for redemption and I'm a lawyer who's searching for redemption'? It's like the song was made for you.

You could have worn a sheet at least. A guy going through the streets wearing a sheet without the holes on his eyes would actually be kinda creepy.

So, there's these inflatable dinosaur costumes that became pretty popular, right? Some friends of mine and I bought the same t-rex costume and personalized them each as an Avenger. It was stupidly fun.

From:

streetlevel

Huh. Now I'm just paranoid they somehow know my secret identity. Since of course it is all about me.

I was in sweats and slightly drunk, it was an excellent night of hermiting.

In my mind it was one dinosaur with all the Avengers somehow represented on it. Like a weird freak transporter accident combining bodies in a prehistoric way.

From:

hawk_shot

It gets very slutty, so go figure. Maybe I should change my ringtone for you?

Not under my watch anymore, Murdock. Say goodbye to boring Halloween nights from now on.

Don't tempt me to update my Avengersaurus costume, 'cause I will. But, in all seriousness, nothing beats getting costumes and going out as a group with friends.

From:

streetlevel

I'd have to hear it before deeming it trumps Hozier.

Foggy would always try to get me to go to parties. I'd never make the time. Too busy being Daredevil.

From:

hawk_shot

Who knows? Maybe you'll start playing it as you fight bad guys.

Matt, even Daredevil is allowed to take an hour a night to have some fun. After you've taken a year off, you have to admit that that's true.

From:

streetlevel

I'm not gonna be the asshole who brings his own theme song to a fight.

It's easier to take a year than an hour, oddly. I'm not great at balance. Tend to be all or nothing.

From:

hawk_shot

It can be a whole playlist! You have to admit it would make things extra cool.

You could always make this your belated New Year's resolution, Matt.

From:

streetlevel

That sounds more like something that guy with the cape would do. Strange?

What if my resolution was to eat more tacos instead?

From:

hawk_shot

Doctor Strange? I don't know. You probably don't know it, but his outfit is flashy. Not so sure about his style, aside from the flying part.

You wanna scare your enemies with your hellish farts?

From:

streetlevel

I've heard his outfit is ridiculous. And flashy.

Some of our digestive systems can handle tacos.

From:

hawk_shot

Blues and reds and a cape that looks like kinda patchwork inside? I don't know, I haven't paid too much attention. But it seems to be alive, it's kinda crazy.

Even the real spicy ones?

From:

streetlevel

What is it with most vigilantes and primary colors? [Says the man in red. A bit bitterly.] Maybe the narcissism of vigilantes and wearing those colors will be a chapter in Heather's new book.

Well. Maybe they won't all be super spicy.

From:

hawk_shot

Glad I'm not making it into that chapter. [Not that she'd never endured people teasing her over her obsession with purple.] So, she's actually writing it? I didn't think she was much of a fan lately.

Oh, no. The resolution demands you go all in for this, Matt.

From:

streetlevel

Oh, I'm fairly certain she's still writing it. I doubt it'll say anything complimentary about the psyches of vigilantes, but as far as I know, she's still writing it.

A taco doesn't have to be super spicy to be a taco. Don't pigeonhole tacos, Kate.

From:

hawk_shot

You need to sit her down to watch the Wakanda Forever documentary. There's no way people don't like heroes after watching that.

But resolutions are supposed to be hard, Matthew! What kinda New Year's resolution is 'ugh, oh my God, I'm gonna eat more ice cream this year'. [She makes a mocking kind of voice.]