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hi i'm scott ([personal profile] tictacs) wrote2035-05-10 11:23 pm

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text / call / video / voicemail / actionspam / para / etc
leave me starters! prompts! if i don't reply in 3 days, remind me
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[personal profile] murdocksboy 2016-06-20 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ matt has to employ his very best courtroom manners to keep from laughing, schooling his expression into one of earnest competence. out of subconscious habit, his hands fold over the top of his cane. ]

One of the advantages, your honor, of being blind is that it's impossible to judge a man by his appearance. I therefore would like direct your attention to what's on the inside. I think you'll find that Mr. Lang is a man of intelligence, compassion, and integrity and who, despite certain prior actions that might suggest otherwise, happens to be one of the most truthworthy people I know. All qualities that make him an excellent character witness.

[ that...might have revealed a little more than matt originally intended. he clears his throat and bows his head a bit sheepishly. ]

Defense rests.
murdocksboy: (sentimental heart is to blame)

[personal profile] murdocksboy 2016-06-20 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ that uptick in scott's pulse is clear as a bell to matt, and matt tilts his head back against seat and closes his eyes behind the sunglasses, focusing on the sounds within the van and tuning out everything else. he's still a little bit embarrassed himself, but just maybe the tiniest bit of smugness has crept into the corner of his smile. ]

The defence offers into evidence the fact that if the witness drove a little faster, he might find himself granted permission to do whatever he wants to the defense.
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[personal profile] murdocksboy 2016-06-20 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Remind me never to invite you to sit in on a trial.

[ since that was the desired result, matt isn't complaining about the increased effort at a speedy arrival. he can't exactly pretend to be unaffected by scott's responses, either. only one of them might be able to read a heartbeat from a distance, but it's hard to be subtle about the way matt shifts in his seat. ]

Could always watch it together, and I can tell you all the things they're doing wrong. [ doesn't that sound like fun? ]
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[personal profile] murdocksboy 2016-06-20 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ matt gives a soft laugh, mentally filing away the idea of trolling scott a little by sometime putting on a law & order episode for "background music". ]

Just the one today. We did get an interesting assortment of payments from a couple of clients with closed cases, though. Had to turn down the offer of a puppy from a very nice family whose pet dog is about to have a litter.
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[personal profile] murdocksboy 2016-06-20 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ scott's reaction doesn't surprise matt at all. in fact, the moment he opened his mouth about the puppy, he had the sudden feeling that maybe he'd dismissed that particular payment option a little too quickly.

he has no idea what the building restrictions are for scott's place. (although there's always the possibility of getting them changed. isn't that what lawyer friends are for?) but he's a little worried surprised that he's honestly considering contacting that client again. ]


To be honest, it seemed like a lot of responsibility. And I didn't want to play on your soft-heartedness to saddle you with it.

[ after a brief pause he decides what the hell. ] How's your daughter's pet situation?
murdocksboy: (pic#10346131)

i'm living for this cr that i had no idea i needed until now

[personal profile] murdocksboy 2016-06-20 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ of course she has a giant ant. when your father can control every ant in the world, what else do you get as a pet? matt bites his lip to keep from laughing at the thought of what show and tell must be like at cassie's school. ]

Rupert sounds like a great name for an ant.

[ it takes matt a moment to respond. is it weird that he's willing to get the dog for scott? is it too presumptive of their...whatever they have? ]

Yeah, why not? It would make them happy, it would make you happy...
murdocksboy: (pic#10346130)

that's precious! and so is scott <3

[personal profile] murdocksboy 2016-06-20 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it has to say something about one or the other of them, that matt doesn't see where he's done anything especially nice. certainly nothing he'd consider "spoiling". but if his approach results in this kind of happiness -- and matt doesn't need his eyes to pick up on the way the emotion bubbles out of scott when he's happy -- then he'll gladly keep right on doing it. ]

That doesn't sound like any rule I've ever heard of.

[ matt can think of a lot of answers to that, but they're all likely to make scott sputter or blush. ]

I would withhold judgment on that until you actually have the dog. Aren't puppies supposed to be pretty near the top of the happy-making list?
murdocksboy: (pay for your sins below or above)

they can be precious together?

[personal profile] murdocksboy 2016-06-20 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's on the tip of matts' tongue to say that he's never had a dog either, can't be any help there. and then scott has to keep talking and say something like that. and matt isn't usually that much of a blusher, but boy is he giving it the old college try right now.

it's good that he generally finds the cheesy pick-up lines endearing.

matt appreciates the smooth stop (scott likes to give himself a hard time, but he's thoughtful), and he's unbuckling his own seatbelt when he's offered a first-rate opportunity to hide his embarrassment under a veneer of mild indignation. ]


I remind you of a puppy? Last I checked, I was pretty well housebroken.
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[personal profile] murdocksboy 2016-06-20 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ how does he say out loud that he likes to be touched, that he needs human contact that isn't born out of violence? foggy likes to tease about the supposed revolving mattress (not that matt ever got as much action as his partner believes), but foggy doesn't have to worry about forgetting what it's like to feel skin under his hands that isn't bloody and broken.

the inner examination causes his steps linger a little behind scott, who hopefully because of that doesn't catch anything in matt's expression that might hint at the turn his thoughts have taken. giving his head a shake (and then smiling a little at himself, because talk about puppy-ish), he hurries to catch up as scott reaches his door. ]


secret part of the bar exam.

[ the mouthy part, not the other. although matt does address that after a long pause. ]

everybody's touch is different. some are nicer than others. i like yours.

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[personal profile] murdocksboy 2016-06-20 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ and just like that, the tension matt had built up for himself is gone. this is one of the reasons he finds himself spending more and more time with scott. this wonderful way he has of reminding matt to stop taking himself so seriously.

he's happy to let scott take away his jacket, to unknot his tie, to start stripping away the burden of being matt murdock, attorney at law. and just by scott's presence and who he is, to fend off for a little while the burden of being the devil of hell's kitchen.

matt bites at his lower lip and then smiles, standing loose and relaxed while scott's fingers smooth across the fabric of his shirt. ]


Yes. And I also like this- [ he brushes his own fingers against scott's elbow and then his hip, copying the small touches that he's always appreciated for the physical connection they offer. then, matt bends his head and presses his lips to scott's mouth -- first one corner, then the lightest touch to the crease of his upper lip, then the other corner. ] And that.
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[personal profile] murdocksboy 2016-06-20 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Because I like your responses, I guess.

[ matt stays right there for a moment, nose to nose. then pulls away just long enough to get his glasses out of the way, sticking them in his shirt pocket. it's often unnerving for other people to talk to him this way, his eyes never quite making contact with anything, but scott's seen it before and has never given any indication that it bothers him.

with the sunglasses gone, he can lay his hand on scott's jaw and pull him close for another kiss. matt can hear and feel the changes his body goes through. the heightened temperature and faster heartbeat. the way his chest constricts as he thinks about scott's words. the tingling of his skin as his adrenaline rises in reaction to the way scott's mouth feels under his own. matt makes a soft sound, barely vocalized, as the world of sensation he lives in starts to blessedly narrow to just this small space. ]


If you had any idea what you give me...
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[personal profile] murdocksboy 2016-06-21 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ matt's always had a soft spot for quiet and slow, for taking his time to indulge in all the sensations that come his way, in all the ways his partner responds. it feels good to know there's nothing urgent on the horizon, no need to just grab what they can get in the short spaces between disasters.

he lets scott walk him to the couch, sinking down onto the cushions without letting go. ]


What I do is nothing compared to the risk you take every time you use that suit of yours. [ he smiles against scott's lips, then tilts his head to press a kiss to scott's jaw while he murmurs softly. ] One of these days you're going to run off and join some team of heroes, and i'll have to let you go.

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