If they wanted you to enlist, and if you had an interest, I'm sure they could find some way to exercise your skillset.
[ stephen isn't actually that invested in the forms and dimensions of rebellion, in large part because he finds himself less and less concerned with the laws of man every day. he just knows that one of the newcomers who was particularly interested in insurgency would've wanted help from anyone capable, and he only knows that because he lives with him. ]
But I feel the same, frankly. If someone needs patching up I'm not sure I care whether they're chafing under the leash or not; I still have obligations. [ stephen slides a glass to him, taps the rim for a cue. ] —here you go. [ and then he leans against the counter, eying him openly. he does, after a fashion, catch the shadow of that black eye, it makes him frown— ] Speaking of needing patching up. [ he makes an aborted gesture to the side of matt's face, fingers with their slight tremor hovering near the side of his face. ] You get hit?
[ Of course Matt doesn't need Stephen to tap the glass, and he's more than aware that a hand is reaching towards him. He can almost feel the vague shaking in the fingers if he focuses hard enough.
He puts on a look of surprise. It's not really all that fake. Matt hadn't realized that anything was amiss, so he passes it off with an awkward sort of laugh. ]
Yeah. It's not - No one's going around hitting a blind guy. It was the fesitval. My dad was a boxer and I like to think I can throw a punch or two, I think everyone was just. Riled up. Guess it got a little out of hand.
[ That's not even really a lie, either. Matt's glad he can use Tumenalia as an excuse. He takes off his glasses and sets them on the counter, then makes the choice to tip his face towards Stephen's hand. ]
[ stephen bites back a scoff of disbelief as matt removes his glasses, leans towards his hand. figures, matt murdock is cute. stephen doesn't think that very often about very many people, because he's forty and cynical and "cute" hasn't really existed in his personal vernacular for ages. but stephen is also a believer in certain objective truths, so yeah, it's gonna have to be cute. how demeaning for them both. ]
Really? I'm flattered. I wish I could see the other guy.
[ Matt looks amused, and, well. They're here, aren't they? Doing this, dancing around the underlying reason why Stephen is here in the first place. Drinks? Sure. Friends catching up? Maybe that, too. But Matt's not a stranger to flirting, either. ]
[ his tone carefully neutral, even though he does, at last, rest a speculative hand on the side of matt's face. the scars stand out slightly against skin. ]
Inviting over a medical professional with nothing better to do than make house calls. [ said with wry amusement, and his voice a touch lower in the narrow space between them. ] But I suppose it's either that or funny business.
[ In moments like these, Matt is glad to have his blindness to fall back on. It gives him an excuse to be touchy, people understand that's how he "sees", but it also has a knack for making things a little more intimate. Matt's not shameless about using it to his advantage.
He reaches up his own hand to touch Stephen's. The scarring is glaringly obvious to him, and he's curious but not quite sure he should ask. So he lets his touch ghost over Stephen's hand before dropping if. ]
[ matter-of-fact, because stephen thinks it's true, even if he himself isn't much of a liar.
he lets another moment of silence stretch out between them, and then he shifts on his feet audibly, until they're nearly toe to toe. stephen doesn't go for the wounded puppy look, generally; but matt is just—a ridiculously good-looking person, shiner and bruised knuckles and all. he's been looking forward to seeing him again, he realizes. he doesn't think that too often nowadays, so he knows it must be the truth.
he leans in and touches his mouth to matt's, gentle at first, and then more firmly, licking at his mouth. testing the waters,. ]
[ Matt hums, because there's nothing quite like that moment of breathless anticipation and then the way it breaks at initial contact. He's all too happy to part his lips and invite Stephen in.
And since they're here now, and Matt doesn't really do much by halves, he steps back to lean against the counter. He pulls Stephen along with him, giving them some leverage to lean into things. Maybe giving himself an excuse, too, to let his hands roam over Stephen's arms, to start mapping out the man he's readily - and eagerly - invited into his home with hopes that this might happen. ]
[ it's easy to sway in with matt, to curve his foot beside matt's and lean him properly against the granite. one of his hands comes up, bracing on the countertop to better hem him in. the other touches down on matt's hip, thumb circling the surprisingly deep vee of muscle there, digging in with interest. and then that arm curves all the way around matt, bringing them flush against one another and still pressed back against the counter, stephen kissing him harder, that pretense of tentativeness draining away, that simmering heat in him starting to eke its way out with tongue and teeth. ]
[ This is very very good. Matt could do this for hours, but his body is telling him that there are more pressing urgencies to deal with. He shifts enough to test the friction of hip-against-hip. Not that Matt's super senses are needed to determine the growing level of arousal between them.
He pushes his hands up under Stephen's shirt, then trails his fingers down to edge along the waistband of Stephen's pants. Is it too eager? Matt doesn't really care. ]
[ he's half-hard already and not particularly ashamed about it. that's what a two-year functional dry spell and an inability to deal with emotional problems get you: the need to deal with matters physically and with urgency instead.
plus, he likes matt. actually likes him, to his chagrin, despite the fact that the things he knows about matt could probably fit in a roughly shoebox-sized container. matt is just ... disarming. inexplicably so. and stephen, slow to appreciate anyone's company, has never been easily charmed.
he huffs out a short laugh when he feels matt's fingers trail at the hem of his shirt. underneath he's all lean hard muscle, the suggestion of fitness maintained through hard work but not for vanity. both of his own hands, then, coming down onto matt's hips, pushing him back against the counter again in a slow inexorable grind. his cock is thick and easily delineated through his jeans, even at half-mast, the friction maddening, and the movement sinuous enough to suggest that stephen—as much as he appreciates a fancy condo—also wouldn't be averse to just, you know. fucking him here. ]
[ Would Matt complain if Stephen bent him over the counter? Probably not. It's becoming increasingly obvious to Matt how long it's been since he's gotten laid, and his over-sensitivity could become an embarrassing problem for him at this rate.
Whatever friction Stephen might feel, Matt feels tenfold. He sucks in a breath as it sends a jolt up his spine, but he's restrained enough to withhold any sound that might threaten to escape his lips. For now. What he needs is a moment for his body to adjust to the sudden stimulation. ]
Too many clothes. [ He manages to mutter it between heated kisses. ]
[ the words pull a scoff out of him, abrupt and genuinely amused. he kisses matt again, breathing out harsh and quick against his mouth— ]
Yeah. I got it.
[ got it, or him, it doesn't matter. stephen's hands, unsteady for more than one reason now, make their way down to the hem of matt's shirt to help pull it over his head; he's reaching down, presumably with the intention of shedding his own clothes, but it's hard when he's still intent on kissing the living daylights out of him and skirting an eager touch down matt's chest all at the same time. and then he laughs again, warm fingers splaying over matt's abs. ]
God. Warn a guy next time.
[ seriously, nothing about their interactions suggested matt's abs would look and feel like that. ]
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[ stephen isn't actually that invested in the forms and dimensions of rebellion, in large part because he finds himself less and less concerned with the laws of man every day. he just knows that one of the newcomers who was particularly interested in insurgency would've wanted help from anyone capable, and he only knows that because he lives with him. ]
But I feel the same, frankly. If someone needs patching up I'm not sure I care whether they're chafing under the leash or not; I still have obligations. [ stephen slides a glass to him, taps the rim for a cue. ] —here you go. [ and then he leans against the counter, eying him openly. he does, after a fashion, catch the shadow of that black eye, it makes him frown— ] Speaking of needing patching up. [ he makes an aborted gesture to the side of matt's face, fingers with their slight tremor hovering near the side of his face. ] You get hit?
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He puts on a look of surprise. It's not really all that fake. Matt hadn't realized that anything was amiss, so he passes it off with an awkward sort of laugh. ]
Yeah. It's not - No one's going around hitting a blind guy. It was the fesitval. My dad was a boxer and I like to think I can throw a punch or two, I think everyone was just. Riled up. Guess it got a little out of hand.
[ That's not even really a lie, either. Matt's glad he can use Tumenalia as an excuse. He takes off his glasses and sets them on the counter, then makes the choice to tip his face towards Stephen's hand. ]
How's it look, doctor?
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Best shiner I've ever seen, personally.
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[ Matt looks amused, and, well. They're here, aren't they? Doing this, dancing around the underlying reason why Stephen is here in the first place. Drinks? Sure. Friends catching up? Maybe that, too. But Matt's not a stranger to flirting, either. ]
Is there anything I should do for it?
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[ his tone carefully neutral, even though he does, at last, rest a speculative hand on the side of matt's face. the scars stand out slightly against skin. ]
Inviting over a medical professional with nothing better to do than make house calls. [ said with wry amusement, and his voice a touch lower in the narrow space between them. ] But I suppose it's either that or funny business.
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[ In moments like these, Matt is glad to have his blindness to fall back on. It gives him an excuse to be touchy, people understand that's how he "sees", but it also has a knack for making things a little more intimate. Matt's not shameless about using it to his advantage.
He reaches up his own hand to touch Stephen's. The scarring is glaringly obvious to him, and he's curious but not quite sure he should ask. So he lets his touch ghost over Stephen's hand before dropping if. ]
You're going to make a liar out of me.
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[ matter-of-fact, because stephen thinks it's true, even if he himself isn't much of a liar.
he lets another moment of silence stretch out between them, and then he shifts on his feet audibly, until they're nearly toe to toe. stephen doesn't go for the wounded puppy look, generally; but matt is just—a ridiculously good-looking person, shiner and bruised knuckles and all. he's been looking forward to seeing him again, he realizes. he doesn't think that too often nowadays, so he knows it must be the truth.
he leans in and touches his mouth to matt's, gentle at first, and then more firmly, licking at his mouth. testing the waters,. ]
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And since they're here now, and Matt doesn't really do much by halves, he steps back to lean against the counter. He pulls Stephen along with him, giving them some leverage to lean into things. Maybe giving himself an excuse, too, to let his hands roam over Stephen's arms, to start mapping out the man he's readily - and eagerly - invited into his home with hopes that this might happen. ]
wrong account lolol
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He pushes his hands up under Stephen's shirt, then trails his fingers down to edge along the waistband of Stephen's pants. Is it too eager? Matt doesn't really care. ]
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plus, he likes matt. actually likes him, to his chagrin, despite the fact that the things he knows about matt could probably fit in a roughly shoebox-sized container. matt is just ... disarming. inexplicably so. and stephen, slow to appreciate anyone's company, has never been easily charmed.
he huffs out a short laugh when he feels matt's fingers trail at the hem of his shirt. underneath he's all lean hard muscle, the suggestion of fitness maintained through hard work but not for vanity. both of his own hands, then, coming down onto matt's hips, pushing him back against the counter again in a slow inexorable grind. his cock is thick and easily delineated through his jeans, even at half-mast, the friction maddening, and the movement sinuous enough to suggest that stephen—as much as he appreciates a fancy condo—also wouldn't be averse to just, you know. fucking him here. ]
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Whatever friction Stephen might feel, Matt feels tenfold. He sucks in a breath as it sends a jolt up his spine, but he's restrained enough to withhold any sound that might threaten to escape his lips. For now. What he needs is a moment for his body to adjust to the sudden stimulation. ]
Too many clothes. [ He manages to mutter it between heated kisses. ]
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Yeah. I got it.
[ got it, or him, it doesn't matter. stephen's hands, unsteady for more than one reason now, make their way down to the hem of matt's shirt to help pull it over his head; he's reaching down, presumably with the intention of shedding his own clothes, but it's hard when he's still intent on kissing the living daylights out of him and skirting an eager touch down matt's chest all at the same time. and then he laughs again, warm fingers splaying over matt's abs. ]
God. Warn a guy next time.
[ seriously, nothing about their interactions suggested matt's abs would look and feel like that. ]