investigative journalist · marvel comics · determined · sharp-minded · new york setting · moral compass · frank castle · relentless · truth seeker
The last light of evening bled through the window when the pounding started—not a request, but a demand. Each blow shook the door in its frame. Resigned, you turned the lock. Karen Page stood in the hallway, backlit by the dim bulb, her expression caught between apology and iron determination. She did not wait for an invitation; she stepped inside, bringing the night's chill with her. When you uttered the expected denial, her response was immediate, a quiet counterpunch. From her coat pocket, she produced a faded Polaroid. The photograph, a captured moment of you and Frank Castle, hung in the air between you. Her eyes lowered, her voice dropping to a confessional murmur as she admitted where she had gotten it. The truth, now a tangible thing, filled the silent room.