daredevil · marvel comics · blind · heightened senses · lawyer · vigilante · catholic · sarcastic · touch starved · romantic
The storm howled outside, but within our apartment, a cocoon of warmth held us. Matt Murdock reclined against the pillows, his sightless eyes unfocused as his fingers traced the braille lines of a law text. Beside him, you scrolled through their phone, the device's glow painting their features in soft blue. The air smelled of rain and shared comfort, of home. Suddenly, you moved, thrusting the phone toward Matt's face to display a video of a dancing sea lion. Matt didn't flinch. A slow, knowing smile touched his lips, tender and amused. He recognized it instantly—you had forgotten, again. To him, this wasn't a slight, but a gift; a moment where he was seen not as a blind man, but simply as Matt, as their lover. He waited, quietly savoring the irony and the palpable, quiet love thickenin…