#anyways frank and karen have a dog and everyday frank and that dog stop by nelson murdock and page to drop off her lunch

[wannaliveattheholidayinn]

i have to say,,, just,,, i know it's so impractical,,,

but can you just imagine if the punisher's new show is just like,,, frank leading a semi-normal life, dealing with,,, all the shit he's dealing with, living with karen and a dog, maybe a kid, and being like a partial stay at home dad,,,

while matt murdock is getting the shit beat out of him in an alleyway on his show

#i think frank deserves some good :) #matt's catholic he had it coming #/j... unless? #anyways frank and karen have a dog and everyday frank and that dog stop by nelson murdock and page to drop off her lunch #frank castle #matt murdock #karen page #the punisher #daredevil #daredevil disney+ #daredevil born again

[billy-delos]

What I like about you

*gif isn’t mine*

You had hoped that Frank and Karen would finally get their act together before Valentine’s Day so that they’d actually have plans instead of sitting at your dining room table with you and Billy. At least they could have had a semblance of a Valentine’s Day together if they’d just stopped doing their weird dance around each other and admit they had feelings for each other. Karen had been showing interest in Frank for a while now, dropping hints every so often that you and Billy had picked up on. You were pretty sure that Frank had picked up on it himself, and was interested or else he would have gently but firmly shut her down as you’d seen him do with women that would flirt with him in the bar. You also knew though that losing his family had caused him to be hesitant to let anyone get too close.

You had tried to ignore the fact that you were spending Valentine’s Day with Billy after you finally acknowledged that your feelings for him had crossed beyond friendship. Billy didn’t reciprocate it and you knew that and that was fine; he’d never given you any indication that he was interested which was fine. Nevertheless, your mind had wondered what a proper Valentine’s day would be like with Billy. You doubted he’d be particularly

But you’d ordered a couple of pizzas and Billy had brought some IPAs which he swore tasted completely different than the generic beers that you’d order at a bar.

“How are you doing?” Billy asked as he was helping you in the kitchen grab plates and cups.

“I’m fine,” you shrugged, “Why? Do I not seem fine?”

Billy cleared his throat, “No, it’s just I know that Valentine’s Day can be hard sometimes for some people…”

“Oh, because I’m single?” you asked.

Billy looked slightly embarrassed.

“No, I mean maybe a few years ago it would have been rough and I’d be watching a bunch of rom-coms and wondering why it wasn’t me, but not now. I guess the way I’ve thought of the holiday has changed.”

“How so?” Billy asked.

“Well, it’s a holiday about love, right? And I know that it’s really been interpreted as a holiday for romantic love which I get, but I think it’s also just a great time to just appreciate all the love we have in our lives in all forms. Because I realize how much love I have in my life with you and Frank and Karen and my family and my dog even and why should I focus on being single and being sad about it when there’s so much that I could celebrate.”

“Interesting perspective.”

“Well, it’s definitely not going to sell any Hallmark cards,” you laughed.

“I like it though,” Billy said, “I kind of think this holiday is bullshit.”

“Yeah?” you asked.

“I mean, if you love someone you should let them know, right? Everyday, make sure that they’re happy and they know that they’re loved and wanted.” Your heart fluttered hearing Billy’s words and you knew that his view had been formed by his childhood and his relationship with his mother.

“Yeah, that makes sense,” you said and pulled Billy into a tight side hug.

“Come on,”

“So, do you have any Valentine’s Day traditions?” Frank asked.

Karen just shook her head, “I’m usually working, but in the past few years I’ve gone to a couple of Galentine’s events.”

“Y/N?”

You shrugged and picked at the crust that remained on your plate, “In college, my single friends and I- and sometimes people who wouldn’t be with their partners- would hang out and say what we loved about each other. Because so frequently we don’t necessarily tell people what we love about them,” you smiled at the memory and shrugged.

“Let’s do it,” Frank said.

“What?”

“Yeah, come on, let’s see, Billy, you son of a bitch, we’ve gone through two tours of duty together and you’re family you know that, I love that you’ll always have my back and I’ll always have yours. Y/N, I fucking love you for being so damn nice to everyone all the time. And Karen, you are probably one of the most incredible, stunning, intelligent people I’ve ever met and I’m so, so privileged to have you in my life.”

You couldn’t help but grin as Karen flushed at the compliment, she reached over and gently squeezed Frank’s arm. You glanced over to Billy who was beaming.

“Awww… look even Frank has a heart,” Billy teased.

“Okay, I’ll go,” you said. “Frank, I love that you would give the shirt off your back to anyone in need. Karen, you are my work wife and I love you, and Billy you care so damn much about everything, especially your friends and I love that about you.”

Karen went next, “Y/N, I love how opinionated you are and how you don’t care about what other people think. Billy, I love how hard you have worked to get to where you are. And Frank, you are probably the best person I know and I love the person you are and the person that you are becoming.”

“Billy?” you looked expectantly to him.

“Frankie, I love that you probably understand me better than anyone else. Karen, you are such a badass and I love that, and Y/N,” he paused, “I love that you’re smart.”

Your smile froze on your face. What Billy had said was nice, it was just so impersonal. Karen and Frank seemed to notice how Billy had said such nice things about them and for you it was different. Nevertheless, you forced a smile on your face, “Thanks, Billy,” you said.

“Early day tomorrow?” Frank asked.

“Yeah, not work though, but I have an early morning yoga session,” you said.

“We should probably head out soon anyways,” Frank said.

You walked them out to the door and hugged Billy and Frank before they headed out into the hallway. Karen lingered for a second and hugged you, “sorry,” she said.

“It’s okay,” you said. You had never talked to Karen about your crush on Billy since you all were friends but Karen was too observant to not notice. She tracked down criminals and wrote about them for a living, she was notice something as obvious as your crush on Billy, “good luck with Frank tonight.”

You waved goodbye and sighed. It was hard not to take it personally. Billy had been so sincere and thoughtful with the other two and less so with you, but if there was an upside to this, maybe this was the clarity you needed to move on from Billy and actually try to date someone.

 You were startled awake by a knock on the door a few hours after you’d gone to sleep. 12:07, your clock read as you stumbled to the door. “Billy, is everything okay?” you asked as you opened the door to see him on the other side.

“Honestly, I spent the past two hours first listening to Frank tear into me and then thinking whether or not I should come over here,” Billy said.

“Can this wait until tomorrow? I have to be up in five hours,” you asked.

“No, sorry I have to say this now before I chicken out and then I’ll go and you can decide if you want to talk about this more in the morning or if you don’t.”

“You’re kind of freaking me out,” you said.                

“I messed up tonight, I told you I loved that you are smart and I meant it and it’s true, but what I should have said was that I love that you have made a home for all of us, I love how you talk about things that you’re passionate about, I love how you don’t pity me but accept me for who I am, I love that you’d rather read in a book in a café than go to a cup… I just love you,” Billy said.

You smiled, “I love you, too,” and you pulled him down for a kiss. It was soft and slow and cautious but certain. You smiled as you pulled away apologetically, “I do need to go to bed though soon.”

“Okay,” Billy said, “Shit, it’s no longer Valentine’s Day.”

“That’s okay, we’ll have next year,” you said with certainty and a smile. Billy went to leave but you held onto his hand, “Stay.”

“Are you sure?” he asked.

“Yeah, let’s just sleep,” you said with a smile as you led him to your bedroom and he curled up next to you under the covers. You gently rested your forehead against his, “This was probably the best Valentine’s Day, Billy, so thank you.”

Billy pulled you over so that your head lay on his chest, “it was the best one for me as well so thank you.”

#billy russo x reader #billy russo imagine #billy russo

[radicaljess]

5 Healthy Lifestyle Changes You Can Make That DON’T Include Going To The Gym!

Lets be frank, not everyone likes going to the gym. That’s totally okay, it’s not for everyone, so don’t try to force yourself to like it because you’ll end up hating it even more. It may be that you do like the gym, but you’ve only got so far with it. Again, that’s fine. Let’s step out of the gym for a minute and walk into your home, your work, your everyday surroundings.

A quick disclaimer before you start. Pick 1 out of the 5 following changes to start with. See if you can maintain it for 2 weeks. If you can? Great, keep going and pick a second. Don’t burden yourself with too much at once, good things take time. 

1. Limit your screen time.

PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY!!! Stop scrolling right before sleep, your brain is gonna be anything but sleepy if the last thing you saw on Facebook was that according to Stacey, Brenda from over the road was leaving her husband for his brother. What about this cute little puppy on Instagram though Jess?

I’m the cat. Not interested. Turn it off. 

It’s also affecting your personal relationships. How many times have you had to say “What was that?” to someone because you were scrolling? Guilty!! We all do it, but try to get your headspace a little clearer and look at what’s in front of you. The quality time with your friends, partner or the real life puppies you could be seeing. Which brings me to my next point...

2. Step outside. 

Yes, okay this can be weather dependant. But I cannot emphasise enough the importance of fresh air. My mum always used to say “all that fresh air will do you good”, I mean when I was 15 the last thing I cared about was getting fresh air. BUT, Mum, you were right. Get moving in the outdoors, get your step count up. Go to your local dog walking spot and look at dogs. Get a cold nose and then run indoors and have a hot drink. BREATHE!! Make a point of going outside for just 10 minutes every day and I promise you you’ll notice the difference. 

3. Move your feet.

Have you heard that sitting is the new smoking? Can you believe that? A sedentary lifestyle has now been linked to a higher risk of developing cancers, heart disease and poor mental health. If you work in a desk job this can be twice as hard. But try getting up every hour and walking up and down a flight of stairs, or going to get a drink, or just popping over to Karens desk to tell her about Brenda across the road, “Can you BELIEVE it?”

Anyway, let’s let Brenda live her life because that’s Brenda’s business. The important thing here is that you’re moving. Whether thats walking the long way home or parking the car in the car park down the road, get those steps in when you can. 

4. Sit down, DRINK. Stand up, DRINK.

Hydrate yourself. Now. Literally go and get a drink. Aim for 1.5 - 2 litres a day. Buy a reusable (climate change is real people) bottle and keep that sucker topped up all day. Water helps your brain function better, makes you less sleepy, improves muscle fibres and helps you wee to remove toxins out of the body. So, I mean, it’s pretty good for you. It’s literally the drink of life. 

Why haven’t you gone to get a drink yet?

5. Night, hun.

Go to bed. Create yourself a bedtime routine. It will change your life. Treat yourself like a child and set a time and stick to it. Have a bath if you want, do your skincare regime if that’s what you like, drink a peppermint tea (hi just giving you my bedtime routine). Phone off. Alarm set. Dark room. 

*Side note - if you struggle to settle, download the Calm app and go to the sleep section in the meditation section. I don’t think I’ve ever made it to the end without falling asleep.

Sleep is vital for good mental and physical recovery. Also, a good nights sleep generally just puts you in a better mood and makes you a nicer person to be around. 

SO, there you have it. You might already be doing some of these, you might have needed a reminder or you may be doing none of them. My challenge to you for the next coming week is to try and implement JUST ONE of these into your daily life. Try it, see how you feel. What’s the worst that could happen?

#fitness #healthy living #healthy tips #health #lifestyle #exercise #Personal Trainer #personal training

[care-devil]

Masterlist of Karedevil moments - Daredevil Season 2

[Season 1]   [The Defenders]  [Season 3]

It took me long enough, but here it is: the masterlist of Karedevil interactions for season 2! I did that for season 1 and didn’t do it for S2 because there were so many more scenes, and pretty self-explanatory, “canon” as some would say. But I figured it’d be great to have one for S2 as well. Season 3 is coming soon, as well as the one for the Defenders. I hope this will be of use to vidders, gif makers, or simply Karedevil addicts! If you do use this, please let me know, like, reblog or tag me so that I know it’s actually useful to someone :) 

Episode 1  - Bang!

Scene 1:

○ When: around 6′55

○ What: Foggy tells Matt Karen’s being suspicious about his... physical state.

○ Main quotes:

Foggy: "You know Karen’s been asking questions? The cuts, the scrapes, the bruises?”

Matt: “What did you tell her?”

Foggy: “You’ve a drinking problem.”

Scene 2:

○ When: around 8′50 (until 11′00)

○ What: Matt & Foggy get to the office, Karen’s already there taking care of the clients.

○ Main quotes: “And [we have] each other” (Karen)

Scene 3

○ When: 17′29 - 20′20

○ What: Foggy, Karen and Matt are at Josie’s. Foggy leaves and Matt and Karen chat and play pool together.

○ Main quotes: well, it’s more a scene to watch than to listen to.

Episode 2 : Dogs to a Gunfight

Scene 1:

○ When: 4′25

○ What: Foggy’s taking care of Matt after he was beat up by Frank Castle.

○ Main quotes:

Matt: “Where’s Karen?”

Foggy: “We’ve been through this!”

Matt: “Oh yeah that’s right. You... You sure she’s okay?”

Scene 2:

○ When: around 24′30 to 29′30

○ What: Karen pays a visit to Matt, who took a “sick day.” She tells hims she’s not that okay, he hugs her. Karen then tells him he can tell her what’s going on with him, anytime. They also talk about the Punisher. Karen thinks they all created him, and that he and Daredevil are not that different.

○ Main quotes:

Matt: “Come here. I’m glad you’re okay.”

Later

Karen: “Okay, let’s say this. When, or if you ever feel like you can tell me what’s really going on with you, I promise that I’m here. Is that a deal?”

Matt: “That is a deal.”

Later (29′10)

Karen: “Wait... Matt, I... We care about you. You’re worth... keeping around.”

Episode 3 : New York’s Finest

None

Episode 4: Penny and Dime

Scene 1:

○ When: 7′20-8′50

○ What: Karen helps Matt tie his... well, tie. 

○ Main quotes:

Karen: “But... You’re feeling better?”

Matt: “Yeah... Now... with you.”

Scene 2:

○ When: 9′38

○ What: Karen, Matt & Foggy are seating next to each other at Grotto’s funeral.

Scene 3:

○ When: 14′55-16′50

○ What: Karen, Matt & Foggy are talking about the Punisher at the office. Then, Foggy leaves the two of them to talk.

○ Main quotes:

Matt: “I think... You are...”

Karen: “Oh my God, you think I’m insane?”

Matt: “No, I’m kidding. Compassionate. It’s a good quality Karen. The stuff of saints.”

Karen: “Yeah, but I’m no saint.”

Matt: “I can’t tell you how happy I am to hear that.”

Scene 4:

○ When: 52′15

○ What: The trio is at Josie’s. Foggy leaves to order some drinks, so Matt and Karen are alone. AGAIN. (I see a pattern here, don’t you?) Matt asks Karen about her brother.

○ Main quotes:

Scene 4:

○ When: 53′59

○ What:  Foggy and Matt are alone outstide of Josie’s, waiting for Karen.

○ Main quotes:

Foggy: “Careful, Matt.”

Matt: “What’s that?”

Foggy: “Keep going like this, you might just end up happy. And for a Catholic boy, it’s a pretty dangerous thing.”

Matt: “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Foggy: “God speed, Matt Murdock.”

Scene 5:

○ When: 54′38

○ What: THEY KISS IN THE FUCKING RAIN

○ Main quotes:

Karen: “Do you mind the rain?”

Matt: “No.”

Karen, taking his hand: “Then I’ll walk you home.”

THEY KISS I REPEAT THEY KISS

Matt: “Can I take you to dinner?”

Karen: “Yes.”

Matt: “Tomorrow?”

Karen: “Yes.”

Matt: “Goodnight, Karen.”

Karen: “Goodnight, Matt.”

Episode 5: Kinbaku

Scene 1:

○ When: 5′57

○ What: Karen comes into the office carrying coffee. Matt and Foggy are there. It’s the first time they see each other since their kiss. 

○ Main quotes:

Matt: “Is that coffee I smell?”

Karen: “What? Oh, yes, arabica for all!”

Matt: “Wow, thank you, you’re a goddess!”

Foggy: “Ok you two...”

Scene 2: 

○ When : 9′50- 10′25

○ What: Karen and Matt talking at the office, the day after they kissed (and after Elektra came back into Matt’s life).

○ Main quotes:

Matt: “I don’t think you’re wrong about Castle, but it’s really simple, Karen. Just, I don’t want you to get hurt.”

Karen: “So, hum... Last night...”

Matt: “Last night? I don’t, what happened last night? At Josie’s? With Foggy? Something happened? Anything else?” *smiles like a goofball” Yeah, it was great. And I’d like to think I can do better, if we’re still on for dinner?”

Karen: “Hum, yeah, it’s a date.”

Scene 3:

○ When: 33′47

○ What: their first date *_* They’re at this fancy restaurant, they talk about work and are both being very awkward. Karen leaves for a few minutes, and meanwhile Matt gets a call from Elektra.

○ Main quotes:

Matt, to a waiter: "If I had to seem like I know everything there is to know about wines in the next 60 seconds, what would I order?” (it doesn’t seem like a very interesting quote BUT IT’S SO FREAKING CUTE BECAUSE HE WANTS TO IMPRESS KAREN)

Scene 4:

○ When: 40′10

○ What: Matt & Karen are eating at the Indian restaurant.

○ Main quotes:

Karen: “I wish you could see this place.”

Matt: “I can, if you describe it to me.”

Karen: “So, anyways, my favorite part is the ceiling. So it’s literally dripping with thousands of lights. They’re shaped like chilli peppers. It sounds really tacky, I know, but it’s not, it’s just... it’s magic.”

Scene 5:

○ When: 42′30

○ What: The end of the date, and the second kiiiiiiiiss

○ Main quotes: they sit, and...

Matt: “All right, I’m gonna kiss you.”

Karen: “You could come up... if you’d like.”

Matt: “I would love to...”

Karen: “But you won’t.”

Matt: “Not tonight.”

Karen: “It’s okay.”

Matt: “Can I tell you why? Because, I have this... incredible ability to bring disaster to the best things in my life, and tonight has been perfect. Don’t you think?”

Karen: “Yes.”

Matt: “And if I stop now, then I get to keep this one perfect night, and also I have the chance of keeping it going tomorrow *kisses her*, and the day after...”

Karen: “And the day after that...”

Matt: “Exactly” *kisses her forehead*

Karen: “Then I guess it’s good night, Mr Murdock.”

Matt: “Good night, Ms. Page.”

Episode 6: Regrets Only

Scene 1:

○ When: 9′50-12′18

○ What: at the office, Christopher Roth (Castle’s lawyer) is talking to Karen about her deposition.

○ Main quotes: Just a conversation between the trio!

Scene 2:

○ When: 13′48-18′34

○ What: Foggy, Matt & Karen pay a visit to Castle at the hospital + Karen and Matt hold hands at 15′58!!

Scene 3:

○ When: 18′44

○ What: Still at the hospital. Karen’s admiring Matt, as usual.

○ Main quotes:

Matt, to Karen: “We’re on shaky grounds, you need to be very careful.”

Scene 4:

○ When: 21′59

○ What: Matt kisses Karen on the cheek before he leaves to meet Elektra, the “new client that pays”.

○ Main quotes:

Foggy: “Woah, okay. Is this officially happening? Are you guys dating?”

Karen: “Hum... Ah...”

Matt: “Hum, we’re...”

Karen: “Not... labeling it.” Pause. Then, to Matt: “You know, why don’t I, why don’t I walk you out?”

Scene 5:

○ When: 22′27-23′40

○ What: Still at the hospital. Karen and Matt are talking outside the room.

○ Main quotes (aka the whole fudging dialogue):

Karen: “You think he’ll be okay, with this?”

Matt: “Yeah, I mean, it’s a pretty small office, it’s gonna take some getting used to.”

Karen: “Yeah, I guess.”

Matt: “But, I’m not misremembering, am I? It really was the best... curry on the planet?”

Karen: “Mmmm, yes. Great, great curry. Even better company.”

Matt: “I’ll try to make this [appointment] go quick.”

Karen: “You know what, Foggy and I have got our hands full with everything here, why not just make dinner for tomorrow night?”

Matt: “Yeah, can we?”

Karen: “Yeah.”

Matt: “And, thanks for backing me up earlier.”

Karen: “Well, I didn’t do it for us, I did it because helping Frank, getting to the truth, that’s the right thing to do. *Matt chuckles* What?

Matt, after he kisses her: “I know. All right.”

Karen: “Okay.”

Episode 7: Semper Fidelis

Scene 1:

○ When: 4′03-6′44

○ What: Talk at the office. Karen is going to visit Castle on her own. Yet another kiss (4th one)!

○ Main quotes:

Matt: “Karen? You know you don’t have to do this by yourself.”

Karen: “It’s okay, Castle doesn’t scare me.”

Matt: “Maybe he should.”

Karen: “I can take care of myself.”

Matt: “I know. But I’d be saying it to Foggy. Or a Navy SEAL. *smiles* “Just watch you back.”

KAREN KISSES MATT.

Karen: “Promise.”

Scene 2:

○ When: 35′10-36′50

○ What: Matt arrives late to Frank’s trial... They all chat and Foggy leaves.

○ Main quotes:

Karen: “You let him down, Matt.”

Matt: “I know. Hey, I know. But I’m gonna make it up to him. And I’m gonna make it up to you.” *kisses her on the forehead*

Scene 3:

○ When: 36′51

○ What: Karen and Matt are getting dinner at his place.

○ Main quotes:

Matt, about the preparation for the trial: “It could take all night.”

Karen: “Well, I don’t mind. What?”

Matt: “You ever considered law school?”

Karen: “Oh, I don’t know...”

[...]

Matt: “Just thinking Nelson and Murdock might be more fun as... Nelson, Murdock and Page.”

Karen: “Ugh, you’re sweet, uh... I don’t know, I don’t know if law school is really the right fit for me. I guess there’s just something about the rules and the loopholes. I just feels like the truth gets lost a little bit too often.”

Karen: ‘You ever think back to the night we first met?”

Matt: “Yeah, all the time.”

Karen: “Will I sat in that police station, alone, I was afraid of the whole world. Well, at least until you and Foggy came into my life, and... you trusted me, you gave me hope. And then we came back to your place...”

Matt: “I offered you Thai food.”

Karen: “Yeah, God, I remember everything about that night, ‘cause it’s... not everyday your life is threatened, then saved by a man in black. Hey you, you believe in what he does? You know, the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen?”

Matt: “I, mmm, uh, I... I believe in the law. If, that’s what you’re asking.”

Karen: “Yeah, right. No, but... but what about when the law fails? Like it did with me, like it did with Frank? You know, what are we supposed to turn to? What sould we... what should we believe will protect us then?”

Matt: “See, you’re asking a Catholic lawyer.”

Karen, laughing: “I know...”

Matt: “What do you want me to say?”

Karen: “I don’t know, I guess it’s just...

ARGUE ABOUT FRANK, then call it a night.

Karen: “I don’t know, maybe after the trial’s over...”

Matt: “Yeah, real date next time.”

Elek*tra has been there all along, so Matt tells her: “She [Karen] is important to me.”

Scene 4: 

○ When: 50′11

○ What: Shit’s going down after a big reveal in Frank’s trial.

○ Main quotes:

Karen: “No, no, no, no, you don’t treat me like I’m just you secretary, I’ve done more work on this case that you have!”

Matt: “I can’t get into this right now, Karen.”

Karen: “No, enough of the dodgy bullshit. I deserver to know what is going on with you two. With you.”

Matt: “You asking as my co-worker? Or my girlfriend?”

Karen: “Both.”

Matt: “Yeah. I am sorry you’re caught in the middle of this, but right now I have to go.”

Karen: “Where?”

Matt, leaving: “I’ll see you tomorrow, Karen.”

Karen: “Yeah, maybe” (Matt hears her, close up to his face)

Episode 8: Guilty as Sin

Scene 1:

○ When: 24′04

○ What: Matt is with Elektra, at his place, and Karen shows up unexpectedly.

○ Main quotes: well, it doesn’t last long enough really, Karen is shocked to see Elektra, she just tells Matt Foggy could use his help with Frank’s trial and leaves.

Scene 2:

○ When: 32′00

○ What: Frank’s trial, Matt shows up and tries to apologize to Karen..

○ Main quotes:

Matt: “Karen, I’m so sorry about...”

Karen: “Uh, Foggy wants to walk through some things with you.”

Scene 3:

○ When: 39′21

○ What: After they lost Frank’s trial, outside of Court. Matt & Karen get into a fight.

○ Main quotes:

Matt: “Karen, let him [Foggy] go.”

Karen: “I don’t wanna hear it.”

Matt: “Karen, can I talk to you for five seconds-”

Karen: “I don’t want to hear another bullshit excuse. Maybe you are an alcoholic . Maybe you’re in a fight club. Maybe you are sleeping with a whole harem of women. I don’t care, I’m done. You’re right. This city really needs heroes. But you’re not one of them.

Episode 9: Seven Minutes in Heaven

Scene 1:

○ When: 23′50

○ What: Indirect scene, as Karen’s not there. Foggy came to see Matt at his place.

○ Main quotes:

Foggy: “What am I supposed to say to Karen?”

Matt: “I don’t know, same thing I’m telling you. [that he’s done apologizing for who he is]”

Episode 10: The Man in the Box

Scene 1:

○ When: 9′13

○ What: Matt & Karen meet outside of Court. It’s Karen who talks to him, he was just gonna climb the stairs without stopping. Well, he can certainly pretend he did not see her...

○ Main quotes:

Karen: “I, uh, see Reyes dragged you in too.”

Matt: “Karen? You all right?”

Karen: “Other than being hauled in as a suspect in the escape of a confessed murderer? Yeah, I’m great.”

Matt: “Yeah... This whole case has been a disaster. I’m sorry I pulled you guys into it.”

Karen: “Don’t be sorry.”

Matt: “How are you otherwise?”

Karen: “Good. Yeah, I’m good.”

Matt: “Good.”

Scene 2:

○ When:   15′39

○ What: Foggy, Matt & Karen are summoned by the DA. They all meet her in her office + gunshots, Matt shields Karen with his body.

○ Main quotes:

Matt, whispering to Karen: “It’s probably not a good idea...”

Karen: “Trust me.”

Episode 11: .380

Scene 1:

○ When: 8′28

○ What: yet another fight outside of the police station...

○ Main quotes:

Karen: “Matt.”

Matt: “Karen?”

Karen: “What are you doing here?”

Matt: “Brett reached out, something shot at you?”

Karen: “Yeah, it’s okay, I’m fine.”

Matt: “Why didn’t you call me?”

Karen: “Would you have answered? Look, Matt, I know you mean well, but I can take care of myself.”

Matt: “No you can’t, Karen! Not if Frank Castle wants you dead, no one can.”

Karen: “You’re right! You’re right! Castle’s dangerous, and maybe I can’t handle this, but I don’t want your help.”

Matt: “What’s going on with you? What are you holding back?”

[...]

Matt: “Then you need to back off.”

Karen: “No, Matt, you need to back off.”

Matt: “This is not a game, Karen, this is dangerous!”

[...]

Karen: “Look, I’m gonna, I’m gonna go...”

Matt, making a move: “I'm gonna come with you.”

Karen: “No! Matt, I'm.. I'm not yours to protect.”

Scene 2:

○ When: 21′20

○ What: Indirect scene, the friggin dialogue between Frank & Karen at the diner.

○ THE WHOLE DIALOGUE BECAUSE JFC:

Karen: “You're honest. You never lie to me.”

Frank: “Does he?”

Karen: “Who?”

Frank: “Come on. Let's not do that. Okay, the lawyer. Not the other one. Murdock.”

Karen: “Um... Yeah... He's got issues. It's complicated, like most people. Hard person to get to know. I just think that inside he's...”

Frank: “You love him, right?”

Karen: “You can't know that.”

Frank: “I'm sorry, can't know what?”

Karen: “You can't...”

Frank: “Come, we're in court, all that shit going on, it's all over your face. You can't hide that. You love him.”

Karen: “I might have... feeling for Matt Murdock, but it's just... it's just a swirl, it's a lot of things. Like, ingredients, not love.”

[…]

Karen: “He's the kind of man who hurts people. Not like you, but... he damages them. Breaks them.”

Frank: “Sorry, is that supposed to mean something?”

Karen: “So those are the people that you get out of you life.”

Frank: “Is that right? Look, I might be generally considered out of my skull, so this might not mean much, but this could be the craziest, most batshit thing I've ever heard in my life. People that can hurt you, the ones that can really hurt you, are the ones that are close enough to do it. People that get inside you and... and... and tear you apart, and make you feel like you're never gonna recover. Shit, I'd... I... I would chop my arm off right here, in this restaurant, just to feel that one more time for my wife. My old lady, she didn't just break my heart. She... she'd rip it out, she'd tear it apart, she'd step on that shit, feed it to a dog. I mean she was ruthless. She brought the pain. But she'll never hurt me again. You see, I'll never feel that. You sit here and you're all confused about this thing, but you have it. You have everything. So, hold on to it. Use two hands and never let go. You got it?”

Scene 3:

○ When: 48′16

○ What: Indirect scene, Karen comes to the harbor after Frank has supposedly been killed. Matt’s there, as Daredevil, and he listens to her heartbeat. They don’t speak, but they breathe the same air.

Episode 12: The Dark at the End of the Tunnel

None

Episode 13: A Cold Day in Hell’s Kitchen

Scene 1:

○ When: 17′10

○ What: Matt learns Karen’s been taken. AND HE LOSES IT.

○ Main quote: “He wanted to know the names of everyone you ever saved.” (Brett)

Scene 2:

○ When: 18′10

○ What: Matt goes to Karen’s place, she’s not there, he’s FREAKING OUT

○ Main quote: “Karen” (I am not kidding you)

Scene 3:

○ When: 21′31

○ What: Matt just learnt that Karen has been taken. He’s on the rooftop, trying to hear her, but he can’t focus. 

○ Main quotes:

Elektra: “You can't just take the bait.”

Matt: “I know but I can't abandon them either.3

Elektra: “I know.”

Matt: “We gotta get ahead of this thing before any of them get hurt.”

Elektra: “Slow your breath. Focus. Okay. Focus. You'll find them. You'll find her, Matthew.”

Scene 4:

○ When: 27′30

○ What: Matt saves Karen, touches her face.

○ Main quotes:

Matt: “You're okay?”

Karen: “Better, now. Oh god... ”[seeing he's wounded]

Matt: “Go, go, go!”

Karen: “No, no, no, wait, wait...”

Scene 5:

○ When: 47′05

○ What: Karen and Foggy are having a drink at Josie’s.

○ Main quotes: “And now, not Matt...” (Karen)

Scene 6:

○ When: 54′05

○ What: the big reveal...

○ Main quotes:

Matt: “Thanks for meeting me.”

Karen: “What am I doing here, Matt?”

Matt: “I, uh, I have something...”

Karen: “No, I, I don't want it...”

Matt: “I have something... that I need you to see.” pause “I'm Daredevil.”

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[edourado]

Not to overbear u with Kastle writing prompts, but can u please write a Kastle coffee shop au? (Karen the bookstore barista and Castle looking for good coffee and a new Jack Reacher novel) I don't think anyone has done this which is surprising because coffee is Frank's lifeblood, lol.

Hello, hello! I’m sorryyyy, it took so long! I was supposed to have answered this one like one day after you sent it, but, you know, life. 

Here it is, though. It’s really fluffy, because I need fluff, like alot of it. I do sincerely hope you like it. Let me know. 

Much love ♥

Espresso and caramel

He first walked in there looking for one specific novel. After reading the synopsis on a magazine on the subway, he was interested, and walked in this small bookshop near his apartment to look for it.

He found a copy fast enough, it wasn’t difficult. But then he sat down to read it, on the counter of the small café on the very back of the place, and it felt like he got the story by the middle of it.

“That is the fifth book”, came a voice from behind the counter.

Looking up, Frank saw this woman, blonde and blue eyed, smiling at him, a pot of coffee in her hand.

“Coffee?” she asked, her long hair in a low braid, tucked casually but neatly over her right collarbone.

With a nod he hoped didn’t look too foolish, Frank returned her smile with a smaller one, the one, he had been told, was charming.

“There are twenty two Jack Reacher books”, she continued, bringing a white cup to him and filling it with coffee that smelled delicious. “The latest one just came out this year.”

“You a fan?” he asked, noticing a small ink stain on her chin, as if she had chewed on a pen recently.

“Not really. We had a signing when the book came out, I organized it.”

“A signing, huh?” he took a sip of the coffee and looked as she tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear after setting the pot back in it’s place.

“Yeah, my grandmother is very well connected. She called James and asked if he would like to have a signing here the day the book came out, he was all too happy to agree. This place was packed, I don’t even know how the walls didn’t give.”

Looking at him with the air of someone that just caught themselves at something, she offered another smile, this one with a hint of self consciousness.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt you. You just looked a bit… Confused.”

Frank closed the book and set it by his coffee.

“I was confused”, he admitted, taking another sip. “I know nothing about this, I read a note about it, thought I’d give it a try.”

With a shrug, she picked up the coffee pot again to fill the mug of a lady that sat on the corner of the counter, reading a thick novel.

“I can help you sort it out”, she offered, smiling at the woman, who smiled back at her. (“Thanks, Karen”, she said), “If you’d like.”

When she was standing beside him in front of the shelf he had found the fifth book, he looked at her while she looked at the volumes.  

It has been a while, since he had seen a woman that left him speechless. Beautiful women were not hard to find, it was hard to find an ugly one, but fuck him sideways, this one might not even be human.

“Ok”, she started, eyes focusing on the books in front of them while his inspected her face. “Do you want to read it in chronological order, or in publishing order?”

Frank doesn’t answer, because he’s busy trying to decide if he had ever seen a woman more beautiful than her, ever. She looks at him and he shrugs.

“What do you think?”

She was smiling again and then picking one up from the shelf.

“I’d go with publishing order. If he published them like that, it must  mean they should be read at that order, don’t you think?”

Trying not to shrug again, he picked up the book she offered him, and gave her the one he had picked up for himself.

“Yes, ma’am.”

He went back to his seat and she offered him a slice of pecan pie to go with his coffee and his book. Frank found that her voice was a good soundtrack for his reading, talking to the waiting staff, customers, with a woman he assumed was the grandmother she had mentioned, who was the owner of the bookshop. It carried him through his reading, and, before he knew it, he had to go back home and walk the dogs.

“I’ll see you tomorrow?” he asked, paying his bill.

“I’ll be here”, she offered. “It’s Karen, by the way.”

He knows. People have been calling her around him, familiar. She made conversation, served coffee and pie, cake, hot chocolate for children and lattes for teenagers. Black coffee for some. For him. Black coffee and a smile, every time. Sometimes, when he moved to stretch a bit, she would peek and check the page he was in.

“Frank”, he offered, and she nodded once, cocking her head and turning back to go back behind the counter.

“See you tomorrow, Frank.”

He got home wondering if he had spent the afternoon in another dimension, in the company of someone who was not real.

.:.

He was almost finishing the seventh book when when he noticed something different about her.

Her greeting smile wasn’t as bright, she stopped leaning in to read over his shoulder, didn’t ask if he wanted more coffee, just poured more every time she noticed his cup was almost empty. When she asked if he wanted carrot cake, her voice was smaller.

He couldn’t really tell what was different, or if something was wrong, but then, while she finished slicing a very nice smelling cake, her grandmother came behind the counter.

“Matthew called”, she said, in a small voice Frank heard only because he was paying attention. “Again.”

Karen sighed, apparently annoyed.

Ah. Explained.

“You’re not gonna call him?”

“I did”, she answered, short, losing the remaining grip she had on her temper. “We talked. There’s nothing else to say. I don’t wanna talk to him.”

The knife hit the plate under the cake at the word “talk”, as if to emphasize the finality of her decision.

“Alright, dear, alright”, sighed her grandmother, patting her on the shoulder and walking to Frank. “Hello, Frank” she greeted him.

“Mrs. Page how you doing?” he asked, closing his book.

“Good, good. Enjoying the books?”

“I am. She makes me read a different one in between these.” He motioned to Karen with his chin and was glad to see a small smile breaking her otherwise grim expression.

“Oh?” she turned to her granddaughter. “Which ones?”

“Just one”, Karen offered. “’New York Stories’.”

“Hmm”, she nodded, looking back at him. “To cleanse the pallet, heh?”

“That’s what she says.”

With a polite, affectionate smile to him, she turned back around and raised a hand to caress Karen’s cheek.

“Your hair’s gotten long”, she said, and Karen looked at her with the air of a little girl who had been caught stealing from a cookie jar that was meant for her anyway.

The older woman got inside the kitchen and the door swung behind her.

“I like it” Frank offered, if only to make her let go of that sad look, even for a moment. “The longer hair.”

Karen looked from the kitchen door and back to him, sustained his look for a few seconds, and he was happy to see a smile stretch on her lips.

“Do you want cake?” she asked, already turning to pick up a plate for him.

“If I take everything you offer me”, he said, draining the last of his coffee. “I’ll get as fat as I can get in no time.”

She turned to him with a teasing look in her face, a hand on her waist.

“So you don’t want cake?”

“I didn’t say that, did I?”

Turning back, she picked up the plate and placed it in front of him, offering him the fork with a twist of her wrist.

“You see the chocolate chips?” he raised his brows and she lifted her shoulder, charmingly. “I placed them myself.”

“Wow”, he said, sarcastically, happy to see her teeth, this time, when she smiled. “Practically a baker yourself.”

He ate and he read and he drank the coffee she filled his mug with. He pretended to read while she rested her elbows on the far side of the counter to look at a kid’s phone while he showed her something or other.

She was loved by those who frequented her grandmother’s book shop and café. It helped that she knew people by their names and memorized their favorite orders and their birthdays.

Still. Even as she smiled and joked, Frank saw the little sighs and how the smiles dropped every time she turned around and didn’t have to speak to anyone.

It made him wonder if she smiled at him just as she smiled to everyone else or if she smiled like he smiled at her - because she couldn’t help it.

“I’ll see you tomorrow?” he asked when he got up to leave, like he did everyday, now.

“I’ll be here”, she replied, but he didn’t like that small, less than bright smile. Not at all.

.:.

She put the eighth book - The Enemy - in front of him when he sat down at a table on a Friday, because the counter was full. Men with laughter a little louder than the usual tone of the small café, but not enough to warrant a complaint, even if he could see all the other customers were not too happy with the newcomers.  

“I’ll be right back with your coffee”, she said, almost in a intimate whisper, and turned back around with a wink.

Frank was watching her move around and serve coffee and pie to the men on the counter, not liking the polite smile she gave them, finding it nervous and on edge. Not a sincere smile at all. At the very least, the blonde, slightly plump suited man on the very edge of the group seemed to not irk her.

“You know”, said a voice suddenly by his side. Mrs. Page sat on the chair by his right on the square table. “It is not everyone that… Fits here.”

Frank looked at her, her blue eyes, very similar to Karen’s own, looking back at him.

“I thought you wouldn’t, to be quite honest. But you did.” She looked away from him and towards Karen, who now smiled genuinely at the blonde man. “Perfectly, I’d say.”

He didn’t really know what to say to that, so he just sat there and watched.

“She’s not the same, my Karen. Since Matthew, she has been… Dimmed.”

“Matthew?”

“Ex-boyfriend. They were something to watch, those two. I even do believe he loved her just as much - if not more - than she loved him. But, as you must know, men, they…” she made a dismissive move with her hand. “He couldn’t see with his eyes, but all the same. There was too much around him, in his past, that clouded his vision. She denies it, thinks she’s protecting me, but it’s obvious, isn’t it? She’s hurt.”

They both looked towards her, who now sat at a table with three girls, taking a selfie.

“We have a secret menu, you know”, said the woman he came to see, he now realized, as his own grandmother. “She came up with it. Just for her favorites. But you have to ask for it.”

“You think I’m one of the favorites?”

The woman looked at him and offered a knowing smile. Patting his hand, she got up.

“Ask her about the secret menu. She calls it ‘Karen’s notebook’, but don’t tell her I said that. If I’m very, very wrong, she’ll tell you there isn’t one.”

“And if she doesn’t?”

“You’re smart. I think you can figure it out for yourself.”

.:.

He stuck around longer, that day. Intent on seeing the men leave, on seeing his regular seat on the counter unoccupied, he sat there, not really reading, watching her for the rest of the day.

The group of suits left almost at closing time. The bookshop was empty already, there were only two couples still lingering on the tables, nursing coffee and tea and sharing pies.

Frank was about to tell her he was leaving, too, when she took her phone from her apron, listened to what he guessed was a message and then threw the device inside a drawer, banging it shut and taking a deep breath.

“You ok?” he asked, tired of that look in her face. He wanted the smiles again, the light expression.

Karen looked at him and blinked, making a face and a dismissive move of her shoulder.

“Yeah, just… My ex boyfriend.”

“He giving you trouble? You want me to rough him up for you?”

That earned him a blush and and coy curve of her lips.

“You would do that?”

“Just say the word.”

A little reluctantly, she told him all about this lawyer, this guy she had dated for almost a year, but had screwed things up because his ex girlfriend came back in town and hired him for something or other, and she couldn’t prove he had cheated, but she was positive, because he kept lying and hiding things from her, neglecting her, disappearing, missing dates.

“Stupid man”, Frank let out, and she looked at him with such sad eyes he wanted to hold her in his arms and make the memory of this Matthew guy go away.

“He’s actually very smart.”

“No, he’s not.” He moved his head, looking for her eyes, and she looked up from the counter, right back at him, and her throat moved in a way he didn’t know he liked until that very moment. “So. Am I teaching him a lesson or what?”

With a chuckle, she moved and picked up his empty mug.

“No, that’s ok”, she said. “I’ll keep that offer in mind, though.”

Placing the refreshed mug in front of him, she placed her elbows on the counter and leaned on them, and he noticed her hips going from left to right, a distracted sway of her body.

Her braid flew behind her shoulder when she looked back at him while he took a sip of his coffee - it was too late for coffee, but still -, watching him, her eyes a dark blue in the faded light.

“Did you know we have a secret menu?” she asked, whispering, even if the two couples still occupying tables were far from the counter enough to not hear their conversation.

Frank watched her face, a pleasant, eager feeling rising up inside him.

“Yeah?”

She nodded.

“It really is a secret. If you promise to keep it, I’ll let you have an item from it.”

“What am I having?” he asked after a second, deciding it was ok if she caught him staring at her lips.

“Will you keep the secret?” she whispered, leaning a little bit closer, making him lean, too.

He nodded, excited, eager, a little giddy, happy, even, when she pursed her lips, pretending to think, hummed a pondering note, and got back up from the counter, turning around and getting a tall cappuccino glass from the shelf and a tin pot of coffee from the fridge on the corner.

“Now, this is new. I don’t even know if it’s good, yet. You’ll be my guinea pig.”

She put a bunch of stuff on the counter in front of him, measuring and mixing and stirring. When she was done, she turned the tin pot on the tall glass, filling it with the cold drink until an inch from the top, finishing it with a layer of whip cream - not the canned shit he didn’t even like, the one he knew they made right there in the kitchen - and a thin layer of powdered chocolate.

With a look at him, she slid the glass on the counter towards him and then leaned back on her elbows.

“There you go.”

It looked like something a teenager would order. He was not the biggest fan of iced coffee, but, for her, he would give it a try. Hell, he had already decided he wold say it was good, even if he hated it.

Which he didn’t. It tasted of the espresso he liked, only cold and with a hint of caramel. She instructed him to stir the whip cream in before drinking it, and the texture was a pleasant one on his tongue. Bitter and sweet and smooth, cold down his throat. He wanted another sip immediately.

Frank looked at her, who was watching him. When their eyes met, she bit on her lower lip and raised her brows at him.

“So?”

He nodded, licking his own lips.

“Very good, ma’am.”

There it is. A non sad smile.

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.”

Reaching her hand, she picked up his mug and took a sip from it. It made him exhale sharply.

“You know what I call it?”

He just looked at her, studying her face, full on staring and hummed his question.

“Castle”, she whispered, sliding the mug back to him, looking at him, her eyes sucking his in, he made no effort to look away.

“Should I feel proud or do you mean an actual castle?”

She shook her head, dropping her gaze from his eyes to somewhere else on his face.

“I don’t mean a castle”, she said, and then looked somewhere behind him. The last table was asking for the check.

“I’ll see you tomorrow?” he asked after finishing the drink named after him and getting up to put his jacket on.

“I’ll be here.”

.:.

He watched her closing the door to the café and walking to the door of the shop. He was sitting on a bench on the other side of the street, waiting for her.

Karen saw him just before she turned the lights off. While she locked up, he got up and crossed the street, coming to a halt by her side, leaning on the window display.

“I thought you left”, she said, smiling at him.

He shrugged.

“I thought I could walk you home. It’s late. You shouldn’t walk alone.”

Finishing with the locks, she squinted at him.

“I can take care of myself, mister”. Putting the keys in her purse, she turned to him and reached for his arm. “But since you’re here.”

She took his arm and they walked together towards her building.

She lived almost ten blocks away from work, so he suggested they stopped by his place to get his dogs.

“They must be going crazy, I haven’t walked them since this morning.”

She agreed easily, making cute noises at the two huge pitbulls that greeted them at his door.

The four of them walked slowly to her place, stopping when the dogs needed to stop, not rushing to cross streets when the signs were blinking, talking of nothing and everything.

“Here we are”, she announced, too soon to his liking, and he watched as she rubbed the dog’s faces in farewell. When she rose up again, the smile she offered him was something similar to the ones he was used to.

Frank was about to say goodnight, or maybe something else, when her phone vibrated, very loudly, inside the pocket of her coat. That made her smile fade a bit, her eyes unfocusing from his.

In a move he would have curbed if her face was a different one, he took a step towards her and reached inside her pocket.

“Your phone is ringing”, he said, low, his face inches from hers, and she looked surprised, but not displeased. When he got a hold of the device, he pulled it out and looked away from her to check the caller ID. “It’s ‘Matt’”, he announced, the name sounding sarcastic in his voice. “I’m gonna hang up on him.”

She let out a voiceless laugh when he answered the call, just to end it right after.

“Why did you do that?” she asked in a low, almost lazy voice, standing there so close to him.

“I don’t want you to talk to him.”

“Why not?”

“You’re talking to me, now.”

When he leaned in, her kiss tasted of the sweet coffee drink she had made up, espresso and caramel. They started slow, almost shy, the kind of kiss that Frank thought he had grown out of after high school. Apparently not.

Karen sucked a breath in when he nipped on a tiny portion of her lower lip, and it was like there were embers in his stomach. After that breath, he clutched her phone in his hand and moved to put that same arm around her, pulling her closer, her stomach touching his, her hands raising and resting, one on his arm, another on the collar of his shirt.

Letting go was not something he wanted to do. Not at all. But, he figured, they were standing on the sidewalk, it was late, she probably needed to get home, he did, too, he had work in the morning.

One of the dogs - he really wasn’t sure which one, so focused he was on the sound she was making, a gentle humming, and the feel of her hands on him - bit the hem of his coat, pulling on him, and he moved his hand to stop them, but he slowed down.

Allowing himself another second of two - or three. Five. Ten. Thirty -, he pressed on her lower back and moved to place a smaller, chaste kiss on the corner of her mouth.

“You won’t talk to him. Ok?” he whispered in her ear, liking how she moved her arm in an almost hug around his shoulders.

“Who?”

Calm down, ego.

“Matt”, he said, sarcastic, again, with another kiss to her lips because - because.

“Oh”, she said, chuckling, giggling, a small, timid huff of laughter. “Yeah, ok.”

“You’ll talk to me, now.”

She nodded and moved, asking for another kiss, and he gave it, of course he did, because her mouth, her eyes, her hands, this woman-

“You don’t think about him anymore”, he demanded, suddenly so possessive, he wanted her mind on him until they saw each other again. “You think about me.”

“Only if you think about m-”

“I’ll be thinking about you”, he interrupted. “It’s already all I do.”

Frank felt her smile in her kiss.

“Go in”, he urged after another minute, placing her phone back in her pocket, because he had to let her go.

He had kissed her lipstick completely off. Her cheeks were tinged a flattering shade of pink, her lips were a tad fuller. With a smile she tried to hold, she whispered a goodnight and turned around with another pat on one of the dogs.

He watched her climb one step, then another, then turn around and walk back to him.

He still tasted coffee on her tongue. He still felt something run down his back at the feel of her.

“What if he calls again?” she asked against his mouth, and Frank was losing that battle against himself. “What do I do if he calls again?”

There was a list of things, on the tip of his tongue, graphic and toe curling, he was ready to suggest them all, whisper filthy, amazing things in her ear, that she could do, but he thought maybe it was too early to say them to her.

“You’re not making it easy”, he said against her mouth, and felt her lips curving in a smile.

“Easy?”

“I’m trying to be a good guy, here-”

“Stop trying”, she said, kissing him one more time and then stepping back towards the stairs, climbing the first three steps and then looking back at him, keys in one hand, the other stretched towards him.”I already know you are.”

The thought “rebound” did cross his mind. While he stood there on the sidewalk, holding his dog’s leashes, Frank thought maybe he should go home, maybe he shouldn’t rush this, maybe he should make sure he wasn’t just a way for her not to think about the other guy.

But then, there was still the taste of coffee on his tongue. Castle, she had called it, even before this, which meant-

He doesn’t really care what it means, he can think about that later. Right now she’s reaching for him and he’s taking a step towards her, taking her hand and dropping kisses to her temple while she opened the door, climbing the steps behind her until they reached her apartment.

He did call again, that other guy. Her phone vibrated and vibrated inside her coat pocket, but neither of them heard it. Frank was busy learning what she looked like under her clothes, learning the ways of her body, how she reacted when he touched her here and there, when he kissed her on that spot and this, the look in her face when she was trying to be quiet, long dark lashes against creamy, rosy skin, beads of sweat on her neck, slaty on his tongue.

The dogs heard the phone. It was annoying, they were trying to sleep under her couch, on that nice rug that felt good under their paws. But the damn phone kept vibrating, until it fell from her pocket on the floor and Max got it in his mouth, dropping it by the bed, to maybe force Frank deal with the thing, finally.

.:.

Morning found him awake, looking at her hair against the pillows while she slept.

Leaning in, he pressed a kiss on the back of her head, not entirely sure how she was going to react to the fact that he was still here.

To is relief and joy, she stirred awake and turned around, opening her eyes briefly, looking at him, smiling and then closing them again, scooting closer to snuggle against his chest.

“I have to go”, he said, hand running up and down her back.

“No”, was her reply, muffled against his skin.

“I have to get to work”. A kiss on her forehead, another on her cheek, forcing her to wake up and look at him. “So do you.”

“No”. This one was whiny, with an arm around his torso, keeping him close. “Let’s stay here.”

Tempting. Very, very tempting, but he had to get the dogs home, he had to eat something, he had to go to work, he had a lot of things to do.

“How about we have lunch?” he suggested, loving the blue in her eyes when she finally opened them. “And then I’ll stop by for coffee.”Another kiss, because why not? “And then we’ll have dinner.” Another. “And then we’ll come back here, or to my place.”

“And then what?”

“Then I’ll take your clothes off again. And you’ll take mine.”

“And then?”

Positioning himself over her, he got a hold of each of her knees and pulled, one leg on each side of him, making her giggle, dropping to kiss her deeply, too deeply, they had to get up, but not right now.

.:.

He kissed her soundly again three streets away from the book shop. He had to go right and get ready for work, she had to go left and open up shop.

“I’ll see you later?” he asked, musing on how difficult it was to let go of her.

“I’ll be here”, she answered, like she always did, kissing him again and walking away. He watched her cross the streets and she turned back to look at him. “Go”, she mouthed, smiling, turning back around.

Frank sighed, trying not to grin like an idiot at seven in the morning.

“Come on, let’s go home”, he said to the unimpressed dogs.

Hour later, after their lunch and quick rendezvous in a public bathroom, of all places, after he got off work and went to claim his place on the café counter, she looked at him with her usual smile again, and a hint of something more.

“Hello, Frank”, she said, as if she wasn’t wrapped around him just a few hours ago, biting on his shoulder to keep quiet. “What can I get you today?”

“I heard you have a secret menu?”

She squinted her eyes at him, dropping her voice.

“Who told you that? It’s a secret.”

“I’m well connected.”

With a look that made him swallow dry, she turned around and made his drink for him. He had three before she could leave, and she stole sips from every single one. Finally, when he kissed her again, removing her coat and lowering the zipper of her dress, he tasted Castle on her tongue.

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