Love On Fire

Vanessa

After a couple of hours staying in Avi's apartment doing nothing more than day drinking and watching television I receive a call, none other than Matthew Murdock himself.

I watch it ring on my lap as I take a large gulp of my beer. Once again it rings flashing a picture of Matt and I.

I simply turn my phone to vibrate and look back at the television that plays a bollywood movie Avi and I have been waiting to see.

Two eyes burn into the side of my face as I ignore them and the phone that vibrates.

"You should get that." Avi says as he takes a sip from his beer.

"I'm good." I say simply causing him to sigh.

"What if it's an emergency?" Avi counters making me scoff.

"Trust me he can take care of himself." I say with a sarcastic tone.

"You'll regret it later if something did happen." He tells me knowing well that I would feel that way. Playing with my mind and feelings, tricking me into picking up the phone.

In one quick motion I pick up the phone and slide it with my finger before pulling the phone to my ear.

"What?" I bark into the phone with an unamused tone. Matt's breathing halts before he clears his voice.

"Uh, I'm at the office with Karen and Fog. We're talking about the whole Fisk thing with Ben. I know you wanted to meet him." Matt says with an odd tone.

"What are you asking of me?" I ask wanting to hear him say the words.

"I'm asking if you'd come to 'Nelson and Murdock'." He sighs into the phone. I smirk and shrug.

"Be there in 30." I sound before hanging up. I look at Avi to see his face sort of drop.

"Sorry Avi for cutting it short." I apologize as I get up and walk over to him on his couch.

He shrugs it off and places a fake smile to his lips.

"All good, see you at work on Monday." He says with a light tone. I give him a tight lipped apologetic smile before bending down and kissing his cheek and patting his shoulder.

I turn and pick up my beer, chugging the rest of it before slipping on my shoes and coat, leaving his pristine white apartment for the dirty streets on New York City.

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊

I knock on the clear class that reads 'Nelson and Murdock' as I see figures standing inside talking.

Foggy opens the door and greets me with a wide smile and hug.

"The reinforcement has arrived!" He says as he leads me into the warm office. I give him a smile before looking at Karen, Ben, and Matt in the room.

Completely disregarding Matt, I walk up to Ben and give him my hand to shake.

"Nice to meet you, Daeva Novak." I introduce myself.

"Ah yes, you've been brought up countlessly." He says with a contagious smile.

"As have you." I tell him, using my real voice, not my masked one.

"Russian?" He questions my accent as we release our hands.

"Born and raised." I tell him with a smile.

"That's what makes her vital and useful." Matt says in the corner.

He sits on Karen's desk with his elbows on his knees and a slight hunch forward in his back.