𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐥𝐞 || 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐱 𝐎𝐂

VII. Afterglow

A/N- Hello Hotty lovers (Hotty is our fandom name thanks to an awesome reader giving me the name idea)! Sorry for the late update, I have been finishing this one up for a few days now and finally got to editing tonight (whoot whoot!)

First off I just want to say thank you all for the kind support you have given me not only on this story but just in general, you all are so sweet and I love writing because of you all! Next, I want to go ahead and say that this will be a longer chapter due to the events that take place. 

Without further ado, enjoy the chapter! Don't forget to leave feedback and comments, I absolutely adore reading them :)

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"He kills people, Matt. He's not the type of guy you go after in your underwear."

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Holly had always been an early riser. 

Despite the lack of sleep from her mind racing the night before, she was up by 6am starting her usual routine. She would drink her coffee on her fire escape and watch as the city came to life, her eyes gazing over the tall buildings and onto the sun blooming in the horizon. 

She enjoyed mornings, the feeling of the sun lightly gliding across her skin like a bird to the sky, and the enjoyable peace that wasn't interrupted by the sound of her pager going off every three minutes saying they needed a nurse in a certain room. 

After she was done reminiscing over her morning, that's usually when Holly's day would really start. She would usually put on some music, move herself into the bathroom to get ready, and maybe if she was feeling extraordinary she would make herself breakfast that didn't consist of the words 'Microwavable.' 

Today was different though, mainly because today was the first day in years Holly didn't have to work. After getting a call from her boss saying and she quotes, 'You need to stay home or labor laws will be on my ass for how many hours you work.' Holly decided it would be best to spend her day doing what most adults would do on their day off. Absolutely fucking nothing. But, that didn't go to plan considering Holly can't stay still for more then ten minutes without feeling bored out of her mind.

So, like she used to in college, Holly sat across from Foggy as he shoved pancakes into his mouth like it was his last meal. In other words, 'A Nelson and Nelson breakfast extravaganza.'

"So I was thinking-" Foggy chewed at his food, syrup running down his chin like he was a toddler eating pancakes for the first time. "Your birthday is coming up. Maybe we should have a party at the Butcher Shop. We could decorate it all nice, get Theo to be the DJ, it would be fun." He shrugged, reaching forward at his cup of coffee.

 "You know how I feel about going out for my birthday." Holly countered back. "I would rather just have a dinner with the family, not a big party. It would just be too much." She shook her head, poking at her eggs in front of her. 

"Just think of it!" Foggy exclaimed. "It would be fun, and you could have an entire day of Mom rambling on about how she remembers you when you where just a baby and how time moves so fast."