Liquid Courage

The Day Was Too Sweet// Ch16

Amber's P.O.V.

Our routine was a sweet dream cast in this hazy bubble of this puppy love kind of feeling. Our attraction seemed to grow each day and we enjoyed every minute of it. It had been a while since the incident at the apartment and it was finally cleared for Karen to go home which meant I should probably go back to my apartment. I felt odd that no incident had happened since the initial one at Karen's apartment and this information put me on edge. 

When I first informed Matt he tried to bargain with me to get me to stay with him until at least my ex was caught and put away but he knew I wouldn't budge once I set my mind on something no matter how "convincing" Matt was in bed or on his knees. He finally let up after I gave him a key so he could check in when he felt something was wrong or just wanted to see me. He even helped me move my stuff in the night I moved back in. Of course, he wore his daredevil outfit but that just made my neighbors stare when they saw us walking through the hall. I simply said he owed me a favor and they normally didn't bother to care for longer than that except for Sarah as she walked out of her apartment with Milly in hand. 

She gave a questioning look and as a cop she was supposed to arrest him but she knew me and trusted my judgment. She asked me if I could look after Milly as she had a shift and her original babysitter (A girl from a floor down) had to go out of town to see her grandma. I gave her a soft smile as I glanced at Matt who just smiled this sweet loving smile which was odd to see when he was in the suit as the suit changed him into this snarky, sarcastic, stoic character rather than the Goofy, fun-loving Matt. I turned back to Sarah and simply asked her when she would be picking up Milly. With that, the biggest grin grew on Sarah's face. We talked for a moment as Matt went in to drop off a few boxes he was holding when Sarah laughed nodding her head toward the door before asking "How did you get the big bad devil to owe you a favor?" 

Her question lingered on my skin for a moment before I simply smirked in a playful manner simply replying "I have my ways". She laughed and shook her head deciding not to push any further into what she did not want to know simply telling me to be careful and that if he so much as breathed wrong she would be on his ass personally. I smiled and thanked her before shooing her off to work and bringing Milly inside where I lay her softly on the couch and covered her with a soft blanket. 

Walking over to my room I smiled at Matt as he examined something. Something I had learned about Matt was that he wasn't completely blind and that in reality, things looked like it was dead orange and placed on a fire which could make things disorienting hence why he wore his red glasses. I watched him for a moment only to receive a snarky reply telling me to take a picture. In response, an evil grin dawned on my face as I slowly spoke telling him the only pictures I wanted of him right now were of him naked making his head snap my way as I softly laughed. 

I shook my head as I went and grabbed the last box and walked in to see Matt was now in a pair of sweats and a t-shirt wearing his signature red glasses. I asked him about why he had changed and he responded in a soft voice that he wanted to spend my first night back in my apartment here just in case I needed him. I smiled at him pulling him in and kissing him. Our kiss was soft and short but it held a buzz that made my chest warm. We stood there for a moment our arms around each other softly swaying to the silent music as the rain began to softly slide down my window. For a moment I felt that bubbled haze return until... Nathan my roommate walked in on the phone clearly annoyed at something. I could see Matt's face contorted as he listened. When Nathan walked into his room Matt stayed silent before his face let up a little. 

Finally, I asked him what he heard only to be hourly shocked to hear him say that Nathan was obsessed with Daredevil and believed Daredevil was in love with him. Nathan's phone call had been him on the phone with Mina a girl Nathan had complained about stalking him a year or so ago Apparently she had been helping him try to find out who Daredevil was in an attempt to make Nathan happy with her. I was taken aback for a moment before shaking my head and softly just saying that they probably know nothing before also reminding him that there are a decent amount of people obsessed with him including a soft mention that there were plenty of people who wrote fictional stories about who he might be and how they fell in love. He looked at me confused before a sly smirk grew on his face as he asked if I had read any.

I smiled and simply replied "Only the smutty ones with good plot and a writing I can follow..." I paused for a moment letting that sink in before saying "Don't think too much about it love There are millions of stories about millions of people and heros and just because I'm dating you doesn't mean you're all I read about" With that I laughed as he playfully glared at me. 

I reassured him that Nathan wouldn't find out who he was unless Daredevil got sloppy or Matt Murdock did. He nodded before yawning softly dragging me into bed I laughed and shook my head pushing myself up out of his grasp and heading into the kitchen to get some water before bed. While I was in the kitchen a loud set of knocks rang from the door startling me so bad I almost dropped my glass. I placed it by the sink and walked over to the door glanceing at Milly who was still fast asleep. 

How do you do that child?

I shook my head and looked through the peephole. There was no one and no sign of anyone in the hall. I glanced at my bedroom door to see Matt coming my way he stopped for a moment before giving me the all-clear that no one was in the hall. I opened the door and stabbed to my door with a knife in a yellow envelope. I glanced at Matt as he tensed. I grabbed it carefully to remove the blade grubbling about fixing it later causing Matt to give me a look that simply read "seariously" I shrugged and opened the envelope inside where several photos of... Me...

I quickly went over to the counter and dumped them out. There were some of me and some of Matt along with some of us together but the ones that scared us the most were ones of me and Matt as daredevils along with the one that made my breath hitch a bloodied warn out picture of me tied to a table with inky veins spread all over my body and a pained expression on my face as a faceless figure cut open my arm. As I flipped it over to get away from the sight I saw three bloody words. 

"See you soon"

A/N: Hi guys I'm sorry it's taken me so long to update I've been busy with school and I'm even taking a couple of minutes during lunch to learn Dutch but nonetheless I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter I hope to update again soon.