He wasn't supposed to notice her. He definitely wasn't supposed to watch her. And he was never, ever supposed to care this much. - Eight months of quiet observation. Eight months of routines, patterns, and things he never meant to memorize. Then the job changes everything. A hotel. A target. And suddenly, she's not a distant presence anymore- she's real. Standing in the same room. Speaking his name.

A story by SidneyDR on AO3 . . Not my story. Just posting it here so other people can read it

university au Matt Murdock and his friend Benjamin Poindexter, both attending the same university, find themselves tangled in a web of unresolved feelings that they're not quite ready to confront. This emotional tension starts to create a rift between them. As time goes on, some hidden secrets come to light, leading to a temporary distance as they grapple with their feelings and the revelations. However, despite the challenges that pull them apart, fate eventually guides them back to one another, reigniting the bond they thought they had lost.

- 𝐃𝐄𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑 ------ ❝This is me.❞ He whispers, and I can feel the breath of his fist on my virgin cheekbone. ❝This is me. ❞ His voice is clearer. ❝Do? you take me as I am? ❞ 𝐀 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 former convict and paralegal Raelynn Smith is determined to turn her shit show life around by any means necessary. Her solution? Landing a job at Nelson & Murdock, where she hopes to bury her past while navigating the murky ethics of legal reform. But karma has other plans. Specifically in the form of the emotionally fragile man she saves from suicide on the subway tracks. 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐔𝐓, he's the same awkward kid she anonymously paid bullies to torment in high school. Now unstable, out of the FBI and armed with a pathological grudge, he's hellbent on dismantling her new life piece by piece. Who you might ask? The FBI agent under investigation, Benjamin Poindexter. The problem? His obsession curdles into a compulsive, masochistic lust, and worse, she's into it. Because pathetic? Desperate? Emotionally volatile? All her fucking type. Whether he's threatening to kill himself or bleeding at her door, Raelynn can't decide if he disgust her or if she wants to lick the blood from his nose. Meanwhile, Dex's torn between killing her or worshiping the ground she walks on. | ❝𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 & 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒❞ 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍 '𝐃𝐄𝐗' 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐗 𝐎𝐂 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃: 𝟓/𝟔/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃: ???

Benjamin Poindexter x Reader ( from Daredevil season 3 ) II She never thought a life outside of the mentally bubble... is supposed fate to be good meant to lead into something better or the other way around? If fate is good-- then why it hurts so bad? He never thought a life outside of the mentally bubble...is supposed fate to be good meant to lead into something better or the other way around? If fate is good--then why it hurts so bad?