[ Oh. It's - it's not a surprise, and he reminds himself that he should have expected a reaction like that even as he gives an involuntary inhale, soft and sharp. Matt jerking away like he'd been burned by Foggy's touch hurts more than anything that Stick could ever say, but that's only because he loves Matt and doesn't give a shit about Stick.
Matt loves them both. He might talk a big game, might agree with Foggy when he says that Stick's an asshole and lift his chin up and tell Stick that it's none of his business, but it is. It is as long as Matt still cares, and Matt'll always care. There's things Stick'd done that were good, that'd helped Matt when no one else could, and underneath everything else that'll always be there. Part of it is just because it's Matt, and he is stunningly, beautifully loyal even if people don't deserve it and he chooses interesting ways to show it, and part of it is because that's how goddamn abuse works, and Matt was just a kid.
He puts a hand on Matt's knee, to let him know that it's - well, it's not okay, it's not okay at all, but Foggy's still here. ]
You are the one who dragged them into all of this in the first place. It wasn't Matt's responsibility to keep Elektra alive; it was yours. No, you know what - she was a grown ass woman who made her own choices, and I may not have liked her but she deserves better than to be used as ammunition in your let's get Matt to hate himself enough that he turns into me crusade. You know what happens to people who don't socialize? They go crazy, and they get themselves killed because they don't have anything to live for.
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Matt loves them both. He might talk a big game, might agree with Foggy when he says that Stick's an asshole and lift his chin up and tell Stick that it's none of his business, but it is. It is as long as Matt still cares, and Matt'll always care. There's things Stick'd done that were good, that'd helped Matt when no one else could, and underneath everything else that'll always be there. Part of it is just because it's Matt, and he is stunningly, beautifully loyal even if people don't deserve it and he chooses interesting ways to show it, and part of it is because that's how goddamn abuse works, and Matt was just a kid.
He puts a hand on Matt's knee, to let him know that it's - well, it's not okay, it's not okay at all, but Foggy's still here. ]
You are the one who dragged them into all of this in the first place. It wasn't Matt's responsibility to keep Elektra alive; it was yours. No, you know what - she was a grown ass woman who made her own choices, and I may not have liked her but she deserves better than to be used as ammunition in your let's get Matt to hate himself enough that he turns into me crusade. You know what happens to people who don't socialize? They go crazy, and they get themselves killed because they don't have anything to live for.