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    “I’m afraid I’m going to run.”

    It’s the first thing Eddie has said to Steve since he closed himself in the Winnebago, since Steve had allowed him his thirty seconds to panic before slipping quietly inside and locking the door behind him.

    “You’re not going to,” Steve says it simply, like it’s a factual observation, like Eddie is anything more than a terrified boy at the end of the world.

    “You don’t know that.”

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    Or, Eddie and Steve at the end of the world, and the quiet amidst the chaos

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    03 Aug 2025

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    “One moment, he was drunk on the intoxicating smell of Frank, the feel of his fingers tugging at his scalp, the taste on his tongue, the sound of his voice murmuring gentle praises.

    The next, the world exploded in a violent cacophony of sound, before going utterly, impossible silent.”

    Matt never told Frank about his spells of hearing loss after being shot in the head. Unfortunately, Frank is about to find out.

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    Inside her bathroom is Frank Castle sitting on the edge of her bathtub while he tries to stitch up a cut on his arm. She’d been allowing him to use her bathroom and her new apartment as a home base to come back to (which he only agreed to after he replaced the windows with better glass and an actual security system) so it wasn’t an unusual sight to come home to a bloody Frank in her bathroom. It was unusual, however, to see him having so much trouble.

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    29 Jul 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 7

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    “You chose me,” her voice is quiet, almost disbelieving.

    “I’m always gonna choose you, Karen,” he says, bracing his hands along the sides of her face and tilting it up toward his. “I’ve actually been thinking about hangin’ it up.”

    Karen’s eyes widen. “For good?”

    “Look, if Murdock needs my help again, which he will, I won’t say no,” Frank says, dryly. “But I’m done lookin’ for trouble.”

    Her eyes search his face, cataloging everything, and he sees the moment she understands that this is for real. Her expression softens, and her gaze shifts from searching to seeing. She’s seeing him, in real time, decide to walk away from the violence and darkness that he's allowed to consume him for years. She’s seeing him choose her, choose them.

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    28 Jul 2025

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    “You said you’d be workin’ late on that case, so I figured I’d bring you some fuel,” Frank says with a small shrug, holding up a cardboard carrier with four drinks. “Thought maybe we could go for a walk?”

    The warmth in Karen’s chest spreads until she feels a little lightheaded, and she’s unsure if it’s his proximity, that he brought coffee for her friends, too, or the fact that he’s standing there in the middle of the office like it’s the most normal thing in the world. Whatever it is, she wants to put it somewhere safe and keep it forever.

    “Well, I was just headed out on a coffee run, so your timing is perfect,” she says, removing their drinks from the carrier then setting the remaining two on Matt’s desk.

    She hands Frank his cup — hot coffee, black, and takes a sip from hers. It’s an iced hazelnut latte from her favorite place up the street, and it’s so good that she tips her head back against his chest. He’s gazing down at her with a closed-mouth grin on his face.

    “I get it right?” he asks, and his eyebrows raise a little like everything hinges on her answer.

    Karen smiles, “You got it right.”

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    27 Jul 2025