EPIGRAPH


The memory of you emerges from the night around me.

The river mingles its stubborn lament with the sea.


FULL SUMMARY:

At some point in time, Matt thought, it probably would have come to this. But not now and certainly not like this. He didn't need a partner, nor an assistant, not again. However, after a couple of months of working (see: being) alone, he gives it a second thought. Perhaps it was the way her heart betrayed her as she played it off nonchalantly as she could or it was the fact that her Criminal Investigations professor was only steps away or, and maybe he was hesitant to admit it, he truly was alone. Either way, he grabbed her card (written in braille, he noticed,) nodded, and walked away.

He'd call her tomorrow.


PLAYLIST:

I. Moment's Silence by Hozier

II. October by George Ogilvie

III. NFWMB by Hozier

IV. Deep End by Ruelle

V. Stick by Banks

VI. Mother Earth by Banks

VII. Tip of My Tongue by The Civil Wars

VIII. Real by Majik

IX. Shark by Oh Wonder

X. Technicolour Beat by Oh Wonder


AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Hello! I'm so excited to be posting this fic! Daredevil is my favorite show, besides Doctor Who, and I love Matt Murdock with my entire heart. Like my DW fic, Remain Nameless, the character in this fic, Renata, has her morals, manners, and some characteristics of her based off me. I put a lot of myself into my characters as I feel like that is the only way I can truly make them genuine.

Moment's Silence starts at the end of Daredevil S2, but before Matt tells Karen he's Daredevil at Christmas time. I've taken creative liberty with the timeline of the show (because the Marvel Netflix timeline is completely fucked and I probably made it even more so) and so, to me, Daredevil S2 happens in August 2015, ends in November 2015, BUT Matt doesn't tell Karen he's Daredevil until Christmas 2016. Trust me. It will make sense in the story why I've done this. Also, my personal opinion (and canon in this story) is that after the Nelson & Murdock and practically, the Nelson & Murdock & Page split, they all didn't talk to each other for a good couple of months. In Matt and Karen's case even longer because of 1). Matt had to grieve over Elektra and that usually takes longer than a month and 2). Matt and Karen were in a relationship and they truly liked each other. They would feel the hurt of that relationship ending/not working out for much longer than a month. As I said, the timeline is fucked and I probably screwed it up even more, but that's just life.

This story is incredibly slow in terms of the relationship between Matt and Renata because of the reasons listed above and also because of some things that Renata has gone through. They both have gone through pretty shitty things and this relationship is going to be slow. There's going to be a lot of trial and error, a lot of learning, and a lot of friendship and working together before they can get to the part of having a romantic relationship.

You can all read the full story details and tags, if you're interested, on my AO3 account! My username is kissuponthelips.

I hope you enjoy Moment's Silence! I really can't wait for you all to read it.