Matt had almost immediately gone to sleep after Foggy had brought him home, and Foggy knew he would likely sleep for a long while, but the next morning at eleven he let himself into Matt's apartment using the key he had gotten Matt to give him when he had moved in. Before he had found out that his best friend was secretly a kind of super-powered vigilante he had been more conscientious about breaking into Matt's place unannounced, knowing that he would be freaked out if someone did that to him, and he had the benefit of his sight. Now that he knew, however, he figured Matt probably knew he was coming before he even stepped foot on the block, because apparently Matt could listen to his heartbeat. That was still creepy.
When he entered the room and flicked on the lights, several were burnt out and he made a note to replace them for when Matt had people over. So far it seemed that Matt was still sleeping. Walking over, he peeked through the door and saw his friend sprawled out over his bed, his blankets and silk sheets tangled in a mess around him. Snorting quietly, he walked over to the fridge to see if Matt had anything. Predictably, there was little there other than half eaten containers of take-out, but he saw a carton of eggs and decided to make some for breakfast. Matt insisted that sunny-side up fried eggs were one of the easier things for him to make and they were fast. Foggy could not stand Matt's eggs though. He liked them runny. Foggy made scrambled eggs and poured them juice before going over to Matt's room.
"Matt, time to get up. I made food."
"Foggy?" Matt slurred sleepily. "What time is it?"
Foggy looked at his phone. "Eleven-thirty now." He said. "Time to get up. How do you feel?"
Matt stretched, sitting up in bed. Foggy winced as he saw all the scars on Matt's body. He had seem them before now, but it was still awful. His friend suddenly turned to him, and Foggy knew he had given away something. "What is it?"
"Your scars." Foggy said with a sigh. "I'll never be used to that."
Matt grabbed a shirt and slipped it on, covering his scars. "Scrambled eggs?" He questioned.
"You need to go grocery shopping." Foggy criticized.
They ate in mostly silence until Foggy decided he couldn't wait any longer. "So…Tony Stark?" He prodded, a wide smirk on his face. Matt groaned.
"Don't remind me."
"Oh, I am so never letting you forget this. I got a phone call from Tony Stark saying you saved his life by pushing him out of the way of a truck. Dude, how does this stuff even happen to you?"
"I didn't know who he was until after."
Foggy snorted. "That makes it even better. On the upside, I got to visit Avengers Tower. Next time you should do something like this when Captain America is there." Matt smiled at that. "By the way, I'm not sure how much you remember since you were totally out of it, but Tony Stark said that he was going to stop by sometime to actually meet you. What do you think the chances are that we can convince him to send some rich clients our way?"
"Foggy!" Matt complained with a laugh. "I am not going to try and use saving him to guilt him into giving us stuff."
"How about a copier that works well? That's like nothing to him."
"Foggy."
"Yeah, yeah, I get it." He gathered their dishes and took them to the sink to clean. "Well that was pretty much lunch since you slept so late, but do you have any plans for today?"
He received a shrug in reply. "I never went to pick up the papers we needed."
Foggy stared at him. "What? Yeah, sure, but I'm coming with you this time. If I don't who know what trouble you will get yourself into."
Twenty minutes later they were back onto a bus heading out of Hell's Kitchen. It didn't take long to get the documents they needed, and ten minutes later they were taking a walk in central park. "When was the last time we did something like this?" Foggy asked. It was a warm day out, and lots of people were in the park.
"Too long." Matt answered. He suddenly stopped, his grip on Foggy's arm causing him to stop as well. "There is a group of girls." He suddenly said quietly. "About thirty feet to the right." Foggy glanced over and saw the girls. They were giggly and staring directly at them. One had her phone up and seemed to be taking a picture. Matt suddenly tugged Foggy forward.
"What was that?" Foggy asked.
Matt's expression took on a hint of suffering. "They recognized me. They are talking about some internet article."
Foggy suddenly laughed. "I am so finding that article. Let's bail before we get mobbed or something." Matt looked unamused, but Foggy couldn't stop grinning. "Let's duck into a café or something. I need to find this." Matt didn't look thrilled, but seemed anxious to get away from the area. The girls had already seemed to have told several other people and more people were watching.
Slipping into a small coffee shop, they each ordered a drink. Matt seemed grateful the barista did not see the article or connect him with it. As soon as they were sitting at a booth in a corner, Foggy whipped out his phone and searched. The article was easy to find and several news sources had already reported it. He grinned and clicked a link.
"They have a video!" He clicked it and watched as it loaded. It wasn't the highest quality video. Clearly taken from someone's phone and focusing on Tony Stark. They had clearly intended to prove to friends their close encounter with a famous person. Foggy rolled his eyes. The video started with Tony crossing the street. From the angle of the video, you couldn't see the truck coming, but Matt, who had been just about to get off the street, suddenly turned and lunged towards Tony. A truck flashed by, blocking them from sight for a moment before you could see both Matt and Tony on the ground. Matt looked clearly dazed and Foggy felt a pang of sympathy, knowing that the hours after had been miserable for his friend. The clip ended as Tony led Matt off the road and towards Avengers Tower. Matt was sipping at his coffee, pointedly ignoring Foggy.
"Want to know what the article is titled?"
"I know you're going to tell me anyway."
Foggy grinned. "Of course. You'll love this. It's titled 'Ironman Rescued by Blind Savior'. The video is pretty decent actually. Obviously clear enough for a couple of girls to recognize you. I'm going to read you the article."
Matt groaned at the pure delight Foggy was getting from this. Foggy cleared his throat dramatically.
"No one could have expected the events that occurred Saturday afternoon just in front of Avengers Tower. Tony Stark was returning from a meeting and on the phone when he came to the street. Oblivious to the danger approaching, he crossed and would have been killed if not for an everyday hero who was about to finish crossing the street. The moment he became aware of the danger, this man turned and tackled the billionaire out of harm's way. A speeding truck missed the two by bare inches.
"What makes this story even more astounding is that the man who saved the life of Tony Stark is blind. How he was able to act so quickly we are not sure, but one thing that we do know for certain is that we, as a city, are grateful for this stranger's timely intervention in saving the life of one of our city's greatest heroes.
"Tony Stark has commented that he is grateful to his savior, but he refused to give up the name of the blind hero who pushed him out of the way of the truck. Everyone is curious though just who this man is.
"The truck driver has been identified and is currently being investigated. We will keep you updated about any new information we discover relating to this story."
"Someone is going to recognize me." Matt said, not nearly as amused as Foggy. "Fisk's trial wasn't exactly low profile, and if the video was good enough for those girls to recognize me, it's only a matter of time."
"Matt, you are acting like you been handed a death sentence."
As they finished their coffees, Matt sighed. "I think I'll just head home for the day. By tomorrow people will probably connect me with the video. Why did it have to be Stark?"
"It's your luck, Matt." Foggy suddenly went still, but Matt knew that he was grinning wider than ever. "Matt, we never told Karen." Matt reached out and quickly snatched his phone. "She'll find out anyway." Foggy persisted
"Later." Matt insisted. "I just want to go home for now."
"Alright.' Foggy said. "Home."
A.N. You guys are all awesome! There should be two more chapters to finish out this part, and then I will be posting a continuation focusing on Daredevil meeting the Avengers either as part of this or as a separate piece. Let me know what you think, and input is always welcomed! Expect more from me soon!
