AN: Tunblr prompt: foggy and karen coming to check on matt and finding him and danny in suit doing something ridiculous?
Drabble 91-Fenton and Murdock
"Do you think he's okay?" Karen asked Foggy as they made their way up the steps to Nelson and Murdock. They were both worried about him. They knew he'd been pushing himself to hard lately, what with the cases and his extra curricular activities. Foggy noticed how those started getting more and more frequent ever since they met Danny Fenton, some kid from Illinois.
Foggy, despite how much he treated Danny like a child, was actually quite fond of the boy. He had been framed for something or another and they managed to help him out. Ever since then he hasn't left, and has sort of become there second secretary/intern of sorts. He talked about NASA half the time, and the other was spent drinking his seventh cup of coffee and still having trouble staying awake. He worried about the kid, which is probably why he treated him like one. He wanted his friends to, for once in their lives, take care of themselves for once.
Karen also had a budding relationship with the secret superhero. Since they spent a lot of time together helping Foggy and Matt dig up evidence for cases and the like (some of which she really didn't want to know how Danny got a hold of), they grew close pretty quickly. She had started to see him as more of a younger brother than a colleague. It probably didn't help with him coming to her for advice because his actual sister was somewhere at Harvard. That, and sometimes it was nice to not be analyzed when you expressed your feelings. Jazz did it without even noticing, it came as easy to her as breathing. And while she was understanding, Karen understood but in a different way. Sometimes people just need a second opinion. Karen was glad she could be Danny's when he needed it.
However, he was just as problematic as Matt sometimes. He would stumble into work with burnt hair and a black eye or a nasty cut on his forehead. They had seen him walk around with a sot of grace nobody else had, so when he gave them the lame excuse of "skateboarding accident" or "ran into a pole," they knew he was lying through his teeth. And if they were being completely honest, he was hilariously terrible at lying.
"I think he's working himself to hard," Foggy replied, giving Karen one of those understanding looks. "But he seems...Happier?"
"Do you think it's because of Danny?" Karen whispered. They were on their floor now, and both Matt and Danny seemed to have super hearing.
Foggy didn't get the chance to answer, even though he was sure that was a big part of it. There was laughter so loud it could be heard from the end of the hall, and it's origin was Nelson and Murdock. Carefully and quietly Foggy turned the doorknob, sharing a confused look with Karen as he did so.
What he saw when he opened the door was something he never expected to see in his entire life.
"Okay," Danny was saying. "Now!"
Foggy didn't know what they were doing, leaning out of the window, and he didn't really want to know either. He just wanted them both back inside.
"Karen, next time we leave these two alone we're calling a babysitter," he said. Karen stifled her giggles and nodded.
"Oh, hey guys!" Danny said cheerfully as he brought his head back in. His mop of black hair was wind blown and soaking wet despite the sunny day. He was giving them a shit eating grin when Matt pulled his head back, eyes starring blankly ahead and water from his bright red hair dripped onto his suit.
"What are you doing?" Karen asked as she made her way to the other room to see if they had any towels.
"Oh you know, just pissing off the neighbors" Danny said casually as he dragged Matt by the elbow to the door.
"What do you mean?" Foggy asked.
"Tell you later," Danny said, pulling Matt through the door. "Good luck!" He yelled, and then made a quick getaway with the only other lawyer int he room.
"What was that about?" Karen asked as she came back empty handed.
"They told us good luck," Foggy said, as if that explained everything. They waited, still trying to process what had happened. What shook them from their thoughts was an angry, tall man with rippling muscles getting in their face.
"Where are they?!" He yelled. Foggy looked over at Karen, very intimidated, and shrugged.
"I don't-" he started to say, but froze mid-sentence because his phone decided to interrupt him.
It was a text from Danny.
From: Overgrown 5 Year Old
10:27 a.m.
Hey, see if you can get him to stick his head out the window
"Well, you know what, sir, I know where they are now," Foggy said. Karen shot him a surprised look as he explained.
"See, they think you're going to come down the stairs into the street to find them. They're actually a couple of floors down, waiting for you. Here, take a look for yourself," Foggy said, gesturing towards the still-open window. The man grumbled before shuffling over to the window and sticking his head out, only to get immediately splashed with water.
"Karen, come one," he said. "If we're with Matt he can play the blind card," he urged. Karen nodded, trying to hold back her laughter as she ran from Nelson and Murdock with Foggy.
After that, they started having the lady across the hall watch Murdock and Fenton whenever they were alone.
