Ben's death had been a surprise. Karen asked Evelyn to come despite her having only heard stories about the journalist. There was just one person missing and she wondered if Foggy was really being that petty. The service was beautiful and while Karen spoke with Ben's wife, Matt asked Evelyn to guide him a bit away from the crowd so they could say their goodbyes. That's when Father Lantom stepped over to greet the pair.

"How are you holding up, Matthew?" He asked.

"Like a good Catholic boy." Matt quipped.

"That bad, huh?"

Matt shrugged. "He was a good man. And he's gone because I haven't stopped what's happening to this city."

Evelyn sighed. "Matt, you can't put that on yourself."

Father Lantom smiled. "You should probably listen to her. You're doing everything that you can and some that you probably shouldn't have."

"And yet here we are," Matt said, "you two ganging up on me. Something I never expected to happen."

"Hey, I never said I left the church because I didn't like what Father Lantom had to say." She teased him.

He turned to face towards her and stuck his tongue out which caused the priest to laugh. "My two troublemakers are all grown up and still as attached at the hip as you two were going through Confirmation. I'm glad you two still have each other. It's good to see you, Evelyn." He nodded before turning to Matt. "Matthew."

"Bye, Father." They said in unison as Karen walked up.


Just as she sent her latest email to Shirley with the documents her boss asked for, Evelyn's phone began vibrating, Foggy's name and picture lighting up the screen. She thought about ignoring it. She still couldn't believe that Foggy would let his anger towards Matt interfere with supporting a friend. The longer the buzzing went on, the more worry began to fill her chest. If Foggy didn't make it, something must have happened. She quickly grabbed her phone, swiping the icon to answer it just before it went to voicemail. "Are you okay?" She winced at the bit of annoyance that tainted her genuine question.

Foggy sighed. "Yeah, I deserve some of that don't I. How is she holding up?"

"She'd probably feel better if she knew she had everyone's support. But seriously are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm okay. Marci called and had the next batch of files ready so I had to go pick those up. It's a shit excuse and I'm going to make it up to Karen, I promise."

"Well, taking down Fisk would certainly be the best way to make it up to her."

"I'll see what I can do," he chuckled, "but first I think it's about time I finally spoke with Matt."

Evelyn sat up, leaning forward on her desk as hope filled her. "Yeah?"

"I have actually missed him, you know. We still need to discuss some things especially since he knows what he's doing isn't exactly legal but I think it's time I brought him into what I'm working on. It could help us both out."

"You two just talking again would be far better than what's been going on. Are you headed to the office now?"

"Actually, I just left the office and Karen was out on lunch and Matt was nowhere to be found." Foggy trailed off, implying that his next question was to ask her if she knew where he was.

She laughed, sitting back in her chair. "Do you know where Fogwell's is?"

"Yeah."

"Check there if he's not at home."

He nodded despite her being unable to see him. "Foggwell's it is. I went to his apartment before I went to the office."

"Then yeah, I'd check there because I haven't had any impromptu visits today."

"Thanks, Eves. I'll keep you updated on what happens."

"Please do!"


The moment Matt went to go find Hoffman, Foggy called Evelyn. He had been updating her throughout the day but now things were getting serious. If they could get to Hoffman before Fisk did then they could very well take Wilson Fisk down. So she needed to be on standby for either first aid or to celebrate. Like clockwork, she showed up to the office, with a first aid kit in her purse as well as some alcohol. She also brought her laptop so she could do some work for her digital marketing clients. The hospital was about to drive her crazy and she was thinking about actually looking into joining a digital marketing firm but for right now she would take it a day at a time. She felt like she would miss working with patients too much if she did such a drastic career shift.

Matt came back to the office after Hoffman turned himself in. As far as she could tell, there weren't any fresh injuries on him. She gave him a quick hug and he pressed a kiss to her temple before taking Foggy with him to the precinct.

"When are you going to tell him?" Karen asked after the boys left.

Evelyn turned around, her brows furrowed. "What are you talking about?"

"You and Matt. I really don't know how Foggy's put up with it all these years. It is painstakingly obvious that you two are very much into each other."

She couldn't help but laugh. "It's complicated. We've just always been close."

Karen nodded. "Whatever you say, Eve. I just know that you both smile a little more often when you're around each other."

As Karen went back to sit at her desk, Evelyn sighed. They had been awfully close lately, even more so than usual. They were practically in tune with every moment between them. She finally returned to her seat, getting some work done while the pair waited for Foggy and Matt to return.

Shortly after, the news began running stories of the FBI and other authorities arresting various members of Fisk's underground organization. Evelyn poured them all a glass as they watched the scene unfold. They drank for Elena, Ben, and everyone else Fisk's dealings had hurt. But then the unexpected happened.

Fisk was being broken out of the convoy taking him to prison. They all jumped up, hurrying to get out of the office so they could get somewhere safe. But Matt was planning on heading towards the action. He needed to put a stop to this once and for all. And well, she couldn't exactly let him go without telling him.

Before Matt could get too far away, she jogged after him. "Matt, wait!"

He turned around, stress plainly written all over his face. He needed to hurry so Fisk couldn't hurt anyone else or have enough time to plan to come after anyone involved in his arrest. "Eve, you know I-"

His statement was cut off by Evelyn cradling his face in her hands and pulling him down to her for a kiss. Before he could fully respond, she was pulling away but not completely. Her forehead rested against his and her hands were still along his jaw. "You better come back to me and not in some half-dead state either."

"I'm always going to come back to you. We have to talk about what that just was anyway."

"I'm pretty sure they call it a kiss." She brought her hands down and nudged him back gently. "Now go. You have a city to save."

Matt wasn't even a few feet away before Foggy yelled, "Finally."

With a blush, she turned around to face her best friend. Before she could even get a word in, Foggy already began ushering her toward the edge of the sidewalk. "C'mon, if I don't get you home safely, I'm pretty sure he'd kill me." He said as he moved to the side of the road and flagged down a taxi. "You and I are gonna have lots to talk about too." He smirked as he held open the car door.

"Are you just gonna gloat the whole time?" She asked, climbing into the taxi.

"Yep." He grinned, shutting the door behind him before giving the driver Evelyn's address.

She and Foggy grabbed food from one of the restaurants nearby before heading up to her apartment. The entire time Foggy teased her about her finally revealing her feelings to Matt. He even went so far as to start planning their wedding.

"Foggy, we haven't even talked about it yet." She finally cut him off as they entered her apartment.

"Yeah, but you saw that smile. That's the dopiest smile I have ever seen him wear and that is all because of you. And I may not have seen your face but I can guarantee you had a similar expression."

A blush warmed her cheeks. "You know, how about we just watch the news and eat? We've had a long day."

"Okay, okay but I better be the first one you tell when you two finally make things official."

"And who else would we tell?" She asked, handing over his meal.

The moment the news reported that Fisk had once again been captured, Foggy stood up and cleared up his trash. "Well, I'll talk to you later, Eve. I'm gonna head home before a certain someone decides to show up."

"You know he has to go home and change first, right?"

"Then what are you doing here? You better get going."

"I'm not going to bombard him."

Three sharp knocks sounded through her apartment. Foggy headed over to her door and grinned back at her when he saw that it was Matt on the other side. He opened the door, grin still on his features. "Hey, buddy. You hear the good news?"

"Yeah, I did. You, uh, headed home?"

Foggy chuckled and patted his shoulder. "Smooth, Matt, smooth. But yeah, I'm gonna head home. Maybe call Marci. I'll talk to you guys later." He waved back to Evelyn and made his way out.

As he left, Matt made his way inside. "You know, I half expected you to be at my apartment waiting for me." He teased as soon as the door closed.

"I thought about it but I also didn't want to force anything else on you." She said, meeting him halfway.

"I'd say earlier was more of a pleasant surprise." He smiled as he folded up his cane, reaching out to set it on her side table.

"Yeah?" She asked, bumping her hand against his so he would know a little better where she was.

Matt interlocked their fingers and tugged her close, his other hand resting on her hip. "I've been wanting to kiss you for a long time, Eve. We just kept missing each other but I hope that earlier means that we finally found our time."

Evelyn smiled. "I would really like for it to mean that. I'd like to say I'm a pretty patient person but I'd really like to not have to wait anymore."

"We don't have to wait anymore." He whispered as he closed the gap between them. He poured every year of love and longing he had been waiting to date her and she evenly matched it. She brought a hand up, tangling her fingers in his hair as she brought him as close as she could get him.

They broke apart, foreheads touching as they gulped in air. Matt recovered first, nuzzling at her jaw before kissing down her neck, smirking at her reactions, humming his satisfaction when he showed extra attention to her pulse point. His hands slid under her shirt, thumbs rubbing teasing circles on her skin as he made his way back up to her lips. "I promise I will properly wine and dine you tomorrow or even this weekend if work is too much the rest of the week."

"Matt, if we don't go celebrate in between my sheets, I may just combust." She cut off his rambling.

He let out an amused huff before kissing her once again. "Well, we can't have that."

"No, we most certainly cannot." She kissed him deeply once more before she led him through her apartment to her room. As she did so, she tried to regain her breath but something told her that she was in for a very breathless night.


When her alarm went off the next morning, Evelyn groaned softly as she slightly lifted her head off the pillow to turn it off. Just as she lowered herself back down, the arm around her waist pulled her in tighter. Matt buried his face in the crook of her neck, placing kisses wherever he could reach. "Don't go just yet." He mumbled, voice still gravelly from sleep.

She chuckled softly, as she trailed her fingers along his arm. "As much as I would love to stay just like this the rest of the day. We both need to get to work."

"Let's play hooky. I'll cook breakfast and we'll just have the day to ourselves."

She couldn't keep the grin off her face as she turned around to face him. "You've been trying to get me to play hooky since we were in school. How you graduated summa cum laude I will never understand."

He laughed, lowering his head to kiss her. "And I'll keep trying until you say yes."

"Do you really want to give Foggy that satisfaction?"

He thought it over before shaking his head lightly. "He's already going to be insufferable enough as it is."

"Exactly." She laughed a bit. "You can cook me breakfast this weekend."

"This weekend, huh?"

"Oh, I didn't tell you? I'm spending the weekend at your place." She half-joked.

"I think I remember you mentioning something like that." He smirked, more than happy to get her for more than a few hours at a time. "But in exchange, you have to come by the office after work today and we'll go to that new restaurant nearby."

"Okay but Matt," she started as she turned around in his arms to face him, "you do know you don't have to wine and dine me, right?"

"Nope, I'm going to do this properly. I am going to do all of the things that I have been wanting to do with you since we reconnected. Well, since confirmation really."

"Confirmation?"

He nodded. "I hated that I never worked up the courage to ask for your number. It's why I made sure I did it as soon as we reconnected at Columbia."

"I did always look for you when I went to mass but I could never get my parents to take me to the early service since I never saw you at the later one."

Matt chuckled, resting his forehead against hers. "And this is why now that we are officially dating I'm going to treat you right. Because this is more than us finally putting that tension between us to good use," he smirked, kissing her in a way that was filled with promises.

"We're finally with our right person," Evelyn whispered, hoping that was where he was going.

His smile confirmed it and just before he kissed her again, he whispered against her lips. "I love you, Evelyn Jones. I have for a really long time."

"I love you too, Matthew Murdock."

He rolled on top of her, pinning her down to the mattress as he kissed her. "We're going to be late today." He mumbled as he hitched her leg over his hip and kissed along her jaw.