I'm so so sorry that this update is so late! Had a crazy busy summer, and the last few weeks have been difficult since due to my results, my university plans had to be altered… No worries. What's meant to happen will happen. Enough about me- more about Matt, Foggy and Marci. Enjoy! Bg.97 xx

Quite frankly- they intrigued her.

Sure, they amazed a lot of people, but something about Franklin Nelson and Matt Murdock intrigued her beyond others. She couldn't quite put her finger on it. They were quite the pair; both oozing with charm. They were intelligent, funny, confident, and to an aspiring lawyer like Marci Stahl, that was a triple threat.

She had seen many the girl fall for Matt's subtle smirk and his low, dulcet voice, (she could definitely understand why), yet it was Foggy that caught her attention. His hair was too long, and his clothes always scruffy but he always exuded happiness. He was loud and brash and would be the first to pick an argument with their lecturers, yet he was inherently kind. The way that he looked out for Matt was just one example of his kindness. Normally Marci would be inclined to go for someone who was stand –offish and charismatically arrogant, but Foggy just seemed so sweet, too sweet in fact, that she felt that she couldn't let the whole of law school blow past her without getting to know him better. Sadly, for most of their second year he was tied up with an exchange student from England, and they seemed really into each other. However, Marci felt that enough time had passed since Alice's departure to allow Foggy to move on to someone new. Preferably her, but whatever.

She approached their criminal law professor, after class one day and waited patiently to talk to her.

"Marci, can I help?" the professor asked, slightly confused by the woman's lingering.

"Yeah, actually. It's about that paired assignment we're starting next week."

"What about it?" her eyebrow raised.

"Well, I was wondering if you could pair me with Foggy. I just think that our styles of work would integrate well." She said, hoping it came across as subtle rather than desperate.

The professor just chuckled, pulling her glasses off her face. "You're asking me to split up Murdock and Nelson?"

Marci just nodded, not phased at all.

The older woman sighed. "Okay, you can work with Mr. Nelson, but don't expect him to easily be parted from Mr. Murdock. Everyone knows that the two are a package deal."

"Noted." Marci nodded, before leaving the lecture theatre with a smug grin on her face.

Of course, as expected, when the project partners were announced, Foggy made a fuss. Marci rolled her eyes, and of course she didn't take it personally, but it was quite amusing her to watch Matt having to constantly reassure him that doing one project with a different partner wasn't going to affect their friendship in any way whatsoever. Eventually, Foggy did relent, and soon enough, the two of them were exchanging their numbers and organising when they would meet up to discuss the case they had been assigned.

Marci knew that dressing up to meet someone for a class project was about as lame as you could get, but for some reason Foggy made her lose her usual rationality, even though he wasn't even her boyfriend. They were meeting at a coffee shop on campus. He showed up 10 minutes late, apologising profusely. She told him not to worry about it and the two of them knuckled down and got on with their case for class. As she had expected, the two of them did work well together, and they approached problems in a similar way. She also found that the man that she'd been admiring all throughout law school, was even more intriguing up close. Sometimes he would be confident in his answers and not need any validation, and then the next minute he'd stutter and be insecure. At first, Marci found the constant shifting slightly jarring, but by the end of their study session she found it more endearing than anything.

As he got up to leave, she plucked up the courage to do what she had intended from the start.

"Hey Foggy?" she calls, making him pause with a curious look on his face, waiting to hear her question. "I was wondering if maybe you'd like to meet up like this again, but you know- without the studying part?"

Foggy took a moment to register her question, before both his eyebrows raised. He stayed silent a moment longer before crossing his arms across his chest and letting a scowl fall on his face. "Look Marci, this was great and we're a great team, but you asking me out on a date… well , I just need you to know that if this an attempt to flirt with me to get into Matt' s pants, he's really not looking for anyone at the moment."

Marci smiled, her lost confidence returning to her as she chuckled. "Actually, my flirting with you was an attempt to get into your pants, not Matt's, funnily enough."

Foggy did a double take, and a blush crept into his cheeks. "Is this a joke?"

"I'm not really the joking kind," Marci shrugged.

An awkward silence held them apart for a while longer, causing Marci to prompt Foggy for an answer.

He thought a moment longer before smiling back at his project partner. "Yeah, a date sounds good. I'll text you about it."

A satisfied smile fell on her face at his answer. "See you around, Nelson."

"You too, Stahl." he said, awkwardly saluting her as he left.

As she sat by herself surrounded by case files and coffee, she laughed to herself, when she saw out the window Foggy and Matt laughing hysterically at something probably only the two of them would understand. Oh yes- they intrigued her: The blonde haired lawyer and his blind sidekick.

Okay, I know this is a little shorter than usual, but I hope it was alright! Also, I know Marci may seem a bit OOC in this, but I hope I managed to get across elements of her that we see in the show. I'll only know if you let me know, so please do with a little review! Bg.97 xx