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summary: karen page is a down on her luck reporter for the bulletin, digging up whatever dirt she can find to claw her way into a byline and her big break. the only problem? money. until frank castle and a craigslist ad for a babysitter enter her life. characters: frank castle/karen page rating: g warnings: n/a word count: 26.7k+ (ongoing) a/n: i would say i can't believe i haven't promo'd my most successful fic to date on tumblr, but i also forget to promo most of my fics, so...here. have this open-ended disaster. thanks to @jonbernthalsdoeeyes for serving as beta once again!
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Childcare needed.
Infant girl, 1 year old. Six days a week, non-standard schedule in a housing plan uptown. Must be willing to work odd hours. Access to in-home amenities, but no space to board. (Can provide stipend for gas.) Rates negotiable. Previous experience preferred.
Karen stared at the Craigslist ad, the ugly purple font seeping into the space behind her eyes and pushing at her brain til it ached. The words swam in front of her face, incomplete sentences picking away at what little energy she had after a long day of talking to plastic-faced politicians — her least favorite part of her job.
It was a sparse listing, if anything. No name, no specifics beyond the age of the kid and days of the week. She wondered if it wasn’t a ruse, some kind of sugar baby thing to lure young women fresh out of college into a scam. It was Craigslist, for Christ’s sake; it wouldn’t be the first time, nor would it be the last.
But even then — she was broke enough to consider it.
And it’d make a hell of a story if it were true.
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