Thank you for the chance to write more Brett/Matt :D
3. things you said too quietly
“You know-“ Matt pauses to hiss through his teeth as he wraps his own broken ribs, and what the fuck, how did Brett get himself involved in this? “-I’d assumed this was a booty call.”
Brett shrugs. “It is a booty call…of sorts. I called to make sure your ass was in one piece. Doesn’t that count?”
Matt huffs out a laugh, then winces when the motion hurts him because, well, broken ribs. “Not when you don’t even know basic first aid.”
On one hand, this is a fair point, because right now Brett is kind of just standing there awkwardly while Matt patches up his own injuries. But on the other hand, fuck you, Murdock–wrapping up broken ribs does not count as ‘basic’ anything!
“Says the guy who doesn’t even know how to give proper CPR; don’t think I forgot that little fun fest. Besides, it’s not my fault you’re too high maintenance for anyone without emergency room experience,” Brett says.
Matt tilts his head toward Brett. And shit. Shit, Brett has only been sleeping with Matt for a month and he already knows what the head tilt forewarns: creepy, invasive, super listening.
“You know I have a nurse,” Matt says carefully, testing for something–hell if Brett knows what for. “So why invite me over?”
Brett nearly groans. He likes to think of himself as a pretty open person, but he prefers to take that initiative upon himself. Not to be tested for whatever by his super-powered fuck buddy. This is what Brett gets for sleeping with a vigilante. Hell, this is what he gets for sleeping with a defense attorney.
“You told me she works the night shift on Fridays,” Brett says, not knowing what else to say but the truth. “I was the arresting officer for that scumbag you took down tonight, so I heard how banged up you got. Assumed you’d be too chickenshit to call Foggy to keep an eye on your concussion, so I figured I’d…lend my services.”
Those ‘services’ mainly being monitoring Matt to make sure he doesn’t fuck himself up any more tonight, but, hey, Brett does what he can.
“So not a booty call,” Matt says slowly, like he’s testing the words out on his tongue.
“Unfortunately for me? Not in the slightest. No offense, but the sight of your broken ribs doesn’t really do anything for me.”
Brett snorts, but then he takes in the way Matt rubs a thumb against his bandages in thought, and realizes that they’d never called each other for anything but sex before.
Damn it. Brett just can’t do casual fuck buddies, can he? He has to go and get invested in their well being.
It’s…almost worth it, though, for the way Matt murmurs something under his breath, so quietly Brett almost can’t hear it.
If Brett were an asshole–or if he were Foggy Nelson–he would probably ask Matt to speak up, to say that thank you loud enough for Brett to at least indulge in it. But Brett just got off a long shift, and would rather wait until the morning to deal with Matt’s feelings, so he doesn’t. But Brett’s not that down for the Matt Murdock Emotional Repression ride, so he says, “So…are we the kind of fuck buddies who can give each other worried forehead kisses, or will you be all ‘no romo’ is I try it?”Matt laughs, smiles at Brett: no doubt relieved that Brett didn’t make him give up too much of himself. “Knock yourself out.”Brett pecks Matt on the forehead, swats him on the arm for breaking his ribs while his nurse is out, and gives him blankets for the couch before trudging off to bed.
send me a ship and one of these and I’ll write a mini fic