Chapters: 30/? Fandom: Daredevil (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Johnathan "Jack" Murdock/Original Female Character, Luke Cage/Jessica Jones, Danny Rand/Colleen Wing Characters: Matt Murdock, Matt Murdock's Family Members, Jonathan "Jack" Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones (Marvel), Danny Rand, Colleen Wing, Maya Lopez, Maggie Grace Additional Tags: Father-Son Relationship, Disability, Injury Recovery, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Childhood, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Deaf Character, Blind Character, Tadoma, Sensory Overload, ASL and PT, OCD Series: Part 1 of Trading Leather Summary:
When nine-year-old Matt Murdock comes home deafblind, life isn't easy. Jack Murdock doesn’t have training. He doesn’t have answers. (He also doesn't die!)
What he has is calloused hands, stubborn love, and the determination to help his son not only survive, but thrive.
Trading Leather begins a series of vignettes. I’ve gone rogue and am thoroughly AU even from my own canon except for the fact that Matt is still Deafblind (which is the one thing that seems to be holding my verse together). I started out this thinking it was a prequel to Idle Hands, but that changed pretty quickly.
Yes, Matt and Foggy will eventually end up together romantically. All in due time. I'll change the rating to mature eventually. Right now, the main theme centers around the father-son dynamic. There will have to be a POV switch away from Jack at some point.